German music critics

Theodor W. Adorno (/əˈdɔːrnoʊ/; German: [aˈdɔʀno]; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, and composer known for his critical theory of society.

Hermann Rauschning (7 August 1887 – February 8, 1982) was a GermanConservative Revolutionary who briefly joined the Nazis before breaking with them.

Jacob Gottfried Weber (1 March 1779 – 21 September 1839), was a prominent German writer on music (especially on music theory), composer, and jurist.

Louis Ehlert (23 January 1825, Königsberg – 4 January 1884, Wiesbaden) was a German composer and music critic.

Max Kalbeck (January 4, 1850 – May 4, 1921) was a German writer, critic and translator.

Theodor Hagen [often spelled Theodore Hagen] (15 April 1823 Hamburg, Germany - 27 December 1871 New York City) was a writer on musical topics in Germany and the United States.

Francis Hueffer (born Hüffer; 22 May 1845 – 19 January 1889) was a German–English writer on music, music critic, and librettist.

Lina Ramann (July 24, 1833 – March 30, 1912) was a German writer and teacher known for her books on the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt.

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (21 November 1718 – 22 May 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer.

Franz Gehring (December 7, 1838 – January 4, 1884) was a German writer on music.

Rudolf Louis (30 January 1870 – 15 November 1914) was an influential German music critic and conductor.

Hugo Leichtentritt (1 January 1874, Pleschen, Polish: Pleszew, nearby Posen, Province of Posen – 13 November 1951, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a German-Jewish musicologist and composer who spent much of his life in the USA.

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn (14 November 1804 – 10 January 1892) was a German conductor, composer, and journalist.

Uwe Nettelbeck (7 August 1940 – 17 January 2007) was a German record producer, journalist and film critic.

Richard Pohl (September 12, 1826 – December 17, 1896) was a German music critic, writer, poet, and amateur composer.

Christian Broecking (born 5 June 1957) is a German sociologist and musicologist, music critic, columnist, writer, editor, producer and author known for his jazz criticism and his book The Marsalis-Factor.

Diedrich Diederichsen (born August 15, 1957) is a German author, music journalist and cultural critic.

Orphaned at a young age, Uhlig showed such musical talent that he was singled out for musical training, which led to becoming a violinist in the Dresden orchestra at the age of 19.

Matthias Keller (born 1956 in Bremen) is a German composer, music critic, organist, conductor, and radio producer.

Ferdinand Pfohl (German: [pfoːl]; 12 October 1862, Elbogen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, now Loket n.O., Czech Republic – 16 December 1949, Hamburg-Bergedorf), was a German music critic, music writer and composer.

Horst Lippmann (March 17, 1927 in Eisenach, Germany – May 18, 1997 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German jazz musician, concert promoter, writer and television director, best known as promoter of the influential American Folk Blues Festival tours of Europe during and after the 1960s.

Albrecht Dümling (born 1949) is a German musicologist and music critic.

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab (27 February 1759 – 19 August 1813) was a German composer, writer, music publisher, and critic living in Berlin.

Ernst Eduard Taubert (25 September 1838, Regenwalde — 14 July 1934) was a Pomeranian composer, music critic, and music educator.

Richard Trunk (born Tauberbischofsheim, 10 February 1879 - died Herrsching, 2 June 1968) was a German composer, pianist, conductor, and critic.

Wilhelm Eduard Schmid (April 12, 1893 – June 30, 1934), better known as Willi Schmid, was a German music critic, and an accidental victim of the Night of the Long Knives in a case of mistaken identity.

Walther Dürr (born 27 April 1932) is a German musicologist.

Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1 November 1901 – 15 August 1988) was a German composer, musicologist, and historian and critic of music.