Geoffrey Norris Explained

Geoffrey Norris
Birth Place:	London, England, UK
Alma Mater:	University of Durham Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
Credits:	The Daily Telegraph

Geoffrey Norris (born 1947) is an English musicologist and music critic. His scholarship focuses on Russian composers; in particularly, Norris is a leading scholar on the life and music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, about whom he has written in numerous articles and a 1976 book-length study. He was chief classical music critic of The Daily Telegraph from 1995 to 2009.

Life and career

Geoffrey Norris was born in London, England in 1947.^[1] An enthusiast of Russian culture since his youth, Norris attended the University of Durham and where his undergraduate dissertation concerned The Five, a leading group of 19th-century Russian composers.^[2] He continued his studies of Russian music at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts.^[2] From 1995 to 2009, he was chief classical music critic of The Daily Telegraph.^[1] Norris has been a lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music and numerous other universities, as well as a jury member for many piano competitions.^[2] Norris currently teaches at the Rachmaninoff Music Academy, London and the Gnesin Music Academy, Moscow.^[3]

Norris' scholarship focuses on Russian composers, and in particular, Sergei Rachmaninoff.^[2] He has written numerous articles, and a book length study on Rachmaninoff, whose works he catalogued in a 1982 publication with Robert Threlfall.

Selected writings

Books

• Book: Norris, Geoffrey . 1976 . Rakhmaninov . The Master Musicians Series . . London . 978-0-460-03145-5 .
• Book: Norris . Geoffrey . Threlfall . Robert . 1982 . A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff . Scolar Press . London . 978-0-85967-617-5 . 2 .

Articles

• Norris . Geoffrey . 1973 . Rachmaninoff's Second Thoughts . . 114 . 1562 . 364–368 . 955179 . 10.2307/955179 . .
• Norris . Geoffrey . July 1973 . Rakhmaninov's Student Opera . . 59 . 3 . 441–448 . 10.1093/mq/LIX.3.441 . 41788 . . 2 .
• Norris . Geoffrey . October 1983 . Rakhmaninov's Apprenticeship . . 124 . 1688 . 602–603+605 . 961696 . 10.2307/961696 . 2 .
• Encyclopedia: Norris . Geoffrey . 2001 . . Rachmaninoff [Rakhmaninov, Rachmaninov], Serge ]. . Oxford . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50146 . 978-1-56159-263-0 . subscription . 2 .

External links

• Articles by Geoffrey Norris in The Daily Telegraph
• Articles by Geoffrey Norris on Grove Music Online

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Kennedy . Michal . Kennedy . Joyce Bourne . Michael Kennedy (music critic) . 2013 . 2007 . Geoffrey Norris . The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music . . Oxford . 978-0-19-920383-3 . subscription . 7 September 2022 .
2. Web site: Meet The Lecturers: Geoffrey Norris . Miami International Piano Festival . 6 September 2022 . Original from MiamiPianoFest (Archived)
3. Web site: Professor Geoffrey Norris . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907035811/https://www.martinrandall.com/professor-geoffrey-norris . dead . 7 September 2022 . 6 September 2022 .