Donald Rosenberg (born 1952) is an American musician, music critic and journalist.

Biography

Rosenberg was born in New York City and educated at the Mannes College of Music and the

Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a join ...

. He is a horn player, who participated in the

Aspen Music Festival The Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) is a classical music festival held annually in Aspen, Colorado. It is noted both for its concert programming and the musical training it offers to mostly young-adult music students. Founded in 1949, the ...

and

Marlboro Music Festival The Marlboro Music School and Festival is a retreat for advanced classical training and musicianship held for seven weeks each summer in Marlboro, Vermont, in the United States. Public performances are held each weekend while the school is in ses ...

. Rosenberg wrote for the ''

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'' from 1977–89, then for The Pittsburgh Press (1989–92) and

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's ''

The Plain Dealer ''The Plain Dealer'' is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. In fall 2019, it ranked 23rd in U.S. newspaper circulation, a significant drop since March 2013, when its circulation ranked 17th daily and 15th on Sunday. As of M ...

'' from 1992. ''The Cleveland Orchestra Story'' (), his 700-page book on the history of the

Cleveland Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra, based in Cleveland, is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the " Big Five". Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Se ...

, was published in 2000. He was removed from his position as principal classical music critic of ''The Plain Dealer'' in 2008, reportedly for his criticism of Franz Welser-Möst, the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra. Rosenberg took legal action against ''The Plain Dealer'' and The Cleveland Orchestra as a result, and was unsuccessful in this lawsuit. Rosenberg was

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from ''The Plain Dealer'' in 2013. Rosenberg served four terms as president of the Music Critics Association of North America. In March 2014, he was named editor of EMAg (''Early Music America Magazine)''. He was a visiting teacher at the

Oberlin Conservatory of Music The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a private music conservatory in Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1865 and is the second oldest conservatory and oldest continually operating conservatory in the United States. It is one of ...

from 2011-18.

References

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