Robert Chesley scores
- Title
- Robert Chesley scores, 1964-1976.
- Supplementary content
- Author
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | ContainerBox 3 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 10-3 Box 3 | Item locationOffsite |
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | ContainerBox 2 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 10-3 Box 2 | Item locationOffsite |
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 10-3 Box 1 | Item locationOffsite |
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- Description
- 1 linear ft. (3 boxes)
- Summary
- The Robert Chesley Scores contains music composed by Chesley, in the form of manuscript scores and sketches. Personal papers which pertain to his work as a composer include correspondence, reviews and programs, and publications of the Society of Gay and Lesbian Composers based in San Francisco, California.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Scores.
- Correspondence.
- Call number
- JPB 10-3
- Biography (note)
- Robert Chesley was born on March 22, 1943, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was a composer, playwright, and theater critic. Between 1965-1975, Chesley composed over five dozen songs and choral works. In 1976 he moved to San Francisco and became theater critic at the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He was also co-founder of the Three-Dollar Bill Theater in New York City. Chesley died of AIDS in San Francisco at the age of 47 on December 5, 1990. The Robert Chesley Award for Lesbian and Gay Playwriting, given annually by Publishing Triangle, is named in his honor.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- Collection guide in repository and on the Internet.
- Author
- Chesley, Robert, 1943-1990.
- Title
- Robert Chesley scores, 1964-1976.
- Biography
- Robert Chesley was born on March 22, 1943, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was a composer, playwright, and theater critic. Between 1965-1975, Chesley composed over five dozen songs and choral works. In 1976 he moved to San Francisco and became theater critic at the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He was also co-founder of the Three-Dollar Bill Theater in New York City. Chesley died of AIDS in San Francisco at the age of 47 on December 5, 1990. The Robert Chesley Award for Lesbian and Gay Playwriting, given annually by Publishing Triangle, is named in his honor.
- Indexes
- Collection guide in repository and on the Internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Composers.
- Dramatists.
- Added author
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Lyricist
- Society of Gay and Lesbian Composers.
- Estate Project for Artists with AIDS.
- Research call number
- JPB 10-3