Stanley Sadie CBE (October 30 1930-March 21 2005) was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians" (1980), which was published as the first edition of the "New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians". Sadie was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read music under Thurston Dart (BA, MusB 1953, MA 1957, PhD 1958). Wikipedia
Stanley joined the Times as a music critic in 1964, during an exciting period for performances both of new music and of early works gaining renewed attention. www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1443624,00.html
A LEADING Mozartian scholar, Stanley Sadie was also widely knowledgeable in every other branch of musical scholarship. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1537106,00.html
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