martin bernheimer (september 28, 1936 – september 29, 2019) was a german-born american music critic. bernheimer was born in munich. he studied at brown university. he worked for the "new york post" and "the los angeles times". during his thirty years with that paper, he was twice the recipient of ascap's deems taylor award (1974 and 1978) and in 1982 won the pulitzer prize for criticism.