William Armstrong (1858 – May 18, 1942
) was an American
music critic, lecturer, and writer.
Life
Armstrong was born in 1858 in
Frederick County, Maryland. As a child, he received
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
lessons in
Stuttgart, Germany. Later he began playing professionally and teaching lessons on the instrument.
Armstrong published musical reviews in major newspapers such as the ''
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...
'', where he was the music editor (1893 - 1898), and the ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''.
He also published reviews and essays in periodicals such as the ''
Saturday Evening Post'' and the ''
Saturday Review''.
In addition to his reviews and essays, Armstrong wrote several books. These include the novels ''Thekla'' (1887) and ''An American Nobleman'' (1892),
and the essay series ''The Romantic World of Music''.
References
1858 births
1942 deaths
People from Frederick County, Maryland
American music critics
Chicago Tribune people
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
American male novelists
20th-century American non-fiction writers
American male non-fiction writers
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