GILMAN, LAWRENCE (1878— ), music critic and author, was born at Flushing (N.Y.), July 5, 1878. He was edu cated in the New York public schools and the Collins street classical school, Hartford (Conn.), and studied painting under William M. Chase. In 19o1 he was appointed music critic of Harper's Weekly, acting also as assistant editor, 1903-11, and managing editor, 1911-13. Following two years on the staff of Harper's Magazine, he became critic of the North American Review in 1915, leaving to go to the New York Herald-Tribune as music critic in 1923. He was programme annotator for the New York Philharmonic Society and the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1921.
His works include Phases of Modern Music, Edward MacDowell (in the series Living Masters of Music, first published 19o5 ; revised and enlarged, i9o9) ; The Music of Tomorrow, A Guide to Strauss' "Sa lome"; Stories of Symphonic Music; Debussy's "Pelleas et Melisande"; Aspects of Modern Opera; Nature in Music, and A Christmas Medita tion. He is the composer of settings for voice and piano of three poems by W. B. Yeats: A Dream of Death, The Heart of the Woman, and The Curlew.