Irving Kolodin (February 21, 1908April 29, 1988) was an American music critic and music historian.

Biography

Irving Kolodin was born in

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. He wrote for the ''

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'' from 1932 to 1950 and for the '' Saturday Review'' starting in 1947. He was best known for his popular '' Guide to Recorded Music''. He also wrote program notes for the

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and

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, and a 762-page "candid history" of the Met up to 1966. He was married to Irma (née Levy) Zeckendorf, former wife of real estate developer

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.Santa Fe New Mexican: "William Zeckendorf Jr., 1929-2014: Developer, philanthropist left mark on Santa Fe" By Howard Houghton
February 12, 2014New York Times: "SUSAN NICHOLSON Obituary"
October 24, 2014

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Grammy Award winners Opera critics American music critics 1908 births 1988 deaths Metropolitan Opera people American music historians 20th-century American historians The New York Sun people 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Historians from New York (state) {{US-journalist-1900s-stub