Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and indexes.
Includes discography: pages 225-227.
Introduction : Rubbra in the third millennium? -- 1. General features -- 2. The early years -- 3. The first four symphonies -- 4. The fifth symphony -- 5. A question of mysticism--I -- 6. The sixth symphony -- 7. A question of mysticism--II -- 8. The seventh symphony -- 9. The tide turns : the eighth symphony -- 10. The last three symphonies -- Appendix 1. Rubbra on the fourth symphony (1942) -- Appendix 2. The Rubbra sixth : some reflections (1955).
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Leo Black, a pupil of Rubbra in the 1950s, presents a full-scale study of his symphonies (the first for fifteen years). A biographical sketch throws light on legends about the BBC and Rubbra; there are full programme notes on each symphony, with accounts of important non-symphonic works.
JSTOR
22573/ctt1zmc8
Edmund Rubbra.
9781843833550
Rubbra, Edmund,1901-1986-- Criticism and interpretation.