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==Early life== |
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Freed was born in [[Chicago]] on December 27, 1928.<ref name=Bakers /> His father [[Russian Americans|immigrated to the United States from Russia]] and ran a furniture store; his mother was a housewife.<ref name="WP obit">{{cite news|title=Richard Freed, classical music critic, dies at 93|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/01/05/richard-freed-classical-music-dead/|first=Tim|last=Page|date=January 5, 2022|access-date=January 6, 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> He was raised in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], where he read about music and records with the 1941 [[Victor Records|Victor catalog]] as bedside book.{{sfn|Clay|1976}} He studied at the [[University of Chicago]] where he received his [[Bachelor of Philosophy]] degree in 1947.{{sfn|Sterne|2019}} Freed first worked as a contributing editor at the ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|Saturday Review]]''. He went on to be assistant director to [[Irving Kolodin]] from 1962 to 1963, and as a staff critic for ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''The Audio Beat'' two years later |
Freed was born in [[Chicago]] on December 27, 1928.<ref name=Bakers /> His father [[Russian Americans|immigrated to the United States from Russia]] and ran a furniture store; his mother was a housewife.<ref name="WP obit">{{cite news|title=Richard Freed, classical music critic, dies at 93|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/01/05/richard-freed-classical-music-dead/|first=Tim|last=Page|date=January 5, 2022|access-date=January 6, 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> He was raised in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], where he read about music and records with the 1941 [[Victor Records|Victor catalog]] as bedside book.{{sfn|Clay|1976}} He studied at the [[University of Chicago]] where he received his [[Bachelor of Philosophy]] degree in 1947.{{sfn|Sterne|2019}} Freed first worked as a contributing editor at the ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|Saturday Review]]''. He went on to be assistant director to [[Irving Kolodin]] from 1962 to 1963, and as a staff critic for ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''The Audio Beat'' two years later.<ref>[http://www.theaudiobeat.com/about.htm The Audio Beat]</ref> |
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==Career== |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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* In May 1963: The National Music Council has formed a Recording Service Committee. His article in ''[[The Gramophone]]'', briefly, the committee reviews<ref>{{cite journal|last=Robinson|first=A. J.|year=1964|title=Gramophone library co-operation|journal=The Library World|volume=65|issue=8|page=275|doi=10.1108/eb009486|issn=0307-4803|url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/eb009486/full/html|access-date=January 6, 2022|quote="[T]heir National Music Council has formed a Recording Service Committee. For a fuller account of its activities, see Richard Freed's article in ''The Gramophone'', May, 1963."}}</ref> |
* In May 1963: The National Music Council has formed a Recording Service Committee. His article in ''[[The Gramophone]]'', briefly, the committee reviews<ref>{{cite journal|last=Robinson|first=A. J.|year=1964|title=Gramophone library co-operation|journal=The Library World|volume=65|issue=8|page=275|doi=10.1108/eb009486|issn=0307-4803|url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/eb009486/full/html|access-date=January 6, 2022|quote="[T]heir National Music Council has formed a Recording Service Committee. For a fuller account of its activities, see Richard Freed's article in ''The Gramophone'', May, 1963."}}</ref> |
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* On February 25, 1967: Review of some recent Strauss recordings, "Vintage Strauss", ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|Saturday Review]]''<ref>{{cite |
* On February 25, 1967: Review of some recent Strauss recordings, "Vintage Strauss", ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|Saturday Review]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Vintage Strauss by Richard Freed|page=88–89|date=February 25, 1967|access-date=January 6, 2022|magazine=The Saturday Review}}</ref> |
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* In 1982: Masterworks, 11–13. Edition, International Alban Berg Society, [[University of Virginia]]<ref>{{cite |
* In 1982: Masterworks, 11–13. Edition, International Alban Berg Society, [[University of Virginia]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Newsletter|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=1XkHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22richard+freed%22+%22International+Alban+Berg+Society%22&dq=%22richard+freed%22+%22International+Alban+Berg+Society%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwik1Ivj3Jz1AhWhJjQIHbGmDp0Q6AF6BAgCEAI|page=15|volume=11|year=1982|publisher=International Alban Berg Society}}</ref> |
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* On July 29, 1984, he wrote "[[Igor Stravinsky]] and Friends" in ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1984/07/29/igor-stravinsky-and-friends/bc270471-8a4d-441a-8a00-0829800e61a0/ "Igor Stravinsky and Friends"]</ref> |
* On July 29, 1984, he wrote "[[Igor Stravinsky]] and Friends" in ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1984/07/29/igor-stravinsky-and-friends/bc270471-8a4d-441a-8a00-0829800e61a0/ "Igor Stravinsky and Friends"]</ref> |
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* On June 24, 1990, he wrote an article ''[[Rafael Kubelík|Kubelik]] in Prague — and in the Catalogue''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/24/arts/kubelik-in-prague-and-in-the-catalogue.html "Kubelik in Prague"], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> |
* On June 24, 1990, he wrote an article ''[[Rafael Kubelík|Kubelik]] in Prague — and in the Catalogue''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/24/arts/kubelik-in-prague-and-in-the-catalogue.html "Kubelik in Prague"], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:57, 6 January 2022
Richard Freed | |
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| Born | 27 December 1928  Chicago |
| Died | 1 January 2022 (aged 93) |
| Education | Bachelor of Philosophy |
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| Occupation | Music critic, editor, broadcaster |
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Richard Donald Freed (December 27, 1928 – January 1, 2022) was an American music critic, program annotator and administrator.[1] He was noted for the concert program notes he authored for various orchestras and ensembles in the US.
