Diana Poulton, also known as Edith Eleanor Diana Chloe Poulton née Kibblewhite (18 April 1903, Storington – 15 December 1995,

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) was an English lutenist and musicologist. From 1919 through 1923 she studied at the

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. She was a pupil of Arnold Dolmetsch (1922–5) and became a leading member of the

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. She played a key role in the revival of the popularity of the

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and its music. She was married in 1923 to the illustrator

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whom she met when he was teaching at the Slade.

Bibliography

Diana Poulton has been the subject of a full-length biography by Thea Abbott.Abbott (2013)

Footnotes

References

* Curry, Donna
"Diana Poulton – An Appreciation of Her Life"
(LSA Quarterly, Vol. XXXI, February, 1996) (retrieved 03 Feb 2011) * Abbott, Thea
''Diana Poulton – The Lady with the Lute''
Smokehouse Press, 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulton, Diana 1903 births English lutenists 1995 deaths People from Heyshott People from Storrington 20th-century English women musicians Women performers of early music English musicologists Women musicologists 20th-century British musicologists