Maynard Solomon (born January 5, 1930) was a co-founder of
Vanguard Records as well as a
music producer. More recently, he has become known for his work on Viennese Classical music, specifically
Beethoven (writing an influential biography and an award-winning collection of essays),
Mozart (biography), and
Schubert (Solomon was the first to openly propose Schubert's homosexuality in a scholarly setting).