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Michael Steinberg (music critic)

January 07, 2023

This article is about the music critic and musicologist. For the filmmaker, see Michael Steinberg (filmmaker).

Carl Michael Alfred Steinberg (4 October 1928 – 26 July 2009) was an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music.[1] He was best known, according to San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joshua Kosman, for "the illuminating, witty and often deeply personal notes he wrote for the San Francisco Symphony's program booklets, beginning in 1979."[2] He contributed several entries to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, wrote articles for music journals and magazine, notes for CDs, and published a number of books on music, both collected published annotations and new writings.[3][4][5]

Life and career

Born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), Steinberg left Germany in 1939 as one of the Kindertransport child refugees and spent four years in England.[2][6] He immigrated to the United States in 1943 with his brother and mother and earned a degree in musicology from Princeton University (the classical-music scholar and pianist Charles Rosen was his roommate). After Princeton, he lived two years in Italy on a Fulbright scholarship, followed by a two-year stint in Germany with the U.S. Army.[2] Once this posting ended, he became a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music, where he taught music history.

Steinberg taught at several colleges in New York and Massachusetts before he became music critic for the Boston Globe in 1964. His time with the Globe was not without controversy. While Steinberg was lauded for his writing, the high standards by which he gauged the performances he reviewed caused friction with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. At one time, the orchestra's members voted to ban Steinberg from attending its concerts.[2] However, after almost 12 years with the Globe, he became program annotator for this orchestra. In 1979, he worked as publications director and artistic advisor for the San Francisco Symphony; he stayed until 1989. He was program annotator for a number of other orchestras during his career, including the New York Philharmonic and the Minnesota Orchestra, the latter of which he served as artistic advisor during the 1990s.

In a 1995 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Steinberg said he saw his role as a critic and annotator as someone "building bridges and helping to create contact between listeners—nonprofessional listeners for the most part—and music."[2]

Steinberg died in Edina, Minnesota, at the age of 80.[6][7][8][9]

Selected publications

Books

  • Steinberg, Michael; Hadley, Benjamin; Gelles, George, eds. (1980). Britannica Book of Music. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-14191-8.
  • —— (1995). The Symphony. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506177-2.
  • —— (1998). The Concerto. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510330-4.
  • —— (2005). Choral Masterworks: A Listener's Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-802921-2.
  • ——; Rothe, Larry (2006). For The Love of Music: Invitations to Listening. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-537020-1.

Grove articles

Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001 (subscription or UK public library membership required)

  • —— (2001). "Babin, Victor". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01649.
  • —— (2001). "Cliburn, Van". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05963.
  • —— (2001). "Dunn, Thomas". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08329.
  • —— (2001). "Firkušný, Rudolf". Firkušný, Rudolf. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.09710.
  • —— (2001). "Fizdale, Robert". Grove Music Online. Revised by Ruth B. Hilton. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.09767.
  • Steinberg, Michael (2001). "Foster, Lawrence". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50019.
  • —— (2001). "Freire [Pinto Freire], Nelson". Freire [Pinto Freire], Nelson. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10196. ISBN 9781561592630.
  • —— (2001). "Frank, Claude". Frank, Claude. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10145.
  • —— (2001). "Janis [Yanks, Yankelevitch], Byron". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14132.
  • —— (2001). "Mester, Jorge". Grove Music Online. Revised by Charles Barber. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18500.
  • —— (2001). "Ohlsson, Garrick". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50075.
  • —— (2004). "Istomin, Eugene". Istomin, Eugene. Grove Music Online. Revised by Dennis K. McIntire. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13965.
  • —— (2013). "Balsam, Artur". Grove Music Online. Revised by Anya Laurence. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2248227.
  • —— (2013). "Castleman, Charles". Grove Music Online. Revised by Katie Buehner. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2248818.
  • —— (2013). "Fleisher, Leon". In McIntire, Dennis K; Schwartz-Bishir, Rebecca (eds.). Fleisher, Leon. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2249568. ISBN 9781561592630.
  • —— (2013). "Frager, Malcolm". Frager, Malcolm. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2219061.
  • —— (2013). "Goldsand, Robert". Goldsand, Robert. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2282985.
  • —— (2013). "Prausnitz, Frederik". Grove Music Online. Revised by Greg A Steinke. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2292772.
  • —— (2013). "Shaw, Robert". Grove Music Online. Revised by Dennis K. McIntire and Steven M. Demorest. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2258253.

References

  1. ^ Smith, Patrick J. (2009) [2001]. "Steinberg, (Carl) Michael". Grove Music Online. Revised by Maureen Buja. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26641. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. ^ a b c d e Kosman, Joshua (27 July 2009). "Michael Steinberg - music critic, educator". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (29 July 2009). "Michael Steinberg, Music Critic, Teacher and Program Annotator, Is Dead at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ Cairns, David (29 September 2009). "Michael Steinberg obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ Huizenga, Tom (27 July 2009). "Music Critic Michael Steinberg Dies At 80". NPR. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b Euan Kerr, Music writer Michael Steinberg dies, Minnesota Public Radio, 26 July 2009
  7. ^ "Obituaries: Conductor Edward Downes dies at eighty-five; singers Lois Hunt and William Diard; critics Michael Steinberg and Robert Hilferty; arts advocate George Weissman". Opera News. October 2009.
  8. ^ Janos Gereben, In Memoriam: Michael Steinberg, San Francisco Classical Voice, 27 July 2009
  9. ^ Swed, Mark (26 July 2009). "Michael Steinberg remembered". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

