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Pitts Sanborn
1879–1941
A sharp-eyed music critic and poet from the early 20th century, he wrote with deep knowledge of opera and a lively literary touch. His career moved between journalism, verse, and fiction, giving his work both authority and personality.
2 Audiobooks
Ludwig van Beethoven
by Pitts Sanborn
Brahms and some of his works
by Pitts Sanborn
About the author
Born John Pitts Sanborn in Port Huron, Michigan, Pitts Sanborn built a varied literary career after studying at Harvard, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1900 and later a master's degree. He dropped "John" in professional life and became known as a music critic for New York newspapers including the New York Globe, the New York Mail, and the New York World-Telegram.
He also wrote poetry and fiction. Sources on his career note that his poems appeared in Trend, where he served on the editorial staff, and that he published books connected to music and opera as well as novels. That mix of criticism and creative writing helped make him a distinctive voice for readers interested in both literature and performance.
Sanborn died on March 7, 1941. Reliable biographical information about him is fairly limited online, but the available records consistently describe him as an American music critic, poet, and novelist whose work was closely tied to New York's newspaper and cultural world.