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Edmund Rubbra  (1901-1986)

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Edmund Rubbra was an English composer, pupil of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Holst, and others; also pianist; particularly as member of a piano trio; teacher at Oxford University. Works include 10 symphonies, Sinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra, piano concerto; 2 Masses - one Anglican, one for the Roman Catholic Church which Rubbra entered in 1948; other choral works, songs, etc.
Websites:
Rubbra, Edmund (1901 - 1986) , biography and works by naxos.com.
Books:
[§] Edmund Rubbra : The Sacred Muse by Gloriae Dei Cantores
[§] Gustav Holst (Music Book Index) by Edmund Rubbra
[§] The Music of Edmund Rubbra by Ralph Scott Grover

Recorder Music CDs:
 Piers Adams on "Shine & Shade - Works for Recorders & Piano" 
 The Flautadors on "Britten: The Complete Recorder Works Rubbra"