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Paul Rosenfeld | |
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| Born | Paul Rosenfeld May 4, 1890 |
| Died | July 21, 1946 (age 56) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Music critic |
| Parent(s) | Clara Liebmann Rosenfield Julius Rosenfield |
| Family | Samuel Liebmann (great grandfather) |
Paul Leopold Rosenfeld (May 4, 1890 – July 21, 1946) was an Americanjournalist, best known as amusic critic.[1]
He was born inNew York City into a German-Jewish family, the son of Clara (née Liebmann) and Julius Rosenfield. His mother was the granddaughter of brewerSamuel Liebmann. He studied atRiverview Military Academy,Poughkeepsie, andYale University, graduating in 1912.
After further education at theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he became a prolific journalist, writing on literature and art as well as music. He was one of theAlfred Stieglitz circle, and favoured an intellectually heavyweight and quite European approach. His friendEdmund Wilson, writing two years after Rosenfeld's death, expressed the thought that his articles had become too uncompromising for the public taste, as time went by. Wilson's tribute was republished in his own bookClassics and Commercials in 1950.
Magazines which published Rosenfeld's writing includedThe New Republic,Seven Arts,Vanity Fair magazine,The Nation,The Dial andModern Music. He editedSeven Arts from 1916 to 1918, and was an editor of theAmerican Caravan yearbooks.
The Boy in the Sun (1928) was anautobiographical novel.
Paul Rosenfeld died in St. Vincent's Hospital shortly after he had suffered a heart attack while attending a motion picture. He was 56 years old.
