Martin Bernheimer

Who they were

Martin Bernheimer was a German and American classical music critic. Described as "a widely respected and influential critic, who [was] particularly knowledgeable about opera and the voice", Bernheimer was the chief classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times from 1965 to 1996.

Early life

Educated at: Brown University, New York University, and University of Music and Theatre Munich.

Early life and education Martin Bernheimer was born in Munich, Germany on September 28, 1936, [ 1 ] to Paul and Louise Bernheimer ( née Nassauer). [ 2 ] His father was a partner of the antiques business Haus Bernheimer, while his mother was an artist; both parents were Jewish. [ 2 ] In November 1938, amid the Nazi's Kristallnacht —which targeted Jewish homes, businesses, synagogues and other buildings—Paul's business was destroyed. [ 2 ] Upon reading Mein Kampf in 1933,

Path and career

Career and later life His career writing about music began in New York, writing for the New York Herald Tribune , working as an assistant to Irving Kolodin at the Saturday Review , and landing the position of music critic at the New York Post . In 1965 he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as the chief music and dance critic for the Los Angeles Times . During his thirty years with that paper,

Why this date

Martin Bernheimer appears on our September 29 calendar for 2019 as a death entry.