About Diana Poulton
Lived 1903 – 1995 (aged 92). Diana Poulton was a British musicologist, lutenist, composer, editor and musician.
Diana Poulton, also known as Edith Eleanor Diana Chloe Poulton née Kibblewhite (18 April 1903, Storrington – 15 December 1995, Heyshott) was an English lutenist and musicologist.
From 1919 through 1923 she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. She was a pupil of Arnold Dolmetsch (1922–5) and became a leading member of the early music revival.
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Who was Diana Poulton?
English lutenist and musicologist
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Diana Poulton was born on 18 April 1903.
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Diana Poulton died on 15 December 1995.
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Diana Poulton was a musicologist, lutenist, composer, editor and musician.
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Diana Poulton was British.
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