325:. His biographer Michael Pope observes that the balance between academic and artistic work that characterised Lewis's life was now tilted away from pure scholarship: "for the next fourteen years he presided over many important developments in an institution where the emphasis was on performance and composition." He was concerned at a perceived split in the musical profession between musicologists and performers, and maintained, "each should look to the other for help, for between them they could enable a great advance to be made in the interpretation of music".
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in certain fields and at certain periods, England has occupied a central, and not merely a marginal or subsidiary place in
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judged the post to be well suited to Lewis's talents, and one that he filled with distinction. During his term of office the academy built its own theatre, with about 300 seats, next to the main building. It opened in 1977 with an operatic triple bill by
Purcell,
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As a conductor Lewis played a role in the baroque music revival of the mid 20th century by directing performances of several Handel opera revivals, and making commercial premiere recordings of works from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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noted that as well as "developing an academically fertile department", Lewis conducted "a wide range of music in professional concerts and with university forces", in demanding modern works such as
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Sutton (1884–1965). There was a military tradition on both sides of the family, which the young Lewis did not follow: his musical talent became clear from his early years and he was sent to
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with a proposal to launch a national edition of
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the following year, at the age of 68. In his honour the RAM established the Sir
Anthony Lewis memorial prize for student performers using the repertory of
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commented, "its famously high musical standards were substantially due to Lewis's combination of scholarly curiosity and painstaking efficiency".
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entry Lewis selected eight of his works for mention: Psalm 86 (1935), A Choral
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as Peyton and Barber
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Leonard Carey Lewis (1880–1952) and his wife, Katherine Barbara,
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choir school, and at the age of eight he became a chorister at
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Lewis was particularly associated with the record label
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In September 1935 Lewis joined the music staff of the
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702:Sadie, Stanley. "Academy gets a proper theatre",
37:(2 March 1915 – 5 June 1983) was an English
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422:for orchestra (1944), Trumpet Concerto (1947),
372:(1948), the Royal Academy of Music (1960), the
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656:Thicknesse, Robert. "A Handel on the heart",
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671:"Musica Britannica"
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428:A Tribute of Praise
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