ROBERTSON, Leroy
b Fountain Green, Utah, 21 December 1896
d Salt Lake City, 25 July 1971, aged seventy-four

He was a pupil at the New England Conservatory, received his diploma in 1923, then studied in Europe. He received an MA from the University of Utah in 1932, and a PhD from the University of Southern California in 1954 He was professor and chairman of the music department of the Brigham Young University from 1925 to 1948, and held a similar post at the University of Utah from 1948 to 1962.

1923 (27)

Endicott Overture

1938 (42)

Piano Quintet

1940 (44)

Prelude, Scherzo and Ricercare for orchestra

String Quartet

1944 (48)

Rhapsody for piano and orchestra

American Serenade, for string quartet

1945 (49)

Punch and Judy Overture

1947 (51)

Trilogy, for orchestra

1948 (52)

Violin Concerto

1953 (57)

The Book of Mormon, oratorio

1966 (70)

Piano Concerto

Robertson also composed: Cello Concerto Fantasia for organ Come, Come, Ye Saints, for chorus Hatikva, for chorus From the Crossroads, for chorus The Lord's Prayer, for chorus Passacaglia for orchestra