Robert Edwards (October 4, 1879 – November 2, 1948) was an American artist, musician, and writer, and a prominent figure among New York City's Greenwich Village in the 1920s and '30s. He was editor and publisher of the Greenwich Village Quill, and was known as the "Bard of Bohemia" and the "Village Troubadour" for his many songs he wrote and sang publicly.[1]
^ ab"The Final Curtain". Billboard. November 13, 1948. p. 57.
^Sarlós, Robert Károly (1982). Jig Cook and the Provincetown Players: Theatre in Ferment. University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 185–186. ISBN0-87023-349-1.
^"When Bobby Edwards Sings". The Latin Quarter-ly. Vol. 1. Maspa Press. 1933. pp. 95–.
^ abAmerican Art Annual. Vol. 20. R.R. Bowker. 1923. p. 508.
^"Edwards, Robert". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00057575.
^Brevda, William (1986). Harry Kemp, the Last Bohemian. Bucknell University Press. pp. 150–151. ISBN978-0-8387-5086-5.
^"Robert Edwards, 69, Artist, Songwriter". The New York Times. November 5, 1948.
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