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This is a summary of 1934 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
Popular music
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
Opera
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Musical films
Births
- 13 January – Geoff Bradford, guitarist (died 2013)
- 29 January – Noel Harrison, singer and actor (died 2013)[10]
- 4 March – John Churchill Dunn, DJ (died 2004)
- 8 March – John McLeod, composer (died 2022)
- 29 March – Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone (died 2001)[11]
- 7 April – Victor Feldman, jazz musician (died 1987)
- 5 May – Jim Reid, folk musician (died 2009)
- 9 May – 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
- 8 September – Peter Maxwell Davies, composer (died 2016)[13]
- 19 September – Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles (died 1967)
- 26 September – Geoffrey Grey, composer
- 30 September – Sheila Tracy, trombonist and radio presenter (died 2014)[14]
- 1 November – William Mathias, composer (died 1992)[15]
- 15 November – Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer
- 20 November – Colin Smith, jazz trumpeter (died 2004)[16]
- 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
- 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.
- ^ Brian A. L. Rust; Sandy Forbes (1987). British dance bands on record 1911 to 1945. General Gramaphone Publications. ISBN 978-0-902470-15-6.
- ^ Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History. Pen and Sword. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4738-3718-8.
- ^ Nicolae Sfetcu (7 May 2014). The Music Sound. Nicolae Sfetcu. p. 3321. GGKEY:Y8SWYSZWLE1.
- ^ Brian Rees (1986). A Musical Peacemaker: The Life and Music of Sir Edward German. Kensal Press. p. 265. 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
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 338. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Young, Percy M. (1973). Elgar O.M.: a study of a musician. London: Collins. p. 246. OCLC 869820.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866–1934), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 207. 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.
- ^ Kurt Gänzl (2001). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi. Schirmer Books. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-02-865572-7.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers: Volume 1.
- ^ George S. Bozarth; Johannes Brahms (2008). Johannes Brahms and George Henschel. Harmonie Park Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-89990-140-4.
- ^ Randel Don (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
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