1909 in British music

none 1909 1909 British music This is a summary of 1909 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 14 January - Bon-Bon-Suite, a cantata by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, is performed for the first time in its full orchestral version at the Brighton Festival.Richard Burbank. Twentieth Century Music (1984), p. 43 22 February - The symphonic impression In the Fen Country by Ralph Vaughan Williams, composed in 1904, is performed for the first time at Queen's Hall in London by the newly formed Beecham Orchestra.'Conducting RVW', Journal of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, No. 24, June 2002, p.3 27 February - Claude Debussy conducts the first British performance of his three Nocturnes at Queen’s Hall. At the concert Debussy met Sibelius who was also visiting the UK.The Musical Times, April 1909, cited in: Percy Scholes, The Mirror of Music (1947), pp. 449-450 3 March - Bruno Walter makes his London debut, conducting the Royal Philharmonic Society. 26 April - The opera Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint Saens is staged at Covent Garden in London, marking the lifting of a ban imposed on theatrical plays and operas portraying biblical characters is rescinded by the Lord Chancellor.Nicholas Slonimsky. Music Since 1900, 5th Edition (1994), p. 93 17 May - The first performance of Cyril Scott's Piano Sonata No 1, op 66, takes place at London’s Bechstein Hall, the composer performing.'Piano Sonata No.1, Op.66 (Scott, Cyril)', IMSLP 7 June - The first complete performance of A Mass of Life by Frederick Delius takes place at Queen's Hall, conducted by Thomas Beecham.'A Mass of Life', The Times, 8 June 1909, p.12 22 June - The first staged performance of Ethel Smyth‘s opera The Wreckers takes place in London at His Majesty's Theatre.Paul Rodmell. Opera in the British Isles, 1875-1918 (2016), p. 306 13 July - Edward Elgar's Elegy for string orchestra has its premiere in London. 7 September -The Dance Rhapsody No. 1 by Delius has its premiere at the Hereford Music Festival. 22 September - The pianist Marie Novello makes her Proms début, playing the Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat by Franz Liszt.Obituary: Miss Marie Novello The Times 16 23 June 1928 15 November - On Wenlock Edge, a song cycle by Vaughan Williams setting six poems by A. E. Housman, is performed for the first time in London at the Aeolian Hall. The performers are tenor Gervase Elwes, pianist Frederick Kiddle and the Schwiller Quartet.Banfield Stephen Stephen Banfield Sensibility and English Song: Critical Studies of the Early Twentieth Century Cambridge University Press 17 January 1989 234–236 978-0521379441 date unknown - Ada Jones records her most popular song, "The Yama Yama Man", for the Victor Light Opera Company."The Yama Yama Man" https://web.archive.org/web/20120426071513/http://www.netlexfrance.info/2006/07/05/the-yama-yama-man/ April 26, 2012 , Netlex News, July 5, 2006. Popular music "Boiled Beef and Carrots" by Charles Collins and Fred Murray "Master Kilby"; traditional folk song collected by Cecil Sharp and Maud KarpelesFolk Song Arrangements, volume 6, Naxos "The King's Way" by Edward Elgar and Caroline Alice ElgarKennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, Third ed., 1987) 0-19-284017-7 page 350 New recordings Mark Sheridan - "I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/life/a-very-british-day-at-the-beach-in-pictures/brass-band-playing-on-the-prom/ How to have a very British day at the seaside, in pictures 18 May 2016 The Telegraph 20 April 2018 Classical music: new works Arnold Bax – In the Faery Hills Gustav Holst – First Suite in E-flat for Military BandUdell, Budd (1982). "Standard Works for Band: Gustav Holst's First Suite in Eb Major for Military Band." Music Educators Journal, 69 (4):28 (JSTOR subscription access) John Blackwood McEwen – A Solway Symphony Ralph Vaughan Williams – The WaspsVaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Overture: The Wasps Opera Fallen Fairies by W. S. Gilbert and Edward German The Mountaineers, by Guy Eden and Reginald SomervillePenny Illustrated Paper, 23 April 1910, p. 530; Issue 2552 Pierrot and Pierette, by Joseph HolbrookeLondon premiere 11 November. Richard Burbank. Twentieth Century Music (1984), p. 42 Musical theatre 29 April – The Arcadians, with book by Mark Ambient and Alexander M. Thompson, lyrics by Arthur Wimperis, and music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot, opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it runs for 809 performances.Gaye, Freda, ed. (1967). Who's Who in the Theatre (fourteenth ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. OCLC 5997224 Births 22 March - Minna Keal, composer (died 1999) 1 May – George Melachrino, conductor, singer and composer (died 1965) 11 May – Herbert Murrill, organist and composer (died 1952) 2 June - Robin Orr, Scottish organist and composer (died 2006) 12 June – Mansel Thomas, composer and conductor (died 1986) 13 August – Brian Lawrance, Australian-born bandleader (died 1983)The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/464K 25 August – Brian Easdale, composer (died 1995) 25 August – Arwel Hughes, composer (died 1988) Deaths 4 February – James Lynam Molloy, poet, songwriter and composer, 71 18 May – August Jaeger, German-born British music publisher, friend of Elgar, 49 18 June - Learmont Drysdale, Scottish composer, 42 7 June – P. W. Halton, conductor, 68 5 December - Ebenezer Prout, composer, music theorist, author, 74 See also 1909 in the United Kingdom References nb British Music, 1909 in Music Category:British music by year Category:1900s in British music