Maynard Solomon (1930–2020)
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Maynard Elliott Solomon was a musicologist and record producer. He was born on January 5, 1930 in Manhattan. His family later moved to Brooklyn. When he was young, he worked in his father's art supply store. He played the piano and studied the cello. In 1950, he earned a BA from Brooklyn College, mostra altro CUNY. He pursued his graduate studies at Columbia University, 1950-1952. Also, in 1950, he co-founded Vanguard Records with his brother, Seymour Solomon. It was an influential label for not only classical music but folk and blues music as well. He is best known for his biographies of the classical composers, Beethoven, Mozart, and an article on Schubert. His works include, Beethoven (1973); Marxism and Art (1973); Beethoven Essays (1988); Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini (1989) (a research article in the book, 19th-Century Music); Mozart: A Life (1993); and Late Beethoven: Music, Thought, Imagination (2004). Maynard Solomon died on September 28. 2020 in Manhattan at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Solomon, Maynard Elliott
- Data di nascita
- 1930-01-05
- Data di morte
- 2020-09-28
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- Lewy body dementia
- Luogo di residenza
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Brooklyn College (MA - Music and English)
High School of Music and Art - Attività lavorative
- musicologist
record producer
biographer
university professor emeritus
businessperson - Organizzazioni
- Vanguard Records (co-ounder)
City University of New York
Columbia University
Harvard University
Yale University
Juilliard School
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- Opere
- 7
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 1,394
- Popolarità
- #18,440
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 14
- ISBN
- 51
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 1