Blom, Eric (1888-1959)

English musicologist and critic, of Danish origin, born in Switzerland. Through his books and his editing of Music and Letters he earned a wide reputation for musical scholarship, culminating in his editorship of the fifth edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1954). He was awarded the CBE in 1955.

Blom was music critic for the Manchester Guardian in London 1923-31, the Birmingham Post 1931-46, and the Observer 1949-59. His publications include The Limitations of Music (1928), Mozart (Master Musicians Series) (1935), The Music Lover's Miscellany (1935), Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas Discussed (1938), A Musical Postbag (1941), Music in England (Pelican Books) (1943), and Everyman's Dictionary of Music (1954).