Biography

He received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

 in 1976.http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/04/style/allan-kozinn-is-married-to-johanna-beale-keller.html?pagewanted=1 He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for the New York Times in 1977, and joined the paper's staff in 1991.http://us.macmillan.com/search/1490080/Allan+Kozinn Before joining the Times, he was a contributing editor to High Fidelity and Keynote magazines, and a frequent contributor to Guitar Player, Keyboard, Pulse and other publications. He was also the first music critic for the New York Observer

New York Observer

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. Kozinn has written a number of books, including Guitar: The History, the Music, the Players (1984),http://www.amazon.com/dp/0688019722 Mischa Elman and the Romantic Style (1990),http://www.amazon.com/dp/3718604973 The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

(1995) and a useful volume on http://www.amazon.com/dp/0714832030 Classical Music: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings (2004).http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805070702.

Kozinn joined the faculty of New York University

New York University

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 in 2004, and has taught courses in music criticism, Baroque music

Baroque music

Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...

 literature and the Beatles there.http://clivedavisinst.tisch.nyu.edu/object/kozinna.html He also taught a course in the history of musical interpretation at the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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External links

• Allan Kozinn bio on the Macmillan
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