David Montague Davis
David Montague Davis (c.1853 – 30 November 1932), was a British choirmaster and music teacher.
David Montague Davis was born in London in c. 1853, and privately educated there.[1]
Davis started as choirmaster of the in 1877, and the following year he was appointed musical director, choirmaster and organist of the New West End Synagogue, a year before it opened its doors in 1879, and remained its choirmaster for 51 years.[1]
He edited The Voice of Prayer and Praise (1899),[1] together with Rabbi Francis L. Cohen, known as the Blue Book, as that was the colour of its original cover.[2]
Davis founded the Hebrew Choral Association, and in 1900, was appointed director of the , and in 1906 he became conductor of the Chiswick and Gunnersbury Philharmonic Society.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c William D. Rubinstein (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "David M Davis". geoffreyshisler. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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