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Folder A1 (fols. 1-74C). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), 1942-1956.

Contains:
  1. (fol. 1) 'Edmund Rubbra - 4th Symphony', [with autograph corrections] BBC Home Service 'This week at the Proms', 9 Aug 1942
  2. (fols. 2-13) 'Music Magazine (59)', [includes Adrian Boult on Arthur Nikisch and Edmund Rubbra on Vaughan Williams] BBC Home Service, 12 Jan 1947
  3. (fols. 14-23) 'The problems facing a composer' [original and edited typescript, with letter from Julian Herbage, London to Edmund Rubbra concerning publishing an anthology of talks, 14 Nov 1952] Music Magazine, BBC home Service, 1948?
  4. (fols. 24-25) Programme note on Symphony no. 5, op. 63, [1949?]
  5. (fols. 26-33) 'The British composer and the symphony', lecture with autograph corrections [unknown venue, Birmingham. See also fols. 434-437], 4 Apr 1949?
  6. (fols. 34-37) 'Mass by Igor Stravinsky', introductory talk on broadcast of first performance in England, BBC Third Programme, 19 Feb 1949
  7. (fols. 38-45) Talk on his music, introducing broadcast performances of Violin sonata no. 2, op. 31 and Cello sonata, op. 60, Dublin, 28 May 1950
  8. (fols. 46-55) Lecture on Rubbra’s music [autograph, given at Attingham Summer School], 1953?
  9. (fols. 56-58) 'Composer’s forum: Symphony no. 6' [unknown venue] 1954?
  10. (fols. 59-66) Talk on 'Improvisation for violin and orchestra', op. 89 [2 copies, one with autograph corrections, unknown venue], Jan 1956?
  11. (fols. 67-74) 'A composer’s progress', an interview with Dr Edmund Rubbra [by?] Yvonne Mackintosh, London, [unknown occasion], 1956?
  12. (fols. 74A-74C) 'Letter to a young composer', reprinted in Ariel [BBC periodical], Summer 1961, broadcast BBC Home Service, 9 Sep 1956

Folder A2 (fols. 75-126). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), 1956-1957.

Contains:
  1. (fols. 75-77) 'Gerald Finzi: an appreciation', BBC broadcast?, after 27 Sept 1956?
  2. (fols. 78-111) 'Poetry into song', Edmund Rubbra introduces an anthology of poems which have been set to music, 5 programmes, BBC Midland Home Service 8 Feb 1957 to 5 Apr 1957
  3. (fols. 112-126) Notes for talk given at Braganza Restaurant to old students at R.C.A., 23 Mar 1957

Folder A3 (fols. 127-175). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), 1958-1967.

Contains:
  1. (fols. 127-133) 'My Seventh Symphony', talk on Symphony no. 7, op. 88, Music Magazine (59), BBC Home Service, 23 Mar 1958
  2. (fols. 134-135) Talk on Cyril Scott, Today, BBC Home Service, 28 Sep 1959
  3. (fols. 136-144) Bartok and the quartet, BBC Third Programme, 16 Apr 1961
  4. (fols. 144A- 144H) 'British composers: Dr E Rubbra', interview script in French for broadcast in Canada, 1962
  5. (fols. 145-149) 'Music to remember', Rubbra introduces works by Gluck and Nielsen and his Symphony no. 6, op. 80, BBC Home Service, 5 Mar 1963
  6. (fols. 150-155) Carl Nielsen: [some centenary reflections about the Danish composer], BBC Network Three, 29 May 1965
  7. (fols. 156-159) Talk on 'Inscape', op. 122 [Edmund Rubbra talks about his choral suite 'Inscape'], [with autograph corrections] BBC Network Three, 24 Oct 1965
  8. (fols. 160-167) Talk on his work [Edmund Rubbra talks about his work and introduces a programme of his music] [two copies, one with autograph corrections], Composer’s portrait, BBC Network 3, 2 Mar 1966
  9. (fols. 168-172) Cyril Scott, Composer’s portrait, BBC Network 3, 26 Apr 1967
  10. (fols. 173-174) Talk on 'Inscape', op. 122, BBC Network 3, 14 Jun 1967
  11. (fols. 174A- 174M) Open forum, Southern Cathedrals Festival, contributions by Christopher Dearnley, Rev Douglas Bean and Rubbra, Jul 29 1967
  12. (fol. 175) Introduction to 'Prelude & fugue on a theme by Cyril Scott', op. 69 and 8 Preludes, op. 131, BBC Network 3, 8 August 1967?

