Robert H. Illing
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Robert Henry Illing | |
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| Born | August 16, 1917 London, England |
| Died | July 27, 1999 (aged 81) Port Melbourne, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australia |
| Occupation | Composer, musicologist, and professor |
Dr. Robert H. Illing (August 16, 1917 - July 27, 1999) was an Australian composer, musicologist, and music professor.
Born to parents Robert William Illing and Ida Illing in London, England, he was baptized on September 9, 1917 in the Parish of St. Matthew's, Bayswater. [1][2] He had two younger siblings, Harry Charles Illing (1920-2011) and Mary Illing (1924-1927). [2]
He studied at the University of Cambridge from 1935 to 1939. In 1939, he was a schoolmaster. [2] He married Margaret Jane Williams, an American woman, in Ludlow, Shropshire in January 1944, and had a daughter, soprano Rosamund Illing. [2][3] From 1958 to 1961, he studied at the University of Nottingham. In 1966, Illing, his wife, and his daughter moved from Oxford, England to Adelaide, South Australia. [4] He was a professor of music and head of the Music Department at Flinders University in Adelaide from 1966 until the department's 1983 closure, and was a senior lecturer in Music History and Musicology. [3][5][6]
Some works he composed include Gradatim (1982), Five Australian Bird Songs (1985), and Salve Mater (1985).
References
- ↑ "Ancestry Library Edition". ancestrylibrary.proquest.com. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Ancestry Library Edition". ancestrylibrary.proquest.com. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dr Robert Illing | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "A Gift Within a Gift: A scrap of South Australian social history now preserved in the Robert Illing Collection at The University of Melbourne Library" (PDF). The University of Melbourne Library Journal: 23–25.
- ↑ Copyright; Policy, Privacy; Disclaimer; Feedback. "Robert H. Illing (1917- ) Papers 1952-1986 | Rare Books & Manuscripts". www.adelaide.edu.au. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Robert Illing Collection - Flinders University Library". Flinders University. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
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