Rosa Newmarch

Rosa Harriet Jeaffreson was born in Leamington in 1857, the maternal granddaughter of 19th-century dramatist James Kenney.

[citation needed] Beginning in 1897 she did a great deal of research on Russian music, making many visits to Russia and working at the Imperial Public Library of Saint Petersburg under the supervision of Vladimir Stassov.

[citation needed] From 1907 she edited the Living Masters of Music book series for John Lane.

From 1919 she was assisted in respect of new works to the repertoire by Eric Blom, then in the early stages of his writing career.

[citation needed] On 26 October 2010, Newmarch was the subject of the 30-minute BBC Radio programme "Rosa and Leoš", narrated by Peter Avis.