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American music critic and journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Aldrich (July 31, 1863 – June 2, 1937) was an American music critic. From 1902–23, he was music critic for The New York Times.[1]
Richard Aldrich | |
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Born | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | July 31, 1863
Died | June 2, 1937 73) Rome, Italy | (aged
Nationality | American |
Education | Providence High School Harvard College |
Occupation | Music critic |
Spouse | |
Children | Richard Chanler Aldrich Margaret Aldrich DeMott |
Parent(s) | Elisha S. Aldrich Anna E. Gladding |
Richard Aldrich was born on July 31, 1863, in Providence, Rhode Island. His father was Elisha S. Aldrich and his mother, Anna E. Gladding. He attended Providence High School and graduated with an A.B. in 1885 from Harvard College, where he had studied music.[2]
He began his journalistic career on the Providence Journal. From 1889 to 1891, he was private secretary to Senator Nathan F. Dixon III in Washington, D.C., writing criticisms for the Washington Evening Star. In 1891–92 he was with the New York Tribune in various editorial capacities, assisting Henry Edward Krehbiel with musical criticisms. He was associated with Krehbiel as an American contributor to the revised edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.[3]
In 1906, he was married to Margaret Livingston Chanler, daughter of John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877) of the Dudley–Winthrop family and Margaret Astor Ward (1838–1875) of the Astor family.[2] Margaret Livingston Chanler served as a nurse with the American Red Cross during the Spanish–American War.[4] They had two children, a daughter and a son:[1]
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