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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Robert Shaw (1916-1999)
Robert Shaw, the music director and conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for more than twenty years, brought the symphony to its current position as one of the finest in the country.
It was out of this group in 1948 that Shaw formed the Robert Shaw Chorale, which for two decades reigned as America's premier touring choral group and was sent by the U.S. State Department to thirty countries in Europe, the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Shaw was appointed in 1979 by U.S president Jimmy Carter to the National Council on the Arts, and in 1988 he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1675   (842 words)

  
  Robert Shaw (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 - August 28, 1978) was an English stage and film actor and writer.
Born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, Robert Shaw's best-known film performances include the henchman Red Grant in the James Bond film From Russia With Love (1963), the relentless Colonel Hessler in Battle of the Bulge (1965), Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Doyle Lonegan in The Sting (1973), and Quint in Jaws (1975).
Robert Shaw died of a heart attack in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Shaw   (302 words)

  
 PCM Online > Winter 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shaw came from a family both religious (his father, Shirley R. Shaw, was a minister of the Church of Christ) and enthusiastically musical (his mother, a fine soloist, was a mainstay of the choirs in her busband's churches).
Shaw was reluctant to give up his divinity studies and declined Waring's offer, but he was interested enough to write the bandleader later asking for a summer job.
Perhaps Shaw himself was less surprised than anyone at the Russians' approval, since he had always insisted that there was "something naively communicative in chorale" which would be uniquely able to transcend national differences and reveal the qualities of emotion and "heart" invested in the work by the performers.
www.pomona.edu /Magazine/PCMWin01/OOshaw66.shtml   (1637 words)

  
 Robert Shaw (conductor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Shaw (April 30, 1916 – January 25, 1999) was a conductor of vocal music most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
He went on to found the Robert Shaw Chorale in 1949, a group which produced numerous recordings and visited 30 countries in tours sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
Shaw received 16 Grammy awards and was a 1991 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)   (199 words)

  
 Robert Shaw - A Tribute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To write a tribute to Robert Shaw, moreover to make some attempt to convey a sense of the meaning and significance of his life and contributions in so small a space, is a daunting task.
Robert Shaw was one of the greatest musicians this country has produced.
Robert Shaw not only stood for excellence, the pursuit of which he was engaged in right up until his last concert one month before his death, but he exuded commitment to and passion for the music and the sharing of that music with others.
www.hartfordchorale.org /Robert_Shaw   (627 words)

  
 Robert Shaw’s Ministry of Music
Shaw deplores the fare emanating from what he calls "Crystal Christ-o-rama, California," maintaining that "there are not enough disposal plants in the country to handle TV Sunday morning effluence!" No mystery, no pain.
In 1962 the Robert Shaw Chorale sang Bach’s B Minor Mass in the U.S.S.R. The performance was broadcast to all the iron-curtain countries.
Shaw’s outstanding musicianship, deeply spiritual and human qualities and sense of mission have inspired those whose lives he has touched to carry on his legacy and his ministry with love, devotion and integrity.
www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=851   (2154 words)

  
 Robert Shaw (conductor) at AllExperts
Robert Shaw (April 30, 1916 â€" January 25, 1999) was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Shaw received 16 Grammy awards and was a 1991 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors.
Shaw was named music director of the San Diego Symphony in 1953 and served in that post for four years.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/robert_shaw_(conductor).htm   (567 words)

  
 The Cleveland Orchestra
Robert Shaw served as Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, and its Director of Choruses, from 1956 to 1967, appointed to those positions by George Szell.
Robert Shaw became Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in 1956, appointed by George Szell.
Shaw returned to conduct concerts by the Orchestra and Choruses in December 1967, in succeeding years, and in 1990, 1995, and 1997, including performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”) at both Severance Hall and Carnegie Hall in the spring of 1995.
www.clevelandorchestra.com /html/PressRoom/pressreleases.asp?ID=63   (667 words)

  
 Col. Robert Shaw; served in Lebanon and Vietnam - The Boston Globe
Robert W. Shaw, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who served in Lebanon, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam, died March 6 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia of complications of diabetes.
WASHINGTON -- Robert W. Shaw, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who served in Lebanon, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam, died March 6 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia of complications of diabetes.
Colonel Shaw, a recipient of the Legion of Merit with Combat V, was known as "Sugarbear" among the battalion's junior officers and staff noncommissioned officers.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/03/19/col_robert_shaw_served_in_lebanon_and_vietnam   (509 words)

