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Overview of the events of 1917 in British music
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This is a summary of 1917 in music in the
United Kingdom .
Classical music: new works
Kenneth J. Alford
Arnold Bax –
November Woods
[4]
Frank Bridge –
Cello Sonata in D minor
Rebecca Clarke –
Morpheus
Frederick Delius –
Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
Edward Elgar
Gustav Holst –
The Hymn of Jesus
Charles Villiers Stanford
Aviator's Hymn , for tenor, bass, choir, and organ
Irish Rhapsody No. 5 , in G Minor, for orchestra
Night Thoughts , Op. 148, for piano
"On Windy Way When Morning Breaks", partsong
Sailing Song , partsong, two soprano voices
"St George of England", song
Scènes de ballet , Op. 150, for piano
Sonata No. 1, in F major, Op. 149, for organ
Sonata No. 2 ("Eroica"), in G minor, Op. 151, for organ
Sonata No. 3 ("Britannica"), in D minor, Op. 152, for organ
10 February –
The Maid of the Mountains by
Seymour Hicks , with music by
Sidney Jones and
Paul Rubens , and lyrics by
Adrian Ross , starring
José Collins , by
Harold Fraser-Simson , with additional music by
James W. Tate , lyrics by
Harry Graham and additional lyrics by
Frank Clifford Harris and
Valentine , opens at
Daly's Theatre , where it runs for 1,352 performances.
[5]
14 September –
The Boy , by
Fred Thompson and
Percy Greenbank , with music by
Lionel Monckton and
Howard Talbot and lyrics by Greenbank and
Adrian Ross , opens at the
Adelphi Theatre for a run of 801 performances, starring
Maisie Gay and
Donald Calthrop .
^ Maddox, B. Freud’s Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones . London: John Murray 2006. p 134
^
"Music & Men: The Life & Loves of Harriet Cohen" . Helen Fry . Archived from
the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2018 .
^ Jeffrey Richards (2001).
Imperialism And Music: Britain 1876-1953 . Manchester University Press. p. 431.
ISBN
978-0-7190-4506-6 .
^ "An Arnold-Bax Tone Poem", The Times , 17 December 1920, p. 10
^ Cooke, Mervyn.
The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-century Opera , p. 296 (2005) Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0-521-78009-8
^
The Times obituary, 6 February 1917, p. 10
^ "Captain Basil Hood's Death: Excessive Concentration on Cryptograms", The Times , 11 August 1917; p. 3
^ Gordon Williams (1 October 2003).
British Theatre in the Great War: A Revaluation . A&C Black. pp. 19–.
ISBN
978-1-84714-128-6 .
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