Pitts Sanborn
Pitts Sanborn (1879– March 7, 1941), was born John Pitts Sanborn in Port Huron, Michigan. He dropped the "John" for most of his professional career. After graduating Harvard in 1900, he established himself as a music critic, writing for the New York Globe, New York Mail and finally New York World-Telegram.
Pitts Sanborn
- Born
- 1879
- Died
- 1941
- Occupation
- journalist · writer · poet · editing staff · critic
- Fields
- music criticism · poetry · prose
- Education
- Harvard University
- Languages
- English
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Born in 1879, died in 1941.
Pitts Sanborn studied at Harvard University. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is music criticism, poetry and prose.
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- 1.Readinkbooks.com. Prima Donna: A Novel of the Opera [2-volume boxed set] - Sanborn, Pitts.
- 2.White, Edward. Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 101. 2014. 9780374201579.
- 3.Racine Journal Times. Heart Attack Fatal To Music Critic, 61. 2. March 8, 1941.
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