Collection GB 0366 RW - RAINBOW, Bernarr (1914-1998)

22 boxes; 4 packets; 1 roll

GB 0366 RW 1940s-1990s collection 22 boxes; 4 packets; 1 roll Rainbow , Bernarr , 1914-1998 , teacher and musicologist

Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998) trained at Trinity College of Music and was appointed Organist and Choirmaster of High Wycombe Parish Church and Senior Music Master at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe in 1944. In 1952 he became Director of Music at the teacher training College of S. Mark and S. John in Chelsea, transferring to Gypsy Hill College of Education in 1972 and then becoming Head of Music at Kingston Polytechnic. He retired in 1978. Rainbow researched, wrote and published extensively on music education and historical musicology, becoming a distinguished scholar of the history of music education and gaining three postgraduate degrees from the University of Leicester. He wrote a biography of John Curwen (1816-1880), the inventor of the tonic sol-fa method of singing, and founded the Curwen Institute to promote his work. He was President of the Campaign for the Defence of the Traditional Cathedral Choir which resisted the introduction of women and in 1996 he established the Bernarr Rainbow Award for School Music Teachers.

Deposited by Professor Peter Dickinson, via the John Curwen Society, in 1999.

Papers of Bernarr Rainbow, [1940-1998], including photographs, personalia, music manuscripts, sound recordings, drafts of published and unpublished works, and a small amount of correspondence.

Open. Apply to Archivist.

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.
English

Bernarr Rainbow's collection of books on music education, including many rare volumes and his own publications, is also held by the Institute of Education Library.

Some family papers have been deposited at Hampton Court Palace.

 Created 12/2/1999, modified  12/6/2000 Campaign for the Defence of the Traditional Cathedral Choir College of Saint Mark and Saint John , Chelsea Cultural education Curwen Institute Curwen , John , 1816-1880 , Independent minister writer on music Educational history Educational sciences Gipsy Hill College of Education x Gypsy Hill College of Education Kingston Polytechnic Music Musical styles Music education Musicology Rainbow , Bernarr , 1914-1998 , teacher and musicologist Religious music Royal Grammar School , High Wycombe Performing arts

Deposited by Professor Peter Dickinson, via the John Curwen Society, in 1999.

Papers of Bernarr Rainbow, [1940-1998], including photographs, personalia, music manuscripts, sound recordings, drafts of published and unpublished works, and a small amount of correspondence.

Open. Apply to Archivist.

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English

Bernarr Rainbow's collection of books on music education, including many rare volumes and his own publications, is also held by the Institute of Education Library.

Some family papers have been deposited at Hampton Court Palace.

• English