Cecil Gray

Music critic, Author

1895 – 1951

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Who was Cecil Gray?

Cecil Gray was a Scottish music critic and composer. He published books on the composers Jean Sibelius, Peter Warlock and Carlo Gesualdo, the last of these co-authored by the same Warlock; also a history of music, collections of essays on music, a play about Gilles de Rais and an autobiography.

He also wrote three operas: Deirdre, The Temptation of St Anthony and The Trojan Women.

He married the daughter of Natalia Brasova.

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Born
1895
Edinburgh
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  • United Kingdom
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1951
Worthing

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on July 23, 2013

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