Robert Greenberg (1954–), is an American composer, pianist, and musicologist who was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1954. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Musicology ( Greek: μουσική = "music" and λόγος = "word" or "reason" is the scholarly study of Music Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He has composed more than 45 works for a variety of instruments and voices, and has recorded a number of lecture series on music history and music appreciation for the The Teaching Company, receiving critical and popular acclaim. This article is about the academic field of music history. For a chronological overview of music see History of music. Music appreciation is teaching people what to listen for and to appreciate different types of music The Teaching Company is a Chantilly Virginia company that produces recordings of lectures by nationally top-ranked University Professors The professors
Greenberg earned a B. A. in music, magna cum laude, from Princeton University and received a Ph. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. D. in music composition, from the University of California, Berkeley. Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley He has served on the faculties of UC Berkeley, California State University at Hayward, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he was chairman of the Department of Music History and Literature and Director of the Adult Extension Division. San Francisco Conservatory of Music, founded in 1917 is a Music school, with an enrollment of about 350 students Dr. Greenberg is currently Music Historian-in-residence with San Francisco Performances.
Dr. Greenberg has received numerous awards, including three Nicola De Lorenzo Prize in composition, and three Meet the Composer grants. Meet the Composer is an American organization founded in 1974 by the composer John Duffy as a project of the New York State Council on the Arts Additionally, he has received commissions from the Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress, the Alexander String Quartet, XTET, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress The Alexander String Quartet is the premier quartet of San Francisco.
A number of his works have been performed across the globe in destinations such as New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and The Netherlands. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands His music is published by Fallen Leaf Press and CPP/Belwin and is recorded on the Innova label. Innova Recordings is the Independent record label of the non-profit American Composers Forum, based in Saint Paul Minnesota.
Greenberg has lectured for some of the most prestigious musical and arts organizations in the United States, and is the resident composer and music historian to National Public Radio’s “Weekend All Things Considered”. All Things Considered (ATC is a news radio program in the United States broadcast on the National Public Radio network
Dr. Greenberg has recorded a number of lecture series for The Teaching Company on music history and the appreciation of music. The Teaching Company is a Chantilly Virginia company that produces recordings of lectures by nationally top-ranked University Professors The professors He often relates the musical topics to other areas such as history, politics as well as to other music from different periods. Referring to Greenberg's lively style and sense of humor, The Bangor Daily News has described him as "the Elvis of music history and appreciation. Bangor Daily News is an American Newspaper that was founded on June 18, 1889; in 1900 the paper merged with the Bangor Whig and "
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