Noël Goodwin
Noël Goodwin | |
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 Goodwin from before 1960[1] | |
| Born | Trevor Noël Goodwin 25 December 1927 |
| Died | 27 March 2013 (aged 85) |
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Trevor Noël Goodwin (25 December 1927 – 27 March 2013) was an English
Life and career
Trevor Noël Goodwin was born on 25 December 1927 in Fowey, Cornwall, England, UK.[3][n 1]
Born to a seafaring family, Goodwin was sent to the Royal Merchant Navy School (now the Bearwood House) in Wokingham, following his father's death.[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of London.[4]
In 1952, Goodwin received two posts in arts criticism: he was the assistant music critic of the
Other publications Goodwin wrote for include: the
The Times described Goodwin as having a "rare ability to write about music and dance with equal distinction".[3] Reflecting on his role as a music critic, Goodwin said:
"As a music critic in daily journalism for mass circulation my purpose, as I see it, is first to stimulate enthusiasm over the widest possible range of music and then to discriminate in matters of taste and standards. Encouraging in awareness and enjoyment of music as an art as well as entertainment I regard as essential among a steadily growing but hesitant and often suspicious public, for without it there can be no adequate discrimination."[4]
As an author, Goodwin co-wrote the London Symphony: Portrait of an Orchestra (1954) with Hubert J. Foss, and cowrote with Geraint Evans the latter's memoirs, A Knight at the Opera (1984).[2][3][n 2] As sole author Goodwin wrote a history of the Scottish Ballet's first ten years,[5] and wrote the libretto for Peter Darrell's ballet Mary Queen of Scots.[3] Goodwin also wrote many articles for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and contributed an article on Theatre music for the Encyclopædia Britannica.[3][6]
Goodwin was a member of the Gulbenkian Foundation's Dance Advisory Panel from 1972 to 1976, helping found the International Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers.[3] Goodwin died on 27 March 2013.[3]
Selected writings
Books
- Goodwin, Noël; OCLC 1276037532.
- — (1979). A Ballet for Scotland: The First Ten Years of the Scottish Ballet. Edinburgh: ISBN 978-0-903937-88-7.
- —; ISBN 978-0-7181-2322-2.
Articles
- Goodwin, Noël (2001). "Ansermet, Ernest". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- Goodwin, Noël (2001). "Chailly, Riccardo". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- —— (2001). "Haitink, Bernard". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- —— (2001). "Pleasants, Henry". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- —— (2001). "Szeryng, Henryk". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ——; Halfyard, Janet (2011). "Choreography". In Latham, Alison (ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-957903-7. (subscription required)
- —— (2014) [2001]. "Klobučar, Berislav". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
References
Notes
- ^ Though Howes et al. 1960, p. 223 records his birth year as 1926, this is not corroborated in The Times 2013 or Kennedy & Kennedy 2013
- ^ See Goodwin & Foss 1954 and Goodwin & Evans 1984
Citations
- ^ a b Howes et al. 1960, p. 222.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-920383-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Noël Goodwin". The Times. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2022. Published in print on 8 April 2013, p. 49
- ^ a b Howes et al. 1960, p. 223.
- ^ Goodwin 1979.
- ^ "Noël Goodwin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
Sources
- JSTOR 949580.