Rubbra

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Rubbra [ˈrʌbrə]

(Biographies / Rubbra, (Charles) Edmund (1901-1986) M, English, MUSIC: composer) (Charles) Edmund. 1901-86, English composer of works in a traditional idiom

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composer			This latter aspect of the instrument was heard last night in Finzi's Interlude and in some passages of the oboe sonatas by Howells and Rubbra. Soloist reveals oboe's versatility; REVIEW by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Some still view him as a malign influence, an uncompromising modernist whose lack of sympathy for the homegrown "cowpat" tendency in British music left composers such as Robert Simpson, Edmund Rubbra and Malcolm Arnold neglected. In praise of ... Sir William Glock by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk At least similarly traduced Brits, notably Sir Arnold Bax and Sir William Walton, make fleeting appearances in Ross's text, though their equally able compatriot Edmund Rubbra does not. Modern classics by Stove, R.J. / The American Conservative			rubberise rubberize rubberized rubberlike rubberneck rubbernecker rubberstamp rubbery Rubbia Rubbia Carlo Rubbidge rubbing rubbing alcohol rubbish rubbish bin rubbish collection rubbish dump rubbish heap Rubbish pulley rubbishy rubbity rubble Rubblestone rubblework Rubbly Rubbra rubby rubdown rube Rube Goldberg Rubedinous rubefacient Rubefaction rubefy rubel rubelet rubella rubella panencephalitis rubella virus Rubelle rubellite Rubenesque Rubens rubeola Ruberythrinic rubescence rubescent Rubia Rubia cordifolia Rubia tinctorum Rubiaceae			rubbishing rubbishy rubbishy rubbity rubble rubble rubble arch rubble ashlar wall Rubble Belt rubble concrete rubble drain rubble drift rubble ice Rubble masonry Rubble masonry rubble stone masonry rubble tract rubble wall Rubble work Rubble work rubble-mound structure Rubble-work Rubble-work rubbled rubbled Rubblestone rubblework rubblework rubbly rubbly Rubbra Rubbra, (Charles) Edmund Rubbra, (Charles) Edmund rubby Rubby Dub RUBC rubdown rube rube Rube Goldberg Rube Goldberg Rube Goldberg Rube Goldberg Rube Goldberg Device Rube goldberg invention Rube Goldberg machine Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Rube Goldberg's Inventions Rube goldburg rube- Rubedinous rubedo rubefacient rubefacient rubefacient rubefaction rubefaction rubefaction rubefy rubel rubelet

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