Fred Goldbeck (13 February 1902 – 3 October 1981 in Paris) was a French musicologist and conductor of Dutch origin.
He met the pianist Yvonne Lefébure and became her companion before the Second World War.
Thus he wrote an important first book: Le parfait chef d'orchestre.
[2] Thereafter, he defended the works of contemporary composers such as Busoni and Britten, until Boulez and Xenakis.
He also promoted Dutch musicians such as Alphons Diepenbrock, Matthijs Vermeulen and Willem Pijper.