Eric McLean (25 September 191919 August 2002) was a Canadian pianist, music critic, and historian. From 1979 to 1988 he was the music critic for the ''

Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...

'' in Canada, and retired as their critic emeritus. His overall career spanned 60 years. In April 2003, McLean's personal papers were donated to the Marvin Duchow Music Library at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

. The Eric McLean Collection is a multimedia assemblage of texts, photographs, recorded interviews, musical scores, musicological monographs, and an LP record collection of over 7,000 items. The collection includes the concert diary inherited by McLean from Hugh Poynter Bell, former

Montreal Star ''The Montreal Star'' was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It closed in 1979 in the wake of an eight-month pressmen's strike. It was Canada's largest newspaper until the 1950s and remained the domi ...

music and art critic. The diary shows Montreal concert life during the period of 19231949 and consists of his concert reviews which highlight the importance of Montreal, during the first half of the twentieth century, as a major North American musical centre.

Works

"Hanslick had it better", ''World of Music'', vol 14, No. 3, 1972 "Eric McLean remembers", ''Music McGill'', spring 1992

References

Bibliography

* ''McGill: A celebration'', Music McGill, Spring 1992 * "Eric McLean at Papineau House",

, 3 September 1995
Music archives ~ National Library of Canada

External links

McGill University Library resources

The Eric McLean Collection at the Marvin Duchow Music Library, McGill University
Canadian classical pianists Canadian music critics 1919 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Canadian pianists {{Canada-journalist-stub