Steane, J(ohn) B(arry)

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STEANE, J(ohn) B(arry)

STEANE, J(ohn) B(arry). British, b. 1928. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Music. Career: Member of: reviewing staff, Gramophone, 1973-; Musical Times, 1988-; Opera Now, 1989-; Teacher, Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, 1952-88. Publications: Marlowe: A Critical Study, 1964; Tennyson, 1966; The Grand Tradition: Seventy Years of Singing on Record, 1974. 2nd ed. 1994; (with others) Opera on Record, 3 vols., 1979- 85; (with others) Song on Record, 2 vols., 1986-88; (with others) Choral Music on Record, 1991; Voices: Singers and Critics, 1992; (with A. Sanders) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: A Career on Record, 1995; Singers of the Century, 3 vols., 1996-2000; The Gramophone and the Voice, 1999. EDITOR: Dekker: The Shoemaker's Holiday, 1965; Jonson: The Alchemist, 1967; Marlowe: The Complete Plays, 1969; Nashe: The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works, 1972. Address: 32 Woodland Ave, Coventry CV5 6DB, England.