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20th-century music critics

41 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alexander Uriah BoskovichPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander (Sándor) Uriah Boskovich (Boskovits, Boskowitz, etc.) (August 16, 1907 – November 5, 1964) was an Israeli composer born to a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Amiri BarakaAuthor · BooksAmiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays,…
André BoucourechlievPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Boucourechliev (28 July 1925 – 13 November 1997) was a French composer of Bulgarian origin.
Anthony PaynePerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Edward Payne (2 August 1936 – 30 April 2021) was an English composer, music critic and musicologist.
Bogusław SchaefferPerson · Music memorabiliaBogusław Julian Schaeffer (also Schäffer) (6 June 1929 – 1 July 2019) was a Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, a member of the avant-garde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers…
Boris VianPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Vian (French: [bɔʁis vjɑ̃]; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels.
Brian MortonPerson · Music memorabiliaBrian Morton (born 1954) is a Scottish writer, journalist and former broadcaster, specialising in jazz and modern literature.
Charles DelaunayPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Charles Delaunay on 52nd Street, New York City, October 1946 (photograph by William P. Gottlieb)
Charles OsborneAuthor · BooksCharles Thomas Osborne (24 November 192723 September 2017) was an Australian journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist.[1] He was the assistant editor of The London Magazine…
Colin McPheePerson · Music memorabiliaColin Carhart McPhee (March 15, 1900 – January 7, 1964) was a Canadian-American composer and ethnomusicologist.
Dag WirénPerson · Music memorabiliaDag Ivar Wirén (15 October 1905 – 19 April 1986) was a Swedish composer. Best known for his Serenade for Strings (1937), his career was mainly spent in Stockholm, aside from a stint in…
Deni HinesPerson · Music memorabiliaDohnyale Sharon "Deni" Hines (born 4 September 1970) is an Australian singer who has been releasing music since the early 1980s, with chart success in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and…
Edino KriegerPerson · Music memorabiliaEdino Krieger (17 March 1928 – 6 December 2022) was a Brazilian avant-garde composer, conductor, record producer and musical critic.
Eric SalzmanPerson · Music memorabiliaEric Salzman (September 8, 1933 – November 12, 2017) was an American composer, scholar, author, impresario, music critic, and record producer.
Ève CurieAuthor · BooksÈve Denise Curie Labouisse (ɛv dəniz kyʁi labwis; December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist.
Greg QuillPerson · Music memorabiliaGregory Raymond Quill (18 April 19475 May 2013) was an Australian-born musician, singer-songwriter and journalist.
Hans KellerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans (Heinrich) Keller (11 March 19196 November 1985) was an Austrian-born British musician and writer, who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, as well as…
Hugues PanassiéPerson · Music memorabiliaHugues Panassié (27 February 1912 in Paris – 8 December 1974 in Montauban) was a French critic, record producer, and impresario of traditional jazz.
Ian MacDonaldPerson · Music memorabiliaIan MacCormick (known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was an English music critic, journalist and author, best known for both Revolution in the Head, his…
Jo KondoPerson · Music memorabiliaJō Kondō (近藤譲; surname Kondō; born 28 October 1947 in Tokyo) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.
Joanna BruzdowiczPerson · Music memorabiliaJoanna Bruzdowicz (17 May 1943 – 3 November 2021) was a Polish composer.
Joly Braga SantosPerson · Music memorabiliaJosé Manuel Joly Braga Santos, ComSE (May 14, 1924July 18, 1988) was a Portuguese composer and conductor, who was born and died in Lisbon. He wrote six symphonies.
Leah PurcellPerson · Film memorabiliaLeah Maree Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist.
Lester BangsPerson · Music memorabiliaLeslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982)[1] was an American music journalist and critic.
Marcel LandovskiPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcel François Paul Landowski (18 February 1915 – 23 December 1999) was a French composer, biographer and arts administrator.
Mario ZafredPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Image of Mario Zafred
Mark SteynAuthor · BooksMark Steyn (born 1959) is a Canadian author and a radio, television, and on-line presenter.
Michel OrcelAuthor · BooksMichel Orcel (born 1952, in Marseille) is a contemporary French writer, publisher and psychoanalyst.
Paul BowlesPhotographer · PhotographyPaul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American composer, author, and translator.
Paul MorleyPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Robert Morley (born 26 March 1957) is an English music journalist. He wrote for the NME from 1977 to 1983, and has since written for a wide range of publications and written his own…
Piero ScaruffiAuthor · BooksPiero Scaruffi (born 1955) is an Italian-American cognitive scientist, philosopher, cultural historian and writer who maintains a website on which his reviews of music, film, and art are…
Remo GiazottoPerson · Music memorabiliaHe wrote biographies o
Simon ReynoldsAuthor · BooksSimon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.
Stanley CrouchPerson · Music memorabiliaStanley Lawrence Crouch (December 14, 1945 – September 16, 2020) was an American cultural critic, poet, playwright, novelist, biographer, and syndicated columnist.
Stephen Thomas ErlewineAuthor · BooksStephen Thomas Erlewine (born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database AllMusic.
Ted GioiaPerson · Music memorabiliaTed Gioia (born October 21, 1957) is an American jazz critic and music historian. He is author of 12 books, including Music: A Subversive History, The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the…
Theodor W. AdornoAuthor · BooksTheodor W. Adorno (born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic.
Tikhon KhrennikovPerson · Music memorabiliaTikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (10 June 1913 – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also…
Tom JohnsonPerson · Music memorabiliaTom Johnson was an American and French composer, pianist, music critic and opinion journalist (1939–2024). He was born in Greeley and died in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Tony PalmerPerson · Film memorabiliaHe was born in London.
Werner BodendorffPerson · Music memorabiliaWerner Bodendorff (born in 1958) is a German oboist, musicologist (with a focus on Franz Schubert, Werner Egk, church music and wind music) as well as a writer.

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