Background
Weil, Irving was born on July 26, 1878 in New York City. Son of Louis Jacques and Isabelle (Kahn) Weil.
Weil, Irving was born on July 26, 1878 in New York City. Son of Louis Jacques and Isabelle (Kahn) Weil.
Studied at Sorbonne, Paris.
Instructor in public schools, New York City, 1898-1899. Spent following year abroad, chiefly in France. Newspaper work with Brooklyn Standard Union, Brooklyn Eagle, New York Herald, New York Evening Post and Cleveland Press, 1900-1905.
With New York Evening Journal, since 1905, music critic, since 1910.
Chief music critic Musical America, 1928, 29. Known as a pioneer in sympathetic championship of the best in advanced modern music