1902 in British music

none 1902 1902 British music This is a summary of 1902 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 1 March – Baron Frederic Allred d’Erlanger‘s Piano Quintet is performed in London at St James’s Hall, Piccadilly by the Kruse Quartet with d’Erlanger himself as pianist. 10 March – The Bucolic Suite for orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams is performed for the first time in Bournemouth.Slonimsky Nicolas Music Since 1900, 5th ed. Schirmer 1994 2 April – The light operetta Merrie England by Edward German is first produced at the Savoy Theatre in London. 4 April – The Piano Trio in D minor by Frank Bridge is performed in public for the first time at the Steinway Hall in London. 14 May – The tenor Enrico Caruso makes his highly successful debut at Covent Garden as the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Also singing is the Australian soprano Nellie Melba as Gilda. Caruso releases his first recordings in Britain during May. 2 June – Land of Hope and Glory, with music by Edward Elgar and lyrics by A. C. Benson, is publicly performed in London for the first time, by Clara Butt.Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925): Land of Hope and Glory http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2730.html Representative Poetry Online University of Toronto Libraries 2010-08-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110518034536/http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2730.html 2011-05-18 26 June – Composer Hubert Parry is made a baronet in the 1902 Coronation Honours,27448 y 26 July 1902 4189 while another British composer, Charles Villiers Stanford, is knighted. 9 August – Frederick Bridge is director of music at the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Music performed during the ceremony includes works by Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons, Henry Purcell, Arthur Sullivan, Charles Villiers Stanford and John Stainer.Richards, Jeffrey (2001), Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876–1953, Manchester University Press, 0-7190-6143-1 (p. 104) date unknown – In his book, The Operatic Problem, MP William Johnson Galloway expresses concern at the lack of home-grown musical talent: "Things have come to such a pass that one may well wonder whether there is any room for an Englishman, and whether the time has not arrived for a voice to be raised on behalf of native artists and native art."Irene Morra Twentieth-century British Authors and the Rise of Opera in Britain https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZGDud70cMgC&pg=PA2 2007 Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 978-0-7546-6063-7 2– Popular music "I Live in Trafalgar Square", words & music by C. W. Murphy, performed by Morny CashC. A. Mathew David Webb Alison Carpenter The eastern fringe of the City: a photographic tour of the Bishopsgate area in 1912 https://books.google.com/books?id=YUpLAAAAMAAJ January 1974 Bishopsgate Institute "Land of Hope and Glory", lyrics by A. C. Benson to music by Sir Edward Elgar Banfield Stephen Sensibility and English song : critical studies of the early 20th century Cambridge University Press Cambridge Cambridgeshire New York 1985 9780521230858 441 "Speak, my Heart!", poem by A. C. Benson set to music by Sir Edward ElgarKennedy Michael Michael Kennedy (music critic) 1987 Portrait of Elgar Third Oxford University Press 347 0-19-284017-7 Classical music: new works Edward Elgar – Dream Children, Op. 43 Sir Henry Walford Davies – Three Jovial HuntsmenEdward Wulstan Atkins Edward Elgar Sir Ivor Atkins The Elgar-Atkins friendship https://books.google.com/books?id=tZAHAQAAMAAJ 26 April 1984 David & Charles 978-0-7153-8583-8 Ralph Vaughan Williams – "Whither Must I Wander" Stephen Banfield Sensibility and English Song: Critical Studies of the Early Twentieth Century https://books.google.com/books?id=zWPvwuOGA4EC&pg=PA521 27 January 1989 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-37944-1 521– Opera Edward German – Merrie England, with libretto by Basil Hoodhttp://edwardgermandisc.synthasite.com/recordings-of-merrie-england.php Merrie England The Edward German Discography 21 January 2019 Musical theatre 18 January – A Country Girl, by James T. Tanner, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank, music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, opens at Daly's Theatre, and runs for 729 performances. Traubner Richard Operetta : a theatrical history Routledge New York 2003 9781135887834 198 10 May – Three Little Maids, by Paul Rubens, with additional songs by Percy Greenbank and Howard Talbot, opens at the Apollo Theatre (later moving to the Prince of Wales Theatre, and runs for 348 performances.http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/london_shows_chronology/1902.htm Chronology of London shows 1902 Guide to Musical Theatre 21 January 2019 15 November – The Girl from Kays, with book by Owen Hall, music by Ivan Caryll, and lyrics by Hall, opens at the Apollo Theatre (later moving to the Comedy Theatre, and runs for 432 performances.Ganzl, Kurt. The British Musical Theatre Vol. 1, 1865–1914 (1987), Macmillan Press, pp. 802–19 Births January – Billy Pigg, Northumbrian piper (d. 1968)Billy Pigg, the Border Minstrel. Leader Sound, 1971: LEA 4006 11 January – Evelyn Dove, first black singer to be played on BBC Radio (d. 1987)https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/evelyn-dove-google-doodle-death-songs-black-singer-bbc-radio-films-a8721186.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/evelyn-dove-google-doodle-death-songs-black-singer-bbc-radio-films-a8721186.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Evelyn Dove: Who was the groundbreaking singer and why is her legacy so important? 11 January 2019 Chelsea Ritschel The Independent 21 January 2019 21 January – Webster Booth, tenor (d. 1984)Mr Webster Booth, Obituary, The Times, 22 June 1984 29 March – William Walton, composer (d. 1983)Patrick Kavanaugh Music of the Great Composers: A Listener's Guide to the Best of Classical Music https://books.google.com/books?id=klAPLdXsCi4C&pg=PA255 1996 Zondervan 978-0-310-20807-5 255 30 March – Ted Heath, bandleader (died 1969) 1 May – Sonnie Hale, actor and singer (d. 1959) 31 May – Billy Mayerl, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1959) 20 July – Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (d. 1984)https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/07/obituaries/jimmy-kennedy.html Jimmy Kennedy 7 April 1984 New York Times 21 January 2019 9 August – Solomon Cutner, pianist, known professionally as Solomon (d. 1988) 28 October – Elsa Lanchester, dancer, singer and actress (d. 1986)57311 Lanchester [married name Laughton], Elsa Sullivan (1902–1986) 15 December – Mary Skeaping, choreographer (d. 1984) Deaths 11 January – James James, harpist and composer of the Welsh national anthem, "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau", 69 James, James 2 361 Thomas Daniel Lleufer Daniel Lleufer Thomas 1912 1 28 March – Walter Laburnum, music hall singer, 54https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/10/music-hall-artistes-in-abney-park-cemetery/ Music Hall Artistes In Abney Park Cemetery Spitalfields Life 10 June 2019 7 March 2021 21 April – Ethna Carbery, songwriter, 37 (gastritis)https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/2caa7211255672 General Registrar's Office IrishGenealogy.ie 21 April 2017 21 August – Bessie Bonehill, music hall entertainer, 47 (stomach cancer)Bessie Bonehill Is Dead. The Well Known Vaudeville Actress Had Been Ill for Three Months in England," The New York Times, 22 August 1902 (retrieved 5 December 2014) date unknown – Jones Hewson, D'Oyly Carte soloist, 27https://www.gsarchive.net/whowaswho/H/HewsonJones.htm Jones Hewson The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - archive 21 January 2019 See also 1902 in the United Kingdom References nb British Music, 1902 in Music Category:British music by year Category:1900s in British music