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Also included are
viewpoints on topics relating to the world of early music, in addition to details and extracts from reviews concerning two
published books, The
John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828) (1998, second edition due September 2010), and Catch and Glee Culture in Eighteenth-Century
England (2006). A second volume of the Marsh Journals is currently being prepared
for publication in 2012. Brian
Robins was born in Cheltenham, England, but spent his early life in Bournemouth, where he pursued an academic life notable
for its singular lack of distinction. This he subsequently rectified by obtaining an Honours pass in the History
of Music Diploma (University of London). After more than thirty years in the retail record business, increasing interest in
research and adult education led him to become a free-lance writer and lecturer. His academic work has been acknowledged by
prestigious awards from the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy and the Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca. From 1994 until
mid-2007 Brian Robins was a regular contributor of reviews and interviews to the US publication Fanfare.
In
1997 he was involved with the launch of Goldberg Early Music Magazine (Spain), remaining a contributor, consultant and member of the Advisory Board for every issue until the cessation of publication in November 2008. In addition Brian Robins has
broadcast for BBC Radio 3 and contributed to such scholarly publications as Early Music, the RMA Research Chronicle and the
Huntington Library Quarterly. He has also contributed essays to Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century
Britain (ed. S. Wollenberg & S. McVeigh) (2004),
Marsh of Chichester: Gentleman, Composer,
Musician, Writer 1752-1828 (2004), the revised New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians
(2001), and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). In 2007 he was invited to become a member of the panel
for the Stanley Sadie International Handel Recording Prize. He has also written Early Music Today and Gramophone,
and is currently a contributor to Early Music Review. While most of the contents of the site will consist of previously published material,
there is also a Jottings page that will contain random notes. These might be concerned
with musical topics... or might not. Finally, although much of my time is taken up by regular commitments, I'm always prepared
to consider one-off commissions. Please go to Commissions for further details.
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