External links

  • Interview with Steinberg on WFIU

January 07, 2023
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This article is about the music critic and musicologist For the filmmaker see Michael Steinberg filmmaker Carl Michael Alfred Steinberg 4 October 1928 26 July 2009 was an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music 1 He was best known according to San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joshua Kosman for the illuminating witty and often deeply personal notes he wrote for the San Francisco Symphony s program booklets beginning in 1979 2 He contributed several entries to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians wrote articles for music journals and magazine notes for CDs and published a number of books on music both collected published annotations and new writings 3 4 5 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Selected publications 2 1 Books 2 2 Grove articles 3 References 4 External linksLife and career EditBorn in Breslau Germany now Wroclaw Poland Steinberg left Germany in 1939 as one of the Kindertransport child refugees and spent four years in England 2 6 He immigrated to the United States in 1943 with his brother and mother and earned a degree in musicology from Princeton University the classical music scholar and pianist Charles Rosen was his roommate After Princeton he lived two years in Italy on a Fulbright scholarship followed by a two year stint in Germany with the U S Army 2 Once this posting ended he became a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music where he taught music history Steinberg taught at several colleges in New York and Massachusetts before he became music critic for the Boston Globe in 1964 His time with the Globe was not without controversy While Steinberg was lauded for his writing the high standards by which he gauged the performances he reviewed caused friction with the Boston Symphony Orchestra At one time the orchestra s members voted to ban Steinberg from attending its concerts 2 However after almost 12 years with the Globe he became program annotator for this orchestra In 1979 he worked as publications director and artistic advisor for the San Francisco Symphony he stayed until 1989 He was program annotator for a number of other orchestras during his career including the New York Philharmonic and the Minnesota Orchestra the latter of which he served as artistic advisor during the 1990s In a 1995 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle Steinberg said he saw his role as a critic and annotator as someone building bridges and helping to create contact between listeners nonprofessional listeners for the most part and music 2 Steinberg died in Edina Minnesota at the age of 80 6 7 8 9 Selected publications EditBooks Edit Steinberg Michael Hadley Benjamin Gelles George eds 1980 Britannica Book of Music New York Doubleday ISBN 978 0 385 14191 8 1995 The Symphony Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 506177 2 1998 The Concerto Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 510330 4 2005 Choral Masterworks A Listener s Guide Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 802921 2 Rothe Larry 2006 For The Love of Music Invitations to Listening New York Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 537020 1 Grove articles Edit Grove Music Online Oxford Oxford University Press 2001 subscription or UK public library membership required 2001 Babin Victor Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 01649 2001 Cliburn Van Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 05963 2001 Dunn Thomas Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 08329 2001 Firkusny Rudolf Firkusny Rudolf Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 09710 2001 Fizdale Robert Grove Music Online Revised by Ruth B Hilton doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 09767 Steinberg Michael 2001 Foster Lawrence Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 50019 2001 Freire Pinto Freire Nelson Freire Pinto Freire Nelson Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 10196 ISBN 9781561592630 2001 Frank Claude Frank Claude Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 10145 2001 Janis Yanks Yankelevitch Byron Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 14132 2001 Mester Jorge Grove Music Online Revised by Charles Barber doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 18500 2001 Ohlsson Garrick Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 50075 2004 Istomin Eugene Istomin Eugene Grove Music Online Revised by Dennis K McIntire doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 13965 2013 Balsam Artur Grove Music Online Revised by Anya Laurence doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2248227 2013 Castleman Charles Grove Music Online Revised by Katie Buehner doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2248818 2013 Fleisher Leon In McIntire Dennis K Schwartz Bishir Rebecca eds Fleisher Leon Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2249568 ISBN 9781561592630 2013 Frager Malcolm Frager Malcolm Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2219061 2013 Goldsand Robert Goldsand Robert Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2282985 2013 Prausnitz Frederik Grove Music Online Revised by Greg A Steinke doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2292772 2013 Shaw Robert Grove Music Online Revised by Dennis K McIntire and Steven M Demorest doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2258253 References Edit Smith Patrick J 2009 2001 Steinberg Carl Michael Grove Music Online Revised by Maureen Buja Oxford Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 26641 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 subscription or UK public library membership required a b c d e Kosman Joshua 27 July 2009 Michael Steinberg music critic educator San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved 27 March 2012 Tommasini Anthony 29 July 2009 Michael Steinberg Music Critic Teacher and Program Annotator Is Dead at 80 The New York Times Retrieved 26 November 2021 Cairns David 29 September 2009 Michael Steinberg obituary The Guardian Retrieved 26 November 2021 Huizenga Tom 27 July 2009 Music Critic Michael Steinberg Dies At 80 NPR Retrieved 26 November 2021 a b Euan Kerr Music writer Michael Steinberg dies Minnesota Public Radio 26 July 2009 Obituaries Conductor Edward Downes dies at eighty five singers Lois Hunt and William Diard critics Michael Steinberg and Robert Hilferty arts advocate George Weissman Opera News October 2009 Janos Gereben In Memoriam Michael Steinberg San Francisco Classical Voice 27 July 2009 Swed Mark 26 July 2009 Michael Steinberg remembered Los Angeles Times Retrieved 26 November 2021 External links EditInterview with Steinberg on WFIU Portals Classical music Biography Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Steinberg music critic amp oldid 1129111556, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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