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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.[1] Elgar is replaced as Master of the King's Music by Sir Walford Davies.
- 28 May – Opening of the first Glyndebourne Festival Operaseason.
- 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 Orchestra[2]
- "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"[3]
- Stanley Holloway - "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm"[4]
Classical music: new works
- Arnold Bax
- Clarinet Sonata[5]
- Northern Ballad No. 2
- Frank Bridge – A Merry, Merry Xmas
- Benjamin Britten
- Simple Symphony
- Te Deum in C
- Edward German – Cloverley Suite[6]
- 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
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
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- 31 March – Sporting Love opens at the Gaiety Theatreand 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 Hippodromeand runs for 302 performances
Musical films
- Blossom Time starring Richard Tauber
- 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. Trytel[8]
- The Broken Melody, starring John Garrick, Margot Grahame and Merle Oberon, with music by W. L. Trytel[9]
Births
- 13 January – Geoff Bradford, guitarist (died 2013)
- John Churchill Dunn, DJ (died 2004)
- 8 March – John McLeod, composer (died 2022)
- 7 April – Victor Feldman, jazz musician (died 1987)
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- Roy Massey, organist and conductor[12]
- 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
- 19 September – Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles (died 1967)
- 26 September – Geoffrey Grey, composer
- 15 November – Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer
- 4 December – Chas McDevitt, skiffle musician[17]
- 9 December – Alan Ridout, composer (died 1996)
- 16 December – Jim Parker, composer (died 2023)
Deaths
- 23 February – Sir Edward Elgar, composer, 76[18]
- 25 February – Daniel Protheroe, composer and conductor, 67[19]
- 3 March – George Ratcliffe Woodward, poet and composer, 85[20]
- 7 May – Edward Naylor, organist and composer, 67[21]
- 25 May – Gustav Holst, composer, 59 (complications following surgery)[22]
- 10 June
- Frederick Delius, composer, 82[23]
- Julia Gwynne, opera singer, 77[24]
- 11 August – Kalitha Dorothy Fox, composer, 40[25]
- 10 September – George Henschel, German-born baritone singer, pianist, conductor and composer, 84[26]
- 24 September – Edwin Lemare, organist and composer, 69[27]
See also
References
- ^ notes to Naxos recording 8.554719
- ^ "Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses (1934)". Elsie Carlisle. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-902470-15-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4738-3718-8.
- ^ Nicolae Sfetcu (7 May 2014). The Music Sound. Nicolae Sfetcu. p. 3321. GGKEY:Y8SWYSZWLE1.
- ISBN 978-0-946041-49-7.
- ^ "Arthur Bliss – Things to Come Suite". Music Sales Classical. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007
- ^ Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. Page 77
- ^ Adam Sweeting (22 October 2013). "Noel Harrison obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Trevor Herbert. "BRYN-JONES, DELME (1934-2001), opera singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ The Organists and Organs of Hereford Cathedral: Watkins Shaw and Roy Massey. Hereford: Hereford Cathedral Organ Committee, 2005. First published in 1976.
- ^ Ivan Hewett (14 March 2016). "Sir Peter Maxwell Davies obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Sheila Tracy: Former radio and TV host dies", BBC News, 1 October 2014
- ^ Geraint Lewis (31 July 1992). "Obituary: Professor William Mathias". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Obituary in The Independent
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- OCLC 869820.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866–1934), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.
- ^ Waterlow, David Barry. "Between Two Worlds: Bernard Naylor, English Composer in Canada," M.Mus. thesis, Western Washington University, 1999
- ^ Matthews, Colin. "Holst, Gustav". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 March 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ Frederick Delius; Lionel Carley (January 1983). Delius, a Life in Letters: 1909–1934. Scolar Press. p. 440.
- ISBN 978-0-02-865572-7.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers: Volume 1.
- ISBN 978-0-89990-140-4.
- ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.