ABSTRACT
Editor and discographer, born in Newton, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College and the New England Conservatory. Darrell edited the Phonographic Monthly Review from 1930, and was contributing editor of High Fidelity from 1956 to 1984. He wrote the seminal Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia in 1936. Darrell was one of the first American critics to focus on recordings, primarily of classical music. He also reviewed discs for Saturday Review, High Fidelity (1954-1987), and Opus. Darrell died in Kingston, New York.
