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Edmund RubbraEdmund Rubbra (1901 – February 14, 1986) was a British composer. Rubbra was born in Northampton, England. He worked as a railwayman after leaving school, then won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, where he studied under Gustav Holst, Cyril Scott and Ralph Vaughan Williams. While in the army during World War II, Rubbra founded a piano trio. After the war, he became a music lecturer at Oxford. In 1948, he converted to Roman Catholicism. Rubbra's musical output included eleven symphonies, four string quartets and three concertos. Selected worklist - Symphonies
- Symphony no. 1, op. 44
- Symphony no. 2, D, op. 45
- Symphony no. 3, op. 49
- Symphony no. 4, op. 53
- Symphony no. 5, B-flat, op. 63
- Symphony no. 6, op. 80
- Symphony no. 7, C, op. 88
- Symphony no. 8, op. 132, Hommage Teilhard de Chardin
- Symphony no. 9, op. 140, Resurrection
- Symphony no. 10, op. 145, da Camera
- Symphony no. 11, op. 153, Colette
- Concerti
- for piano (withdrawn), op. 30
- sinfonia concertante, C, op. 38
- for viola, A, op. 75
- for piano, G, op. 85
- for violin, A, op. 103
- (also other concerted works — soliloquy with cello, improvisation with violin)
- Sonatas
- violin, no. 1, op. 11
- violin, no. 2, op. 31
- violoncello, G, op. 60
- oboe, C, op. 100
- violin, no. 3, op. 133
- chamber works
- string quartet no. 1, f, op. 35
- piano trio in one movement (no. 1), op. 68
- string quartet no. 2, E-flat, op. 73
- string quartet no. 3, op. 112
- piano trio no. 2, op. 138
- string quartet no. 4, op. 150
- duo, for cor anglais and piano, op. 156
Books - Foreman, Lewis, ed. Edmund Rubbra, composer : essays : with an introd. by Sir Adrian Boult & three specially commissioned drawings of Dr. Rubbra by Richard Walker. Rickmansworth: Triad Press: 1977. ISBN 0902070215.
- Grover, Ralph Scott. The Music of Edmund Rubbra. Brookfield, Vt. : Ashfield Publishing Co. ISBN 0859679101. Includes a worklist.
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