Peter Heyworth
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Peter Lawrence Frederick Heyworth (21 June 1921 - 2 October 1991) American-born English music critic and biographer. He wrrote the definitive biography of Otto Klemperer and was a prominent supporter of avant-garde music.
Peter Heyworth was born in New York. He was educated at Charterhouse, Goettingen University, and Balliol College, Oxford.
He was music critic of the Times Educational Supplement from 1952 to 1956 and music critic of The Observer (London) from 1955 through 1987. He was the author of Conversations with Klemperer (1973) and Otto Klemperer: His Life and Times (2 vols, 1983-1996; 2nd vol completed by John Lucas).
[edit] References
- Stephen Walsh. "Obituary: Peter Heyworth", The Independent, 7 October 1991, p. 20
- Tom Sutclifffe. "Exploring the Sound of Music", Guardian, 5 October 1991.
- (Unsigned.) "Peter Heyworth", The Times, 4 October 1991.
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