Alan Blyth

 ( English Musicologists ) 

Geoffrey Alan Blyth (27 July 1929 – 14 August 2007) was an English music critic, author, and musicologist who was particularly known for his writings within the field of opera. He was a specialist on singers and singing. Born in London, Blyth's earliest musical experiences were at Rugby School. He attended the music lectures of Professor Jack Westrup. After graduation from Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read history, he returned to London and worked in journalism and publishing. He wrote reviews, interviews, and obituaries for The Times and for Gramophone. He was a long-time contributor to the British magazine Opera.Baker, Janet, and Max Loppert. "Alan Blyth, 1929–2007", Opera Magazine (2007): 1168–1171.

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Personal life Blyth was married first to the German-born Ursula Zumloh, who died in 2000, and then to the Buddhist scholar Sue Hamilton. For the last two decades of his life, he lived in Lavenham, Suffolk. He wrote a critical discography of Heddle Nash, a singer he much admired, together with Paul Campion, and with the help of Nash's son.

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Articles and books

• Blyth, Alan. Colin Davis (Recordmasters/2). Ian Allan, London, 1972 (SBN 711001319 x)
• Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record. Hutchinson, London, Melbourne, 1979 (ISBN 0 09 139980 7) Blyth also contributed the chapters on Der Freischütz, Otello, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Manon, Eugene Onegin, Die Fledermaus and Peter Grimes.
• (1981). 9780091449506, Hutchinson. ISBN 9780091449506
• Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record 2. Hutchinson, London, Melbourne, 1983 (ISBN 0 09 153120 9) Blyth also contributed the chapters on Samson et Dalila and Hänsel und Gretel.
• Alan Blyth (1986). 9780521268448, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521268448
• Alan Blyth (1995). 9781856261753, Trafalgar Square Publishing. ISBN 9781856261753

• C. Mackenzie. "Tribute: Alan Blyth", The Gramophone (2007), volume 85, issues 1024–1026, page 10.

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External links

• D.M. Cummings (2026). 9780948875533, International Biographical Centre. . ISBN 9780948875533

Categories: English Musicologists, 1929 Births, 2007 Deaths, English Music Critics, People Educated At Rugby School, The Times People, Alumni Of Pembroke College, Oxford, 20th-century British Musicologists

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