Marcel Marnat

Marcel Marnat (born 6 July 1933) is a French musicologist, journalist and radio producer.

Marcel Marnat

Biography

After a scientific training, he collaborated in the writing of various cultural newspapers and magazines (Combat, Jazz Hot, Arts, Les Lettres Françaises, L'Express, Preuves, Le Monde, Disques, Harmonie, Le Monde de la musique, Nouvelle Revue Française). He writes on current affairs, art, cinema, literature and lists new discographic publications. He was also secretary of the Ravel Foundation[1] and compiled a catalogue of works by Maurice Ravel.

Marcel Marnat was responsible for programming at France Musique from 1978 to 1992 and has been working since 1990 with the Radio Suisse Romande-Espace 2. He was awarded the prize for music criticism. His book on Giacomo Puccini was honoured by the Académie des Beaux-Arts and received the prix Pelléas as well as a prize for musical biography of the SACEM at the Deauville book festival.[2]

Publications
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gollark: In fairness there is a phone verification option.
gollark: Two things to explain I mean.
gollark: There are two and that's actually more complex.
gollark: Anyway. Do you have a simpler explanation for these facts?

References
  1. Maurice Ravel Fondation
  2. Festival livre et musique de Deauville
  3. Maurice Ravel
  4. Haydn, la mesure de son siècle
  5. Antonio Vivaldi
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