Folder A4 (fols. 175A-230). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), 1969-1971.

Contains:
  1. (fols. 175A-175H) The Redcliffe Concerts of British Music, Concert of music by Edmund Rubbra, copy of programme and annotated programme notes by Rubbra, 23 Apr 1969
  2. (fols. 176-181) Talk by Edmund Rubbra on his three string quartets, broadcast BBC Radio 3, 28 Apr 1969
  3. (fols. 182-190) 'Scriabin' [Scriabin and the piano] talk on Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin, BBC Radio 3, 26 July 1969
  4. (fols. 191-195) Introductory talk to programme of music written in the 1960s, BBC Radio 3, 16 Aug 1969?
  5. (fols. 196-202) 'Cyril Scott: a 90th birthday greeting', [2 copies, one with introductions by Julian Herbage] BBC Radio 3, Music Magazine, 28 Sep 1969
  6. (fol. 203) Short talk on the survival of the symphony, for Concert Calendar, BBC Radio 3, 18 Dec 1970
  7. (fols. 204-209) 'My eighth symphony' [talk on Symphony no. 8, op. 132], including music examples in autograph short score, BBC Radio 3, Music Magazine, 3 Jan 1971
  8. (fols. 210-215) 'Cyril Scott (1879-1970)', BBC Radio 3, Music Magazine, 31 Jan 1971
  9. (fols. 216-221) 'The composer speaks', BBC Radio 3, 27 Mar 1971
  10. (fols. 222-230) 'Questions for Dr Edmund Rubbra', Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC], 5 May 1971

Folder A5 (fols. 231-282). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), 1971-1979.

Contains:
  1. (fols. 231-237) List of compositions with annotations in Rubbra’s hand for A complete catalogue of compositions by Edmund Rubbra to June 1971 (Lengnick, 1971)
  2. (fols. 238-244A) 'Thoughts on transcription' [Edmund Rubbra talks about recreative orchestration], BBC Radio 3, 30 Aug 1971
  3. (fols. 245-249) 'Schubert’s B flat piano trio' [Franz Schubert, D 898], recording 12 Dec 1971, broadcast, BBC Radio 3, 17 Dec 1971,
  4. (fol. 250) Short talk on 'The Apostles', op. 49 by Edward Elgar, BBC Radio 3, Concert Calendar, 14 Feb 1972
  5. (fols. 251-256) Talk on the piano trio in E flat, by Franz Schubert, D 929, ['Edmund Rubbra discusses Schubert's original view of form and texture as exemplified in the E flat Trio'], including music examples in Rubbra’s hand, BBC Radio 3, 17 Sep 1972
  6. (fols. 257-262) Typescripts of Chapters 1 and 7 for Edmund Rubbra, Collected essays on Gustav Holst, edited by Stephen Lloyd and Edmund Rubbra (London: Triad Press, 1974)
  7. (fols. 263-267) Music on the air [for publication in The Listener], 11 Dec 1974
  8. (fols. 268-272) Talk for 'Composer’s portrait', BBC Radio 3, 4 Feb 1977
  9. (fols. 273-274) Cue sheet for studio interview by Peter Petts with Dr Edmund Rubbra, BBC Local Radio, [Bournemouth, 1977?]
  10. (fols. 275-282) Master and pupil [introducing the music of Cyril Scott], recorded 6 Feb 1978, broadcast BBC Radio 3, 27 Sep, 1979

