Robert William Trumble (15 April 1919 – 2 January 2011) was an Australian musician and author. Son of international

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Hugh Trumble Hugh Trumble (19 May 1867 – 14 August 1938) was an Australian cricketer who played 32 Test matches as a bowling all-rounder between 1890 and 1904. He captained the Australian team in two Tests, winning both. Trumble took 141 wic ...

, Robert dedicated his first book, ''The Golden Age of Cricket'', to his father. It was published in

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in 1968.''The Golden Age of Cricket''
at RedRoseBooks, retrieved 6 May 2008 Trumble's musical career was also noted by the Australian media. In 2003 he was awarded the

Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and letters, Arts and Letters) is an Order (distinction), order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Ministry of Culture (France), Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the w ...

for reviving the work of

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Par ...

. He had previously spent thirty years as a concert manager for the

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. He was also commissioned to write for the British Music Society in 2004, and also published a biography of d'Indy, ''Vincent d'Indy: His Greatness and His Integrity'' in 1994 and ''The Compositions of Vincent d'Indy'' in 2000.

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1919 births 2011 deaths Australian non-fiction writers Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Cricket writers 20th-century Australian musicians {{Australia-writer-stub