Claire Brook

Claire Brook (1925 – 8 June 2012) was an American music editor, writer and composer who shaped English-language music publishing for more than two decades as vice-president and music editor at W. W. Norton.

Early life and education Brook was born in New York City in 1925 to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. She attended the High School of Music & Art, earned a bachelor's degree from Queens College (CUNY) and an M.A. in music from Columbia University.

Career Brook joined the new Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) Abstracts as managing editor in 1968 and served until 1969.

After leaving Norton, Brook served as executive editor of Pendragon Press, the specialist publisher she had founded with her husband Barry S. Brook in 1972, and sat on boards of RILM, the Tannery Pond Concerts and the Brook Center, for which she directed the French Opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries facsimile series.

Honours Brook was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree by the New England Conservatory in 1999.

Personal life Brook married the musicologist Barry S. Brook in 1958; they remained together until his death in 1997.