Profession (C. Scribner's Sons, 1939) Opera: Front and Back (C. Scribner's Sons, 1938) Quotes "It is the destiny of the theater nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing." ~Howard Taubman, 1964 References Sources "Howard Taubman, 88, a Times Music Critic", The New York Times, January 9, 1996 Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial Edition. Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor. Schirmer, 2001 Further reading 1907 births 1996 deaths American music critics American theater critics Cornell University alumni DeWitt Clinton High School alumni Opera critics People from Manhattan Critics employed by The New York Times 20th-century American non-fiction writers