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David Rumsey (organist)

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David Rumsey
Born
David Rumsey

(1939-03-30)30 March 1939
Sydney
Died12 February 2017(2017-02-12) (aged 77)
Basel, Switzerland
EducationNewington College
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
OccupationOrganist

David Edward Rumsey (30 March 1939 – 12 February 2017) was an Australian-born organist and composer.

He was born in Sydney, attended Newington College,[1] and studied organ with Norman Johnston at 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 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. [2]

He married Elizabeth Jones in 1998 and they moved together to Basel, Switzerland, in 2000. Rumsey died in Basel in 2017, aged 77.[3][4][5]

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