Dear Dennis,
Yes, I know about Britzius. How interesting that you met him. He contributed
to The Gramophone and was quoted or named in it several times. In 1948
Leadbelly played at a private party given by Britzius in Minneapolis,
according to online discographies I have seen (but this is not my area).
Best wishes,
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Rooney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Identity of Phonograph Monthly Review critic
> I concur with Steve re Darrell's contributions to PMR. In
> correspondence, he told me that he wrote most of the editorial
> contents including the letters column. However, if you encounter the
> name Kenneth Britzius, he was a dentist in Minneapolis whom I knew
> when he was elderly, so that's one name that RDD did not invent.
>
> DDR
>
> On 1/11/12, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I had many conversations with R.D. Darrell. He told me more than once
he
> > wrote all the reviews when Axel Johnson was incapacitated (drunk.)
> >
> > His full name was Robert Donaldson Darrell (I think- no time to check).
He
> > went by Rod. But R.O.B. is probably the first 3 letters of his first
name.
> >
> >
> > There should be a tape available of his talk to ARSC from years ago.
> >
> > Incidentally, he is the father of modern classical music discography,
having
> > imagined and compiled the 1936 Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia which,
together
> > with the later 2 editions, are the backbone of the World Encyclopedia of
> > Recorded Music.
> >
> > Steve Smolian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Morgan
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:23 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Identity of Phonograph Monthly Review critic
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > May I ask a bibliographical favour? Can anyone identify the critic who
> > reviewed records for PMR under the initials R.O.B.? Was it Richardson
Brown?
> > Does anybody have access to an obituary or biography of this person,
whoever
> > it was?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Nick Morgan
> > Sheffield University / CHARM PhD student
> > academic: [log in to unmask]
> >
>
>
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