Andrew Lamb (writer)

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Andrew Martin Lamb (born 23 September 1942) is an English writer, music historian, lecturer and broadcaster, known for his expertise in light music and musical theatre. In addition to his musical work, Lamb maintained a full-time career as an actuary and investment manager.

Biography

Lamb was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of Harry Lamb, a schoolmaster, and his wife Winifred, née Emmott.[1] He was educated at Werneth Council School, Oldham, Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He graduated in mathematics in 1963,[1] gaining a master's degree in 1967 and a Doctorate of Letters in 2006. In addition to his musical work, he maintained a full-time career as an actuary and investment manager with major financial institutions in the UK, having qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1972. He married in 1970 and has two daughters and a son.[1] He has been a member of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1954.[2]

In 1980, Lamb was a member of the

Coliseum Theatre, London, and at the Buxton Festival.[3] He is a member of the Honorary Board of the Centro Studi Eric Sams.[4][5]

Edward James Loder that resulted in musical events in Bath in 2015, CD recordings of Loder's piano music and his opera Raymond and Agnes, and a book commemorating the Loder family, edited by Nicholas Temperley, to which Lamb contributed a biographical chapter.[7]

Writings

Lamb's books and biographies, relating mostly to musical theatre, include the following:

He has written extensively for periodicals including

Gershwin's Cuban vacation,[8] two 1890s English comic opera tours of South America,[9][10] and the zarzuelas La generala[11] and El maestro Campanone.[12]

He has also compiled albums of songs by

ISBN 978-1-84938-035-5
).

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Andrew Lamb at Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002 (subscription required), accessed 22 March 2009
  2. ^ Membership records of Lancashire County Cricket Club, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0PX
  3. ^ 21 July 2008, 18 July 2009 and 19 July 2011, Official Buxton Festival Programmes
  4. ^ Official website Archived 10 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Centro Studi Eric Sams, accessed 1 March 2010
  5. ^ See also Lamb's profile of Sams, "Elgar, Shakespeare – and a Little Light Music" Archived 1 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ericsams.org, accessed 1 March 2010
  6. ^ "Lamb, Andrew", Grove Music Online (subscription required), accessed 22 March 2009
  7. ^ Lamb, Andrew: "Edward James Loder (1809-1865): A Life in Music", in Temperley, Nicholas (ed.): Musicians of Bath and Beyond: Edward Loder (1809–1865) and His Family, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, The Boydell Press (2016), pp. 125–148
  8. ^ Lamb, Andrew. "Gershwin's Cuban Vacation". academia.edu, accessed 4 January 2017
  9. ^ Lamb, Andrew. "Comic Opera Goes Latin-American, 1890–92 (Part 1)". academia.edu, accessed 4 January 2017
  10. ^ Lamb, Andrew. "Comic Opera Goes Latin-American, 1890–92 (Part 2)". academia.edu, accessed 4 January 2017
  11. ^ Lamb, Andrew. "La generala: When Vienna Comes to Madrid". zarzuela.net, 2008, accessed 20 May 2010
  12. ^ Lamb, Andrew. "Two Hundred Years of Maestro Campanone". zarzuela.net, 17 May 2010, accessed 20 May 2010
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