Edmund Rubbra

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Edmund Rubbra (23 May 1901–14 February 1986) was a British composer.

Rubbra was born in Northampton in 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 the University of Oxford. In 1948, he converted to Roman Catholicism.

Rubbra's musical output included eleven symphonies, four string quartets, and three concertos. He is well-known for having orchestrated Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel in 1938.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Orchestral Works 1.2 Concertante Works 1.3 Instrumental Works 1.4 Chamber Works 1.5 Choral Works 1.6 For Chorus and Orchestra 1.7 Piano music 2 Books

[edit] Works

[edit] Orchestral Works

• Symphonies
  • Symphony No. 1, Op. 44
  • Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 45
  • Symphony No. 3, Op. 49
  • Symphony No. 4, Op. 53
  • Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 63
  • Symphony No. 6, Op. 80
  • Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 88 (dedicated to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and premiered by them with Andrzej Panufnik conducting)
  • Symphony No. 8, Op. 132, Hommage à Teilhard de Chardin
  • Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, Resurrection (also known as Sinfonia Sacra) ([1])
  • Symphony No. 10, Op. 145, da Camera
  • Symphony No. 11, Op. 153, à Colette
• Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op. 50

[edit] Concertante Works

• Piano
  • Piano Concerto, Op. 30, withdrawn
  • Sinfonia Concertante in C, Op. 38
  • Piano Concerto in G, Op. 85
• Violin
  • Violin Concerto in A, Op. 103
  • Improvisation for Violin for Orchestra, Op. 89
• Viola
  • Viola Concerto in A, Op. 75
• Cello
  • Soliloquy, Op. 57 for cello, two horns, timpani and strings

[edit] Instrumental Works

• Violin Sonatas
  • Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 11
  • Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31
  • Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 133
• Cello Sonata in G, Op. 60
• Meditationi sur Coeurs Désolés (for Recorder and Harpsichord or Flute or Oboe and Piano), Op. 67
• Oboe Sonata in C, Op. 100
• Sonatina for Treble Recorder and Harpsichord, Op. 128
• Fantasia on a Chord: for Treble Recorder, Harpsichord and Viola da Gamba (ad lib.), Op. 154
• Duo for Cor Anglais and Piano, Op. 156

[edit] Chamber Works

• String Quartets
  • String Quartet No. 1 in F minor, Op. 35
  • String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 73
  • String Quartet No. 3, Op. 112
  • String Quartet No. 4, Op. 150
• Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 68, in one movement
• Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 138
• Lyric Movement for String Quartet and Piano, Op. 24

[edit] Choral Works

• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A, Op. 65 for chorus and organ
• Three Motets Op. 76 S.A.T.B Unaccompanied
• Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici Op. 66 (Rubbra's first Roman Catholic mass and the result of his conversion)
• Missa Cantuariensis Op. 59 for double choir
• Tenebrae Motets Op. 72 (a, b and c, three sets of three written over a period of time)

[edit] For Chorus and Orchestra

• The Morning Watch, Op. 55
• Song of the Soul, Op. 78
• Inscape (Gerard Manley Hopkins), Op. 122
• Veni Creator Spiritus, Op. 130

[edit] Piano music

• Sonatina, Op. 19
• Prelude and fugue on a theme by Cyril Scott (also played on organ]], Op. 69
• Nine teaching pieces, Op. 74 (requires a second pianist)
• Introduction, Aria and Fugue, Op. 104
• Eight preludes, Op. 131
• Four studies, Op. 139
• Invention on the name of Haydn, Op. 160
• Fantasy-fugue, Op. 161
• Fukagawa (without opus)
• Nemo fugue (without opus)

[edit] 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 0-902070-21-5.
• Grover, Ralph Scott. The Music of Edmund Rubbra. Brookfield, Vt. : Ashfield Publishing Co. ISBN 0-85967-910-1. Includes a worklist.