David Edward Rumsey (30 March 1939 – 12 February 2017) was an Australian-born organist and composer.
He was born in Sydney, attended Newington College,[1]
and studied organ with Norman Johnston at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he would later also teach.
Graduating in 1963, he moved to Europe to study with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris,
and then with Anton Heiller in Vienna.
In 1966 he returned to Australia together with fellow Heiller student,
Christa Brosch – they married and had two daughters, Stella and Marie.
In 1968 he was artistic director of the first Adelaide organ festival.
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He married Elizabeth Jones in 1998 and they moved together to Basel,
Switzerland, in 2000.
Rumsey died in Basel in 2017, aged 77.[3][4][5]
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