Early life
Freed was born in Chicago on December 27, 1928.[1] His father immigrated to the United States from Russia and ran a furniture store; his mother was a housewife.[2] He was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he read about music and records with the 1941 Victor catalog as bedside book.[3] He studied at the University of Chicago where he received his Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1947.[4] Freed first worked as a contributing editor at the Saturday Review. He went on to be assistant director to Irving Kolodin from 1962 to 1963, and as a staff critic for The New York Times and The Audio Beat two years later.[5]
Career
Freed was an assistant to the director of the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music (1966–1970) and director of public relations for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (1971–1972). He was executive director of the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) from 1974 to 1990 and served as a contributing editor of Stereo Review (from 1973), as record critic for The Washington Star (1972–1975) and The Washington Post (1976–1984), radio host for the concerts of the St. Louis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and program annotator for those orchestras as well as the Houston Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra. He received two ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards[1] for his concert and record annotations, and a Grammy Award[1] for the latter and as consultant to the music director of the National Symphony Orchestra (from 1981).
As author of several articles and reviews for newspapers and journals, he also wrote and interpreted many historical recordings for the Smithsonian Institution. Freed received the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Award, the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award, Deems Taylor Award for his concert and record notes. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 1986 and won in 1995.[6]
As the former executive director and unofficial historian of MCANA he latterly donated several important historical items to the organization.[7]
In addition to numerous documents that are invaluable in providing the early history of the MCANA, a series of reel-to-reel tapes of a public symposium presented by the MCA (as it was then known) at the Kennedy Center in March 1987 are included.
The symposium "Music Criticism in America's Press" was presented with support from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Gannett Foundation; the Hechinger Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Getty Foundation; and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Personal life
Freed was married to Louise Kono for 63 years until his death. Together, they had one child (Erica). He died fon January 1, 2022, at his home in Rockville, Maryland. He was 93, and suffered a heart attack prior to his death.[2]
Works
- In May 1963: The National Music Council has formed a Recording Service Committee. His article in The Gramophone, briefly, the committee reviews[8]
- On February 25, 1967: Review of some recent Strauss recordings, "Vintage Strauss", Saturday Review[9]
- In 1982: Masterworks, 11–13. Edition, International Alban Berg Society, University of Virginia[10]
- On July 29, 1984, he wrote "Igor Stravinsky and Friends" in The Washington Post.[11]
- On June 24, 1990, he wrote an article Kubelik in Prague — and in the Catalogue.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d Slonimsky & Kuhn 2001, p. 1178
- ^ a b Page, Tim (January 5, 2022). "Richard Freed, classical music critic, dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ Clay 1976.
- ^ Sterne 2019.
- ^ The Audio Beat
- ^ "Grammy Award Results for Richard Freed", grammy.com
- ^ Latest News
- ^ Robinson, A. J. (1964). "Gramophone library co-operation". The Library World. 65 (8): 275. doi:10.1108/eb009486. ISSN 0307-4803. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
[T]heir National Music Council has formed a Recording Service Committee. For a fuller account of its activities, see Richard Freed's article in The Gramophone, May, 1963.
- ^ "Vintage Strauss by Richard Freed". The Saturday Review. February 25, 1967. p. 88–89.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Newsletter. Vol. 11. International Alban Berg Society. 1982. p. 15.
- ^ "Igor Stravinsky and Friends"
- ^ "Kubelik in Prague", The New York Times
Sources
- Clay, Priam (1976). "Contributing Editor Richard Freed". Stereo Review. No. July 1976. Chicago. p. 118. Retrieved Sep 26, 2019 – via Wikidata.
- Slonimsky, Nicolas; Kuhn, Laura, eds. (2001). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Vol. II. New York, Detroit, San Francisco, London, Boston, Woodbridge: Schirmer.
- Sterne, Teresa (2019). "Richard (Donald) Freed". Jewish Women's Archive (Encyclopedia). Retrieved Sep 25, 2019.
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