Alan Rich (June 17, 1924 – April 23, 2010) was an American
music critic who served on the staff of many newspapers and magazines on both coasts. Originally from
Brookline
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,
, he first studied medicine at
Harvard University
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before turning to music. While a student at Harvard he began his career as critic, working as assistant music critic at the ''
Boston Herald
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''.
He was music director of
KPFA, the
Berkeley
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radio station, and successively a music critic for publications including ''
The New York Times
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'', the ''
New York Herald Tribune'',
''New York'' magazine, ''
Newsweek
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'', ''California'' magazine, the ''
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner'', ''
Opera News'', and from 1992 to 2008
''
LA Weekly
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'' magazine. He subsequently worked briefly as music critic for
Bloomberg News
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.
Rich also wrote a number of books including ''Music, Mirror of the Arts'' (1969) and ''So I've Heard: Notes of a Migratory Music Critic'', published in 2006.
In 1990, Rich authored an innovative CD-ROM exploring Schubert's "Trout Quintet". Published by The Voyager Company, and produced by composer David Javelosa.
References
Further reading
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External links
Alan Rich's website
1924 births
2010 deaths
Harvard Medical School alumni
American music critics
American music journalists
Classical music critics
Writers from Los Angeles
Writers from Brookline, Massachusetts
The New York Times writers
New York Herald Tribune people
New York (magazine) people
Newsweek people
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