Rosa Newmarch

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The English patron of the arts and music writer, Rosa Newmarch

Rosa Harriet Newmarch (18 December 1857 – 9 April 1940) was an English poet and writer on music.

Biography

Rosa Harriet Jeaffreson was born in

literary journals. In 1883, she married Henry Charles Newmarch, thereafter using her married name in her professional work.[citation needed
]

Beginning in 1897 she did a great deal of research on Russian music, making many visits to Russia and working at the Imperial Public Library of

Vladimir Stassov. She became one of the first English critics to champion Russian music. After 1915 she performed a similar service for Slovak music.[citation needed
]

From 1907 she edited the Living Masters of Music book series for John Lane.[1]

From 1908 until 1920 she wrote program notes for the

Prom concerts. From 1919 she was assisted in respect of new works to the repertoire by Eric Blom, then in the early stages of his writing career. Newmarch's existing notes for established works continued to appear in the programs. Newmarch and Blom continued to write in tandem until 1927, when the BBC took over the concerts.[2][3]

Newmarch died in Worthing in 1940, aged 82. She was the great-grandmother of comedian Sara Pascoe.[citation needed]

Legacy

On 26 October 2010, Newmarch was the subject of the 30-minute BBC Radio programme "Rosa and Leoš", narrated by Peter Avis. This described her role popularising the music of Leoš Janáček in Britain, and organising a visit to Britain by the composer.[citation needed]

Books

  • Tchaikovsky (1900)
  • Horae Amoris (1903) (poetry)
  • Henry J. Wood (1904)
  • Songs to a Singer (1906) (poetry)
  • The Life and Letters of Tchaikovsky (1908)
  • César Franck (by Vincent d'Indy, as translator) (1910)
  • The Russian Opera (1914)
  • The Russian Arts (1917)
  • Jean Sibelius (1939)
  • The Music of Czechoslovakia (1942)
  • The Concert-Goer's Library (six volumes, 1928–48). These are collections of her programme notes, arranged by musical form.

References

  1. ^ Publisher's advertisement in: Rosa Newmarch, The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, London: John Lane/The Bodley Head and New York: John Lane Company, 1906. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians
    , 5th edition, Supplementary Volume, 1961
  3. ^ H. C. Colles, "Newmarch, Rosa", Grove's Dictionary, 5th edition, Eric Blom, ed. 1954

Further reading

  • David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
  • OCLC 939160839
    .

External links

Media related to Rosa Newmarch at Wikimedia Commons

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