Ian MacDonald
Ian MacCormick ( known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003 ) was a British music critic and author , best known for both "Revolution in the Head" , his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians , and "The New Shostakovich" , a study of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich . 
<triplet> Ian MacDonald <subj> 3 October 1948 <obj> date of birth <subj> 20 August 2003 <obj> date of death