Introduction
Sir David James Lumsden PhD, DPhil, MA, MusB, FRCM, FRNCM, FRSAMD, FLCM, FRSA, Hon RAM, Hon FRCO, FKC (born 19 March 1928), is a notable choirmaster, organist and harpsichordist. He is also an authority on lute music.
Among the positions he has held are:
Organ Scholar, Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1948-1954
St Mary's Church, Nottingham, 1954–1956
Director of Music & Rector Chori at Southwell Minster, 1956-1959
Director of Music, Organist and Master of the Choristers at New College, Oxford, 1959-1976
Principal, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. 1976-1982
Principal of Royal Academy of Music, 1982-1993
He was a member of various chamber groupings, including the London Virtuosi (1972-76), (alongside James Galway, Jane Ryan, John Georgiadis and others), for which he played harpsichord.London Virtuosi home page
Biographical
- Married.
- Portrait painted by Jeff Stultens 1993.
- He was knighted in 1985.
- The London Gazette: no. 50396. p. 427. 10 January 1986. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
Bibliography of scholarly writing
- The Sources of English Lute Music (1540-1620). The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 6, (Jul., 1953), pp. 14-22, Publ: Galpin Society
- The Lute in England
- Lumsden, David: An edition of Thomas Robinson’s The Schoole of Musicke (1603). Paris: CNRS, 1972.
- Lumsden, David: "De quelques éléments étrangers dans la musique anglaise pour le luth," in Jacquot, op.cit., pp.l97-204.
- Lumsden, David: "English Lute Music 1540-1620: an Introduction," PRMA LXXXIII (1956-1957) 1-13.
- Lumsden, David: "The Lute and its English Music," Listener (1953) 578ff. Note: The information in Lumsden’s articles is incorporated into the text of his dissertation, cited below.
- Lumsden, David: "The Lute in England," The Score VIII, (September, 1953) 36-43.
- Lumsden, David: The Sources of English Lute Music 1540-1620. (Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Cambridge, England), 1955. 3 vols. Volume I is the text of the dissertation, describing the sources and the style of the pieces therein, including a discussion of provenance, and various transcription problems. Volume II is a thematic index of all the pieces including incipits and collations. Volume III is a transcription of selected works which was published separately by Schott (1954?).
- Lumsden, David: "The Sources of English Lute Music" (1540-1620)," The Galpin Society Journal VI (July 1953), 14-22.
| Cultural offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry Oswald Hodgson | Director of Music of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 1954-1956 | Succeeded by Russell Arthur Missin |
| Preceded by Robert James Ashfield | Rector Chori of Southwell Minster 1956-1959 | Succeeded by Kenneth Bernard Beard |
| Preceded by Albert Meredith Davies | Organist and Master of the Choristers of New College, Oxford 1959-1976 | Succeeded by Edward Higginbottom |
| Preceded by Anthony Lewis | Principal of the Royal Academy of Music 1982-1993 | Succeeded by Lynn Harrell |