Folder A6 (fols. 283-342). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), [undated]

Contains:
  1. (fols. 283-284) Programme note for Violin sonata no. 2, op. 31. 2 copies, [after 1949?]
  2. (fols. 285-287) Programme note for Violin sonata no. 2, op. 31, [1950s]
  3. (fol. 288) Programme note for [broadcast?] of 'Amoretti', op. 43, [1950s]
  4. (fol. 289) Notes on performances of Symphony no. 3, op. 49 and no. 4, op. 53, [1950s]
  5. (fols. 290-291) Programme note for String quartet no. 2, op. 73, [1950s]
  6. (fols. 292-295) Talk on Béla Bartók, [after 1955?]
  7. (fols. 296-302) 'The contemporary composer: tradition and environment'. Talk, [after 1955?]
  8. (fols. 303-304) 'Edmund Rubbra: biographical notes', with programme note for 'Improvisation for violin and orchestra', op. 89 [handwritten], [1956?]
  9. (fols. 305-306) Autobiographical note on Rubbra's early life and studies, [after 1960?]
  10. (fols. 307-342) 'A symphonic credo' [manuscript draft and 2 annotated typescripts], [after 1960?]

Folder A7 (fols. 343-403). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), [undated]

Contains:
  1. (fols. 343-344) Introduction to a talk on Rubbra’s music and and his links with Scandinavian music, [1961?]
  2. (fol. 345) Selective list [handwritten] of chamber and solo vocal works to 1962, [1962?]
  3. (fols. 346-347) Programme note for String quartet no. 3, op.112, [after 1966?]
  4. (fols. 348-360) Talk on the symphony in the twentieth century, [after 1966?]
  5. (fols. 361-366) Talk on Rubbra’s music, [after 1967?]
  6. (fols. 367-375) 'Lewis Foreman talking to Edmund Rubbra', [1977?]
  7. (fols. 376-403) Talk on liturgical music, with reference to the 'Missa Cantuariensis', op. 59 and 'Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici', op. 66 [handwritten draft and 2 typescript copies, 1 annotated], [no date]

Folder A8 (fols. 404-462). Scripts of radio talks, lectures, etc. given by Edmund Rubbra (typescripts unless otherwise stated), [undated]

Contains:
  1. (fol. 404) Programme note for String quartet no. 1, op. 35, [no date]
  2. (fol. 405) Programme note for String quartet no. 2, op. 73, [no date]
  3. (fols. 406-411) Detailed programme note for String quartet no. 2, op. 73 [handwritten], [no date]
  4. (fol. 412) Programme note for String quartet no. 3, op. 112, [no date]
  5. (fols. 413-416) 'Brahms-Handel Variations, orchestrated by Edmund Rubbra' (op. 47), ['Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel', op. 24], programme notes with critical responses from 1938 to 1939, [no date]
  6. (fols. 417-424) 'Bach’s 48 in everyday life' ['Das wohltemperierte Klavier'], lecture notes, [no date]
  7. (fols. 425-429) Biographical essay on Gustav Holst, [no date]
  8. (fol. 430) Introduction to Rubbra’s music [incomplete], [no date]
  9. (fols. 431-433) Talk on Rubbra’s music [incomplete], [no date]
  10. (fols. 434-437) ['The British Composer and the symphony'], lecture [incomplete, see also fols. 26-33], [no date]
  11. (fols. 438-448) Talk on influences and twentieth-century composition [incomplete], [no date]
  12. (fols. 449-450) Talk on harmonic and diatonic music [incomplete], [no date]
  13. (fols. 450A-450B) Talk on contemporary writing and language [incomplete?], [no date]
  14. (fols. 451-453) Talk on viola repertoire and introducing the Viola concerto, op. 75 [incomplete], [no date]
  15. (fol. 453A) Talk on the language of music? [incomplete], [no date]
  16. (fols 453B-453C) Manuscript of a 'Ground bass for working', with partial draft examination paper for composition class, University of Oxford, Michaelmas Term, 1949
  17. (fols. 454-462) 'Twilight musings' [poems] by C. Edmund Rubbra ‘dedicated to Mr. Cyril Scott’, no date

Folder B1 (fols. 1-106). Writings by other authors, mostly relating to Rubbra.

