He is the author of Six Great Composers (1955); Carl Maria von Weber (Hamish Hamilton, 1968, 2nd ed. Cambridge UP, 1976), the standard study of Weber in English;[2]German Opera: From the Beginnings to Wagner (2001) and the co-author of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (1964, with Harold Rosenthal) and The Oxford Dictionary of Opera (1992, with Ewan West).[3]
Warrack lives in Helmsley, North Yorkshire.[1] He is the father of the stonemason Simon Warrack.[4]
john, warrack, john, hamilton, warrack, born, february, 1928, english, music, critic, writer, music, oboist, career, editborn, london, warrack, scottish, conductor, composer, warrack, educated, winchester, college, 1941, royal, college, music, 1949, early, 195. John Hamilton Warrack born 9 February 1928 is an English music critic writer on music and oboist Career EditBorn in London Warrack is the son of Scottish conductor and composer Guy Warrack He was educated at Winchester College 1941 6 and the Royal College of Music 1949 52 1 In the early 1950s he was a freelance oboist playing mostly with the Boyd Neel Orchestra and Sadler s Wells Orchestra 1 From 1954 until 1961 he was music critic for The Daily Telegraph and from 1961 until 1972 for The Sunday Telegraph From 1978 until 1983 he served as the artistic director of the Leeds Festival From 1984 until 1993 he taught on the music faculty at the University of Oxford He is the author of Six Great Composers 1955 Carl Maria von Weber Hamish Hamilton 1968 2nd ed Cambridge UP 1976 the standard study of Weber in English 2 German Opera From the Beginnings to Wagner 2001 and the co author of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera 1964 with Harold Rosenthal and The Oxford Dictionary of Opera 1992 with Ewan West 3 Warrack lives in Helmsley North Yorkshire 1 He is the father of the stonemason Simon Warrack 4 References Edit a b c Encyclopedia com Google Books Oxford Reference BBC Radio 3 Private Passions 20 Nov 2022 Radio Times 19 25 NOV 2022 P 122 This article about a British journalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Warrack amp oldid 1132353688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
