Edward Downes (August 12, 1911 - December 26, 2001) was an American musicologist, music critic, and quizmaster. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A musicologist is someone who studies musicology. ...

Born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Olin Downes, at one time chief music critic of The New York Times, Downes was educated at Columbia University and the Manhattan School of Music and received a Ph.D. in musicology from Harvard University in 1958. He taught at Wellesley College, the Longy School of Music, the University of Minnesota and Queens College. He was also a New York Times music critic for two years in the 1950s and wrote programme notes for the New York Philharmonic for eighteen years. Founded in 1630 (contemporaneously with Boston), West Roxbury, Massachusetts was originally part of the town of Roxbury and was mainly used as farmland. ... Olin Downes (Edwin) (January 27, 1886–August 22, 1955) was a significant U.S. music critic. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ... The Manhattan School of Music is one of Americas leading music conservatories located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. One of the eight Ivies, it was founded in 1636. ... Wellesley College is a womens liberal arts college that opened in 1875, founded by Henry Fowle Durant and his wife Pauline Fowle Durant. ... The Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Washington Avenue Bridge at night The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, almost always abbreviated U of M, and sometimes referred to as The U by locals, is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. ... Queens College, Queens College or Queens College is the name of more than one institution, see: Queens College, Cambridge Queens College, Charlotte Queens College, Hong Kong Queens College, London Queens College, New York Queens College, Nassau The Queens College, Oxford Queens College was the... The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States. ...

He is perhaps best remembered as the host and quizmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Quiz for most of its existence, on its Saturday afternoon broadcasts from 1958 to 1996. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ...