Lawrence Gilman - Works

Music critic, born in Flushing, New York, USA. He studied art but then gravitated to music, teaching himself the fundamentals and taking up criticism. He wrote for a number of periodicals, among them Harper's Weekly (1901–13), North American Review (1915–23), and the New York Herald Tribune (1923–39). From 1923 he also wrote programme notes for the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Lawrence Gilman was the son of Arthur Coit Gilman and Bessie (Lawrence) Gilman.

From 1896 to 1898, he worked for the New York Herald, then from 1901 to 1913 as a music critic for Harper's Weekly, where he advanced to the position of managing editor.

On August 1, 1904, he married Elizabeth Wright Walter, with whom he had one child, "Betty" Elizabeth Lawrence Gilman in 1905.

Works

Gilman wrote several books:

"Phases of Modern Music" (1904) "The Music of Tomorrow" (1906) "Stories of Symphonic Music" (1907) "A Guide to Strauss' 'Salome'" (1907) "A Guide to Debussy's 'Pelleas et Melisade" (1907) "Edward MacDowell: A Study" (1909) "Aspects of Modern Opera" (1908) "Nature in Music" (1914) "A Christmas Meditation" (1916) "Music and the Cultivated Man" (1929) "Wagner's Operas" (1937) "Toscanini and Great Music" (1938)

He also wrote musical works:

"A Dream of Death" (1903) "The Heart of a Woman" (1903) "The Curlew" (1904).