Roger Covell, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Roger Covell

Australian musicologist

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1931

Date of Death: 04-Jun-2019

Profession: music critic, librettist, musicologist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Roger David Covell AM FAHA (1 February 1931 – 4 June 2019) was an Australian musicologist, critic and author.
He was Professor Emeritus in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, and continued until shortly before his death to contribute articles and reviews to The Sydney Morning Herald, where he served as principal music critic from 1960 until the late 1990s.