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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Robin Orr</b>, Künstlername von <b>Robert Kelmsley Orr</b> (* <a href="2._Juni" title="2. Juni">2. Juni</a> <a href="1909" title="1909">1909</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="Brechin" title="Brechin">Brechin</a>, <a href="Angus_(Schottland)" title="Angus (Schottland)">Angus</a>; † <a href="9._April" title="9. April">9. April</a> <a href="2006" title="2006">2006</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>), war ein <a href="Liste_schottischer_Komponisten_klassischer_Musik" title="Liste schottischer Komponisten klassischer Musik">schottischer Komponist</a>.
</p><p>Orr studierte am <a href="Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a> in <a href="London" title="London">London</a> und am <a href="Pembroke_College_(Cambridge)" title="Pembroke College (Cambridge)">Pembroke College</a> in Cambridge und war Schüler von <a href="Alfredo_Casella" title="Alfredo Casella">Alfredo Casella</a> und <a href="Nadia_Boulanger" title="Nadia Boulanger">Nadia Boulanger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nach einer Beschäftigung an der Sidcot School in <a href="Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> und der <a href="University_of_Leeds" title="University of Leeds">University of Leeds</a> wurde er 1938 Organist am <a href="St_John%E2%80%99s_College_(Cambridge)" title="St John’s College (Cambridge)">St John’s College</a> in Cambridge. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges diente er bei der <a href="Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. Von 1947 bis 1956 unterrichtete er an der <a href="Universit%C3%A4t_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Universität Cambridge">Universität Cambridge</a> und dem Royal College of Music. Bis 1965 war er Professor für Musik an der <a href="Universit%C3%A4t_Glasgow" class="mw-redirect" title="Universität Glasgow">Universität Glasgow</a>, danach war er bis zu seiner Emeritierung 1976 Professor an der Universität Cambridge.
</p><p>Er komponierte drei <a href="Oper" title="Oper">Opern</a>, drei <a href="Sinfonie" title="Sinfonie">Sinfonien</a> und weitere Orchesterwerke, <a href="Kammermusik" title="Kammermusik">Kammermusik</a>, kirchenmusikalische Werke und <a href="Lied" title="Lied">Lieder</a>. 1972 wurde er zum <a href="Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Commander of the British Empire</a> ernannt. Seine Handschriften und sein privates Archiv werden in der <a href="Cambridge_University_Library" title="Cambridge University Library">Cambridge University Library</a> gelagert.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke">Werke</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Sonatine für Cello</i>, 1938</li>
<li><i>Sonatine für Violine</i>, 1941</li>
<li><i>A Winter's Tale</i> von <a href="William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, Schauspielmusik, 1947</li>
<li><i>Violinsonate</i>, 1947</li>
<li><i>The Prospect Of Whitby</i>, Ouvertüre, 1948</li>
<li><i>Oedipus At Colonus</i> von <a href="Sophokles" title="Sophokles">Sophokles</a>, Schauspielmusik, 1950</li>
<li><i>Deirdre of the Sorrows</i> von <a href="John_Millington_Synge" title="John Millington Synge">John Millington Synge</a>, Schauspielmusik, 1951</li>
<li><i>Italian Overture</i>, 1952/1960</li>
<li><i>Duo für Violine und Cello</i>, 1953</li>
<li><i>Rhapsody For String Orchestra</i>, 1956</li>
<li><i>Sonate für Violine und Klavier</i>, 1956</li>
<li><i>Violinsonate</i>, 1960</li>
<li><i>Sinfonie in einem Satz</i>, 1963</li>
<li><i>Full Circle</i>, Oper, 1968</li>
<li><i>From the Book of Philip Sparrow </i> für Gesang und Streicher, 1969</li>
<li><i>2. Sinfonie</i>, 1970</li>
<li><i>Journeys & Places</i> für Gesang und Streicher, 1971</li>
<li><i>Hermiston</i>, Oper, 1975</li>
<li><i>Songs of Zion</i>, 1978</li>
<li><i>3. Sinfonie</i>, 1978</li>
<li><i>On the Razzle</i>, Oper, 1988</li>
<li><i>Sinfonietta Helvetica</i>, 1990</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schriften">Schriften</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Musical Chairs</i>. Thames Publ., London 1998, ISBN 0-903413-64-7 (<a href="Autobiographie" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobiographie">Autobiographie</a>).</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-robin-orr-473912.html"><i>Professor Robin Orr.</i></a> In: <i>independent.co.uk.</i> 12. April 2006,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 11. Februar 2024</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARobin+Orr&rft.title=Professor+Robin+Orr&rft.description=Professor+Robin+Orr&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fobituaries%2Fprofessor-robin-orr-473912.html&rft.date=2006-04-12&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Guardian staff reporter: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/14/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries"><i>Robin Orr |.</i></a> In: <i><a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">theguardian.com</a>.</i> 14. April 2006,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 5. Februar 2024</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARobin+Orr&rft.title=Robin+Orr+%7C&rft.description=Robin+Orr+%7C&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fnews%2F2006%2Fapr%2F14%2Fguardianobituaries.artsobituaries&rft.creator=Guardian+staff+reporter&rft.date=2006-04-14&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/robin_orr/">http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/robin_orr/</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FOrr">http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FOrr</a></span>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/member.php?id=1992">Orr</a> auf den Seiten des Scottish Music Centre</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article357390.ece">Nachruf</a> in „The Independent“</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.musinfo.ch/index.php?content=maske_personen&pers_id=158">Biografie und Werkliste</a> in „Musinfo“</li></ul>
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