1948 in British music

none 1948 1948 British music This is a summary of 1948 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 10 January – The Amadeus Quartet (formed as the Brainin Quartet in 1947) gives its first recital under this name, at the Wigmore Hall in London, underwritten by Imogen Holst.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2016931/Siegmund-Nissel-Second-violin-and-administrator-for-the-Amadeus-Quartet-the-most-successful-such-group-of-the-postwar-years.html Siegmund Nissel 2008-05-23 The Daily Telegraph London 2020-06-21 16 January – The day after her New York concert debut, Kathleen Ferrier writes to her sister: "Some of the critics are enthusiastic, others unimpressed".Fifield, Christopher (ed.) (2003). Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press. 1-84383-012-4. p. 49. 17 April – The death of Alice, Viscountess Wimborne, lover of William Walton, ends their 14-year affair.Neil Tierney William Walton: His Life and Music R. Hale 1984 118 21 April Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 6 is premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal Albert Hall in London and broadcast on the BBC Home Service.Vaughan Williams, Boult, and the BBC Jenny Doctor The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams 249-274 10.1017/CCO9781139043243.017 Cambridge University Press 2013 Frogley, Alain Thomson, Aidan J. The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain gives its first concert.Dame Ruth King https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1324382/Dame-Ruth-King.html The Daily Telegraph London 2001-02-28 2019-04-07 5 June – Opening of the first Aldeburgh Festival, founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears. 13 October – Kathleen Ferrier joins Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra in a broadcast performance of Mahler's song cycle Kindertotenlieder. October – The Duke of Edinburgh is introduced to musical comedy star Pat Kirkwood in her dressing room after a show. They are seen together at a restaurant, creating a scandal in the newspapers.Edge Simon http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/29605/The-prince-and-the-showgirl The prince and the showgirl | Express Yourself | | Daily Express Express.co.uk 2007-12-27 2014-06-07 13 October – William Walton marries Susana Gil Passo.Friedrich Blume Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik https://books.google.com/books?id=_okYAAAAIAAJ 1968 Bärenreiter-Verlag de date unknown Steuart Wilson becomes head of music at the BBC; the appointment will result in the forced retirement of Sir Adrian Boult as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.Kennedy, Michael (1987). Adrian Boult. London: Hamish Hamilton. 0-333-48752-4. p. 215. Harman Grisewood replaces George Barnes as controller of the BBC Third Programme. The National School of Opera is founded by Joan Cross.Donald Brook Singers of Today Rev. Rockliff London 1958 55–60 Popular music Anne Shelton – "If You Ever Fall in Love Again" (Dick Farrelly) Dorothy Squires – "A Tree in the Meadow" (Billy Reid) Classical music: new works Malcolm Arnold – The Smoke (Overture), Op. 21 Arnold Bax – MagnificatMaggie Humphreys Robert Evans Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=WSLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 1 January 1997 A&C Black 978-0-7201-2330-2 25 Benjamin Britten – Saint Nicolas, for tenor soloist, children's chorus, chorus, and orchestraEric Walter White Benjamin Britten, His Life and Operas https://archive.org/details/benjaminbrittenh0000whit registration 1983 University of California Press 978-0-520-04894-2 63 Michael Tippett – Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince CharlesMichael Kennedy Tim Rutherford-Johnson Joyce Kennedy The Oxford Dictionary of Music https://books.google.com/books?id=XX2sAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA857 15 August 2013 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-957854-2 857 Ralph Vaughan Williams – Partita for Double String OrchestraRyan Ross Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Research and Information Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=FazDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA294 17 March 2016 Routledge 978-1-317-64616-7 294 Opera Arthur Bliss – The OlympiansStewart R. Craggs Arthur Bliss: a source book https://books.google.com/books?id=RIQYAQAAIAAJ 1996 Scolar Press 978-0-85967-940-4 Norman Demuth – Le FlambeauEnciclopedia dello spettacolo https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFUNAQAAMAAJ 1975 Unedi-Unione editoriale Film and Incidental music William Alwyn – The Fallen Idol directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson.Adrian Wright The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg8WAxFjyrAC&pg=PA3 2008 Boydell & Brewer Ltd 978-1-84383-412-0 3 Arnold Bax – Oliver Twist directed by David Lean, starring Alec Guinness. Brian Easdale – The Red Shoes directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Constant Lambert – Anna Karenina, starring Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson. Elisabeth Lutyens – Penny and the Pownall Case (the first feature film to be scored by a female British composer). Ralph Vaughan Williams – Scott of the Antarctic, starring John Mills. William Walton – Hamlet, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. John Wooldridge – The Guinea Pig, starring Richard Attenborough. Musical theatre 10 March – Carissima, starring Ginger Rogers and David Hughes, opens at the Palace Theatre and runs for 488 performances. 