About Noël Goodwin
Lived 1927 – 2013 (aged 85). Noël Goodwin was a music critic and dance critic.
Trevor Noël Goodwin (25 December 1927 – 27 March 2013) was an English music critic, dance critic and author who specialized in classical music and ballet. Described as having a "rare ability to write about music and dance with equal distinction", Born to a seafaring family, Goodwin was sent to the Royal Merchant Navy School (now the Bearwood House) in Wokingham, following his father's death.
Goodwin was a member of the Gulbenkian Foundation's Dance Advisory Panel from 1972 to 1976, helping found the International Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers. Goodwin died on 27 March 2013.
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Who was Noël Goodwin?
English arts critic and author (born 1927–2013)
When was Noël Goodwin born?
Noël Goodwin was born on 25 December 1927 in Cornwall, Fowey.
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Noël Goodwin died on 27 March 2013.
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Noël Goodwin was a music critic and dance critic.
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