Contains:
  1. (fols. 1-3) Introduction and work list by David Ewen for projected book 'European composers today' [unpublished], with letter from David Ewen to Rubbra, 12 May 1950
  2. (fols. 4-8) Script for conversation between Julian Herbage and Hubert Foss for Rubbra’s fiftieth birthday, BBC Home Service, Music Magazine, 27 May 1951
  3. (fols. 9-11) Typed transcript from Los Angeles Times of article on performance by the Griller String Quartet of String quartet no. 2, op. 73 in Pasadena, California, signed WA, 1 Dec 1952
  4. (fols. 12-16) Copy of typescript of article on the Piano Concerto, op. 85, to be published by Musical Opinion and in the Indian press, with copy of accompanying letter from I.J. Mackintosh, London, on behalf of the Star News Agency [original in MS. Rubbra 8, fols 129-133], 8 Apr 1956
  5. (fol. 17) BBC music programme routine notes from Martin Dalby on arrangements for programme broadcast on Radio 3, 16 Aug 1969: 'Edmund Rubbra introduces a programme of his music which he has chosen', 3 Jul 1969
  6. (fols. 18-23) Script for conversation between Julian Herbage and Geoffrey Bush reviewing Rubbra’s Counterpoint and Alfred Mann’s The study of fugue, BBC Home Service, Music Magazine, 9 Oct 1960
  7. (fols 24-37) 'Rubbra at 70: lyricism and the logic of intervals', by Hugh Ottaway. Script for broadcast, BBC Radio 3, [18 May 1971]
  8. (fols. 38-40) Script for a review by Bryan Fairfax of a recording of Rubbra’s orchestration of the Brahms 'Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, op. 24' (op. 47), by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy (CBS SBRG 72295), 'Kaleidoscope', presented by Tony Palmer, BBC Radio 4, 29 Jun 1977
  9. (fols. 41-44) Script for a review by Bruce Cole of a re-issue of the 1956 recording of the Piano concerto, op. 85 by Denis Matthews, in 20th Century British Piano Concertos [EMI SLS 5080], 'Kaleidoscope', presented by Michael Oliver, BBC Radio 4, 4 Jul 1977
  10. (fols. 45-49) Script for a review of Lewis Foreman (ed.), Edmund Rubbra – Composer (Triad Press, 1977) and other publications, 'Music Weekly', introduced by Michael Oliver, BBC Radio 3, 5 Mar 1978
  11. (fols. 50-58) Typescript for talk on Rubbra by Hugh Ottaway [occasion unknown], [after 1977]
  12. (fol. 59) Introduction to a broadcast of 'Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici', op. 66, BBC World Service [presenter unknown], Oct 1984
  13. (fols. 60-62) Typescript of article[?] by Gordon Steele on 'Two sonnets of William Alabaster', op. 87, 31 Aug 1982
  14. (fols. 63-96) Criticisms by Ernest Bradbury of the music of Rubbra, taken from The Musical Times and Yorkshire Post, Aug 1951 to May 1981 [typescripts with two published copies]; the collection also includes two letters from Susan Bradbury, London to Adrian Yardley, 22 Apr 2000 and 20 May 2000
  15. (fols. 97-106) 'Howells: a fresh appraisal'. Script of a talk on Herbert Howells by Christopher Palmer, broadcast BBC Radio 3, 14 Oct 1977

Dates

  • Creation: 1942-1984, no date

Extent

1 box (9 folders)

Language of Materials

  • English

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MS. Rubbra 9

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