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Michael Steinberg
American music critic, musicologist, and writer (1928-2009) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 80
Carl Michael Alfred Steinberg was an American music critic and author who specialized in classical music.
Michael Steinberg is read about 13 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026
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He was best known, according to San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joshua Kosman, for "the illuminating, witty and often deeply personal notes he wrote for the San Francisco Symphony's program booklets, beginning in 1979." He contributed several entries to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, wrote articles for music journals and magazine, notes for CDs, and published a number of books on music, both collected published annotations and new writings.
