Thurston Darts
(Robert) Thurston Dart (born September 3, 1921 in London ; † March 6, 1971 ibid) was an English harpsichordist, conductor and music teacher who became known as an interpreter of early music.
Dart attended Hampton Grammar School and was a chorister at the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court. 1938-39 he studied keyboard instruments at the Royal College of Music in London. During the Second World War he was an officer in the Royal Air Force . He then continued his studies with Charles Van den Borren in Brussels. From 1947 to 1964 he was initially a lecturer and later professor of music at the University of Cambridge . He then took a King Edward Professor of Music at King's College of the University of London to. His most famous students were the composer Michael Nymanand the conductor Christopher Hogwood .
Since the late 1940s, Dart has appeared as a harpsichordist and organist and also played historical instruments from the Baroque period. In 1950 he made the first recordings with the Jacobean Ensemble , which specialized in early music and which u. a. Neville Marriner was a member. He later took over the direction of the Boyd Neel Orchestra , which was renamed the Philomusica of London . During the four years of his leadership he played with the ensemble a. a. Bach's Brandenburg Concerts and orchestral suites , his double concerto for violins and his harpsichord concerts , as well as John Dowland's Lachrymae , Georg Friedrich Handel's Wassermusik , serenades by Mozart , concerti grossi by Alessandro Scarlatti , Arcangelo Corelli and Francesco Geminiani as well as various works by Johann Christian Bach on record.
He also edited the Galpin Society Journal from 1947 to 1954 and was responsible for the publication of the Musica Britannica from 1950 to 1965 . He wrote articles on the interpretation of the works of Bach, Handel and Purcell , oversaw the revision of the editions of the works of William Byrd and François Couperin and edited works by Thomas Morley , John Bull and others. The Interpretation of Music was published in London in 1954 as his main work on music theory .
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| SURNAME | Darts, Thurston |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dart, Robert Thurston (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English harpsichordist, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1971 |
| Place of death | London |