Robert Bruce (Scottish composer)
Robert Bruce was born on August 17, 1915 in Inverkeilor, a village and parish in Angus, Scotland.<ref>"Scottish Composers"
In 1935 he enrolled at University of Edinburgh. His professor was Donald Tovey, a British musical analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist. Bruce graduated in 1938. He then studied with Julius Röntgen, a German-Dutch composer of classical music, in Amsterdam.
After WWII he became a professor of music at Cardiff University until 1977.
His major composition is Symphony in B flat.
Robert Bruce died on August 13, 2012.