Claude Samuel

French musicologist (1931-2020)

Claude Samuel (23 June 1931 – 14 June 2020[1]) was a French music critic and radio personality. He was born in Paris.

He worked for many newspapers of the daily press (Paris-Presse, from 1961 to 1970; Le Matin de Paris, from 1977 to 1987), of the weekly press (L’Express in 1959 and 1960; Le Nouveau Candide from 1961 to 1967; Le Point, from 1974 to 1989), the monthly press (Revue Réalités, and discs collection Philips-Réalités from 1957 to 1960) and the music press (Harmonie, Le Panorama de la Musique, Musiques, La Lettre du musicien, Diapason).[2][1]

Samuel died on 14 June 2020 in Paris, aged 88.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tobisch, Léopold (14 June 2020). "Claude Samuel, figure emblématique de la musique contemporaine française, est mort". France Musique (in French).
  2. blog hebdomadaire de Claude Samuel on qobuz.com