Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic (died 1966)

Deems Taylor

American composer and music critic (1885–1966)

Joseph Deems Taylor was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic, and author. Nat Benchley, co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music." He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1934.