Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi

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Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877-10-02 in Marseilles, France – 1944-02-01 in London, United Kingdom) was a music writer and music critic of Greek descent.

Calvocoressi studied music in Paris, however he was mostly self-educated. He also studied in the social sciences. He moved to London in 1914 writing music criticism for French journals. He mastered the Russian language and was a fervent proponent of Russian music. He also was responsible for the translation of Russian and German songs into English and French. He was also a member of the Apaches music society.

[edit] Selected Books

• La Musique russe (Paris, 1907)
• The Principles and Methods of Musical Criticism (London, 1923; rev. 1933)
• Musical Taste and How to Form It (London, 1925)
• Musicians’ Gallery: Music and Ballet in Paris and London (London, 1933)
• Masters of Russian Music (London, 1936), with G. Abraham.

[edit] Monographs

• Liszt (Paris, 1906)
• Mussorgsky (Paris, 1908)
• Glinka (Paris, 1911)
• Schumann (Paris, 1912)
• Debussy (London, 1941);
• Mussorgsky (London, 1946), a new extensive biography of Mussorgsky posthumously published.

[edit] References

• "Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi." Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial Edition. Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor Emeritus. Schirmer, 2001.