Lumsden, (Sir) David (James)

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Lumsden, (Sir) David (James) (b Newcastle upon Tyne, 1928). Eng. organist, harpsichordist, chorusmaster, and administrator. Org., Nottingham Univ., 1954–6; dir. mus., Keele Univ., 1956–9; org., New Coll., Oxford, 1959–78; Prin., RSAMD 1978–82; Prin., RAM 1982–93. Authority on Eng. lute mus. Knighted 1985.

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