1931 in British music

none 1931 1931 British music This is a summary of 1931 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 24 January – Mary Garden makes her last appearance with the Chicago Civic Opera company. She retires to her native Scotland.The Opera Quarterly https://books.google.com/books?id=iSIaAQAAIAAJ 1995 University of North Carolina Press 7 22–28 July – The ninth annual ISCM Festival of Contemporary Music takes place in London and Oxford, with concerts of orchestral, choral, and chamber music.Anon., "Contemporary Music: Festival in England This Year", The Times, issue 45735 (Saturday, 31 January 1931): 10C. 22 August – Anton Webern’s Passacaglia Op. 1 receives its first performance in England at the Proms, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Henry Wood. date unknown – Gustav Holst appears as an extra in a crowd scene in the film The Bells.Holst Imogen 1981 second The Great Composers: Holst London Faber and Faber 0-571-09967-X , p. 80 Popular music "Close Your Eyes", by D. Carter and H. M. Tennent "Lady Of Spain"; music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Erell Reaves "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", by Noël Coward "My Girl's Pussy", by Harry Roy and his Bat Club Boys Classical music: new works Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 2 in E minor Frank Bridge – Phantasm, for piano and orchestra Benjamin Britten – Christ's Nativity, Christmas Suite, for SATB choir Plymouth Town, ballet, for orchestra String Quartet in D Arnold Cooke – Passacaglia, Scherzo, and Finale, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet Frederick Delius – Fantastic Dance, for orchestra Irmelin Prelude, for orchestra George Dyson – The Canterbury Pilgrims (Geoffrey Chaucer), for soprano, tenor, baritone, choir, and orchestra Edward Elgar – Soliloquy, for oboe and orchestra Gerald Finzi – To Joy, for voice and piano, op. 13 Patrick Hadley – Symphonic Ballad: The Trees So HighMann, William. Note in booklet with 2007 Lyrita CD SRCD 238, 2007, originally written for 1979 Lyrita LP issue. Gustav Holst – Twelve Welsh Folk Songs, for choir, H183 Herbert Howells – "A Maid Peerless", for SSAA choir and orchestra Severn, for SATB choir Gordon Jacob – Passacaglia on a Well-Known Theme, for orchestra Elizabeth Maconchy – A Hymn to Christ, A Hymn to God the Father, for double choir The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo, for choir and orchestra Cyril Scott – Concerto, for cello and orchestra Trio No. 1, for violin, viola, and cello Trio No. 2, for violin, viola, and cello Herbert Sumsion – Piano Trio Michael Tippett – Symphonic Movement, for orchestra Ralph Vaughan Williams – Job: A Masque for Dancing (ballet) Piano Concerto in C major William Walton – Belshazzar's Feast (oratorio) Opera Thomas Frederick Dunhill – Tantivy Towers, words by A. P. HerbertDunhill, Stanford, Bantock Violin Sonatas [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- May 2001 MusicWeb(UK) Film and Incidental music John D. H. Greenwood – Alibi Musical theatre 8 January – Folly To Be Wise (revue) opens at the Piccadilly Theatre, starring Cicely Courtneidge. 13 October – Noël Coward's Cavalcade opens at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where it runs for 405 performances.Morley, Sheridan. A Talent to Amuse: A Biography of Noël Coward, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1969, pp. 200–214, 223 23 December – Hold My Hand (Music: Noel Gay Lyrics: Desmond Carter Book: Stanley Lupino) opens at the Gaiety Theatre, Starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Stanley Lupino. Musical films A Man of Mayfair, starring Jack Buchanan Sally in Our Alley, starring Gracie Fields Sunshine Susie, starring Renate Müller and Jack Hulbert Births 6 January – David Whitaker, composer, songwriter, arranger and conductor (died 2012)David Whitaker https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9042339/David-Whitaker.html 2 February 2012 dailytelegraph.co.uk 2 February 2012 29 January – Leslie Bricusse, composer, lyricist and playwright (died 2021) 5 March – Anthony Hedges, composer (died 2019) 25 March – Humphrey Burton, television music and arts presenter 30 June – James Loughran, orchestral conductor (died 2024) 29 April – Lonnie Donegan, skiffle musician (died 2002) 4 July – Duncan Lamont, saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1919) 5 July – Aloysius Gordon, British-based Jamaican jazz pianist, singer (died 2017) 28 August – John Shirley-Quirk, operatic bass-baritone (died 2014)Gerald Norris A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ 1981 David & Charles 978-0-7153-7845-8 210 12 September – Tommy Moore, drummer (died 1981) 24 September – Anthony Newley, songwriter, actor and singer (died 1999)The Bulletin https://books.google.com/books?id=pssxAQAAIAAJ September 1992 J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald 101 4 October – Anna Reynolds, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2014) 4 November – Clinton Ford, singer (died 2009) Deaths 8 May – Bertha Lewis, singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 43 (car accident) 18 June – Fanny Holland, singer and actress, 83 22 August – Joseph Tabrar, songwriter, 73Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... https://books.google.com/books?id=CakLAQAAIAAJ 1929 A. & C. Black 1322 19 November – Frederic Cliffe, composer, 74Maggie Humphreys Robert Evans Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=WSLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 1 January 1997 A&C Black 978-0-7201-2330-2 67 23 November – Leonora Braham, operatic soprano and actress, 78John Parker Who's who in the Theatre https://books.google.com/books?id=HjWkQVUdzCYC 1967 Pitman 1596 See also 1931 in British television 1931 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1931 References nb British Music, 1931 in Music Category:British music by year Category:1930s in British music