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19th-century music critics

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Abbie Gerrish-JonesPerson · Music memorabiliaAbbie Jane Gerrish-Jones (September 10, 1863 – February 5, 1929) was an American composer, librettist and music writer.
Abramo BaseviPerson · Music memorabiliaAbramo Basevi (December 1818 – November 1885) was an Italian musicologist and composer.
Alexander Egorovich VarlamovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Egorovich Varlamov was a Russian composer, chapelmaster, singer, music critic, violinist and guitarist (1801–1848). He was born in Moscow and died in Saint Petersburg.
Alexander GoldenweiserPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Borisovich Goldenweiser 26 November 1961) was a Russian and Soviet pianist, teacher and composer.
Alexander MoszkowskiAuthor · BooksAlexander Moszkowski (15 January 1851 – 26 September 1934) was a German satirist, writer and philosopher also of Polish-Jewish descent.
Alexander SerovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Nikolayevich Serov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в, 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1820 – 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1871) was a Russian composer and music critic.
Alfred EinsteinAuthor · BooksAlfred Einstein (December 30, 1880February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor.
Alfred KerrAuthor · BooksAlfred Kerr (né Kempner; 25 December 1867 – 12 October 1948, surname: langno) was an influential German theatre critic and essayist of Jewish descent, nicknamed the Kulturpapst ("Culture…
Amintore GalliPerson · Music memorabiliaAmyntor "Amintore" Flaminio Claudio Galli (12 October 1845 – 8 December 1919) was an Italian music publisher, journalist, historian, musicologist, and composer.
André SuarèsAuthor · BooksAndré Suarès, born Isaac Félix Suarès (12 June 1868, Marseille – 7 September 1948, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) was a French poet and critic.
August Wilhelm AmbrosPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Wilhelm Ambros (17 November 1816 – 28 June 1876) was an Austrian music historian, critic and composer of Czech descent.
Charles KoechlinPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (27 November 186731 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist.
Claude DebussyPerson · Music memorabiliaAchille Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Constantin BrăiloiuPerson · Music memorabiliaConstantin Brăiloiu (13 August 1893 – 20 December 1958) was a Romanian composer and internationally known ethnomusicologist.
Daniel Gregory MasonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Daniel Gregory Mason circa 1915
Deems TaylorAuthor · BooksJoseph Deems Taylor (December 22, 1885 – July 3, 1966) was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic, and author.
Donald ToveyPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Donald Francis Tovey (17 July 1875 – 10 July 1940) was a British music analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist.
Edmund J. PendletonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Edmund J. Pendleton
Eduard CaudellaPerson · Music memorabiliaEduard Caudella (22 May (or 3 June) 1841 – 15 April 1924) was a Romanian opera composer, also a violin virtuoso, conductor, teacher and critic.
Eduard HanslickPerson · Music memorabiliaEduard Hanslick (11 September 1825 – 6 August 1904) was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian.
Edvin KallsteniusPerson · Music memorabiliaEdvin Kallstenius (29 August 1881 – 22 November 1967) was a Swedish composer and librarian.
Engelbert HumperdinckPerson · Music memorabiliaEngelbert Humperdinck (lang; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer of opera. He is best known for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893).
Ernst OrtleppAuthor · BooksErnst Ortlepp (August 1, 1800 - June 14, 1864) was a German poet.
Felip PedrellPerson · Music memorabiliaFelip Pedrell Sabaté (Spanish: Felipe) (19 February 1841 – 19 August 1922) was a Catalan composer, guitarist and musicologist.
Ferdinand PfohlPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ferdinand Pfohl, Pastell by Anton Klamroth, 1892
Florent SchmittPerson · Music memorabiliaFlorent Schmitt (28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches.
Francisco Salvador-DanielPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancisco Salvador-Daniel (Bourges 17 February 1831 - Paris 24 May 1871) was a French composer and ethnomusicologist of Spanish origin.
Franz BrendelPerson · Music memorabiliaKarl Franz Brendel (26 November 1811 – 25 November 1868) was a German music critic, journalist and musicologist born in Stolberg, the son of a successful mining engineer named Christian…
Frederick CorderPerson · Music memorabiliaFrederick Corder (26 January 1852 – 21 August 1932) was an English composer and music teacher.[1]
Friedrich ChrysanderAuthor · BooksLeopold von Kalckreuth (1901)
Géza CsáthPerson · Music memorabiliaGéza Csáth (lang; born József Brenner; February 13, 1887 – September 11, 1919) was a Hungarian writer, playwright, musician, music critic, psychiatrist, and physician.
