Rosa Newmarch

Rosa Harriet Newmarch (born December 18, 1857 in Leamington Spa , † April 9, 1940 in Worthing ) was an English music writer.

life and work

Rosa Newmarch, b. Jeaffreson, was the daughter of a doctor and granddaughter of the playwright James Kenney . In 1883 she married Henry Charles Newmarch. From 1897 she traveled several times - most recently in 1915 - to Russia and worked in the Imperial Library of St. Petersburg under the supervision of Vladimir Stasov . With lectures, essays and monographs on Russian music and art, she encouraged interest in her home country. Rosa Newmarch contributed several articles on Russian composers to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . From 1908 to 1927 she wrote the programs for concerts in London's Queen's Hall . Rosa Newmarch translated Russian opera libretti into English and also wrote her own poems, several of which Edward Elgar set to music (“Death on the Hills” op. 72, Two part songs op. 73). After she was no longer able to travel to Russia for political reasons, she focused on Czech music in particular. At her invitation, Leoš Janáček traveled to England in 1926 and dedicated his Sinfonietta to her . She also had a friendship with Jean Sibelius that lasted for decades .

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• H. Colles, P. Platt, D. Brown: Newmarch [née Jeaffreson], Rosa . Grove Music Online. [1] . Accessed February 3, 2018 (subscription required, limited preview)
• John Warrack: Newmarch [née Jeaffreson], Rosa Harriet . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. [2] . Accessed February 3, 2018 (subscription required, limited preview)
• The music past and present : Newmarch, Rosa . Digital Library Volume 60, Vol. 9, pp. 1422/23, Bärenreiter, 1986.