Marcel Marnat

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Marcel Marnat

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

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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]

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