From 1850 onwards he became well known as a critic and essay-writer, and in 1860 he began working on his magnum opus, his History of Music, which was published at intervals from 1862 in five volumes, the last two ( 1878, 1882 ) being edited and completed by Otto Kade and Wilhelm Langhans.

In 1928 the music critic Andre Coeuroy, wrote in the Panorama of Contemporary Music that " perhaps the time is not far off when a composer will be able to represent through recording, music specifically composed for the gramophone " ( Coeuroy 1928, 162 ).

Music critic Dave Marsh also wrote that these compositions " define a world unto themselves more completely than any other body of work in pop music ".

Music critic Ken Emerson writes that the " apocalyptic romanticism " in Orbison's music was well-crafted for the films his songs appeared in in the 1980s because the music was " so over-the-top that dreams become delusions, and self-pity paranoia ", striking " a postmodern nerve ".

Until his death in 1969, twenty years after his return, Adorno contributed to the intellectual foundations of the Federal Republic, as a professor at Frankfurt University, critic of the vogue enjoyed by Heideggerian philosophy, partisan of critical sociology and teacher of music at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music.

Music critic Jon Savage asserted that Britpop was " an outer-suburban, middle-class fantasy of central London streetlife, with exclusively metropolitan models.

Music critic Jon Savage pinpointed Be Here Now as the moment where Britpop ended ; Savage said that while the album " isn't the great disaster that everybody says ," he noted that " t was supposed to be the big, big triumphal record " of the period.

* Wilfrid Mellers, Music critic and composer

Music critic Will Friedwald has written that Louis Armstrong's scatting, for example, " has tapped into his own core of emotion ", releasing emotions " so deep, so real " that they are unspeakable ; his words " bypass our ears and our brains and go directly for our hearts and souls ".

Music critic J. D. Considine wrote of the band:

On 11 October 2011, English singer-songwriter, Kate Bush, released, as a single from her album, " 50 Words for Snow ," the critically acclaimed and evocative, seven minute song, " Wild Man ," described by New Music Express music critic, Priya Elan, as having lyrics " full of geographical intrigue and century old myth.

Music critic Harold C. Schonberg in The Great Conductors ( 1967 ), says that while Strauss was a very fine conductor, he often put scant effort into his recordings.

Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of Ceremonies, who introduces each segment in live action interstitial scenes.

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said, " It was inevitable that the constant grind of touring, writing, promoting, and recording would grate on the Beatles ," leading to the inclusion of several cover versions after the all-original A Hard Day's Night ; the band's visible weariness on the album's cover is noted by narrator Malcolm McDowell during The Compleat Beatles.

Music critic Alan Blyth said " Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty.

" Indeed, in 1998, after researching the Pulitzer Prize for Music, music critic Kyle Gann wrote that the awards panel often included " the same seven names over and over as judges ": Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Jacob Druckman ( now deceased ), George Perle, John Harbison, Mario Davidovsky, and Bernard Rands.

Music critic Jeff Bond writes, " The final result was one of the most unusual Star Trek movie themes ," consisting of a six-note theme and variations set against a repetitious four-note brass motif ; the theme's bridge borrows content from Rosenman's " Frodo March " for The Lord of the Rings.

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Music critic Greg Tate described it as Funkadelic's A Love Supreme.

Music critic Otakar Hostinský believed that Wagner's theories should be the basis of the national opera, and argued that Dalibor was the beginning of the " correct " direction.

Music critic Piero Scaruffi includes Adrenaline at number 33, just after Deicide's self-titled album and before Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny, in his classification of the best metal albums of all times.

In 1995, composer and critic Kyle Gann published a full-length study of Nancarrow's output, The Music of Conlon Nancarrow ( Cambridge University Press, 1995, 303 pp .).

Following the publication of his book The State of Music he established himself in New York City as a peer of Aaron Copland and was also a music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune from 1940 through 1954.

Music critic John Rockwell said, " Ives's voice ... had the sheen and finesse of opera without its latter-day Puccinian vulgarities and without the pretensions of operatic ritual.

* Cal Young and Simon McIntosh of the electro-synth act The Scientists of Modern Music

* Frith, Simon ( 2004 ) Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, Routledge.

* Pleasants, Henry ( 1969 ) Serious Music and All That Jazz, Simon & Schuster.

They were assisted in this by a group of friends and associates who helped to sculpt the classic Roxy Music ' look ', notably fashion designer Antony Price, hair stylist Keith Mainwaring, photographer Karl Stoecker, the group's " PR consultant " Simon Puxley ( a former university friend of Mackay's ) and Ferry's art school classmate Nicholas De Ville.

Music journalist Simon Reynolds cited Fear of Music as representing the Eno-Talking Heads collaboration " at its most mutually fruitful and equitable.

Producer John Simon is often cited as a " sixth member " of the Band for producing and playing on Music from Big Pink, co-producing and playing on The Band, and playing on other songs up through the Band's 1993 reunion album Jericho.

* Rock Music with the Muppets-Hosted by Dr. Teeth with assistance by Beaker in a recording studio, with guest stars Debbie Harry, Linda Ronstadt, Alice Cooper, Ben Vereen, Helen Reddy, Leo Sayer, Loretta Swit, and Paul Simon.

* Simon Reynolds ' Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture ( ISBN 0-330-35056-0 )

In 1986 Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees.

In 1986 Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees.

In 2012, Simon was awarded the Polar Music Prize ( shared with Yo-Yo Ma ).

* Simon Johnson 2001 – 08 ( Later Assistant Director of Music St Paul's Cathedral )

The original Viacom was renamed CBS Corporation and got the broadcasting elements, Paramount Television's production operations ( renamed CBS Paramount Television, now two separate arms, CBS Television Studios for production and CBS Television Distribution for syndicated program distribution ), Viacom Outdoor advertising ( renamed CBS Outdoor ), Showtime Networks, Simon & Schuster and Paramount Parks, which the company later sold, while the new Viacom kept Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks, BET Networks, and ( until it was sold off in 2007 ) Famous Music.

* Simon Lawford 1980-1986 ( later Director of Music at St George's Cathedral, Perth )

* Simon Lole 1979 – 1982 ( later Organist & Director of Music Sheffield Cathedral & then Salisbury Cathedral )

* Simon Johnson 1997 ( subsequently Assistant Master of the Music St Albans Abbey ; now Organist & Assistant Director of Music )

* Simon Hogan 2011 ( now Assistant Director of Music Southwell Minster )

* Vocals: Calvin Simon, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider, Dr. Music ( Diane Brooks, Steve Kennedy )

In 2006 was awarded the BT Digital Music Award for Best Music Magazine and the first ' Chairman's Award ' from the Association of Online Publishers awarded by the Chairman, Simon Waldman in recognition of its pioneering role in its ten-year history.