Rosa Newmarch
Rosa Newmarch, née Jeaffreson (18 December 1857 - 9 April 1940) was an English writer on music.
Born in Leamington, Newmarch settled in London in 1880, when she began contributing articles to various literary journals. In 1883 she married Henry Charles Newmarch, thereafter using her married name in her professional work. 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 Saint Petersburg under the supervision 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.
From 1908 until 1920 she wrote program notes for the New Queen's Hall Orchestra, and for Prom concerts. From 1919 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.[1][2]
Rosa Newmarch died in Worthing in 1940.
Books
- Tchaikovsky (1900)
- Henry J. Wood (1904)
- The Life and Letters of Tchaikovsky (1908)
- César Franck (by Vincent D'Indy, as translator) (1910)
- The Music of Czechoslovakia (1942)
- The Concert-Goer's Library (six volumes, 1928-48)
Notes
- ^ Frank Howes, "Blom, Eric (Walter)" in Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition, Supplementary Volume, 1961
- ^ H. C. Colles, "Newmarch, Rosa", Grove's Dictionary, 5th edition, Eric Blom, ed. 1954
References
- David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
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