  
 1999-01-27 Conductor Robert Shaw dies at 82
Shaw died in New Haven, Conn., of a stroke.
Shaw and attended the Ontario church where his father was a minister, said singing was in his blood.
Shaw and Stamm attended a discussion by Sigmund Spaeth, a musical theorist who believed that it only took a certain number of notes to make all the music in the world.
www.chaffey.org /community/dailybulletin/1990s/1999/1999_01_27_robert_shaw_dies.html   (504 words)

  
 The Robert Shaw Reader Christian Century - Find Articles
Shaw served as music director of the San Diego Symphony, associate conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, and conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and its chorus and chamber chorus.
Shaw wrote almost weekly letters to his choral groups, and these, along with some of his public lectures, are collected in The Robert Shaw Reader.
Shaw believed that the greatest works of art are "unqualified and unparalleled acts of worship." "Art is the Flesh become Word," he wrote, a human creation that becomes spirit and can change lives sometimes centuries afterwards.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_9_122/ai_n13813063   (639 words)

  
 Robert Gould Shaw Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Son of a prominent Boston abolitionist family, Robert Shaw was serving as a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts when he was tapped by Massachusetts Governor John Andrew for a special assignment.
Shaw was to raise and command the first regiment of fl troops organized in a Northern state.
But Shaw's parents, when they heard of it, were pleased and believed that was the way their son would have wanted it.
www.civilwarhome.com /shawbio.htm   (280 words)

  
 The records of Robert F. Shaw, 1984-1987
Robert Shaw was born in Portland, Maine on May 29, 1934.
In 1954, Shaw married the former Lorraine Moreau of Westbrook, Maine, and they are the parents of four children.
Mayor Shaw was an enthusiastic supporter of automating all city departments and through his efforts this was accomplished in 1984-1985.
www.manchesternh.gov /CityGov/CLK/archives/Shaw.html   (425 words)

  
 The History of Colonel Robert Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston on October 10, 1837, to one of the nation's richest families.
Robert was only twenty-five at the time and had a busy social life, but he gave it up to fight for the main cause of the Civil War: slavery.
Although Robert Shaw might be remembered down South mainly as the commander whose troops torched an undefended town, he should best be known as the courageous leader of the finest fl regiment to ever fight.
www.angelfire.com /mb/matthewbroderick/robertshaw.html   (2120 words)

  
 Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Robert Shaw
Shaw was conducting the San Diego Symphony in a series of concerts that summer, and we did 2 major choral works.
Shaw once referred to singing in his mother's choir as a child....by way of making the point in rehearsal that sincerity is a second rate virtue.
I was pleasantly surprised with the Robert Shaw' recording of the Mass in B Minor done in '90 because I was moved often.
www.bach-cantatas.com /Vocal/BWV232-Shaw.htm   (1528 words)

  
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Robert Shaw is an acclaimed nature and wildlife photographer whose compelling images of natural areas and wildlife in the United States have been widely published and displayed.
Established in 1950 by Robert and Georgia Shaw, the company is now owned and managed by the second generation, Bob Shaw, and training has begun with the third generation.
The burial of Robert Shaw and his men may not have been so brutal as the Northern press made it out to be.
www.lycos.com /info/robert-shaw.html   (457 words)

  
 AMCTV.com BIOGRAPHY - Robert Shaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Raised in Scotland and Cornwall, Robert Shaw was drawn to acting from an early age.
Shaw trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and in 1949 debuted onstage at the Shakespeare Memorial Theater at Stratford-on-Avon.
Shaw was born in West Houghton, England, on August 29, 1927.
www.amctv.com /person/detail?CID=273-1-PST   (254 words)

  
 My American Heroes ~ Col. Robert G. Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw, a 26-year old, hailing from an affluent Boston family with abolitionist roots, was in the Union Army, cited as an officer, with some military training.
Shaw stood by his men through all the controversy, he saw they were properly trained, fought for their right to obtain the proper armaments for battle, proper clothing, and equal pay as white soldiers.
Robert G. Shaw was shot through the heart and killed on July 18, 1863, as he led the charge on Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
skylinerfan.angelcities.com /page10b.html   (552 words)

  
 Telarc International: Robert Shaw
The Robert Shaw Institute was founded in recent years to foster excellence in music-making, especially in the choral arts.
In 1949, he formed the Robert Shaw Chorale which over the next 17 years became America's premiere touring choral group and was sent by the U. State Department on several tours to 30 countries in Europe (including the Soviet Union), the Middle East and Latin America.
Shaw served as Music Director of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and as Associate Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, working closely with George Szell for 11 years before becoming Music Director of the ASO in 1967.
www.telarc.com /biography/bios.asp?aid=97&gsku=0611   (462 words)

