di voce (which was obsolete by then) and, according to the Derby Daily Telegraph of 4 January 1907, administered: a crushing rebuke to those who indulge in what is known as the 'tremolo'. It is, as the Doctor said, a reprehensible habit. Apart from the fact that it mars the beauty of many fine voices, it is, I agree, "a most distressing fault to the auditors, who frequently listen in doubt as to the precise pitch of the note the singer is endeavouring to produce". He later became a professor and later the principal of the Guildhall School of Music. One of his notable pupils at the school was conductor Bruce Carey. He received an honorary Doctorate in Music from Dublin University in 1900 and was made a gentleman of the Chapel Royal. In 1902, he published a book on the origins of "God Save the King". Cummings' other appointments included: Professor, The Royal Normal College and Academy for the Blind Council Member, Incorporated Society of Musicians Vice-President, Royal College of Organists Vice-President, Royal Musical Association Hon. Treasurer, Royal Society of Musicians Hon. Treasurer, Philharmonic Society President, Incorporated Staff Sight Singing College Cummings married Clara Anne Hobbs, a daughter of his teacher, the well-known singer John William Hobbs (1799–1877). He died in London and is buried in West Norwood Cemetery, South London. References External links Biography at the Cyber Hymnal Obituary, The Times, 7 June 1915 1831 births 1915 deaths Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal English classical organists British male organists Academics of the Royal Academy of Music Burials at West Norwood Cemetery People from East Devon District People associated with the Royal National College for the Blind People educated at the City of London School People educated at St. Paul's Cathedral School Artists' Rifles soldiers Musicians from Devon Pupils of Alberto Randegger 19th-century English musicians 19th-century British male musicians 19th-century classical musicians Male classical organists