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Birth Name:

Robert Turner (composer)

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Jun 06, 1920

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Age:

103

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

15°

Gem

36'

About Robert Turner (composer)

Robert Comrie Turner, CM (6 June 1920 – 26 January 2012) was a Canadian composer, radio producer, and music educator. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from McGill University in 1943. While there he studied with Douglas Clarke and Claude Champagne. He continued his studies briefly at Colorado College in 1947, where he met his wife, percussionist Sara Scott. They married in 1949. In 1947, Turner transferred to Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, where he studied with Roy Harris. He graduated in 1950 with a master's degree. During this time, Turner spent two summers studying with Herbert Howells and Gordon Jacob at the Royal College of Music and one summer at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood studying with Olivier Messiaen. He returned to McGill University in 1951, graduating with a doctorate two years later.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Robert Turner (composer): Sun 15 Gemini, Moon 9 Aquarius, Mercury 29 Gemini, Venus 8 Gemini, Mars 21 Libra, Jupiter 13 Leo, Saturn 5 Virgo, Uranus 5 Pisces, Neptune 9 Leo, Pluto 6 Cancer, Sun Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Semi Square Jupiter, Venus Sesquiquadrate Mars, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Square Uranus, Venus Sextile Neptune, Venus Semi Sextile Pluto, Mars Semi Square Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Conjunct Neptune, Saturn Opposition Uranus, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Uranus Trine Pluto

Categories related to Robert Turner (composer): 2012 deaths, June 6 births, Members of the Order of Canada, Musicians from Montreal, Peabody College alumni, Use Canadian English from August 2013, University of British Columbia faculty, 20th-century Canadian male musicians, 20th-century Canadian composers, Male opera composers, 1920 births, Canadian classical composers, Canadian male classical composers, Canadian opera composers, University of Manitoba faculty, McGill University School of Music alumni, Acadia University faculty