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Robert Shaw (Conductor)

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Conductor

The Resume

    (April 30, 1916-January 25, 1999)
    Born in Red Bluff, California
    Founded the Robert Shaw Chorale (1949)
    Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1967-88)
    Kennedy Center Honoree (1991)
    Received the National Medal of the Arts (1992)
    Inaugural member of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame (1998)

Why he might be annoying:

    His first marriage broke up over his drinking and womanizing while on tour.
    He would launch into profanity-laden tirades during rehearsals.
    He sweated so profusely that the pages of his scores became wrinkled from perspiration and he would have to shower and change suits during concert intermissions.

Why he might not be annoying:

    After he conducted the chorus of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini declared, 'I have at last found the maestro I was looking for.'
    He said he was drawn to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra because he wanted to work in a city associated with moral giants such as Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    He won 14 Grammys and the first Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to a conductor.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying