Johnson, Robert Sherlaw (1932– )

English composer and pianist. He studied at Durham University, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and in Paris, France. He has taught at Leeds and York universities and, from 1970, Oxford. His works include Where the Wild Things Are for soprano and tape (1974) and a piano concerto (1983).

Works Opera The Lambton Worm (produced Oxford, 1978).

Voices and instruments Carmen Vernalia for soprano and chamber orchestra (1972), Where the Wild Things Are for soprano and tape (1974), Festival Mass of the Resurrection for chorus and orchestra (1974), Anglorum Feriae for soprano, tenor, chorus, and orchestra (1977), Veritas veritatis for six voices (1980); piano concerto (1983), three piano sonatas, two string quartets (1966, 1969).