Raybould, Clarence — Tls to Geoffrey Robinson Declining Invitation

Kent, December 7, 1950. 1 p. Clarence Raybould, born in 1886 in Birmingham where he later studied music with Granville Bantock. He joined the BBC in 1936 and was Assistant Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra between 1936 and 1945. Many of his recordings with the BBC and other orchestras are still available. Raybould conducted works ranging from musical comedy and operetta, Gilbert and Sullivan to the standard classical repertoire. He also championed works by contemporary, particularly British, composers. He founded the National Youth Orchestra of Wales which he directed until his death in 1972. He was also an accomplished composer and pianist. With tape residue along left front margin. From a collection of letters and papers amassed by illustrator and painter Geoffrey Robinson during his years as a publisher with Rockliff, John Baker, Maclaren, et al. .