1934 in British music

none 1934 1934 British music This is a summary of 1934 in music in the United Kingdom. Events February – Sir Edward Elgar dies and is buried next to his wife at St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Church in Little Malvern. Elgar leaves behind 130 pages of notes which Anthony Payne uses to reconstruct his unfinished Third Symphony; it would be premièred in 1998.notes to Naxos recording 8.554719 Elgar is replaced as Master of the King's Music by Sir Walford Davies. 28 May – Opening of the first Glyndebourne Festival Opera season. June – Sir Henry Lytton retires from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Popular music "The Bluebird Of Happiness" w. Edward Heyman & Harry Parr-Davies m. Sandor Hamati "Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses", by Fred Hillebrand, recorded by Jay Wilbur and later by Elsie Carlisle, with Ambrose and his Orchestrahttps://www.elsiecarlisle.com/home-james/ Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses (1934) Elsie Carlisle 9 February 2019 "If (They Made Me a King)", music by Tolchard Evans and lyrics by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" w.m. Noël Coward, Introduced by Noël Coward and Yvonne Printemps in the musical Conversation Piece Albert Ketèlbey – From a Japanese Screen Recordings Sam Browne, Ambrose and his Orchestra – "Stay As Sweet As You Are"Brian A. L. Rust Sandy Forbes British dance bands on record 1911 to 1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=Dp1HAAAAMAAJ 1987 General Gramaphone Publications 978-0-902470-15-6 Stanley Holloway – "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm"Richard Anthony Baker British Music Hall: An Illustrated History https://books.google.com/books?id=mtKwBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 31 May 2014 Pen and Sword 978-1-4738-3718-8 146 Classical music: new works Arnold Bax Clarinet SonataNicolae Sfetcu The Music Sound https://books.google.com/books?id=kXyFAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT3321 7 May 2014 Nicolae Sfetcu 3321 GGKEY:Y8SWYSZWLE1 Northern Ballad No. 2 Frank Bridge – A Merry, Merry Xmas Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony Te Deum in C Edward German – Cloverley SuiteBrian Rees A Musical Peacemaker: The Life and Music of Sir Edward German https://books.google.com/books?id=enBAAAAAMAAJ 1986 Kensal Press 978-0-946041-49-7 265 Walter Leigh – Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra William Reed – Homage to Delius, for string sextet Ralph Vaughan Williams – Suite for Viola and Orchestra Opera Gustav Holst – The Wandering Scholar Michael Tippett – Robin Hood Film and Incidental music Arthur Bliss – Things to Comehttp://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/7493 Arthur Bliss – Things to Come Suite Music Sales Classical 9 February 2019 Ernest Irving – Autumn Crocus Musical theatre 19 February – The revue Yours Sincerely, starring Binnie Barnes opens at Daly's Theatre. 31 March – Sporting Love opens at the Gaiety Theatre and runs for 302 performances. 27 September – London production of Yes, Madam? (Music: Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge Lyrics: R. P. Weston and Bert Lee Book: R. P. Weston, Bert Lee and R. G. Browne) opens at the Hippodrome and runs for 302 performances Musical films Blossom Time starring Richard Tauber Boots! Boots! starring George Formby and Beryl Formby, and featuring Betty Driver and Harry Hudson & his Band Evergreen, produced by Michael Balcon, starring Jessie Matthews Music Hall, starring George Carney, with music by W. L. TrytelChibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007 The Broken Melody, starring John Garrick, Margot Grahame and Merle Oberon, with music by W. L. TrytelWood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. Page 77 Births 13 January – Geoff Bradford, guitarist (died 2013) 29 January – Noel Harrison, singer and actor (died 2013)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/22/noel-harrison Noel Harrison obituary 22 October 2013 Adam Sweeting The Guardian 10 February 2019 4 March – John Churchill Dunn, DJ (died 2004) 8 March – John McLeod, composer (died 2022) 29 March – Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone (died 2001)https://biography.wales/article/s10-BRYN-DEL-1934 BRYN-JONES, DELME (1934-2001), opera singer Trevor Herbert Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 10 February 2019 7 April – Victor Feldman, jazz musician (died 1987) 5 May – Jim Reid, folk musician (died 2009) 9 May – Roy Massey, organist and conductorThe Organists and Organs of Hereford Cathedral: Watkins Shaw and Roy Massey. Hereford: Hereford Cathedral Organ Committee, 2005. First published in 1976. 24 May – Barry Rose, choir-trainer and organist 3 June – Bob Wallis, jazz musician (died 1991) 2 July – Tom Springfield, singer-songwriter and producer (The Springfields) 15 July – Harrison Birtwistle, composer 26 July – Anthony Gilbert, composer 8 September – Peter Maxwell Davies, composer (died 2016)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/14/sir-peter-maxwell-davies-obituary Sir Peter Maxwell Davies obituary 14 March 2016 Ivan Hewett The Guardian 10 February 2019 19 September – Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles (died 1967) 26 September – Geoffrey Grey, composer 30 September – Sheila Tracy, trombonist and radio presenter (died 2014)"Sheila Tracy: Former radio and TV host dies", BBC News, 1 October 2014 1 November – William Mathias, composer (died 1992)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-william-mathias-1536526.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-william-mathias-1536526.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Professor William Mathias 31 July 1992 Geraint Lewis The Independent 30 January 2019 15 November – Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer 20 November – Colin Smith, jazz trumpeter (died 2004)Obituary in The Independent 4 December – Chas McDevitt, skiffle musicianRoberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 338. 1-904994-10-5. 9 December – Alan Ridout, composer (died 1996) 16 December – Jim Parker, composer (died 2023) Deaths 23 February – Sir Edward Elgar, composer, 76Young Percy M. 1973 Elgar O.M.: a study of a musician London Collins 869820 246 25 February – Daniel Protheroe, composer and conductor, 67https://biography.wales/article/s-PROT-DAN-1866 PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866–1934), musician Robert David Griffith Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 7 February 2019 3 March – George Ratcliffe Woodward, poet and composer, 85Gerald Norris A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ June 1981 David & Charles 978-0-7153-7845-8 207 7 May – Edward Naylor, organist and composer, 67Waterlow, David Barry. "Between Two Worlds: Bernard Naylor, English Composer in Canada," M.Mus. thesis, Western Washington University, 1999 25 May – Gustav Holst, composer, 59 (complications following surgery)Matthews Colin Holst, Gustav http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/13252 Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 22 March 2013 Colin Matthews 10 June Frederick Delius, composer, 82Frederick Delius Lionel Carley Delius, a Life in Letters: 1909–1934 https://books.google.com/books?id=83sHAQAAMAAJ January 1983 Scolar Press 440 Julia Gwynne, opera singer, 77Kurt Gänzl The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi https://books.google.com/books?id=OBkKAQAAMAAJ 2001 Schirmer Books 978-0-02-865572-7 563 11 August – Kalitha Dorothy Fox, composer, 40International encyclopedia of women composers: Volume 1 Cohen, Aaron I. 1987 10 September – George Henschel, German-born baritone singer, pianist, conductor and composer, 84George S. Bozarth Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms and George Henschel https://books.google.com/books?id=MsEHAQAAMAAJ 2008 Harmonie Park Press 978-0-89990-140-4 108 24 September – Edwin Lemare, organist and composer, 69Randel Don The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA496 1996 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-37299-3 496 See also 1934 in British television 1934 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1934 References nb British Music, 1934 in Music Category:British music by year Category:1930s in British music