1930 in British music

1930s in music in the UK
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This is a summary of 1930 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

• 5 April - 25-year-old Michael Tippett gives a concert at Oxted consisting entirely of his own works—a Concerto in D for flutes, oboe, horns and strings; settings for tenor of poems by Fry; Psalm in C for chorus and orchestra, again with a text by Fry; piano variations on the song "Jockey to the Fair"; and a string quartet.^[1]
• date unknown - The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed in London.

Popular music

• "By the Sleepy Lagoon", by Eric Coates
• "Someday I'll Find You", by Noël Coward
• "The White Dove" w. Clifford Grey m. Franz Lehár

Classical music: new works

• William Alwyn - Piano Concerto No. 1
• Arnold Bax - Winter Legends
• Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes (oratorio)
• Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C
• Gustav Holst - A Choral Fantasia^[2]
• John Ireland
  • Legend for piano and orchestra
  • Piano Concerto in E flat
• Peter Warlock - Carillon Carilla

Film and Incidental music

• Ernest Irving - Birds of Prey^[3]

Musical theatre

• 25 June - The Love Race opens at the Gaiety Theatre where it runs for 237 performances.
• 30 October - Nippy (music by Billy Mayerl; book and lyrics by Arthur Wimperis and Frank Eyton^[4]), starring Binnie Hale,^[5] opens at the Prince Edward Theatre and runs for 137 performances.

Musical films

• Elstree Calling, starring Teddy Brown
• Harmony Heaven, starring Polly Ward
• Just for a Song, starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Roy Royston and Constance Carpenter.^[6]
• The Nipper, starring Betty Balfour

Births

• 17 February - Frank Wappat, singer and radio host (died 2014)
• 5 March - Isla Cameron, actress and folk singer (died 1980)
• 10 March - Jimmie Macgregor, folk singer
• 17 April - Chris Barber, jazz trombonist
• 30 May - Gordon Langford, composer and arranger
• 1 June - Edward Woodward, actor and singer (died 2009)
• 20 July - Sally Ann Howes, actress and singer
• 1 August - Lionel Bart, composer and lyricist (died 1999)
• 13 August - Bernard Manning, comedian and singer (died 2007)
• 12 October - Cyril Tawney, singer-songwriter (died 2005)
• 1 November - John Scott, conductor and composer
• 2 November - Peter Hope, composer and arranger, also known as William Gardner^[7]
• 1 December - Matt Monro, singer (died 1985)

Deaths

• 17 February - Louise Kirkby Lunn, operatic contralto, 56
• 22 June - Mary Davies, singer, 75
• 17 December - Peter Warlock, composer, 36

References

1. • Bowen, Meirion (1983). Michael Tippett. London: Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-099-2., pp. 19–20
2. Short, Michael (1990). Gustav Holst: The Man and his Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-314154-X.
3. "Birds of Prey". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
4. ReadingProgrammes 1927-1933
5. Stock Photography image of Nippy , Music sheet cover for the 1930 music stock photo
6. BFI Database entry
7. "Brian Kay's Light Programme". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2014.