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Harold C. Schonberg

Born

in New York NY

November 29, 1915

Died

July 26, 2003

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Harold Charles Schonberg was an American music critic and journalist, most notably for The New York Times. He was the first music critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism (1971). He was the author of a number of books on musical subjects, and also one on chess.

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Average rating: 4.2 · 2,754 ratings · 143 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lives of the Great Composers 4.28 avg rating — 1,618 ratings — published 1970 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Pianists 4.06 avg rating — 854 ratings — published 1963 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horowitz: His Life and Music 4.22 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Conductors 4.16 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1967 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grandmasters of Chess 4.02 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1973 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virtuosi: Classical Music's Great Performers From Paganini To Pavarotti 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facing the Music really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lives Of The Great Composers Part 1 Of 2 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lives of the Great Composers - Volume Two 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collectors Chopin and Schumann it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The chain-smoking Debussy was a sybarite, a sensualist, an ironist, and not the
most pleasant of men. It followed that he would be very choosy about his friends.

Marcel Proust admired him, wanted to know him better, and once even cornered
him and drove him home in his carriage. The meeting between the two great
exemplars of sensibilité was not happy. Proust complained that Debussy did not
listen to him.

Debussy thought Proust was "long-winded and a bit of the concierge."
Nevertheless Proust, always the snob, persisted, and asked Debussy to a
party he wanted to give in his honor. Debussy refused to attend. "I know I am a
bear, I much prefer that we see each other again in a cafe. Don't hold it against
me. I was born that way.”
― Harold C. Schonberg, The Lives of the Great Composers

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