Andrew Lamb (writer)

In addition to his musical work, Lamb maintained a full-time career as an actuary and investment manager.He was a member of the Advisory Board of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and from 1987 to 1996 he assisted Antonio de Almeida on the latter's ultimately unpublished Offenbach thematic catalogue.He has also given talks for English National Opera at the Coliseum Theatre, London, and at the Buxton Festival.[1] He is a contributor and advisory editor to The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and wrote more than 150 articles in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, including biographies of George M. Cohan, Noël Coward, Jerome Kern, Charles Lecocq, Franz Lehár, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lionel Monckton and Jacques Offenbach, and articles on revue, musical comedy, music hall, parlour song and operetta.Online examples of his writing include articles on Gershwin's Cuban vacation,[8] two 1890s English comic opera tours of South America,[9][10] and the zarzuelas La generala[11] and El maestro Campanone.
OldhamManchester Grammar SchoolCorpus Christi College, OxfordInstitute of ActuariesLancashire County Cricket ClubArts Council of Great BritainOffenbachThe New Grove Dictionary of OperaAntonio de AlmeidaNoël CowardCavalcadeChurchill TheatreSadler's Wells TheatreAmadeo VivesTeatro de la ZarzuelaRuperto ChapíValenciaEnglish National OperaColiseum TheatreBuxton FestivalEric SamsGrove's Dictionary of Music and MusicianszarzuelaoperettaArthur SullivanJacques OffenbachJerome KernEdward James LoderRaymond and AgnesKurt GänzlMoulin RougeMax SchönherrWaldteufelsLeslie StuartFragsonThe Merry WidowHenry RussellWilliam Vincent WallaceGramophoneThe Musical TimesMusic and LettersThe ListenerWisden Cricket MonthlyThe Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansGeorge M. CohanCharles LecocqFranz LehárAndrew Lloyd WebberLionel Moncktonmusic hallparlour songGershwinzarzuelasLehárWayback Machine