Dyneley Hussey (27 February 1893 – 6 September 1972) was an English

war poet A war poet is a poet who participates in a war and writes about their experiences, or a non-combatant who writes poems about war. While the term is applied especially to those who served during the First World War, the term can be applied to a p ...

, journalist,

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and

music critic ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of mus ...

Life

Hussey was born in India and was the son of Colonel Charles Edward Hussey. He was educated at

St Cyprian's School St Cyprian's School was an English preparatory school for boys, which operated in the early 20th century in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Like other preparatory schools, its purpose was to train pupils to do well enough in the examinations (usuall ...

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The King's School Canterbury The King's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year old pupils) in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's ...

and

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12th ...

. He served in

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as a lieutenant in the Thirteenth Battalion of the

Lancashire Fusiliers The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, and had many different titles throughout its 28 ...

, and published a book of war poems. Two of his most celebrated war poems are "An Oxford Retrospect" and "Courage". He then spent five years in the finance department at the

Admiralty Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong *Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral *Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings * Admiralty, Traf ...

. He became an author and journalist and in 1923 was writing art criticism. However his main interest was music and he wrote several works on opera. He was music critic for ''

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'' from 1923 to 1946 and also wrote successively for the '' Saturday Review'', '' Weekend Review'', and ''

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''. During

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he again took on an administrative post at the Admiralty. In 1946, he was chosen to deal with music on the ''

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'' and became music critic of '' The Listener'', remaining until 1960.

Asa Briggs Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs (7 May 1921 – 15 March 2016) was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, and the foremost historian of broadcasting in Britain. Briggs achieved international recognition during his lon ...

, ''The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom'' 1995 He wrote several articles for the ''

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'' under the title "The Musician's Gramophone". Hussey married Irene Duncan in 1926 and had a son and two daughters. She died in 1941 and he subsequently married Dr. Florence Costello. He died at Cheltenham aged 79.

Works

*Fleur de Lys (war poems) *Eurydice or the Nature of Opera *George Clausen (1923) *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1928) *Verdi (1940 and 1968) *Some Composers of Opera (1952)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussey, Dyneley 1893 births 1972 deaths Lancashire Fusiliers officers British Army personnel of World War I People educated at The King's School, Canterbury People educated at St Cyprian's School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford English music critics English art critics Opera critics English World War I poets English journalists Classical music critics Place of birth missing British people in colonial India