Edmund Rubbra
Composer
1901 – 1986
Who was Edmund Rubbra?
Edmund Rubbra was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his fame in the mid-20th century. The most famous of his pieces are his eleven symphonies. Although he was active at a time when many people wrote twelve-tone music, he decided not to write in this idiom himself. Instead he devised his own distinctive style. His later works were not as popular with the concert-going public as his previous ones had been, although he never lost the respect of his colleagues. Therefore his output as a whole is less celebrated today than would have been expected from its sheer merit and from his early popularity. Yet his compositions are full of drama, with often enough an improvisatory element.
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- Born
- May 1, 1901
Northampton - Also known as
- Rubbra, Edmund
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- Royal College of Music
- University of Reading
- Died
- Feb 14, 1986
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on July 23, 2013
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