David Edward Rumsey (30 March 1939 – 12 February 2017) was an Australian-born organist and composer.
He was born in Sydney, attended
Newington College,
and studied organ wit
Norman Johnstonat the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he would later also teach.
Graduating in 1963, he moved to Europe to study with
Marie-Claire Alain in Paris,
and then with
Anton Heiller
Anton Heiller (15 September 1923 – 25 March 1979) was an Austrian organist, harpsichordist, composer and conductor.
Biography
Born in Vienna, he was first trained in church music by Wilhelm Mück, organist of Vienna's Stephansdom (St. Stephen' ...
in Vienna.
In 1966 he returned to Australia together with fellow Heiller student,
Christa Brosch – they married and had two daughters, Stella and Marie.
In 1968 he was artistic director of the first Adelaide organ festival.
He married Elizabeth Jones in 1998 and they moved together to
Basel
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,
Switzerland
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, in 2000.
Rumsey died in Basel in 2017, aged 77.
David Rumsey: The Virtuoso as Educator
Retrieved 4 August 2017.
References
1939 births
2017 deaths
People educated at Newington College
Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni
Australian classical organists
Male classical organists
20th-century Australian musicians
20th-century Australian male musicians
20th-century classical musicians
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