Kennedy, Michael

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KENNEDY, Michael

KENNEDY, Michael. British, b. 1926. Genres: Music, Biography. Career: Music Critic, Daily Telegraph, London, 1950- (Assistant Northern Ed., 1958-60; Northern Ed., 1960-86). Chief Music Critic, Sunday Telegraph, London, 1989-. Publications: The Halle Tradition, 1960; The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1964; Portrait of Elgar, 1968, 4th ed., 1993; Portrait of Manchester, 1970; History of the Royal Manchester College of Music, 1971; Barbirolli, 1971; Richard Strauss, 1976, rev. ed., 1995; Britten, 1981, rev. ed., 2000; Adrian Boult, 1987; Portrait of Walton, 1989; Music Enriches All: 21 Years of the Royal Northern College of Music, 1994; Richard Strauss, Man, Musician, Enigma, 1999; The Life of Elgar, 2004. EDITOR: Autobiography of Charles Halle; Mahler, 1974, rev. ed., 2000; Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, 1980, rev. ed., 1995; Oxford Dictionary of Music, 1985, rev. ed., 1994. Address: The Bungalow, 62 Edilom Rd, Manchester M8 4HZ, England.

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