1904 in British music

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This is a summary of 1904 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

15 July – Soprano Agnes Nicholls marries conductor Hamilton Harty.^[1]
date unknown
- Albert Coates makes his début as conductor of the Leipzig opera with Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann.^[2]
- Cecil Sharp produces the first volume of his Folk Songs from Somerset.^[3]

Popular music

"Fu' The Noo", with words by. Harry Lauder & Gerald Grafton and music by Harry Lauder

Classical music: new works

Edward Elgar – Canto Popolare
Hamilton Harty – An Irish Symphony
Joseph Holbrooke – Horn Trio
Herbert Hughes – Songs of Uladh
Cyril Scott – Rhapsody for orchestra No. 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams – In the Fen Country^[4]

Opera

Frederick Delius – Koanga (premièred 30 March in Germany)^[5]

Musical theatre

5 March – The Cingalee, by Lionel Monckton, Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, opens at Daly's Theatre; it runs for 365 performances.^[6]
9 September – The Catch of the Season by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, with music by Herbert Haines and Evelyn Baker and lyrics by Charles H. Taylor, opens at the Vaudeville Theatre; it runs for 621 performances.^[7]

Births

13 January – Richard Addinsell, composer (died 1977)^[8]
29 February – H. Hugh Bancroft, organist, choirmaster and composer (died 1988)^[9]
15 or 16 May – Eda Kersey, violinist (died 1944)^[10]
26 May – George Formby, music hall performer, singer, actor and songwriter (died 1961)
10 August – Herbert Kennedy Andrews, organist and composer (died 1965)^[11]
17 September – Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer (died 1988)
20 October – Anna Neagle, actress and singer (died 1986)
29 October – Vivian Ellis, composer (died 1996)^[12]
30 November – Bretton Byrd, film composer (died 1959)
9 December – Elsie Randolph, actress, dancer and singer (died 1982)

Deaths

20 March – Louisa Pyne, operatic soprano and opera company manager, 75^[13]
29 April – Nellie Farren, burlesque actress and singer, 56 (heart failure)^[14]
30 May – Laura Joyce Bell, contralto singer and actress, 50^[15]
20 July – Arthur Lloyd, singer, songwriter, comedian and impresario, 65^[16]
31 October – Dan Leno, English music hall comedian, clog dancer and singer, 43^[17]

References

↑ David Clive Greer (1978). Hamilton Harty: his life and music. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-76015-0.
↑ Liner notes to EMI CD CZS 5 75486 2 (Albert Coates: Great Conductors of the Twentieth Century series), EMI 2002
↑ Maud Karpeles (1967). Cecil Sharp: His Life and Work. Routledge & K. Paul.
↑ Kennedy, Michael (1992). The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Oxford University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-816330-5.
↑ Anderson, Robert (1992). "Koanga". In Sadie, Stanley. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 2. London: Macmillan. p. 1013. ISBN 0-333-48552-1.
↑ J. P. Wearing "Productions 1904: The Cingalee; or, Sunny Ceylon", The London Stage 1900–1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd edition, Scarecrow Press; 5 December 2013), p. 176
↑ "Show Girldom's Zenith in New Musical Play". The New York Times. 1905-08-29. p. 5.
↑ Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Addinsell, Richard (Stewart)". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
↑ Anderson, Jeffrey. "Hugh Bancroft". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
↑ The Cooper Collection
↑ "ANDREWS, Herbert Kennedy (1904-1965)". AIM25 collection. 15 June 2018.
↑ "Vivian Ellis". Robert Farnon Society. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 18 June 2009. His date of birth is frequently given as 1904 but the Births, Marriages and Deaths Index gives 1903 as the year of registration.
↑ The Times, 22 March 1904
↑ Parker, John (1912). "Farren, Ellen". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 12–14.
↑ The New York Times, "Laura Joyce Bell Dead." 30 May 1904, p. 5
↑ Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History. Pen and Sword. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-1-4738-3718-8.
↑ "Death of Dan Leno", Western Times, 1 November 1904, p. 5

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[1] David Clive Greer (1978). Hamilton Harty: his life and music. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-76015-0.

[2] Liner notes to EMI CD CZS 5 75486 2 (Albert Coates: Great Conductors of the Twentieth Century series), EMI 2002

[3] Maud Karpeles (1967). Cecil Sharp: His Life and Work. Routledge & K. Paul.

[4] Kennedy, Michael (1992). The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Oxford University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-816330-5.

[5] Anderson, Robert (1992). "Koanga". In Sadie, Stanley. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 2. London: Macmillan. p. 1013. ISBN 0-333-48552-1.

[6] J. P. Wearing "Productions 1904: The Cingalee; or, Sunny Ceylon", The London Stage 1900–1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd edition, Scarecrow Press; 5 December 2013), p. 176

[7] "Show Girldom's Zenith in New Musical Play". The New York Times. 1905-08-29. p. 5.

[8] Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Addinsell, Richard (Stewart)". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.

[9] Anderson, Jeffrey. "Hugh Bancroft". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[cc-10] The Cooper Collection

[11] "ANDREWS, Herbert Kennedy (1904-1965)". AIM25 collection. 15 June 2018.

[12] "Vivian Ellis". Robert Farnon Society. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 18 June 2009. His date of birth is frequently given as 1904 but the Births, Marriages and Deaths Index gives 1903 as the year of registration.

[13] The Times, 22 March 1904

[14] Parker, John (1912). "Farren, Ellen". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 12–14.

[15] The New York Times, "Laura Joyce Bell Dead." 30 May 1904, p. 5

[Baker2014-16] Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History. Pen and Sword. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-1-4738-3718-8.

[17] "Death of Dan Leno", Western Times, 1 November 1904, p. 5