Winthrop Sargeant was an American music critic, violinist, and writer.
10 Facts About Winthrop Sargeant
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Winthrop Sargeant studied violin in his native city with Albert Elkus, and with Felix Prohaska and Lucien Capet in Europe.
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Winthrop Sargeant left there for New York City in 1926 where he became a violinist with the New York Symphony from 1926 to 1928 and later the New York Philharmonic from 1928 to 1930.
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Winthrop Sargeant abandoned his performance career in favor of pursuing a career as a journalist, critic, and writer in 1930.
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Winthrop Sargeant wrote music criticism for Musical America, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and The New York American.
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Winthrop Sargeant continued to write music criticism for that publication until his death in 1986 at the age of 82.
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Winthrop Sargeant's books included Jazz: Hot and Hybrid, Geniuses, goddesses, and people, Listening to music, Jazz: a history, In spite of myself: a personal memoir, Divas.
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Winthrop Sargeant published his own English translation of the Bhagavad Gita in 1979.
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Winthrop Sargeant died at his home in Salisbury, Connecticut on August 15,1986.
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Winthrop Sargeant was survived by his wife, Jane Smith Sargeant, and his brother, Emmet Sargeant.