Mark N. Grant

Mark N. Grant is a composer. He is the author of Maestros of the Pen: A History of Classical Music Criticism in America and The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical.

The Very Elder Statesman

Konrad Adenauer transformed West Germany, doing his best work as an octogenarian

by Mark N. Grant | Friday, March 08, 2024

The Humanist in the Laboratory

A personal encounter with J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Mark N. Grant | Friday, August 25, 2023

The Disappearing Modernists

Where did it all go wrong for so much music of the 20th century?

by Mark N. Grant | Thursday, August 04, 2022

A Prophecy Unfulfilled?

What a new book and six companion videos have to say about the fate of Black classical music in America

by Mark N. Grant | Saturday, April 02, 2022