Irving Kolodin

Irving Kolodin ( born February 21, 1908 in New York City; † 29 April 1988 ) was an American music critic and music historian.

Kolodin grew up in Newark, New Jersey, where his father ran a book and stationery store. He started at a young age to deal with music. From 1927 to 1931 he studied at the Institute of Musical Art in New York. He then worked until 1982 he published reviews in the Saturday Review as an assistant to William James Henderson as a music critic for the New York Sun, then as chief critic of the newspaper until its cessation in 1950. From 1947. After setting the magazine he continued writing for various periodicals. Especially in the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the most influential music critic in the United States.

Particularly well known Kolodin was through his reviews of recordings of the works of classical composers, which appeared in a series of books. In addition, he was an acknowledged expert on the history of the Metropolitan Opera, which he described in a standard work, which from 1936 underwent a number of editions and has been updated several times from him. He directed the musical selection at numerous records that were released by RCA. Even the Jazz gave Kolodin his attention and wrote among other things together with Benny Goodman whose autobiography Kingdom of Swing, first published in 1939.

In the 1970s Kolodin was responsible for the selection of classical music for the first official music library of the White House. From 1968 to 1986 he taught at the Juilliard School in New York.

Kolodin was working on a new edition of his History of the New York Opera, as in 1987 he suffered a severe stroke, the consequences of which he died in 1988.

Writings

  • The Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1935. . Oxford University Press, New York 1936 In Extended version: The Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1966. A Candid History. Knopf, New York 1966.
  • The Kingdom of Swing. Stackpole Sons, New York 1939 ( with Benny Goodman). German -language edition: My way to jazz. An Autobiography. Translated from English by Fritz Herdi. Sanssouci Verlag, Zurich 1961.
  • A Guide to Recorded Music. Doubleday, Dorian & Company, Garden City, 1941.
  • Mozart on Records. The Four Corners, New York, 1942.
  • The Saturday Review Home Book of Recorded Music and Sound Reproduction. Prentice- Hall, New York, 1952 ( with Edward Tatnall Canby and CG Burke).
  • Orchestral Music. Knopf, New York 1955.
  • The Composer as Listener. A Guide to Music. Horizon Press, New York 1958.
  • The Musical Life. Knopf, New York 1958.
  • The Interior Beethoven. A Biography of the Music. Knopf, New York, 1975, ISBN 0-39446-626-6 ( ISBN formally wrong ).
  • The Opera Omnibus. Four Centuries of Critical Give and take. Dutton, New York 1976, ISBN 0-84150-438-5.
  • The Guide to Long - Playing Records. Vol 1, Orchestral Music. Greenwood Press, Westwood 1978, ISBN 0-31320-297-4.
  • In Quest of Music. A Journey in Time. Doubleday, Garden City, 1980, ISBN 0-38513-061-9.
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