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{{Short description|American musician, music critic and journalist}}

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'''Donald Rosenberg''' is an American musician, music critic and journalist.
'''Donald Rosenberg''' (born 1952<ref name="The New York Times - 24 September 2008 - Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat"/>) is an American musician, music critic and journalist.


==Biography==
Rosenberg was born in New York City and educated at [[Mannes College of Music]] and the [[Yale School of Music]]. He is a [[Horn (instrument)|horn]] player.<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg">{{cite web|url=http://new.oberlin.edu/office/rubininstitute/teaching-panel/donald-rosenberg.dot|title=Oberlin College – Rubin Institute for Music Criticism – Donald Rosenberg|date=2014|work=[[Rubin Institute for Music Criticism]]|publisher=[[Oberlin College]]|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>
Rosenberg was born in New York City and educated at the [[Mannes College of Music]] and the [[Yale School of Music]]. He is a [[French horn|horn]] player, who participated in the [[Aspen Music Festival]] and [[Marlboro Music Festival]].<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg">{{cite web|url=http://new.oberlin.edu/office/rubininstitute/teaching-panel/donald-rosenberg.dot|title=Oberlin College – Rubin Institute for Music Criticism – Donald Rosenberg|date=2014|work=Rubin Institute for Music Criticism|publisher=[[Oberlin College]]|accessdate=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215012/http://new.oberlin.edu/office/rubininstitute/teaching-panel/donald-rosenberg.dot|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Rosenberg wrote for the ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'' from the early 1980s<ref name="The New York Times - 24 September 2008 - Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/arts/music/25crit.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat|first=Daniel J. |last=Wakin|date=September 24, 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> then for [[Cleveland]]'s ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' from 1992.<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg"/> ''The Cleveland Orchestra Story'' (ISBN 1-886228-24-8), his 700-page book on the history of the [[Cleveland Orchestra]], was published in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |first=Donald |last=Rosenberg |title=Book Excerpt: The Cleveland Orchestra Story |url=http://www.grayco.com/cleveland/books/28248/sample.shtml |publisher=Gray & Company, Publishers |accessdate=May 11, 2014}}</ref> He was removed from his position as senior music writer for ''The Plain Dealer'' in 2008, reportedly for his criticism of the Cleveland Orchestra.<ref name="The New York Times - 24 September 2008 - Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat"/><ref name="Los Angeles Times - 2 August 2013 - Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/02/entertainment/la-et-cm-donald-rosenberg-cleveland-plain-dealer-20130801|title=Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer|first=David |last=Ng|date=August 2, 2013|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> Rosenberg was [[layoff|laid off]] from ''The Plain Dealer'' in 2013.<ref name="Los Angeles Times - 2 August 2013 - Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer"/>
Rosenberg wrote for the ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'' from 1977–89,<ref name="The New York Times - 24 September 2008 - Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/arts/music/25crit.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat|first=Daniel J. |last=Wakin|date=September 24, 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> then for The Pittsburgh Press (1989–92) and [[Cleveland]]'s ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' from 1992.<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg"/> ''The Cleveland Orchestra Story'' ({{ISBN|1-886228-24-8}}), his 700-page book on the history of the [[Cleveland Orchestra]], was published in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |first=Donald |last=Rosenberg |title=Book Excerpt: The Cleveland Orchestra Story |url=http://www.grayco.com/cleveland/books/28248/sample.shtml |publisher=Gray & Company, Publishers |accessdate=May 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226021917/http://www.grayco.com/cleveland/books/28248/sample.shtml |archivedate=February 26, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was removed from his position as principal classical music critic of ''The Plain Dealer'' in 2008, reportedly for his criticism of [[Franz Welser-Möst]], the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.<ref name="The New York Times - 24 September 2008 - Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat"/><ref name="Los Angeles Times - 2 August 2013 - Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/02/entertainment/la-et-cm-donald-rosenberg-cleveland-plain-dealer-20130801|title=Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer|first=David |last=Ng|date=August 2, 2013|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> Rosenberg took legal action against ''The Plain Dealer'' and The Cleveland Orchestra as a result, and was unsuccessful in this lawsuit.<ref>{{cite news | title=Cleveland Critic Loses in Suit Over Job Change | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/arts/music/07critic.html | work=The New York Times | author=Daniel J. Wakin | date=2010-08-06 | access-date=2023-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Donald Rosenberg, ousted Plain Dealer classical-music critic, talks about court loss | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2010-08-06/donald-rosenberg-ousted-plain-dealer-classical-music-critic-talks-about-court-loss | work=The Los Angeles Times (Culture Monster Blog) | author=David Ng | date=2010-08-06 | access-date=2023-01-02}}</ref> Rosenberg was [[layoff|laid off]] from ''The Plain Dealer'' in 2013.<ref name="Los Angeles Times - 2 August 2013 - Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer"/>


