Talk:Robert Ward (composer)

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Robert Ward still alive?[edit]

The statement "On June 8, 1994, Robert Ward died in Wooster, Ohio." was removed by 69.22.229.214, apparently indicating that Ward is still alive.

It would be good if that's the case, but then it means that somehow the Grove got this wrong. Dmetric 20:28, 19 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about Grove (I only have the Concise to hand, which doesn't have an entry for him and which was only published in 1994 anyway), but the Penguin Dictionary of Music (1997) doesn't note his death, and neither does this website. I'd hesitate to question Grove, of course, but there does seem to be a bit of disagreement on the matter. I don't know of a more authoritative source that could be checked. --Camembert

I tried searching Google for "robert ward" AND obituary, and got results for plenty other people with the same or similar names who were born at times different than the composer Robert Ward. I might still be able to get my copy of his Symphony No. 2 autographed, eh? Dmetric 20:44, 20 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I met Robert Ward recently at a lecture in Durham, North Carolina, so I can assure you that he is (or was) alive when I met him. And probably after that too. Risher 22:03 9 August 2007

Robert Ward spoke at the University of Dayton today, March 19, 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.93.247.25 (talk) 21:18, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another resource[edit]

There is an article on Ward in American Music in the Fall issue, 1995 (Volume 13, No.3). It is "Robert Ward's Instrumental Music" {pp.333-356}; someone put it online here minus the musical examples and 35 endnotes as well as the appendices. The author, Dr. Daniel Huband, has written informing us of this resource, and that the Grove article on Ward is less than satisfactory; I invited Huband to edit but in the meantime if anyone is up for some cleanup, here's something to work from. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Was just looking at a scanned-in version through JStor actually before you mentioned the cached version (since I was adding a contribution of Ward's to the article on Triple concertos). _Very_ impressed and seconded Schissel | Sound the Note! 05:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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