What is Music critic?
A '''music critic''' is someone who writes about [[concert]]s that have taken place or new music that has been written. They write reviews about this in [[newspaper]]s or [[journal]]s. What they write is called '''musical criticism'''. When people write about the [[history]] of music or compare musical styles, this is called [[musicology]]. Musical [[criticism]] is about what is going on in the musical world at the moment. == Responsibilities == Music [[critic]]s can have a lot of influence on a musician’s success. If a musician gets a bad review people may not bother to go and hear him. If he has a very good review people will think he must be good and they will all want to hear him. Occasionally it can happen that a new piece of music has such a terrible review that everyone wants to go and hear how terrible it is. They may then find that they like it and the music might become famous. This is called a “succès de scandale” (French for “scandalous success”). [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky’s]] ''[[Rite of Spring]]'' (1913) is a good example. == Example of music critics == Music critics will spend a lot of time listening to music. They often do other jobs with music such as teaching. Some famous music critics include: * The [[Germany|German]] composer [[Robert Schumann]]. He published a music journal called ''Neue Zeitschrift für Musik''. He wrote an article which has become famous called ''Neue Bahnen'' (''New Paths'') in which he said that there was a young man called [[Johannes Brahms]] who would become a great composer. Schumann was right. * The [[French people|French]] composer [[Hector Berlioz]] was a good music critic. He wrote a lot of music reviews in order to earn some money. * The [[Austria]]n musicologist [[Eduard Hanslick]]. He became famous for saying that Johannes Brahms was a good composer and [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]] and [[Anton Bruckner|Bruckner]] were bad composers. * The [[Ireland|Irish]] [[playwright]] [[George Bernard Shaw]]. He wrote some interesting musical critic