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Norman Lebrecht

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born

July 11, 1948 in London, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.normanlebrecht.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Entertainment

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Norman Lebrecht (born 11 July 1948 in London) is a British commentator on music and cultural affairs and a novelist. He was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1994 until 2002 and assistant editor of the Evening Standard from 2002 until 2009. On BBC Radio 3, he has presented lebrecht.live from 2000 and The Lebrecht Interview from 2006.

He has written twelve books about music, which have been translated into 17 languages. Coming up in 2010 is Why Mahler?, a new interpretation of the most influential composer of modern times. See Books for more details. Also coming back in print is Mahler Remembered (Faber, 1987).

Norman Lebrecht's first novel The Song of Names won a Whitbread Award in 2003. His second, The Game of Opposites, was published...more

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Books by Norman Lebrecht

Average rating: 3.58 · 389 ratings · 76 reviews · 17 distinct works

	The Song of Names 3.41 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Life and Death of Classical Music: Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made 3.67 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power 3.82 avg rating — 49 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Game of Opposites: A Novel 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Why Mahler? 3.06 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Who Killed Classical Music?: Maestros, Managers and Corporate Politics 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	The Book of Musical Anecdotes by Norman Lebrecht, Norman Lebtecht 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Mahler Remembered 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Companion to 20th Century Music 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	When The Music Stops: Managers, Maestros And The Corporate Murder Of Classical Music 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating: