Lawrence Gilman

Lawrence Gilman (July 5, 1878 – September 8, 1939) was an American author and music critic.

Lawrence Gilman was the son of Arthur Coit Gilman and Bessie (Lawrence) Gilman, and the grandnephew of educator Daniel Coit Gilman. Lawrence Gilman studied art at Collins Street Classical School in Hartford, Connecticut under William M. Chase. He also taught himself music in theory and practice on several instruments, including organ and piano.

From 1896 to 1898, he worked for the New York Herald, then from 1901 to 1913 as a music critic for Harper's Weekly, He was similarly dismissive of Gershwin's later Porgy and Bess.

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 Melisande" (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) "Orchestral Music" (1951)

He also wrote musical works: "A Dream of Death" (1903) "The Heart of a Woman" (1903) "The Curlew" (1904).