Herbert Richard Lambert, FRPS, (1882 – 7 March 1936) was a British

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known for his portrayals of professional musicians and composers including

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. In 1923 he published ''Modern British Composers: Seventeen Portraits'' in collaboration with Sir Eugene Goossens, and in 1926, he became managing director of the

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portrait studio. In 1930, he published ''Studio portrait lighting'', a technical guidebook. He is also responsible for salvaging much of the 19th-century photography of

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, by re-photographing the remains of Talbot's photographs.The magic image: the genius of photography; by

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and Gail Buckland (1975,

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) In addition to photography, Lambert was also an amateur maker of musical instruments, specialising in

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s and

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s. In 1927, he lent a clavichord which he had built to

Herbert Howells Herbert Norman Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music. Life Background and early education Howells was born in Lydney, Gloucest ...

; Howells used it to compose a 12-piece collection, which he named "Lambert's Clavichord". Howells also introduced Lambert to

Gerald Finzi Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata '' Dies natalis'' for solo voice and ...

, whose 1936 ''Interlude for oboe & string quartet, Op. 21'' was inspired by Lambert. A

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, Lambert was imprisoned as a

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during the First World War. He lived in

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, Somerset.The art of accompaniment from a thorough-bass: as practised in the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries
by F. T. Arnold; originally published by

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, 1931; page xxvii; via

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References

External links

Npg.org.uk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Herbert 1882 births 1936 deaths Artists from Bath, Somerset Photographers from Somerset British conscientious objectors British Quakers 20th-century British photographers 20th-century Quakers