Leonard Liebling (February 7, 1874 – October 28, 1945[1]) was an American music critic, writer, librettist, editor, pianist, and composer.
[3] His father and his three uncles, Emil, Sally, and Georg Liebling, were all pupils of Franz Liszt and had successful careers as pianists and composers.
[1] He remained with that publication until his death 43 years later, first serving as a music critic, and then rising to post of editor-in-chief from 1911 to 1945.
[1] As a composer he wrote an orchestral overture, a trio, several works for solo piano, and several art songs.
[6] Liebling died of a heart attack at the Hotel Buckingham, now The Quin, in New York City in 1945.