Robert Glasgow

Robert Glasgow

Robert Glasgow (1925-September 10, 2008) [ [http://www.music.umich.edu/about/news.htm Professor Emeritus Robert Glasgow, 1925-2008] . University of Michigan School of Music News, September 2008. Accessed September 17, 2008.] was an American organist and music pedagogue. He taught at the University of Michigan for over 40 years and was an internationally respected performer.

Glasgow studied at the Eastman School of Music, taking both his bachelor's and his master's degrees there. He taught at MacMurray College for eleven years, then became a faculty member at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1962, remaining there until his retirement in 2005. He recorded titles for Prestant Records, including an album of pieces by Cesar Franck, and was named International Performer of the Year in 1997 by the American Guild of Organists. [ [http://www.nycago.org/html/POTY/Glasgow.html Robert Glasgow] , New York City Chapter, American Guild of Organists.]

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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E3D81039F933A05754C0A965948260 Unfavorable Recital Review] , "New York Times", July 30, 1983
*"Robert Glasgow". "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", Macmillan, 2001.


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