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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2010-05-18 00:40
Can someone tell me if Robert Titus is still around? I'm nearly drawing a blank with a Web search.
Thanks.
B.
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Author: Horatio
Date: 2010-05-25 01:56
Sorry to say Bob passed away a number of years ago. A great man!
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Author: Phat Cat
Date: 2010-05-25 02:12
Very sorry to hear that. I studied with him when I was a high school student in Columbus. He was very patient.
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Author: Horatio
Date: 2010-05-25 02:18
I am trying to find his obituary for you. I believe there was a mention in the Clarinet Journal as well. I'll post if I find anything. I saw him a few days before he passed riding his bicycle on campus heading to go swimming.
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Author: Phat Cat
Date: 2010-05-25 02:37
Here is a notice from the OSU Board of Trustees meeting of Jul7, 2000.
"Robert A. Titus
The Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University expresses its sorrow upon the death on April 13, 2000, of Dr. Robert Austin Titus, Associate Professor Emeritus in the School of Music.
Dr. Titus was born in Marion, Iowa, and attended Iowa State University before transferring to the University of Iowa to pursue the study of music. At the completion of his undergraduate studies, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His graduate studies were supervised by his clarinet mentor, Dr. Himie Voxman, renowned scholar and author. His Ph.D. dissertation “Solo Music for the Clarinet in the 18th Century” is the most widely-read document on woodwind music of that period, and remains the most authoritative source of information on the subject.
Dr. Titus joined the faculty of the School of Music in 1947, teaching applied clarinet performance, woodwind pedagogy and literature, and woodwind ensemble until his retirement in 1981. He served as chairman of the woodwind section of the School of Music, advised graduate students, and acted as leader of the Faculty Woodwind Quintet which performed, recorded, and toured extensively. In 1951, he joined faculty colleagues in forming the Columbus Little Symphony, which later became the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. He was principal clarinetist in the orchestra until 1962. An exacting teacher of profound musical scholarship, he touched the lives of his students, imbuing in them his great love of music and an unwavering commitment to musical scholarship and excellence.
In addition to his great love of classical music and a lifelong commitment to his profession, Dr. Titus pursued many and varied interests, including archeology, bicycling, gardening, and a multitude of outdoor activities. As a B-17 navigator in the Army Air Force during World War II, he cultivated friendships which endured and were enriched throughout his life through annual reunions of the 95th Bomb Group and the Air Force Escape and Evasion Society. He was the recipient of many prestigious awards. His service to his country is permanently remembered in a memorial at the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
On behalf of the University community, the Board of Trustees expresses to the family of Professor Robert A. Titus its deepest sympathy and sense of understanding of their loss. It was directed that this resolution be inscribed upon the minutes of the Board of Trustees and that a copy be tendered to his family as an expression of the Board’s heartfelt sympathy."
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Author: CASHMERE KRACKOWSKI
Date: 2023-11-04 10:10
Well, it's been a long time. While a music major in 64, Dr. Robert Titus was my first instructor. I cannot remember what initiated our conversation during that year about his service during the war, but it went like this: "Our plane crashed in occupied territory, but fortunately, I was rescued by the underground." I asked, "How did they get you out?" Bob said, "They dressed me up in woman's clothing." I said, "Really?" He said, "Yes, shaved my legs, put on nylons, shoes, skirt, blouse, makeup, wore a scarf on my head, and carried a purse." "That's how they got me out of the country."
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