22 December – High Button Shoes (Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn) opens at the Hippodrome and runs for 291 performances.Robyn Karney Audrey Hepburn: A Star Danced Arcade Pub 1995 9781559703000 33 Musical films A Date with a Dream, starring Terry-Thomas, Jeannie Carson and Wally Patch.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/11358 https://web.archive.org/web/20090116185949/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/11358 dead 2009-01-16 BFI | Film & TV Database | DATE WITH A DREAM (1948) Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk 2009-04-16 2012-02-12 Bless 'Em All, starring Max Bygraves.http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/bless-em-all.html Bless 'Em All / BFI Most Wanted British Film Institute 26 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092547/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/bless-em-all.html 3 August 2012 dead One Night with You, directed by Terence Young and starring Nino Martini, Patricia Roc and Bonar Colleano.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/45080 https://web.archive.org/web/20090113233054/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/45080 dead 2009-01-13 BFI | Film & TV Database | One Night With You (1948) Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk 2009-04-16 2014-06-07 Births 17 January – Mick Taylor, guitarist 19 January – Amanda Holden, English playwright, lyricist and composer (died 2021) 3 February – Gavin Henderson, English trumpet player and conductor 28 February – Geoff Nicholls, keyboardist (Black Sabbath) (died 2017) 4 March – Chris Squire, guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2015) 11 March – Jan Schelhaas, keyboard player 22 March – Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer 16 April – Robert Kirby, arranger (died 2009)Irwin Colin Robert Kirby obituary https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/07/robert-kirby-obituary guardian.co.uk 19 May 2011 7 October 2009 28 April – Scott Fitzgerald (William McPhail), singer 12 May – Steve Winwood, R&B singer 15 May – Brian Eno, synthesizer virtuoso and composer 21 May – Leo Sayer, singer-songwriter 29 May – Michael Berkeley, composer 6 June – Richard Sinclair, bass player (Caravan, The Wilde Flowers, Camel and Hatfield and the North) 1 July – John Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Strawbs, The Monks and Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera) 4 July – Jeremy Spencer, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) 5 July – Alan Hazeldine, pianist and conductor (died 2008) 21 July – Cat Stevens (Steven Demetre Georgiou), singer-songwriterhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/743894.stm Prince goes pop to praise school 10 May 2000 BBC News 11 December 2012 2 August – Andy Fairweather Low, guitarist, songwriter, producer and vocalist 26 September – Olivia Newton-John, singer and actress (died 2022)8 August 2022 Dame Olivia Newton-John obituary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/08/olivia-newton-john-obituary 17 August 2022 The Guardian en 3 October – Ian MacDonald (Ian MacCormick), music critic (died 2003)Williams Richard https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,1037260,00.html Obituary: Ian MacDonald The Guardian London 2003-09-08 2008-02-25 11 October – David Rendall, operatic tenor 24 October Dale Griffin, rock drummer and producer (died 2016) Barry Ryan, singer-songwriter (died 2021)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/07/barry-ryan-obituary Barry Ryan obituary TheGuardian.com 7 October 2021 Paul Ryan, singer-songwriter and producer (died 1992) 22 November – Mick Rock, rock photographer (died 2021) 3 November – Lulu (Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie), singer and actress 1 December – Colin Sell, pianist 3 December – Ozzy Osbourne, singer-songwriter 20 December – Alan Parsons, engineer and record producer Deaths 9 January – Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, harpsichordist and clavichordist, 75Jessica Douglas-Home Violet: The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse https://books.google.com/books?id=LogHAQAAMAAJ 1996 Harvill Press 978-1-86046-269-6 21 February – Frederic Lamond, pianist, 80 17 May – David Evans, composer, 74s2-EVAN-DAV-1874 Evans, David (1874-1948) 2001 2014-06-07 14 June – John Blackwood McEwen, composer, 80Burnett R Toskey Concertos for violin and viola: a comprehensive encyclopedia B.R. Toskey 1983 9780960105489 549 8 July – Reginald Somerville, composer and actor, 81 20 August – David John de Lloyd, composer, 65 12 September – Rupert D'Oyly Carte, impresario, 70 20 November – Robert Carr, baritone, 67 24 November – Nellie Wallace, music hall star, actress, comedian, dancer and songwriter, 78The Cambridge Guide to Theatre Cambridge University Press 2000 Wallace, Nellie [Eleanor] 14 December – R. O. Morris, British composer and teacher, 62 31 December – Ethel Barns, violinist, pianist and composer, 74Burnett R Toskey Concertos for violin and viola: a comprehensive encyclopedia B.R. Toskey 1983 9780960105489 58 See also 1948 in British television 1948 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1948 References nb British Music, 1948 In Category:British music by year