Dr David Smith
Head of Music and Master of Chapel & Ceremonial Music
MA, DPhil, LTCL
Personal Details
| Telephone: | +44 (0)1224 274737 |
| E-mail: | d.j.smith@abdn.ac.uk |
| Personal website: | http://www.davidjsmith.org.uk |
| Address: | Department of Music Room 004 MacRobert Building King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA Scotland UK t: +44 (0) 1224 274737 direct e: d.j.smith@abdn.ac.uk |
Biography
Professor David Smith MA, DPhil, LTCL combines the role of Head of Music with that of Master of Chapel and Ceremonial Music.
He was organ scholar at St Peter's College, Oxford before moving to Wadham College as the first John Brookman Graduate Organ Scholar, where he completed a doctoral thesis on the instrumental music of Peter Philips (1560/61-1628). After a year as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Surrey, he became Assistant Director of Music at the University of Aberdeen, where his duties included research, direction of student ensembles, undergraduate teaching, and the development of distance learning music courses. As Head of Music he is responsible for music research, teaching and performance; he also directs King's College Chapel Choir and acts as University Organist.
David is co-founder and General Editor of the Ashgate Historical Keyboard Series. He in demand as an authority on early keyboard music from England and the Low Countries. Other research interests include consort and lute music, and he is currently working on an edition of consort music by Philips and Dering for Musica Britannica. He has also published on Scottish music manuscripts.
Research Interests
Early keyboard music from England, the Low Countries and Italy
Elizabethan and Jacobean consort and lute music
Peter Philips (1560/61-1628)
Scottish music manuscripts
Current Research
David is working on an edition of consort music by Peter Philips and Richard Dering for Musica Britannica. A chapter on editing early keyboard music is due to be published in Early Music Editing: Principles, Historiography, Future Directions early in 2012. Two further book chapters explore aspects of musical, relgious and social networks in the Early Modern period.
Future plans include an article on the origins of Peter Philips's 1580 Pavan (related to the edition of his consort music for Musica Britannica), an edited book on early English keyboard music and something on the earliest printed keyboard music in England to mark the 400th anniversary of Parthenia's publication in 2013.
Current PhD students:
Almut Boehme (Scottish music manuscripts in National Library of Scotland)
Shelagh Noden (revival of Roman Catholic Church music in Scotland)
Ralph Stelzenuller (early keyboard continuo in England)
Jane Leatherbarrow (Bach organ music)
Previous Doctoral Students
Vanballenberghe, Nathalie, 'Aspects of genre in the secular vocal music of Cornelis Verdonck (1563/4-1625)' (PhD thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2007)
Collaborations
National Library of Scotland Scottish Song Index Project (in collaboration with Head of Music, National Library of Scotland)
Teaching Responsibilities
David teaches across a broad range of areas within Music, including not only his one specialist subjects and periods, but also general music history and harmony. As Head of Music, he has oversight of all areas of academic programmes.
External Responsibilities
Elvis Advisory Board (Electronic Locator of Vertical Interval Successions (ELVIS): The First Large Data-Driven Research Project on Musical Style)
Member of the Elphinstone Institute Advisory Board (2011-)
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
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Warden, Private Teachers Section, 2011-2014
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Executive Committee (2010-)
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ISM Governance Working Party (2010-)
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Regional Councillor for East Scotland, Director and Trustee of Members Fund (2004-2007; 2008-2010)
Publications
- Smith, DJ. Peter Philips and Richard Dering: Complete Consort Music, Scholarly Edition, 2012
