Series I: Music criticism, 1963-2018
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- Series I: Music criticism, 1963-2018
This series contains material relating to Peter G. Davis's published music criticism, spanning his
the form of letters, cards, and emails, spanning much of his career as a professional music critic - Abstract Or Scope
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This series contains material relating to Peter G. Davis's published music criticism, spanning his entire professional career as a journalist and commentator (1963-2018). The series includes clippings or tearings of Davis's published reviews and feature articles, complete editions of publications in which Davis's criticism was published, print-outs of reviews and articles that were published online, along with drafts (handwritten and printed, annotated and unannotated) of his published work. Publications featured in this series include publications which Davis wrote for regularly as a full-time staff columnist (The New York Times, 1975-1981; New York Magazine, 1981-2007), publications to which he contributed criticism on a freelance or part-time basis (The New York Times; Ovation Magazine; Opus Magazine; Opera News; Keynote Magazine; Connoisseur; Musical America), and publications where he also served as an editor (The New York Times, 1975-1981; High Fidelity; Musical America). This series includes correspondence with editors at Opera News, and material relating to Davis's dismissal from New York magazine in 2007. This series also comprises floppy disks containing drafts of his music columns. This series contains a number of reviews that were sent in correspondence by Davis's husband, Scott Parris, which have been filed together.