Edward Downes (American Musicologist)
Edward Olin Davenport Downes (August 12, 1911 - December 26, 2001) was an American musicologist and music critic. He is perhaps best known as the host and quizmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Quiz on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts from 1958 to 1996.
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