- Smith, DJ. Editing Early Keyboard Music, Chapter, 2011, Early Music Editing
- Smith, DJ. Early Seventeenth-Century Keyboard Culture at the Court of the Archdukes in Brussels, Article, 2009, Revue Belge de Musicologie, 63, pp67 - 98, ISSN/ISBN: 0771-6788
- Smith, DJ. The English Pavan and Galliard for Viols and the Art of Keyboard Intabulation, Article, 2008, The Viol, 12, pp14 - 19
- Smith, DJ. Resurrecting Scheidemann, Book/Film/Article review, 2007, Early Music, 35, 4, pp633 - 634, ISSN/ISBN: 0306-1078
- Smith, DJ. Keyboard Music in Scotland, Chapter, 2006, Defining Strains, pp97 - 125
- Smith, DJ. Philips, Peter, Other contribution, 2005
- Smith, DJ. Seven Solutions for Seven Problems: the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Other, 2004
- Smith, DJ. 'This Point which our Organists Use, Article, 2003, The Organ Yearbook, 32, pp71 - 86, ISSN/ISBN: 0078-6098
- Smith, DJ. At Source, Other contribution, 2003
- Smith, DJ. Print Culture, Other contribution, 2003
- Smith, DJ. The First Layer of the Thomson Manuscript: Scribe, Instrument, Repertory, Other, 2003
- Smith, DJ. English Composers at the Archducal Court at Brussels and the Influence of their Music in the Spanish Netherlands, Chapter, 2002, XVIIe, XIXe, XXIe sicles, pp21 - 30
- Smith, DJ. Francis Tregian the Younger as Music Copyist, Article, 2002, The Musical Times, 143, pp7 - 16, ISSN/ISBN: 0958-8434
- Smith, DJ. Merulo, Cornet and Scheidemann, Letter, 2002, Early Music, 30, 2, pp297 - 299, ISSN/ISBN: 0306-1078
- Smith, DJ. The Nature of Musical Influence, Chapter, 2002, Sweelinck Studies, pp65 - 84
- Smith, DJ. The Role of the Scribe in the Transmission of Music by Peter Philips and the Interpretation of Written Musical Sources of Early Keyboard Music, Other, 2002
- Smith, DJ. Visual Culture and Music in the Eighteenth Century, Other contribution, 2002
- Smith, DJ. CD Liner Notes for Carole Cerasi (harpsichord), Thomas Tomkins: Barafostus Dreame, Other contribution, 2001
- Smith, DJ. Peacham, Henry, Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary, 2001, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 19
- Smith, DJ. The Byrd Edition 5, Other contribution, 2001
- Smith, DJ. Byrd Reconstructed, Article, 1999, Annual Byrd Newsletter, 5, pp6 - 8
- Smith, DJ. Italian Influence on the Music of Peter Philips (c. 1561-1628), Conference contribution, 1999, Giaches de Wert (1535-1596) and his Time, pp191 - 209
- Philips, P. & Smith, DJ. Peter Philips, Book, 1999, 75
- Smith, DJ. & Robinson, JH. Lute Intabulations of Works by Peter Philips, Book, 1998
- Smith, DJ. Further Light on Peter Philips, Article, 1997, Annual Byrd Newsletter, 3, pp8 - 9
- Smith, DJ. Some Stylistic Correspondences between the Keyboard Music of Byrd and Philips, Article, 1995, Annual Byrd Newsletter, 1, pp7 - 8
- JOHNSTON, DW., GOLD, A., KENTISH, J., Smith, D., VALLANCE, P., SHAH, D., LEACH, G., ROBINSON, B. & Johnston, D. EFFECT OF STRESS MANAGEMENT ON BLOOD-PRESSURE IN MILD PRIMARY HYPERTENSION, Article, 1993, British Medical Journal, 306, 6883, pp963 - 966, ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8138
- JOHNSTON, DW., GOLD, A., KENTISH, J., Smith, D., VALLANCE, P., SHAH, D., LEACH, G., ROBINSON, B. & Johnston, D. EFFECT OF STRESS MANAGEMENT ON BLOOD-PRESSURE IN MILD PRIMARY HYPERTENSION, Article, 1993, British Medical Journal, 306, 6883, pp963 - 966, ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8146
- Johnston, DW., Gold, A., Kentish, J., Smith, D., Vallance, P., Shah, D., Leach, G., Robinson, B. & Johnston, D. Effect of stress management on blood pressure in mild primary hypertension, Article, 1993, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 306, 6883, pp963 - 6, ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8138
- Johnston, DW., Gold, A., Kentish, J., Smith, D., Vallance, P., Shah, D., Leach, G., Robinson, B. & Johnston, D. Effect of stress management on blood pressure in mild primary hypertension, Article, 1993, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 306, 6883, pp963 - 6, ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8146