Alan Rich
Music critic, Author
1924 – 2010
Who was Alan Rich?
Alan Rich was an American music critic who served on the staff of many newspapers and magazines on both coasts. Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, he first studied medicine at Harvard University before turning to music. While a student at Harvard he began his career as critic, working as assistant music critic at the Boston Herald.
He was music director of KPFA, the Berkeley radio station, and successively a music critic for publications including The New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, New York magazine, Newsweek, California magazine, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Opera News, and from 1992 to 2008 LA Weekly magazine. He subsequently worked briefly as music critic for Bloomberg News.
Rich also wrote a number of books including So I've Heard: Notes of a Migratory Music Critic, published in 2006.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1924
- Also known as
- Allan rich
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
- Died
- Apr 23, 2010
West Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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