Louis Charles Elson

Louis Charles Elson (April 17, 1848 – February 14, 1920) was an American music historian, music critic, writer on music, journalist, and professor of music theory at the New England Conservatory. He was influential editor of American music magazines, and along with William Foster Apthorp and Philip Hale was a leading music critic in Boston in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also a singer and composer, but only had modest success in these two aspects of his career. His son, Arthur Elson (1873–1940), was also an editor and writer on music.