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Overview of the events of 1931 in British music
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This is a summary of 1931 in music in the
United Kingdom .
Classical music: new works
Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Frank Bridge – Phantasm , for piano and orchestra
Benjamin Britten –
Arnold Cooke – Passacaglia, Scherzo, and Finale , for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet
Frederick Delius –
Fantastic Dance , for orchestra
Irmelin Prelude , for orchestra
George Dyson – The Canterbury Pilgrims (
Geoffrey Chaucer ), for soprano, tenor, baritone, choir, and orchestra
Edward Elgar – Soliloquy , for oboe and orchestra
Gerald Finzi – To Joy , for voice and piano, op. 13
Patrick Hadley – Symphonic Ballad: The Trees So High
[4]
Gustav Holst – Twelve Welsh Folk Songs , for choir, H183
Herbert Howells –
"A Maid Peerless", for SSAA choir and orchestra
Severn , for SATB choir
Gordon Jacob – Passacaglia on a Well-Known Theme , for orchestra
Elizabeth Maconchy –
A Hymn to Christ, A Hymn to God the Father , for double choir
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo , for choir and orchestra
Cyril Scott –
Concerto, for cello and orchestra
Trio No. 1, for violin, viola, and cello
Trio No. 2, for violin, viola, and cello
Herbert Sumsion – Piano Trio
Michael Tippett – Symphonic Movement , for orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams –
William Walton –
Belshazzar's Feast (oratorio)
Film and Incidental music
6 January –
David Whitaker , composer, songwriter, arranger and conductor (died
2012 )
[7]
29 January –
Leslie Bricusse , composer, lyricist and playwright (died
2021 )
5 March –
Anthony Hedges , composer (died
2019 )
25 March –
Humphrey Burton , television music and arts presenter
30 June –
James Loughran , orchestral conductor (died
2024 )
29 April –
Lonnie Donegan ,
skiffle musician (died
2002 )
4 July –
Duncan Lamont , saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died
1919 )
5 July –
Aloysius Gordon , British-based Jamaican jazz pianist, singer (died
2017 )
28 August –
John Shirley-Quirk , operatic bass-baritone (died
2014 )
[8]
12 September –
Tommy Moore , drummer (died
1981 )
24 September –
Anthony Newley , songwriter, actor and singer (died
1999 )
[9]
4 October –
Anna Reynolds , operatic mezzo-soprano (died
2014 )
4 November –
Clinton Ford , singer (died
2009 )
8 May –
Bertha Lewis , singer and actress with the
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company , 43 (car accident)
18 June –
Fanny Holland , singer and actress, 83
22 August –
Joseph Tabrar , songwriter, 73
[10]
19 November –
Frederic Cliffe , composer, 74
[11]
23 November –
Leonora Braham , operatic soprano and actress, 78
[12]
^
The Opera Quarterly . University of North Carolina Press. 1995. p. 7.
^ Anon., "Contemporary Music: Festival in England This Year", The Times , issue 45735 (Saturday, 31 January 1931): 10C.
^ Holst, Imogen (1981). The Great Composers: Holst (second ed.). London: Faber and Faber.
ISBN
0-571-09967-X . , p. 80
^ Mann, William. Note in booklet with 2007 Lyrita CD SRCD 238, 2007, originally written for 1979 Lyrita LP issue.
^
Dunhill, Stanford, Bantock Violin Sonatas [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- May 2001 MusicWeb(UK)
^ Morley, Sheridan. A Talent to Amuse: A Biography of Noël Coward, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1969, pp. 200–214, 223
^
"David Whitaker" . dailytelegraph.co.uk . 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012 .
^ Gerald Norris (1981).
A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland . David & Charles. p. 210.
ISBN
978-0-7153-7845-8 .
^
The Bulletin . J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald. September 1992. p. 101.
^
Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... A. & C. Black. 1929. p. 1322.
^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997).
Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland . A&C Black. p. 67.
ISBN
978-0-7201-2330-2 .
^ John Parker (1967).
Who's who in the Theatre . Pitman. p. 1596.
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