Edward Harry GreenfieldOBE (3 July 1928 – 1 July 2015) was an English music critic and broadcaster.

Edward Greenfield was born inWestcliff-on-Sea, Essex. His father, Percy Greenfield, was a manager in a labour exchange, while his mother, Mabel, was a clerk. He was briefly evacuated toBelper in Derbyshire when theSecond World War began.^[1] He attendedWestcliff High School for Boys, and then did two years of National Service.^[2] During his service, which began in 1947, he was with the Royal Army Educational Corps, where he was promoted to sergeant. He was deployed with the British Army of the Rhine in Germany.^[1]

He went toTrinity Hall, Cambridge, to study modern languages,^[1] but ended up graduating in law.^[3]

Greenfield joinedThe Manchester Guardian in 1953, where he began as a filing clerk. He then became a lobby correspondent in theHouse of Commons.^[3]

He was a record critic for the newspaper from 1955, a music critic from 1964, and waschief music critic from 1977 until his retirement in 1993. He contributed toGramophone magazine from 1960, and was joint editor ofThe Stereo Record Guide after 1960.^[2]

A regular broadcaster on theBBC, he presented classical music programmes on theWorld Service, including his selection of music and requests onThe Greenfield Collection,^[1] and was a regular contributor to theBuilding a Library feature of Radio 3'sRecord Review for many years.

Greenfield was appointedOBE in 1994.^[2] In 2002 he was elected as the Master of theArt Workers' Guild.^[4]

In 2010, Greenfield entered into a civil partnership with Paul Westcott, a press officer atChandos Records.^[1]

In his later years, he suffered from an undiagnosed condition that affected his balance and rendered him immobile. He died at his home inSpitalfields, London, on 1 July 2015, two days before his 87th birthday.^[5][2] Paul Westcott died in December 2022.

• Puccini – Keeper Of The Seal. Arrow Books. 1958.
• Joan Sutherland. Ian Allan. 1972.ISBN 978-0711003187.
• André Previn. New York Drake. 1973.ISBN 978-0877495277.
• (withIvan March, Paul Czajkowski, Robert Layton)Layton, Robert; Greenfield, Edward (2012).The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings. Penguin.ISBN 978-0141399751.
• Portrait Gallery: A Life in Classical Music. Elliott and Thompson. 2014.ISBN 978-1909653580.

• "Edward Greenfield profile".The Guardian.

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