Allen Hughes
Allen Hughes (28 December 1921 – 16 November 2009) was an American dance and music critic.
Born in Brownsburg, Indiana, Hughes started his career as a critic in 1950 when he joined the staff of Musical America. In 1955, he became a music critic for The New York Herald Tribune. He left there in 1960 to join the staff of The New York Times where he worked as a music and dance critic until his retirement 26 years later in 1986. He was notably chief dance critic of the newspaper from 1963-1965 and was chief music editor of the Sunday Arts and Leisure section during the early 1980s. He died in Sarasota, Florida at the age of 87.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Obituaries: critic and editor Allen Hughes". Opera News. March 2010.
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2009 deaths
- American music critics
- American dance critics
- American male journalists
- 20th-century American journalists
- Critics employed by The New York Times
- People from Brownsburg, Indiana