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British music critic
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Male
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Birth:
9 March 1936
Death:
18 December 2018
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Gerald Larner (9 March 1936 – 18 December 2018) was a British music critic. He began his career writing for The Guardian in the 1960s, and wrote for The Times from the 1990s. He composed a libretto for a John McCabe opera and wrote a biography of Maurice Ravel.
His second marriage was to Lynne Walker.
Selected publications
- Glasgow Style (with Celia Larner)
- Maurice Ravel. Phaidon, London, 1996. ISBN 0714832707