  
 Robert Shaw (actor) Summary
Robert Shaw, actor, playwright, and novelist, felt that the literary establishment would never give him serious attention as a writer as long as he remained an actor.
Robert Shaw(August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978) was an English stage and film actor and writer.
Robert Shaw was born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England in 1927 to Thomas (a doctor) and Doreen Shaw.
www.bookrags.com /Robert_Shaw_(actor)   (164 words)

  
 Robert Shaw
Shaw was every bit as good as those men, and was a real discovery in the early '60s, which is when most of these recordings were made - a few choice notes on the piano and a whole era, a whole way of life is instantly evoked.
Robert Shaw said it best in 1963: `When you listen to what I'm playing, you got to see in your mind all them gals out there, swinging their butts and getting the mens excitedI told them to shake when to shake it and when to hold it back.
Shaw was 55 at the time, and still at the peak of his powers.
www.arhoolie.com /titles/377.shtml   (693 words)

  
 Robert Shaw Discography
Robert Shaw Chorale, Collegiate Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, #LM-6103 and LVT-3000.
Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor, #LM/LSC-2551, re-released in 1981 as #AGL1-4085
Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor, LM-2759 and LSC-#2751
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 Music as sacrament - master of choral music Robert Shaw Commonweal - Find Articles
At eighty-two, Shaw is not only the grand old man of American classical music, he is also one of the most adventuresome conductors working anywhere.
And because of the popularity of the chorale, Shaw was able to introduce middle America to something else the monumental works of choral music: the Mozart Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Bach's Passions, etc. He brought these to high school gyms in mid-size towns throughout America, alternating them with programs of spirituals and glee-club repertoire.
Shaw was the first to lead a professional performance of the Bach B Minor Mass in New York, and he made the first American recordings of it and the Brahms German Requiem.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1252/is_19_125/ai_53286910   (936 words)

  
 Letters From Robert Shaw Fans To Me.
When I saw Robert Shaw as Quint in the final when he was eaten by the shark I thought, this is the actor I love.
Ian Shaw, Robert Shaw's son is the only child of his that I know of that is in the entertainment business.
Shaw left on the people of this world and what such an incredible inspiration he was (and still is).
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Palace/7623/fans.html   (2000 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Robert Shaw, blues pianist, was born on August 9, 1908, in Stafford, Texas, the son of Jesse and Hettie Shaw.
The Shaws had a Steinway grand piano and provided music lessons for his sisters, but Shaw was not permitted to take piano lessons because his father was opposed to the idea.
Shaw was also featured with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band during its appearance at the 1973 annual Austin Aqua Fest, and his fame spread widely enough in the next decade to earn him an invitation to participate in the Texas Commission on the Arts
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/fsh43.html   (1006 words)

  
 Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Robert Shaw
And in Robert Shaw the art of choral conducting in this country had found its genius.
In 1967 he accepted the directorship of the Atlanta Symphony and saw it grow from a local band to a fine major-league orchestra, establishing a magnificent choral adjunct and leading the combined forces in many definitive recordings of the symphonic-choral music literature.
"Robert Shaw is without doubt the leading choral conductor in the United States," Isaac Stern said.
www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3801&source_type=A   (342 words)

  
 Robert Shaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Robert Shaw, whose death at the early age of 51 will be sincerely regretted, was one of those strangers who win their place in Irish hearts in a way that is not given to many people.
Shaw was, as was Bing Crosby, who had a much longer connection with this country, a man of simple tastes; indeed one of his staged ambitions was to buy a public house in the Tourmakeady district and serve behind the bar.
Tourmakeady is, of course, an Irish-speaking area and Shaw, as befitted a native of Cornwall, was deeply interested in the Celtic tongues.
www.tourmakeady.com /robertshaw.htm   (379 words)

  
 yaledailynews.com - Conductor Robert Shaw dead at 82   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Robert Shaw, the acclaimed conductor and former music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, suffered a stroke on Saturday night at Trumbull College's Nick Chapel.
Shaw began his career in New York in 1949 as the founder and conductor of the Robert Shaw Chorale, toured the United States and the world over the next 20 years.
Shaw also served as music director of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra until he was recruited by George Szell to conduct the choral section of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
www.yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=507   (590 words)

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