Ernest Newman (November 30, 1868 – July 7, 1959) was an English music critic. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Everton in Lancashire as the son of a master tailor, his real name was William Roberts. When he began writing music criticism he adopted the name Ernest Newman, because, as an advocate of progressive ideals, he saw himself as a "new man in earnest". Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ...

His musical education was entirely self-conducted. After studying at Liverpool University, he entered the Bank of Liverpool as a clerk in 1889. While in this job he read voraciously, training himself in literature and philosophy and learning nine languages. Having contributed articles to The National Reformer from 1889, he published his first book, Gluck and the Opera, in 1895. In 1904 Newman gave up banking and went to Birmingham to teach music theory and singing at the Midland Institute, at the invitation of its director, Granville Bantock. Newman was critic of the Birmingham Daily Post from 1906 to 1918 and of the Sunday Times from 1920 until 1958, as well as writing for The Guardian, the Glasgow Herald and other papers. The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Granville Bantock (August 7, 1868 - October 16, 1946) was a British composer of classical music. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Sunday Times is the name of several Sunday newspapers. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... The Lighthouse, Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Newman's approach to criticism was dominated by the attempt to be logically rigorous and by the scrupulous sifting of relevant background knowledge. His magnum opus was his four-volume study The Life of Richard Wagner, on which he worked from 1928 until 1947. The best introduction to his critical method is his A Musical Critic's Holiday (1925). 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...