Richard Aldrich
Music critic, Musical Artist
1863 – 1937
Who was Richard Aldrich?
Richard Aldrich was an American music critic. From 1902–23, he was music critic for The New York Times.
Aldrich was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Elisha S. Aldrich and Anna E. Gladding. He attended Providence High School and graduated with an A.B. in 1885 from Harvard College, where he had studied music. He began his journalistic career on the Providence Journal. From 1889–91 he was private secretary to Senator Dixon 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.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1863
Providence - Spouses
- Gertrude Lawrence
(1940 - 1952)
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 2, 1937
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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