Peter Gammond

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.At 43 Moss Road. 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.A later operetta by Gammond is The Good Soldier Schweik, based on the satirical novel by Jaroslav Hašek.

Gammond worked for a time in a West Country pub and as a rates assessor in Willesden, before joining the publicity department of the Decca Record Company in 1952, as an editor and sleeve-note writer. He died on 6 May 2019 at the age of 93.Obituary, The Times, 1 June 2019, p. 76; Obituary, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/07/peter-gammond-obituary.  The film that constituted the eulogy to Gammond at his funeral is at https://vimeo.com/337991627.

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Other websites
 The Betjeman Society
 Care in Shepperton
 Hi-Fi News & Record Review
 Rotary Club of Shepperton and Sunbury 
 Torbay Musical Weekend

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