Robert John Buckley (FRCO), was born 14 July 1847 at Monaghan, Ireland was an English music critic, composer and author.[1][2] He died 26 December 1938 at his home in Sandford road, Moseley.[1][2]
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| Born | 1847 Monaghan, Ireland |
| Died | 26 December 1938 Birmingham, England |
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Buckley was married thrice and had seven children.[2] One of his children was film critic, writer, actor and BBC radio personality and Television presenter F. R. Buckley.[3]
Organist edit
Though claiming to have never had a lesson, Buckley was a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists as well as a church organist at St John's Church, Harborne (1874)[4] and Smethwick in 1878. He was also organist at Holy Trinity, Bordesley and St Mary's Church, Whittall Street, Birmingham.
In 1887 he began writing for the Sunday Mercury, a series of short articles titled ‘’Pulpit and Pew’’ about popular contemporary preachers and it ran for 27 years.
Chess edit
Buckley was the Librarian of the Birmingham Chess Club[5] and wrote a chess column for the Sheffield Weekly Independent from October 1891 through at least 1893.[6] and edited a column on chess in the Birmingham Weekly Mercury from 1889 to 1907
Music Critic edit
Buckley was the music critic for the Birmingham Gazette from 1886 to 1926 when he retired. He had become known as "the doyen of music critics".[1]
Works edit
- 1904 "Sir Edward Elgar"[7]
- "Ireland As It Is"[8]
- 1902 "The Master Spy""[9]
- 1912 "Granville Bantock: A Famous Musician at Home" The Pall Mall Magazine Vol. L July to September[10]
- 1910 The Nation's Music Vol. 1 English.
- 1910 The Nation's Music Vol. 2 Scotch.
- 1910 The Nation's Music Vol. 3 Irish
- 1910 The Nation's Music: Vol. 4 Welsh
- 1910 The Nation's Music. Vol. 5 Sacred.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Doyen of Music Critics". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Warwickshire, England. 27 December 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Death of Birmingham Doyen of English Music Critics". Evening Despatch. 27 December 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "A Birmingham Man's Boyhood Memories". Sunday Mercury. 24 July 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 26 August 2022.}
- ^ "Birmingham Daily Post 12 Jan 1874, page 5". The Birmingham Daily Post. Vol. XXI, no. 4, 835. 12 January 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Birmingham Chess Club". Birmingham Daily Post. Vol. XXXIX, no. 7, 807. 11 July 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Gittins, Frederick Richard (1897). The Chess Bouquet. London W.C.: Feilden, McAllan & Co., LTD., Artistic and General Printers. p. 115. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "News and Gossip About Authors". New York Times. Vol. LIV, no. 17, 388. 25 September 1905. p. 584. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Buckley, Robert John (17 August 2009). "Ireland as It Is, and as It Would Be Under Home Rule". Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ eds. (27 September 1902). "New Novels". The Athenaeum. No. 3909. Salisbury Square, London, E.C.: Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd. p. 408.
{{cite news}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Buckley, Robert J. (1912). Granville Bantock: A Famous Musician at Home. The Pall Mall MAgazine. p. 585. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
External links edit
- Buckley, Robert J. (1893). Ireland as it is and as it Would Be Under Home Rule. Birmingham: Birmingham Daily Gazette.
- Buckley, Robert J. (1902). The Master Spy. London, New York and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited.
- Buckley, Robert J. (1904). Sir Edward Elgar. London, Vigo St.: John Lane The bodley Head Ltd.
- Buckley, Robert J. (April 1908). "The Peacemaker". Quiver (399): 474–477. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- Buckley, Robert J. (October 1908). "The Soul of the Music". Quiver (435): 1087–1089. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
