1941 in British music

none 1941 1941 British music This is a summary of 1941 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 29 March – Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem is premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli.Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 2 1939–45. London: Faber and Faber. 0-571-160581. p. 629 3 April – William Walton's Scapino overture has its premiere in Chicago, conducted by Frederick Stock.Lloyd, Stephen (2001). William Walton: Muse of Fire. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 978-0-85115-803-7. p. 173 May – Arthur Bliss joins the BBC's overseas music service."New BBC Director of Music", The Times, 1 April 1942, p. 7 10 May – London's Queen's Hall, venue for the Promenade Concerts, is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The Proms re-locate to the Royal Albert Hall. 30 October – On the occasion of Britten's String Quartet No. 1 being performed in Washington, he is awarded the Library of Congress Medal for services to chamber music.Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). p. 961 Popular music "Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?" w.m. Noël Coward "Down Forget-Me-Not Lane" w.m. Horatio Nicholls, Charlie Chester & Reg Morgan "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" w. Eric Maschwitz m. Michael Carr "Hey Little Hen" w.m. Ralph Butler & Noel Gay "London Pride" w.m. Noël Coward "When They Sound The Last All Clear" w.m. Hughie Charles, Louis Elton Classical music: new works Kenneth J. Alford By Land and Sea Army of the Nile Richard Addinsell – Warsaw Concerto Arthur Bliss – String Quartet No. 1 Benjamin Britten – String Quartet No. 1 Ralph Vaughan Williams – England, my England Opera Benjamin Britten – Paul Bunyan Film and Incidental music Richard Addinsell – Dangerous Moonlight William Walton – Major Barbara, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. Musical films He Found a Star, starring Vic Oliver Turned Out Nice Again, starring George Formby You Will Remember, starring Robert Morley and Emlyn Williams Musical theatre 5 March – Apple Sauce revue opens at the Palladium. 24 July – Lady Behave London production opens at His Majesty's Theatre and runs for 401 performances. 19 November – Get a Load of This London production opens at the Hippodrome Theatre and runs for 698 performances. Births 12 January – Long John Baldry, R&B singer (died 2005)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jul/23/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Long John Baldry 23 July 2005 Dave Laing The Guardian 15 April 2020 4 February – John Steel, drummer (The Animals and Eggs over Easy) 14 February – Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (died 2012)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/03/big-jim-sullivan Big Jim Sullivan 3 October 2012 Dave Laing The Guardian 15 April 2020 5 April – Dave Swarbrick, folk musician (died 2016)Brock Helander The Rockin' 60s: The People Who Made the Music https://books.google.com/books?id=4mbHDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT239 1 January 2001 Schirmer Trade Books 978-0-85712-811-9 239 11 April – Arthur Davies, operatic tenor (died 2018)"Arthur Davies (1941–2018)", English National Opera, 9 August 2018 13 April – Margaret Price, soprano 23 April – Ed Stewart, disc jockey (died 2016) 3 May – Paul Ferris, film composer and actor (died 1995) 9 May – Pete Birrell, bass player (Freddie and the Dreamers) 11 May – Eric Burdon, R&B singer (The Animals) 21 May – Martin Carthy, folk musician 9 June – Jon Lord, keyboard player and composer (died 2012) 12 June – Reg Presley, singer and songwriter (died 2013) 30 June Mike Leander, arranger, songwriter and record producer (died 1996) Nigel Walley, tea-chest bass player and golfer 7 July – Jim Rodford, bass player (The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Zombies, The Kast Off Kinks and Argent) 17 July – Spencer Davis, instrumentalist (The Spencer Davis Group) 20 August – Anne Evans, operatic soprano 10 September – Christopher Hogwood, conductor and harpsichordist 27 October – Don Partridge, singer-songwriter (died 2010) 2 November – Brian Poole, singer (The Tremeloes) 15 November – Rick Kemp, singer-songwriter, bass player and producer (Steeleye Span) 24 November – Pete Best, rock drummer (The Beatles original lineup) 27 December Les Maguire, pop pianist (Gerry & the Pacemakers) Mike Pinder, rock keyboard player (The Moody Blues) 29 December – Ray Thomas, rock flautist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018) Deaths 10 January – Frank Bridge, composer, 61 19 February – Sir Hamilton Harty, conductor and composer, 61 11 March – Sir Walford Davies, composer, 71 27 March – Stewart Macpherson, music teacher and writer, 75Shaw, Watkins. "Macpherson, (Charles) Stewart". Grove Music Online (subscription access) 17 April – Al Bowlly, singer and musician (killed in air raid), 42 16 August – John Coates, operatic tenor, 76 date unknown – William Hargreaves, music hall composer See also 1941 in British television 1941 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1941 References nb Category:British music by year Category:1940s in British music