Rosenberg has also written for the ''[[Pittsburgh Press]]'', and has been president of the [[Music Critics Association of North America]] a number of times.<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg"/> In March 2014, he was named editor of ''Early Music America Magazine'',<ref>{{cite press release |title=EMA Welcomes Donald Rosenberg as Editor of Early Music America Magazine |url=http://earlymusic.org/press_releases/2014/03/ema-welcomes-donald-rosenberg-editor-early-music-america-magazine |work=Early Music America |date=March 13, 2014 |accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> and {{Asof|May 2014|lc=yes}} he is a faculty member of the [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]].<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg"/>
Rosenberg served four terms as president of the [[Music Critics Association of North America]].<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg"/> In March 2014, he was named editor of EMAg (''Early Music America Magazine)''.<ref>{{cite press release |title=EMA Welcomes Donald Rosenberg as Editor of Early Music America Magazine |url=http://earlymusic.org/press_releases/2014/03/ema-welcomes-donald-rosenberg-editor-early-music-america-magazine |work=Early Music America |date=March 13, 2014 |accessdate=May 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140510150858/http://earlymusic.org/press_releases/2014/03/ema-welcomes-donald-rosenberg-editor-early-music-america-magazine |archivedate=May 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was a visiting teacher at the [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]] from 2011-18.<ref name="Oberlin College - Rubin Institute for Music Criticism - Donald Rosenberg"/>


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Revision as of 17:52, 2 January 2023

Donald Rosenberg (born 1952[1]) is an American musician, music critic and journalist.

Biography

Rosenberg was born in New York City and educated at the Mannes College of Music and the Yale School of Music. He is a horn player, who participated in the Aspen Music Festival and Marlboro Music Festival.[2]

Rosenberg wrote for the Akron Beacon Journal from 1977–89,[1] then for The Pittsburgh Press (1989–92) and Cleveland's The Plain Dealer from 1992.[2] The Cleveland Orchestra Story (ISBN 1-886228-24-8), his 700-page book on the history of the Cleveland Orchestra, was published in 2000.[3] He was removed from his position as principal classical music critic of The Plain Dealer in 2008, reportedly for his criticism of Franz Welser-Möst, the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.[1][4] Rosenberg took legal action against The Plain Dealer and The Cleveland Orchestra as a result, and was unsuccessful in this lawsuit.[5][6] Rosenberg was laid off from The Plain Dealer in 2013.[4]

Rosenberg served four terms as president of the Music Critics Association of North America.[2] In March 2014, he was named editor of EMAg (Early Music America Magazine).[7] He was a visiting teacher at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music from 2011-18.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wakin, Daniel J. (September 24, 2008). "Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat". The New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Oberlin College – Rubin Institute for Music Criticism – Donald Rosenberg". Rubin Institute for Music Criticism. Oberlin College. 2014. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, Donald. "Book Excerpt: The Cleveland Orchestra Story". Gray & Company, Publishers. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Ng, David (August 2, 2013). "Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Daniel J. Wakin (August 6, 2010). "Cleveland Critic Loses in Suit Over Job Change". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  6. ^ David Ng (August 6, 2010). "Donald Rosenberg, ousted Plain Dealer classical-music critic, talks about court loss". The Los Angeles Times (Culture Monster Blog). Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "EMA Welcomes Donald Rosenberg as Editor of Early Music America Magazine". Early Music America (Press release). March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
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