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Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, (28 August 1913 – 13 September 1991) was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor. Born in Winchester, England, the son of mountaineer and author R. L. G. Irving, he was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in music. He studied with Malcolm Sargent and Constant Lambert at the Royal College of Music from 1934 to 1936. During World War II, he served with the Royal Air Force, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and bar.

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  • Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, (28 August 1913 – 13 September 1991) was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor. Born in Winchester, England, the son of mountaineer and author R. L. G. Irving, he was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in music. He studied with Malcolm Sargent and Constant Lambert at the Royal College of Music from 1934 to 1936. During World War II, he served with the Royal Air Force, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and bar. He then became assistant conductor with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and was conductor and musical director of Sadler's Wells Ballet from 1949 to 1958, working closely with Sir Frederick Ashton on several ballets. Having assisted Ashton in choosing music for his Picnic at Tintagel for New York City Ballet in 1952, Irving helped the choreographer to surmount musical problems in the last act of his Sylvia in September the same year, by interpolating passages from the same composer's La Source. In 1956, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Vic-Wells, now the Royal Ballet, Irving arranged music by Alexander Glazunov for a "grand pas de quatorze" by Ashton, Birthday Offering. In 1954 he introduced and conducted music from Act II of Swan Lake with Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes for television, and in 1958 for BBC television he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in Les Sylphides with Nadia Nerina and Philip Chatfield. He conducted the 1957 telecast of Ashton's Cinderella on NBC in the series Producer's Showcase. From 1958 to 1989, he served as music director of the New York City Ballet, where he worked extensively with choreographer George Balanchine. For many years he conducted the New York City Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker, a task he repeated in the 1958 US telecast of the ballet. He died in his birthplace in 1991, aged 78. A small memorial plaque to him may be found on the north-east wall of Winchester College chapel cloisters. (en)
  • Robert Augustine Irving, DFC* (Winchester, 28 agosto 1913 – Winchester, 13 settembre 1991), è stato un direttore d'orchestra britannico, la cui fama è stata legata soprattutto alla sua attività come direttore di balletto classico. (it)
  • 로버트 어빙(Robert Augustine Irving, 1913년 8월 28일 ~ 1991년 9월 13일)은 영국의 지휘자이며, 특히 발레음악의 지휘자로서 명성이 있다. 잉글랜드 윈체스터에서 태어났다. 런던의 왕립음악원에서 배우고, 1945년에는 글래스고 방송관현악단, 1949년에는 코벤트가든 왕립가극장의 발레 지휘자가 되었다. 1991년 78세의 나이로 자신이 태어난 곳에서 사망했다. (ko)
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  • Robert Augustine Irving, DFC* (Winchester, 28 agosto 1913 – Winchester, 13 settembre 1991), è stato un direttore d'orchestra britannico, la cui fama è stata legata soprattutto alla sua attività come direttore di balletto classico. (it)
  • 로버트 어빙(Robert Augustine Irving, 1913년 8월 28일 ~ 1991년 9월 13일)은 영국의 지휘자이며, 특히 발레음악의 지휘자로서 명성이 있다. 잉글랜드 윈체스터에서 태어났다. 런던의 왕립음악원에서 배우고, 1945년에는 글래스고 방송관현악단, 1949년에는 코벤트가든 왕립가극장의 발레 지휘자가 되었다. 1991년 78세의 나이로 자신이 태어난 곳에서 사망했다. (ko)
  • Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, (28 August 1913 – 13 September 1991) was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor. Born in Winchester, England, the son of mountaineer and author R. L. G. Irving, he was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in music. He studied with Malcolm Sargent and Constant Lambert at the Royal College of Music from 1934 to 1936. During World War II, he served with the Royal Air Force, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and bar. (en)
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  • Robert Irving (it)
  • 로버트 어빙 (ko)
  • Robert Irving (conductor) (en)
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