Olin Downes papers, Series 6. Reviews by Other Critics, 1901-1919

Summary

Creator:

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955

Date:

1901-1919

Extent:

1.2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Olin Downes papers, Series 6. Reviews by Other Critics, ms688.series6, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Reviews by Other Critics consist of newspaper clippings of music reviews by other critics collected by Olin Downes from 1901-1919. Reviews are mainly from New York and Boston newspapers, and are written by Philip Hale, James Gibbons Huneker, and H.E. Krehbiel.

Biographical / historical:

Olin Downes (1886-1955) was an American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955).

Arrangement:

The materials are arranged primarily in chronological order.

This finding aid represents just one portion of the Olin Downes papers, which all together consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, printed materials, articles, music manuscripts, and lectures.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Music critics -- United States.
Reviews.

Preferred citation:

Olin Downes papers, Series 6. Reviews by Other Critics, ms688.series6, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.