Paul Henry Lang

Paul Henry Lang ( born August 28, 1901 in Budapest, † September 22, 1991 in Lakeville, Connecticut) was an American musicologist and critic of Hungarian origin.

Life

Long studied at the Budapest Academy of Music and spent two years as deputy director of the Budapest Opera House. This is followed by a study of musicology joined. He attended the University of Heidelberg and the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1928 he moved to the United States. Until 1933, he taught at Vassar College and Wells College. In 1934 he became an American citizen. He taught from 1933 to 1969 at Columbia University and was from 1954 to 1963 the chief music critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

Works

• George Frideric Handel
• The Experience of Opera
• Music in Western Civilization
• Creative World of Beethoven
• Musicology and Performance