What is Peter Gammond?
[[File:Peter Gammond.jpg|thumb|<center>Peter Gammond<ref>A photograph by [[Jane Bown]].</ref></center>]] '''Peter Gammond''' (30 September 1925 – 6 May 2019) was a British music critic, writer, journalist, musician, poet, and artist. Gammond was born in [[Winnington]], [[Northwich]], [[Cheshire]].<ref>At 43 Moss Road.</ref> Upon returning to civilian life in 1947 Gammond continued his studies at [[Wadham College, Oxford]], until 1950, where he read English. During his time at Oxford, he composed and produced an operetta, ''Love and Learning''.<ref>A later operetta by Gammond is ''The Good Soldier Schweik'', based on the satirical novel by [[Jaroslav Hašek]].</ref> Gammond worked for a time in a [[West Country]] pub and as a [[Rates (tax)|rates]] assessor in [[Willesden]], before joining the publicity department of the [[Decca Records|Decca Record Company]] in 1952, as an editor and sleeve-note writer. He died on 6 May 2019 at the age of 93.<ref>The order of service for Gammond’s funeral: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ebbaEADV9mQrcYo5hVKwDUBZcxQZwEWq/view?usp=drivesdk. The film that constituted the eulogy to Gammond is at https://vimeo.com/337991627.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.betjemansociety.com The Betjeman Society] * [http://www.care-in-shepperton.org.uk Care in Shepperton] * [http://www.hifinews.co.uk Hi-Fi News & Record Review] * [http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=888 Rotary Club of Shepperton and Sunbury] * [http://www.fot.org.uk Torbay Musical Weekend] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gammond, Peter}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:British military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:British poets]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:English artists]] [[Category:Music critics]] [[Category:Writers from Cheshire]] [[Category:20th-century British composers]] [[Category:21st-century British composers]] {{bio-stub}}