Robert Delaney (composer)

Robert Mills Delaney, sometimes incorrectly spelled Delany (1903-1956) was an American composer. He studied with Nadia Boulanger and Arthur Honegger in Paris, and was best known for his 1928 choral symphony, John Brown's Song, based on Stephen Benet's Pulitzer Prize winning poem "John Brown's Body".^[1][2]

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1. Paula Hathaway Anderson-Green A Hot-bed of Musicians: Traditional Music in the Upper New River 2002 157233181X "He wrote that he had asked Robert Delaney (1903-1956) to review the scores Bryan had submitted. Delaney, winner of the Pulitzer Prize [incorrect] for his choral symphony, John Brown's Song, based on "John Brown's Body," in 1933, studied at the ..."
2. Teresa Jordan Cowgirls: Women of the American West 0803275757 1992 Page 95 "But first she studied music in Boston and, at the age of twenty married composer Robert Delaney. After he won the Pulitzer Prize for his choral setting of Stephen Benet's John Brown's Body,[incorrect] Ellen and Robert moved to a remote area in northern California and lived in an old miner's cabin, fulfilling a mutual dream. Robert worked on a commissioned book of folksongs;"