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Overview of the events of 1938 in British music
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This is a summary of 1938 in music in the
United Kingdom .
Events
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Musical films
Around the Town , directed by
Herbert Smith , starring
Vic Oliver and
Irene Ware .
Break the News , directed by
René Clair , starring
Jack Buchanan and
Maurice Chevalier .
[3]
Kicking the Moon Around , directed by
Walter Forde , starring
Bert Ambrose and
Evelyn Dall
[4]
Mountains O'Mourne , directed by
Harry Hughes , starring
René Ray and
Niall MacGinnis .
[5]
My Irish Molly , directed by
Alex Bryce , starring
Binkie Stuart
Over She Goes , directed by
Graham Cutts , starring
Stanley Lupino and
Claire Luce
Sailing Along , directed by
Sonnie Hale , starring
Jessie Matthews and
Barry MacKay
Stepping Toes , directed by
John Baxter , starring
Hazel Ascot and
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Thistledown , directed by
Arthur B. Woods , starring
Aino Bergö and
Athole Stewart
We're Going to Be Rich starring
Gracie Fields ,
Victor McLaglen and
Brian Donlevy
Births
Deaths
1 February –
Marie Dainton , actress and music hall performer, 56
9 March –
Sydney Baynes , conductor, composer and bandleader, 59
[8]
18 March –
Cyril Rootham , organist and composer, 62
18 April –
Richard Runciman Terry , musicologist, 72
24 July –
Marmaduke Barton , pianist and composer, 72
[9]
14 August – Sir
Landon Ronald , conductor and composer, 65
[10]
3 September –
James Kendrick Pyne , organist and composer, 86
[11]
4 November –
John Thomas Job , minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71
15 November –
Viola Tree , actress, singer and playwright, 54 (pleurisy)
[12]
See also
References
^
a
b 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. 318
'
^ "The Theatres: Mr. Noel Coward's Operette ",
The Times , 3 March 1938, p. 12
^
"Break the News (1938)" . BFI . Retrieved 17 November 2019 .
^ Scott Palmer (1988).
British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987 . McFarland. p. 269.
ISBN
978-0-89950-316-5 .
^
"Mountains o'Mourne" . BFI . Archived from
the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019 .
^
Jazzprofessional.com
Archived 2012-06-29 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Rob Barnett (2009).
"Howard Blake – A survey of his music on CD" . Musicweb-International . Retrieved 2013-04-09 .
^ Philip L Scowcroft,
First Garland , accessed 20 November 2010
^ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. (1954), Vol. I, p. 476
^ "Obituary: Sir Landon Ronald", The Times , 15 August 1938, p. 12
^ "Obituaries, Dr. J. K. Pyne, Distinguished Organist", The Times, 5 September 1938, pg. 14
^
The Times , obituary, 16 November 1938, p. 9.
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