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Herbert Lambert, FRPS, (1881– 7 March 1936)〔(HERBERT LAMBERT ), from the British Journal of Photography, volume 83; 13 March 1936; p 164〕 was a British portrait photographer known for his portrayals of professional musicians and composers including Gustav Holst. In 1923 he published ''Modern British Composers: Seventeen Portraits'' in collaboration with Sir Eugene Goossens,〔(Modern British Composers. Seventeen Portraits by Herbert Lambert, with a Foreword on Contemporary British Music by Eugene Goossens ), at WorldCat; retrieved 26 July 2011〕 and in 1926, he became managing director of the Elliott & Fry portrait studio.〔(Herbert Lambert ) at the National Portrait Gallery; recovered 26 July 2011〕 In 1930, he published ''Studio portrait lighting'', a technical guidebook.〔(Studio portrait lighting ) at WorldCat; retrieved 26 July 2011〕 He is also responsible for salvaging much of the 19th-century photography of Henry Fox Talbot, by re-photographing the remains of Talbot's photographs.〔The magic image: the genius of photography; by Cecil Beaton and Gail Buckland (1975, Weidenfeld & Nicolson)〕 In addition to photography, Lambert was also an amateur maker of musical instruments, specialising in harpsichords and clavichords. In 1927, he lent a clavichord which he had built to Herbert Howells; Howells used it to compose a 12-piece collection, which he named "Lambert's Clavichord".〔(Herbert Howells Performed on Lautenwerck ), by Edward Brinkley, from the South Central Music Bulletin (Volume IV, number 1 – Fall 2005); page 54; "named in honor of Herbert Lambert, who in 1927 let Howells borrow one of his hand-made clavichords"; retrieved 26 July 2005〕〔(A Harpsichord Odyssey (I) ) by Edgar Hunt, at the British Harpsichord Society; posted online 27 November 2005; retrieved 26 July 2011〕 Howells also introduced Lambert to Gerald Finzi,〔(Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music ), by Diana McVeagh, page 63; 2010, Boydell & Brewer (via Google Books)〕 whose 1936 ''Interlude for oboe & string quartet, Op. 21'' was inspired by Lambert.〔(Interlude for oboe & string quartet, Op. 21 ) at Allmusic, by Joseph Stevenson; retrieved 26 July 2011〕 A Quaker, Lambert was imprisoned as a conscientious objector during the First World War.〔 He lived in Combe Down, Bath, Somerset.〔(The art of accompaniment from a thorough-bass: as practised in the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries ), by F. T. Arnold; originally published by Oxford University Press, 1931; page xxvii; via Google Books〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbert Lambert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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