Music critic, born in Bethel, Missouri, USA. After studies at Harvard and in Germany, he wrote for newspapers including the New York Evening Post (18811924). A notable champion of Wagner and Dvo?ák, he resisted later innovators.
Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926) was an American musical critic, born at Bethel, Missouri, and raised in Portland, Oregon, where he was taught piano and violoncello.
He became musical editor of the New York Evening Post in 1881. His writings include:
Romantic Love and Personal Beauty (1887) Chopin, and Other Musical Essays (1889) Pacific Coast Scenic Tour (1890) Spain and Morocco (1890) Wagner and his Works (1891) Lotos Time in Japan (1898) Primitive Love and Love Stories (1899) Pictorial Wagner (1899) Anton Seidl (1899) Songs and Song Writers (1900) Edward Grieg (1905) Massenet and his Opera (1910)
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