Review, Musical America, The New Republic, and The Yale Review, among other publications. He wrote twelve books on music and two on ballet. He was the author of the first general guide to recorded classical music, Music on Records (1938), later expanded as The Listener's Musical Companion (1956, 1967 and 1971). Haggin died in Manhattan on May 29, 1987, after a short illness, at the age of 86. He was unmarried. Books Books listed in chronological order. A Book of the Symphony (New York: Oxford University Press, 1937) Music on Records (New York: Oxford University Press, 1938); revised as: Music on Records: a New Guide to the Music, the Performances, the Recordings (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1945) Music for the Man who Enjoys 'Hamlet''' (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1944)Conversations with Toscanini (New York: Doubleday, 1959)The Toscanini Musicians Knew (New York: Horizon Press, 1967); 2nd edition 1980 The New Listener's Companion and Record Guide (New York: Horizon Press, 1967); 2nd edition: 1968; 3rd edition: 1971 ; 4th edition: 1974 ; 5th edition 1978 )A Decade of Music (New York: Horizon Press, 1973 )Music Observed (New York: Oxford University Press, 1964); reissued as 35 Years of Music (New York: Horizon Press, 1974 )Music and Ballet, 1973-1983 (New York: Horizon Press, 1984 )Arturo Toscanini: Contemporary Recollections of the Maestro, containing reprints of two titles: Conversations with Toscanini and The Toscanini musicians knew'' (New York: Da Capo, 1989) References External links "Music: The Hamlet of B. H. Haggin" (Review of "Music for the Man Who Enjoys Hamlet") (access available with subscription) 1900 births 1987 deaths American information and reference writers American music critics Opera critics 20th-century American non-fiction writers