Edward Downes (American musicologist)

This article is about the American radio personality and music critic. For the British conductor, see Edward Downes.
Edward Downes
Born
Edward Olin Davenport Downes

August 12, 1911
West Roxbury, Massachusetts, US
DiedDecember 26, 2001(2001-12-26) (aged 90)
Manhattan, New York, US
Alma materTrinity School
Dalton School
Columbia University
Manhattan School of Music
University of Paris
University of Munich
Harvard University
Employer(s)Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network
The New York Times
The New York Post
The Boston Evening Transcript
National Broadcasting Company
New York Philharmonic
University of Minnesota
Harvard University
Queens College
Known forQuizmaster of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts

Edward Olin Davenport Downes (August 12, 1911 – December 26, 2001) was an American musicologist, professor, radio personality, and music critic.[1][2] He was the host of the Texaco Opera Quiz on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts for nearly forty years.[1] These broadcasts were heard across North America and Europe.[2]

  1. ^ a b Tommasini, Anthony (December 28, 2001), "Edward Downes, 90, Opera Quizmaster", The New York Times., p. 39, retrieved May 25, 2022
  2. ^ a b Purdy, Christopher C. (2008). Edward Downes: A Life in Music and the Media: Dissertation. Ohio State University. Retrieved May 25, 2022.