Norris, Geoffrey
NORRIS, Geoffrey
NORRIS, Geoffrey. British, b. 1947. Genres: Music. Career: Daily Telegraph, London, Music Critic, 1983-95, Chief Music Critic, 1995-. Lecturer in Music History, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 1975-77; Supervising and Commissioning Ed., The New Oxford Companion to Music, 1977-83. Publications: Rakhmaninov, 1976, 2nd ed., 1993; (with R. Threlfall) A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff, 1982; (with C. Norris) Shostakovich: The Man and His Music, 1982. Address: D44 Du Cane Ct, London SW17 7JH, England.
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