1903 in British music

none 1903 1903 British music This is a summary of 1903 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 8 January - The first performances of Charles Villiers Stanford‘s Four Sonnets from ‘The Triumph of Love’, and his Allegro vivace in G for piano trio are given at St James's Hall, London.Dibble, Jeremy (2002). Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816383-5. 15 January - The first performance of Arthur Hinton‘s Suite in D for Violin and Piano is given by Maud Powell and Katharine Goodson.The Athenæum, January 24 1903, p.123 29 January - The first performance of Charles Villiers Stanford‘s Clarinet Concerto in A minor takes place in Bournemouth with Charles Draper as soloist, conducted by the composer. 30 January -The first performances of the Sonata for Piano by the London resident Italian composer Alberto Randegger, and Hubert Parry‘s sixth set of English Lyrics (6th Set), are given at St James’ Hall. 12 February - Cyril Scott performs in his own Quartet for Piano and Strings at a Broadwood Concert in St James's Hall, London; the other three parts are played by Fritz Kreisler, Emil Kreuz and Ludwig Lebell.http://www.cyrilscott.net/chamber-piano-strings/ Cyril Scott Cyril Scott 22 January 2019 26 February - The first performance of Donald Tovey’s Trio for Pianoforte, Violin, and Cor Anglais is given by Tovey, Haydn Wood and Edgar Horton at St James’ Hall. 12 March - Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger‘s Violin Concerto, op 17 is played by Fritz Kreisler at a Philharmonic Concert. 6 June - Edward Elgar's Dream of Gerontius is finally given its London premiere at Westminster Cathedral, three years after its troubled premiere in Birmingham. By then it had been heard twice in Germany and twice in America. Arthur Johnstone's favourable reviews in The Guardian are generally credited with increasing its popularity.Matthew Riley British Music and Modernism, 1895-1960 https://books.google.com/books?id=pzQrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 5 July 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-351-57301-6 41 25 August - The Second Symphony by Cyril Scott is performed for the first time in London at the Proms in London. It was subsequently adapted as the Three Symphonic Dances.Slonimsky Nicolas Music Since 1900, 5th ed. Schirmer 1994 9 September - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor conducts the first performance of his sacred cantata The Atonement at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford. 14 October - The Apostles, an oratorio by Edward Elgar, is performed for the first time at the Birmingham Festival. 4 November - The Piano Concerto in A major, op. 15 by Donald Tovey is performed for the first time by the Queen’s Hall Orchestra, conducted by Sir Henry Wood, with Tovey as the soloist. date unknown Edward Elgar buys Royal Sunbeam bicycles for himself and his wife; he names his bicycle "Mr Phoebus".Moore Jerrold N. Edward Elgar: a Creative Life Oxford Oxford University Press 1984 0-19-315447-1 323 Arthur Wood becomes musical director of Terry's Theatre in London and is the city's youngest musical director at 28.http://www.musicweb-international.com/garlands/wood.htm A Yorkshire Musician - Arthur Wood MusicWebInternational Philip L Scowcroft 14 January 2019 Alexander Mackenzie makes a tour of Canada, organised by Charles A.E. Harriss.Barker, Duncan J. "Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell", Grove Music Online (requires subscription), accessed 27 September 2009 Cecil Sharp begins collecting folk songs.Dinah Birch Margaret Drabble The Oxford Companion to English Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=6jicAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA909 24 September 2009 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-280687-1 909 Publications Henry Saxe Wyndham – Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2030076 Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 / by Henry Saxe Wyndham National Library of Australia catalogue 15 January 2019 Popular music "Little Yellow Bird", with words by William Hargreaves and music by Clarence Wainwright Murphyhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22581098?q&versionId=27352895 Little yellow bird [music] / written & composed by C.W. Murphy & Wm. Hargreaves National Library of Australia 13 January 2019 "Spring, Sweet Spring", with words by Stanislaus Stange and music by Julian EdwardsParker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music: 9,670 Patriotic Songs Published in the United States, 1914-1920, with More Than 600 Covers Illustrated. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007. 9780786424931 71790113 Classical music: new works Edward Elgar – The Apostles (oratorio)https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002369790 The Apostles, oratorio for soloists, choruses & orchestra, Op. 49 AllMusic Stephen Kingsbury 13 January 2019 Joseph Parry – "Dear Wife"https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5346112/joseph_parrys_last_songto_jane1903/ The Late Dr. Joseph Parry The Wilkes-Barre Record 19 December 1903 19 Newspapers.com Opera Edward German – A Princess of Kensington, with libretto by Basil Hoodhttp://edwardgermandisc.synthasite.com/recordings-of-a-princess-of-kensington.php A Princess of Kensington The Edward German Discography 13 January 2019 Musical theatre 9 May – The School Girl, with book by Henry Hamilton and Paul M. Potter, music by Leslie Stuart and Paul Rubens, and lyrics by Charles H. Taylor, opens at the Prince of Wales Theatre, where it runs for 333 performances."The School Girl a Hit". The New York Times, 10 May 1903, accessed 13 January 2019 16 May – Will Marion Cook’s African-American revue In Dahomey opens at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre. 21 December – The Cherry Girl, with a book by Seymour Hicks, lyrics by Aubrey Hopwood and music by Ivan Caryll, opens at the Vaudeville Theatre; it runs until August 1904, when it goes on tour.The Stage, 17 Dec 1903, p. 13 – Original cast list. Births 18 January – Gladys Hooper, née Nash, pianist (died 2016)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36711802 UK's oldest person, Gladys Hooper, dies aged 113 BBC News 21 January 2019 22 January – Robin Milford, composer and educator (d. 1959)http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/milford-robin-humphrey Milford, Robin (Humphrey) Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Slominsky Nicolas Kuhn Laura Diane 2001 Schirmer Books New York Centennial Encyclopedia.com en 2018-02-28 8 March – Avril Coleridge-Taylor, pianist, conductor and composer (died 1998)"Avril Coleridge-Taylor", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; retrieved 26 Jan 2015 12 May – Lennox Berkeley, composer (d. 1989)https://www.lennoxberkeley.org.uk/timeline.php Lennox Berkeley timeline Lennox Berkeley Society 13 January 2019 26 June – Margaret More, composer (died 1966)Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th Edition, E.B., 1954, page 887. 23 August – William Primrose, violist (died 1982) 2 September – Fred Pratt Green, Methodist minister and hymn writer (died 2000) 29 October – Vivian Ellis, composer and lyricist (died 1996) 31 October – Eric Ball, composer, arranger and conductor of brass band music (died 1989) Dennis Taylor, Eric Ball: His Life and Music, 1903-1989, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, p.3 17 December – Ray Noble, bandleader, composer and arranger (d. 1978) date unknown – Leo Maguire, singer, songwriter and radio broadcaster (died 1985) Deaths 17 February – Joseph Parry, organist and composer, 61http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3319745/3319751/41/dr%20parry Death of Dr. Joseph Parry The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard 20 February 1903 6 31 May 2016 June – Constance Bache, pianist, composer and music teacher, 57Who Was Who 1897-1916 gives her date of death as 30 June; the Musical Times obituary gives 28 June 26 October – Herbert Oakeley, composer, 73Christopher D. S. Field Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley (1830–1903) 35273 See also 1903 in the United Kingdom References nb British Music, 1903 in Music Category:British music by year Category:1900s in British music