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Edward Harry Greenfield OBE (3 July 1928 – 1 July 2015) was an English music critic and broadcaster. Early lifeEdward Greenfield was born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. His father, Percy Greenfield, was a manager in a labour exchange, while his mother, Mabel, was a clerk. He was briefly evacuated to Belper in Derbyshire when the Second World War began.[1] He attended Westcliff High School for Boys, and then did two years of National Service.[2] During his service, which began in 1947, he was with the Royal Army Educational Corps, where he was promoted to sergeant. He was deployed with the British Army of the Rhine in Germany.[1] He went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to study modern languages,[1] but ended up graduating in law.[1] CareerGreenfield joined The Manchester Guardian in 1953, where he began as a filing clerk. He then became a lobby correspondent in the House of Commons.[1] He was a record critic for the newspaper from 1955, a music critic from 1964, and was chief music critic from 1977 until his retirement in 1993. He contributed to Gramophone magazine from 1960, and was joint editor of The Stereo Record Guide after 1960.[2] A regular broadcaster on the BBC, he presented classical music programmes on the World Service, including his selection of music and requests on The Greenfield Collection,[2] and was a regular contributor to the Building a Library feature of Radio 3's Record Review (now CD Review) for many years. Greenfield was awarded the OBE in 1994.[2] Later life and deathIn 2010, Greenfield entered into a civil partnership with Paul Westcott, a press officer at Chandos Records.[2] In his later years, he suffered from an undiagnosed condition that affected his balance and rendered him immobile. He died at his home in Spitalfields, London, on 1 July 2015, two days before his 87th birthday.[3][4] Books
References1. ^1 {{cite journal|journal=The Spectator|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9129692/portrait-gallery-by-edward-greenfield-review/|title=Portrait of a Guardian music critic|first=Stephen|last=Walsh|date=February 8, 2014|accessdate=July 2, 2015}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/02/edward-greenfield|title=Edward Greenfield obituary|first1=David|last1=McKie|first2=Meirion|last2=Bowen|date=July 2, 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/02/so-long-edward-greenfield/|date=July 2, 2015|title=So Long, Edward Greenfield|publisher=Spitalfields Life|accessdate=July 2, 2015}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal|journal=Gramophone|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/edward-greenfield-a-much-loved-gramophone-critic-for-55-years-died-yesterday-at|date=July 2, 2015|title=Edward Greenfield, a much-loved Gramophone critic for 55 years, died yesterday at his home in Spitalfields, aged 87}} External links
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