and Work of Robert Erickson. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press. Shere, Robert. 2001. "Erickson, Robert". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan. References External links University of Akron Bierce Library Smith Archives Composer Profile: Robert Erickson ClassicToday.com Review of Pacific Sirens by Robert Erickson Artistic quality: 8, Sound quality: 9. Dunbar's Delight Review of Sierra & Other Works by Elliott Schwartz, American Music, Fall, 1998 [ Interview with Robert Erickson, February 27, 1988 Robert Erickson Papers MSS 96. Special Collections & Archives, University of California San Diego Library. Listening two works by the composer: General Speech (1969) and East of the Beach'' (1980) 1917 births 1997 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians American classical composers American male classical composers Pupils of Ernst Krenek Pupils of Roger Sessions University of California, Berkeley faculty University of California, San Diego faculty