Maynard Solomon

Maynard Elliott Solomon (January 5, 1930 – September 28, 2020) was an American music executive and musicologist, a co-founder of Vanguard Records as well as a music producer.[1] Later, he became known for his biographical studies of Viennese Classical composers, specifically Beethoven (writing an influential biography and an award-winning collection of essays), Mozart (biography), and Schubert.[2] Solomon was the first to propose the highly disputed[3][4][5] theory of Schubert's homosexuality in a scholarly publication.[6]

  1. ^ "Maynard Solomon" in Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, vol. 5 (N. Slonimsky & D. Kuhn, 2001).
  2. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2020-10-08). "Maynard Solomon, Provocative Biographer of Composers, Dies at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
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  4. ^ Steblin, Rita (1996), "Babette und Therese Kunz: neue Forschungen zum Freundeskreis um Franz Schubert und Leopold Kupelwieser", Wien: Pasqualatihaus. ISBN 3901254161; Steblin, Rita (1997): "Schubert's 'Nina' and the True Peacocks". The Musical Times 138, pp. 13–19; Steblin, Rita (1998): Die Unsinnsgesellschaft: Franz Schubert, Leopold Kupelwieser und ihr Freundeskreis. Böhlau. ISBN 3-205-98820-5
  5. ^ Steblin, Rita (2001): "Schubert's Problematic Relationship with Johann Mayrhofer: New Documentary Evidence". Barbara Haggh (ed.): Essays on Music and Culture in Honor of Herbert Kellman. Paris–Tours: Minerve, pp. 465–495; Steblin, Rita (2008), "Schubert's Pepi: His Love Affair with the Chambermaid Josepha Pöcklhofer and Her Surprising Fate". The Musical Times, pp. 47–69.
  6. ^ Solomon, Maynard (1989). "Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini". 19th-Century Music. 12 (3): 193–206. doi:10.2307/746501. ISSN 0148-2076. JSTOR 746501.