1919-1987 US
Composer
Jack Diether (1919–87) was a Canadian-born American music critic and musicologist prominent in the 1960s and '70s. He was best known for his expertise in and promotion of the music of Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner at a time when neither composer enjoyed wide critical acceptance.The final issue of the journal Chord and Discord was dedicated to his memory.The Jack Diether papers, dating from 1941 to 2006, are now held by the New York Public Library.