R. J. Buckley
Robert Johnson Buckley | |
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| Born | 1847 Monaghan, Ireland |
| Died | 26 December 1938 Birmingham, England |
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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]
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.
