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Edwin Olin Downes, better known as Olin Downes (January 27, 1886 – August 22, 1955), was an American music critic, known as "Sibelius's Apostle" for his championship of the music of Jean Sibelius.
Aug 13, 2020 · This is just a sampling of the grim verdicts that Olin Downes of The New York Times delivered on John Barbirolli when that young and little known Englishman had the unenviable task, from 1937 to...
Aug 27, 2023 · Downes, the chief critic of the New York Times from 1924 until his death in 1955, is not generally seen as one of the titans of the profession: he lacked the stiletto-sharp style of Virgil Thomson, his chief rival, and his judgments on contemporary composers bordered on the philistine.
Olin Downes was born on 27 June 1886 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Carnegie Hall (1947), First Opera Film Festival (1948) and Trzy etiudy Chopina (1944). He was married to Marion Davenport and Irene Miles. He died on 22 August 1955 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Olin Downes had a passionate love for music and the people who made it. His enthusiasm for both never diminished in fifty years of activity as a critic, more than thirty of which he spent on...
Dec 5, 2014 · (Edwin) Olin Downes (1886–1955) was a music critic for the Boston Post (1906–24) and the New York Times (1924–55). He was also chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Quiz, which was broadcast during intermissions of Saturday afternoon opera matinees.
This paper discusses the Conference from the perspective of music critic Olin Downes, who resigned the chairmanship of the Fine Arts Panel after his integrity was questioned.
