ALDRICH, KIGRARD ), music critic, was born at Providence, R.I., July 31, 1863. He studied at "Harvard under J. K. Paine and in Germany. Associate critic of the New York Tribune 1891-1902, he then became music critic to the New York Times, holding the position to 1924, except for the period Feb. 1918–May 1919, when he was captain in the Military Intelligence Division, U.S.A. He prepared a volume on Schu mann, edited a series of musical biographies, collaborated with H. E. Krehbiel in History of the Philharmonic Society, translated Lilli Lehman's How to Sing, and wrote A Guide to Parsi f al and A Guide to the Nibelungen Ring.