Robert William Trumble (15 April 1919 – 2 January 2011) was an Australian musician and author. Son of international

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Hugh Trumble Hugh Trumble (19 May 1867 – 14 August 1938) was an Australian cricketer who played 32 Test matches as a bowling all-rounder between 1890 and 1904. He captained the Australian team in two Tests, winning both. Trumble took 141 wi ...

, Robert dedicated his first book, ''The Golden Age of Cricket'', to his father. It was published in

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in 1968.''The Golden Age of Cricket''
at RedRoseBooks, retrieved 6 May 2008 Trumble's musical career was also noted by the Australian media. In 2003 he was awarded the

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for reviving the work of

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Pa ...

. He had previously spent thirty years as a concert manager for the

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. He was also commissioned to write for the

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in 2004, and also published a biography of d'Indy, ''Vincent d'Indy: His Greatness and His Integrity'' in 1994 and ''The Compositions of Vincent d'Indy'' in 2000.

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1919 births 2011 deaths Australian non-fiction writers Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Cricket writers 20th-century Australian musicians {{Australia-writer-stub