Alec Robertson (music critic)

Alec Robertson (1892-1982) was a British writer, broadcaster and music critic.

In 1950, Robertson succeeded Ralph Hill as editor of Music magazine, on the latter's death, having preiosuly written a record review column for its predecessor, Penguin Music Magazine.^[1] He also wrote for The Catholic Herald,^[2] and The Tablet.^[3]

He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 June 1957.^[4]

Bibliography

• —— (1969). The Pelican History of Music: 3: Classical and Romantic. Pelican Books. ISBN 978-0140204940. 
• —— (1974). Dvorak (Master Musician). Everyman Ltd. ISBN 978-0460031165. 
• —— (1977). Bach: A Biography. Shoe String Press. ISBN 978-0208010551. 
• —— (1977). Requiem: Music of Mourning and Consolation. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0837185521. 

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