About Alan Blyth
Lived 1929 – 2007 (aged 78). Alan Blyth was a British musicologist and music critic.
Geoffrey Alan Blyth (27 July 1929 – 14 August 2007) was an English music critic, author, and musicologist who was particularly known for his writings within the field of opera. He was a specialist on singers and singing.
Personal life Blyth was married first to the German-born Ursula Zumloh, who died in 2000, and then to the Buddhist scholar Sue Hamilton. For the last two decades of his life, he lived in Lavenham, Suffolk. Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record 2. Hutchinson, London, Melbourne, 1983 Blyth also contributed the chapters on Samson et Dalila and Hänsel und Gretel.
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British musicologist (1929-2007)
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Alan Blyth was born on 27 July 1929 in London.
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Alan Blyth died on 14 August 2007 in Lavenham.
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