David Montague Davis (c.1853 – 30 November 1932), was a British choirmaster and music teacher.
David Montague Davis was born in London in c. 1853, and privately educated there.
Davis started as choirmaster of the
East London Synagogue in 1877, and the following year he was appointed musical director, choirmaster and organist of the
New West End Synagogue
The ‘’’New West End Synagogue’’’, located in St. Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, London, is one of the oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom still in use. It is one of two synagogues which have been awarded Grade I listed building ...
, a year before it opened its doors in 1879, and remained its choirmaster for 51 years.
He edited ''The Voice of Prayer and Praise'' (1899),
together with Rabbi Francis L. Cohen, known as the ''Blue Book'', as that was the colour of its original cover.
Davis founded the Hebrew Choral Association, and in 1900, was appointed director of the
Gunnersbury School of Music, and in 1906 he became conductor of the Chiswick and Gunnersbury Philharmonic Society.
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1853 births
1932 deaths
Musicians from London
English Jews
Jewish classical musicians
Jewish composers
19th-century composers
20th-century composers
20th-century British conductors (music)
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