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Robert Commanday papers, 1943-2015.
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Robert Commanday papers, 1943-2015Creator/Contributor:
Commanday, Robert, creator, creator.Abstract:
Contains personal and family papers, research files, programs with notes for Commanday's articles for the San Francisco Chronicle,
reviews, awards, and obituaries. Also includes, audiotapes and slides of Commanday lectures and photographs, most from a
1950s trip to Japan with the University of California Glee Club.
Date:
1943 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caUniversity of California. -- Glee Club
Commanday, Robert -- Archives
Commanday, Robert
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Gift of Mary Commanday 2019.
Digital materials transferred to the Digital Collections Unit of The Bancroft Library.
Robert Commanday received a Bachelor of Arts in music history from Harvard University in 1943. After serving as a cryptographer
during World War II and teachhing stints at Ithaca College and the University of Illinois he attended the University of California,
Berkeley and recieved his Master of Arts in musicology in 1952. He went on to teach music at Berkeley and led the university's
choral association, which included the Glee Club, which toured Japan in 1957. From 1964 to 1994 he was the critic of classical
music and dance for the San Francisco Chronicle. Commanday passed away in Oakland in 2015.
Robert Commanday papers, BANC MSS 2019/237, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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ArchivesPhotographs.
Programs.
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print
16.5 (13 2
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
Collections Request link.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.