Giuseppe AdamiPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Giuseppe Adami
Heinrich DornPerson · Music memorabiliaHeinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn (14 November 1800 or 1804 – 10 January 1892) was a German conductor, composer, teacher, and journalist.
Henry Edward KrehbielAuthor · BooksHenry Edward Krehbiel (10 March 1854 – 20 March 1923) was an American music critic and musicologist who was the chief music critic of The New York Tribune for more than forty years.
Hugo LeichtentrittPerson · Music memorabiliaHugo Leichtentritt (1 January 1874, Pleschen, Pleszew, nearby Posen, Province of Posen13 November 1951, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a German-Jewish musicologist and composer who spent…
Jan MaklakiewiczPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jan Maklakiewicz
Joseph MarxAuthor · BooksJoseph Rupert Rudolf Marx (11 May 1882 – 3 September 1964) was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic.
Kenneth BurkeAuthor · BooksKenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and…
Léo-Pol MorinPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Léo-Pol Morin, 1932
Léon BoëllmannPerson · Music memorabiliaLéon Boëllmann (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ bɔ.ɛlman]; 25 September 1862 – 11 October 1897) was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ.
Louis DureyPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Edmond Durey (lang; 27 May 18883 July 1979) was a French composer. He was among the Les Six group of composers.
Louis GalletAuthor · BooksLouis Gallet (14 February 1835 in Valence, Drôme – 16 October 1898) was a French writer of operatic libretti, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets, and innumerable articles, who is…
Ludwig HartmannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Robert Sterl: Ludwig Hartmann (1908), Dresden City Art Gallery
Max GrafPerson · Music memorabiliaMax Graf (lang; 1 October 1873 – 24 June 1958) was an Austrian music historian and critic. Graf was described as the "dean of music critics in Vienna" in the first part of the 20th century.
Nestor NyzhankivskyiPerson · Music memorabiliaNestor Nyzhankivsky (Nestor Ostapovych Nyzhankivsky); August 31, 1893 – April 10, 1940) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist and music critic.
Nicolas SlonimskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Slonimsky in 1933
Paul CollinAuthor · BooksPaul Collin (12 July 1843 – 5 February 1915) was a French poet, writer, translator and librettist.
Paul GilsonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Paul Gilson in 1905
Paul Le FlemPerson · Music memorabiliaMarie-Paul Achille Auguste Le Flem (18 March 1881 – 31 July 1984) was a French composer and music critic.
Per ReidarsonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Norwegian composer, music critic and violinist Per Reidarson
Peter CorneliusPerson · Music memorabilia
Pietro Abbà CornagliaPerson · Music memorabiliaPietro Abbà Cornaglia (20 March 1851 – 2 May 1894) was an Italian organist, concert pianist, and composer.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Raoul LaparraAuthor · BooksIllustration — Raoul Laparra (1931)
Reynaldo HahnPerson · Music memorabiliaReynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia (9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer of Venezuelan birth.
Richard HeubergerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Richard Heuberger
Richard RobertPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Robert (25 March 1861 – 1 February 1924 in Kaltenleutgeben) was an Austrian pianist, composer, music critic, and music administrator, but he is most notable as a pedagogue in piano,…
Robert SchumannPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Schumann (lang; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era.
Robert Smythe HichensAuthor · BooksRobert Smythe Hichens (14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950) was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays.
Roger SessionsPerson · Music memorabiliaRoger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music.
Roland-ManuelPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexis Roland-Manuel (22 March 18911 November 1966) was a French composer and critic, remembered mainly for his criticism.
Rudolph RetiPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolph Reti, also Réti (November 27, 1885 – February 7, 1957), was a musical analyst, composer and pianist.
Siegfried TrebitschAuthor · BooksSiegfried Trebitsch (22 December 1868 – 3 June 1956) was an Austrian playwright, translator, novelist and poet.
Sigmund SpaethPerson · Music memorabiliaSigmund Gottfried Spaeth (April 10, 1885 – November 11, 1965) was an American musicologist who sought to de-mystify classical music for the general public.
Ture RangströmPerson · Music memorabiliaAnders Johan Ture Rangström (30 November 1884 – 11 May 1947) belonged to a new generation of Swedish composers who, in the first decade of the 20th century, introduced modernism to their…
Virgil ThomsonPerson · Music memorabiliaVirgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music.
Vittorio GuiPerson · Music memorabiliaVittorio Gui (14 September 1885 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian conductor, composer, musicologist and critic.
Žiga HirschlerPerson · Music memorabiliaŽiga Hirschler (21 March 1894, Velika Trnovitica near Bjelovar – 1941 Jasenovac concentration camp) was a Croatian-Jewish composer, music critic and publicist who was killed during the…

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