The journalist, critic, and peerless prose stylist was also a pianist. He regularly played chamber music with his friends in Baltimore. And in his youth, he had aspirations as a composer. Isaac Goldberg, in his 1925 biography The Man Mencken, mentions a number of early pieces: a “Two-Step” from 1892, a “March” and “Easy Waltz” […]
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Music by Writers (3): H. L. Mencken
April 8th, 2026 · No Comments
Tags: Literature · Music