Robinson composed An American Requiem, which had its New England Premiere under the direction of Dr. Robert Russell and the USM Chorale. He also wrote ``Driving Old Memories'' with his father Ervin Robinson, and the country song ``Momma Never Had Life Easy -- So She Made Life Easy for Me''. In 2012 he wrote the music for the independent documentary In the Shadows of Grey Gardens In an article entitled ``Robinson and Ragtime'', David Welker called him ``one of today's leading proponents of early jazz and ragtime music''.
Robinson composed An American Requiem, which had its New England Premiere under the direction of Dr. Robert Russell and the USM Chorale.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Robinson
Robinson
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
compose
composed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
An
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
American
American
ADJ
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Requiem
Requiem
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
its
its
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
New
New
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
England
England
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Premiere
Premiere
PROPN
NNP
case
under
under
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
direction
direction
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Dr.
Dr.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Robert
Robert
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Russell
Russell
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
USM
USM
PROPN
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
Chorale
Chorale
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He also wrote ``Driving Old Memories'' with his father Ervin Robinson, and the country song ``Momma Never Had Life Easy -- So She Made Life Easy for Me''.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
xcomp
VerbForm=Ger
drive
Driving
VERB
VBG
amod
Degree=Pos
Old
Old
ADJ
NNP
obj
Number=Plur
Memory
Memories
PROPN
NNPS
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
father
father
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Ervin
Ervin
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Robinson
Robinson
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
country
country
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Sing
song
song
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
nsubj
Number=Sing
Momma
Momma
PROPN
NNP
advmod
never
Never
ADV
RB
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
Had
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
life
Life
NOUN
NN
xcomp
Degree=Pos
easy
Easy
ADJ
JJ
punct
--
--
PUNCT
,
advmod
so
So
ADV
RB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
Made
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
life
Life
NOUN
NN
xcomp
Degree=Pos
easy
Easy
ADJ
JJ
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Me''
Me''
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In 2012 he wrote the music for the independent documentary
case
in
In
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2012
2012
NUM
CD
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
music
music
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
independent
independent
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
documentary
documentary
NOUN
NN
In the Shadows of Grey Gardens
case
in
In
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
root
Number=Plur
Shadow
Shadows
PROPN
NNPS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Grey
Grey
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Plur
Garden
Gardens
PROPN
NNPS
In an article entitled ``Robinson and Ragtime'', David Welker called him ``one of today's leading proponents of early jazz and ragtime music''.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
article
article
NOUN
NN
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
entitle
entitled
VERB
VBN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
xcomp
Number=Sing
Robinson
Robinson
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Ragtime''
Ragtime''
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
David
David
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Welker
Welker
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
xcomp
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
one
one
NUM
CD
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
today
today
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
VerbForm=Ger
lead
leading
VERB
VBG
nmod
Number=Plur
proponent
proponents
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
early
early
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
jazz
jazz
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
compound
Number=Sing
ragtime
ragtime
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Sing
music''
music''
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.