David Johnson (Scottish composer)

David Charles Johnson was a Scottish composer and a scholar of 18th century Scottish music. Dr David Johnson was an internationally recognised scholar, whose work did much to rediscover and reinvent 18th century Scottish music, and set it in its historical context. Johnsons key legacy is to leave behind a body of writing and editions which throws light on the music and wider social life of 18th century lowland Scotland, its influences and tastes, and the key musical figures within it.

Johnson was born in Edinburgh in October 1942, the eldest of three sons. His father, Sir Ronald Johnson, was a senior civil servant at the Scottish Home and Health Department and organist of the episcopal church of St. ColumbasBytheCastle. His mother, Lady Elizabeth, was the Director of the Holst Singers and was organist at Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian.

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