Word: melodist
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...from the library, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Walsh was classical-music critic for the San Francisco Examiner before joining TIME in 1981. His passionate, sharply reasoned reviews have been informed by his eclectic musical tastes, which range from '60s rock to Broadway melodist Andrew Lloyd Webber, about whom he wrote a 1988 TIME cover story as well as a book, Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life & Works (Abrams). "Classical music suffers from an image of snobbism," says Walsh. "I've always tried to make it approachable -- to present it to the reader...