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Harris Goldsmith (November 23, 1935 – April 2, 2014 in New York City)^[1] was an American pianist, music teacher and classical music critic.

Born in New York City, Goldsmith's family moved to Cuba for a year in 1938, to aid European Jews seeking to escape antisemitic persecution.^[2] Goldsmith studied at the Manhattan School of Music under Robert Goldsand.^[2] He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the Manhattan School of Music,^[3] where he studied with Robert Goldsand as a piano student.^[2] His early musical influences included conductors Arturo Toscanini and Guido Cantelli, and he was deeply affected by Cantelli's death in 1956.^[2]

Goldsmith, known among his peers as an opinionated musician, was recommended by one of his instructors to become a music critic. Goldsmith began writing music criticism as a record reviewer for High Fidelity in 1960,^[4] where he became an influential voice during the "heyday of the classical LP".^[5] His friends claimed that he could remember "every note of music he's ever heard".^[5] In a 2013 interview with New York City culture critic Sara Fishko, he recalled a performance by Toscanini 60 years earlier: "The one that really blew me away is the Eroica he did on December 6, 1953, because I already was well familiar with the piece from his 1949 recording".^[5] While Goldsmith could be effusive over performances, he became well known early in his criticism career for his barbed reviews. Remembering a review of Chopin preludes performed by Alexander Brailowsky, he said, "I really roasted it... I said, 'Alexander Brailowsky indulges in cliches and vagaries of taste. His performance is grotesque, fragmentary and clumsy.'"^[5] He went on to write for High Fidelity{{'}}s successor publication, Musical America, as well as contributing to Opus, the New York Post, and The New York Times. He also provided liner notes for many re-releases of classical music recordings, and organized a 12 disc set recordings by Guido Cantelli, which he annotated.^[2] He shared a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album for his liner notes accompanying The Heifetz Collection.^[6]

Goldsmith played his debut piano performance in April 1965 at New York City's Town Hall.^[7] He made a number of recordings for various record labels in the 1970s, including a collection of Beethoven sonatas, and other releases of works by Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann.^[2]

Goldsmith was also a music teacher himself. He was a visiting professor at Binghamton University, gave classes at the Eastman School of Music, and coached students at the Yale Summer School of Music. He was a professor of music literature and chamber music at Mannes College from 1994 until his death.^[3] Students he has worked with include noted pianists Cecile Licad and Jenny Lin.^[2]

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