1930 in British music

none 1930 1930 British music This is a summary of 1930 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 8 February – Singer Sam Browne makes his first recording with Bert Ambrose's band on Decca.Sam Browne Discography, by Barry Wolsey (2nd ed. 2004) 5 April – 25-year-old Michael Tippett gives a concert at Oxted consisting entirely of his own works—a Concerto in D for flutes, oboe, horns and strings; settings for tenor of poems by Fry; Psalm in C for chorus and orchestra, again with a text by Fry; piano variations on the song "Jockey to the Fair"; and a string quartet.*Bowen Meirion Michael Tippett Robson Books 1983 London 1-86105-099-2 registration https://archive.org/details/michaeltippett00bowe, pp. 19–20 7 June – The Daily Herald reports that Jack Hylton and his band sold nearly four million records in the previous year.Deborah Mawer, "'Parisomania'? Jack Hylton and the French Connection," Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 133 No. 2 (2008): 271. 29 September – Roy Fox gives his first London performance. 22 October – The London-based BBC Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert in Queen's Hall, conducted by Adrian Boult.*Kennedy Michael Adrian Boult Macmillan Publishers 1989 London 0-333-48752-4, pp. 144-45 date unknown The Joe Loss Orchestra is established. Gerald Walcan Bright adopts the name "Geraldo" to further his career as a bandleader.http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/31/101031792/ Gerald Walcan Bright Oxford DNB Songwriter Fred Godfrey and Irish tenor Tom Finglass form a short-lived variety act. The Dagenham Girl Pipers are established, under the direction of Rev. Joseph Waddington Graves, the minister of Osborne Hall Congregational church.Olechnowicz Andrzej 1997 'Working-class Housing in England Between the Wars: The Becontree Estate Oxford Oxford University Press 0-19-820650-X https://books.google.com/books?id=14T8P6-HiaAC&pg=PA121 121 Popular music "By the Sleepy Lagoon", by Eric Coates "It isnae me", w. Sally Holmes, m. Edward Elgar "Someday I'll Find You", by Noël Coward "The White Dove" w. Clifford Grey m. Franz Lehár Classical music: new works Kenneth J. Alford – The Standard of St. George William Alwyn – Piano Concerto No. 1 Arnold Bax – Winter Legends Arthur Bliss – Morning Heroes (oratorio) Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C Gustav Holst – A Choral FantasiaShort, Michael (1990). Gustav Holst: The Man and his Music. Oxford University Press. 0-19-314154-X. John Ireland Legend for piano and orchestra Piano Concerto in E flat Peter Warlock – Carillon Carilla Film and Incidental music Ernest Irving – Birds of Preyhttp://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a537bcf Birds of Prey British Film Institute August 19, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140820002734/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a537bcf August 20, 2014 Musical theatre 25 June – The Love Race opens at the Gaiety Theatre where it runs for 237 performances. 30 October – Nippy (music by Billy Mayerl; book and lyrics by Arthur Wimperis and Frank EytonReadingProgrammes 1927–1933), starring Binnie Hale,Stock Photography image of Nippy, Music sheet cover for the 1930 music stock photo opens at the Prince Edward Theatre and runs for 137 performances. Musical films Elstree Calling, starring Teddy Brown Harmony Heaven, starring Polly Ward Just for a Song, starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Roy Royston and Constance Carpenter.BFI Database entry The Nipper, starring Betty Balfour Births 5 January – Saxa, Jamaican-born British saxophonist (died 2017) 17 February – Frank Wappat, singer and radio host (died 2014) 5 March – Isla Cameron, actress and folk singer (died 1980) 10 March – Jimmie Macgregor, folk singer 28 March – Elizabeth Bainbridge, operatic soprano 17 April – Chris Barber, jazz trombonist (died 2021) 4 May – Bill Eyden, jazz drummer (died 2004) 8 May – Heather Harper, operatic soprano (died 2019) 22 May – Kenny Ball, jazz trumpeter and bandleader (died 2013) 28 May – Julian Slade, composer (died 2006) 30 May – Gordon Langford, composer and arranger (died 2017)http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/gordon-langford-11-may-1930-18-april-2017/ Gordon Langford (11 May 1930 – 18 April 2017) - Rhinegold 26 June 2018 1 June – Edward Woodward, actor and singer (died 2009) 10 July – Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano 20 July – Sally Ann Howes, actress and singer 27 July – Andy White, Scottish drummer (died 2015) 1 August – Lionel Bart, composer and lyricist (died 1999) 13 August – Bernard Manning, comedian and singer (died 2007) 12 October – Cyril Tawney, singer-songwriter (died 2005) 1 November – John Scott, conductor and composer 2 November – Peter Hope (also known as William Gardner), composer and arrangerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/bklp/pip/la53q/ Brian Kay's Light Programme Bbc.co.uk 27 September 2014 1 December – Matt Monro, singer (died 1985) Deaths 17 February – Louise Kirkby Lunn, operatic contralto, 56 22 June – Mary Davies, singer, 75 13 November – Thomas Bulch, British-born Australian composer, 67 17 December – Peter Warlock, composer, 36 See also 1930 in British television 1930 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1930 References nb British Music, 1930 in Music Category:British music by year Category:1930s in British music