1937 in British music
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This is a summary of 1937 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 24 January - Ernest John Moeran completes the revised version of his Symphony in G minor, dedicated to conductor Hamilton Harty.[1]
- May - The composer Benjamin Britten begins friendship with the tenor Peter Pears.[2]
- 6 March – Benjamin Britten and his partner Peter Pears meet for the first time, in London.[3]
- 12 May – William Walton's ceremonial march, "Crown Imperial", originally written for his predecessor, King Edward VIII, is performed for the first time at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
- 27 August – Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge is performed at the Salzburg Festival, conducted by Boyd Neel.[2]
- 20 December - The Gaumont State Cinema opens in London, with Sidney Torch as organist.
- date unknown
- Kathleen Ferrier wins the piano and vocal competitions at the Carlisle Festival, and is awarded a special rose bowl as champion of the festival.[4]
- George Lloyd marries Nancy Juvet. Lloyd suffered from PTSD and later acknowledged that he could not have recovered without Nancy's care.[5]
- Ukrainian-born pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch takes up British citizenship.
Popular music
- "Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
- "Harbour Lights" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Hugh Williams
- "Home Town" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
- "The Lambeth Walk" w. Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose m. Noel Gay
- "Leaning On A Lamp Post" w.m. Noel Gay
- "Me And My Girl" w.m. Noel Gay & Douglas Furber
Classical music: new works
- Arthur Bliss – Checkmate (ballet)
- Rutland Boughton – Symphony No. 3 in B minor
- Frank Bridge String Quartet No. 4
- Benjamin Britten – Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
- George Dyson – Symphony in G major
- John Ireland – These Things Shall Be
- Edmund Rubbra - Symphony No. 1
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – Job: A Masque for Dancing (ballet)
- Percy Whitlock – Wessex Suite
Film and Incidental music
- Richard Addinsell – Fire Over England, starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
- Ernest Irving – Feather Your Nest, starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor.
Musical theatre
- 5 February – On Your Toes London production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 123 performances
- 29 March – Swing is in the Air London revue opened at the Palladium
- 16 December – Me and My Girl (Noel Gay) – London production opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre and ran for 1646 performances.
Musical films
- Big Fella, directed by J. Elder Wills, starring Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch
- Calling All Stars, directed by Herbert Smith, starring Carroll Gibbons and Evelyn Dall
- Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews and Alastair Sim
- Head Over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews
- Mayfair Melody, directed by Arthur B. Woods, starring Keith Falkner and Chili Bouchier
- The Show Goes On, starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart.
- Song of the Forge, starring Stanley Holloway.
- The Street Singer, starring Arthur Tracy, Margaret Lockwood and Arthur Riscoe[6]
- Take My Tip, directed by Herbert Mason, starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge
Births
- 8 January – Shirley Bassey, singer
- 22 January - Ryan Davies, comedian, singer and songwriter (died 1977)
- 27 January – John Ogdon, pianist (died 1989)
- 28 April - Jean Redpath, folk singer (died 2014)
- 5 May - Delia Derbyshire, musician and composer of electronic music[7] (died 2001)
- 12 July - Guy Woolfenden, conductor and theatre composer (died 2016)[8]
- 27 July - Anna Dawson, actress and singer
- 19 November - Geoff Goddard, songwriter, singer and instrumentalist (died 2000)
- 30 November - Frank Ifield, British-born Australian singer
- 1 December
- Gordon Crosse, composer
- David Measham, violinist and conductor (died 2005)
- 12 December - Philip Ledger, composer and teacher (died 2012)
- 31 December - Anthony Hopkins, actor and composer
Deaths
- 22 January - Walter Willson Cobbett, businessman and amateur violinist, editor/author of Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music, 89
- 10 April - Algernon Ashton, pianist and composer, 77
- 1 May - Herbert Hughes, composer, music critic and collector of folk songs, 54[9]
- 2 May - Sir Arthur Somervell, composer, 73
- 23 July – Charles Henry Mills, composer and music teacher (b. 1873)
- 25 November – Lilian Baylis, founder of Sadler's Wells ballet company, 63 (heart attack)[10]
- 23 December – Muriel Foster, contralto, 60[11]
- 26 December
- Dan Beddoe, tenor, 74
- Ivor Gurney, composer and poet, 47 (tuberculosis)[12]
See also
References
- ↑ From Beyond the Stave: The most glorious of English symphonies
- 1 2 Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 1 1923–39. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-15221X. p. 317
- ↑ Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923–39: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten Archived April 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Leonard, Maurice (1988). Kathleen: The Life of Kathleen Ferrier, 1912–1953. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-173464-9. pp. 28–30
- ↑ Allan Kozinn (1998-07-10). "George Lloyd, 85, British Symphonic Composer". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/52071
- ↑ Wrench, Nigel (18 July 2008). "Lost tapes of the Dr. Who composer". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ↑ Michael Billington (24 April 2016). "Guy Woolfenden obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ↑ "MusicSack". Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ↑ Tanitch, Robert, "Olivier". Abbeville Press
- ↑ Eric Blom, ed., Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954, Vol. III, p. 455
- ↑ P. J. Kavanagh (ed.) (2004). Ivor Gurney, Collected poems (reprint ed.). Fyfield Books. ISBN 1-85754-709-8.
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