Background
The son of Bernard and Judith (Valine) Leaf, he attended Luther Academy and College in Wahoo, Nebraska, played trumpet in the Air Force band, and completed his undergraduate degree at MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Education
University of Minnesota.
Career
Robert Daniel Leaf (February 20, 1936 – October 11, 2005) was an American composer. After a short career as an elementary school music teacher and a series of records of Children"s music He enrolled in graduate studies in composition at the University of Minnesota.
He was especially interested in music for hymns and was completing a book on the subject at the time of his death.
In particular, he had a belief in the value of hymn as one of the last commonplace examples of community singing outside of "The Birthday Song" and The National Anthem. He wrote both instrumental and vocal music and was published by AMSI, Augsburg, Choristers Guild, GIA and Kjos.
They had three sons: Eryc, Andrew and John.
