1926 in British music
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This is a summary of 1926 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- c. May - Socialist composer Rutland Boughton stages a performance of his Nativity opera Bethlehem (1915) at Church House, Westminster, in a staging explicitly referencing the 1926 United Kingdom general strike.[1]
- 6 May - In the midst of the General Strike, a concert of Leos Janácek's work is held at the Wigmore Hall, attended by the composer himself.[2]
- 8 December - The premiere of Dame Ethel Smyth's Sonata in A minor for cello and piano is held in London, nearly 40 years after the work was composed.[2]
- 14 December - The mother of teenage composer Benjamin Britten brings his work to the attention of Charles Macpherson.[2]
- 17 December - Composer John Ireland marries Dorothy Phillips, thirty years his junior, at Chelsea Register Office.[2]
- 26 December - Granville Bantock's incidental music for Macbeth is used for the first time, in a production at the Prince Theatre, London, starring Sybil Thorndike.
- date unknown
- Operatic baritone Leslie Rands marries his D'Oyly Carte co-star Marjorie Eyre.
- Eugène Goossens, fils, joins the British National Opera Company as a conductor.[3]
- Sir Walford Davies resigns his professorship at University College, Aberystwyth.[4]
Popular music
- Eric Coates - "By The Tamarisk"
Classical music: new works
- Arnold Bax - Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major
- John Ireland - Three Songs, 1926[5]
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- On Christmas Night (ballet)
- Piano Concerto in C (movements 1 and 2)[6]
- Six Studies in English Folk Song[7]
- Gerald Tyrwhitt - The Triumph of Neptune (ballet)
- Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite
Opera
- Ernest Bryson - The Leper’s Flute, with libretto by Ian Colvin[8]
Musical theatre
- May - Yvonne by Percy Greenbank, Jean Gilbert and Vernon Dukelsky,[9] opens at Daly's Theatre, London.
Births
- 3 January - Sir George Martin, record producer
- 21 January - Brian Brockless, organist, composer, and conductor (died 1995)
- 11 February - Alexander Gibson, conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera (died 1995)
- 20 February – Gillian Lynne, choreographer
- 14 March - Lita Roza, singer (died 2006)
- May — Duncan Campbell, trumpeter
- 2 July - Morag Beaton, operatic soprano (died 2010)
- 18 July - Bryan Johnson, singer (died 1995)
- 17 August – George Melly, jazz singer (died 2007)
- 17 November - Robert Earl, singer
- 30 December - Stan Tracey, jazz pianist and composer (died 2013)
Deaths
- 8 June - John Hornsey Casson, hymn-tune composer, 82[10]
- 12 July - Charles Wood, composer, 60
- 4 November - Robert Newman, co-founder of the Proms, 68
References
- ↑ Hurd, Michael (1983). "Rutland Boughton (1878-1960), The Immortal Hour". Hyperion. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- 1 2 3 4 Music and History: 1926. Accessed 28 January 2016
- ↑ The Times obituary, 2 August 1958, p. 8
- ↑ Dibble, Jeremy. "Davies, Sir (Henry) Walford (1869–1941)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edition, January 2011, retrieved 6 December 2015 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ "List of works – T to Y". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ Achenbach, Andrew, Notes for EMI 75983, Vaughn Williams: Piano Concerto; Delius: Piano Concerto; Finzi: Eclogue; Piers Lane, piano; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley.
- ↑ "6 Studies in English Folk Song, for cello and piano". Ralph Vaughan Williams: Chamber Works. Classical Archives. 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ↑ Harvard Library. Accessed 27 January 2016
- ↑ PBS: Vernon Duke. Accessed 22 April 2013
- ↑ Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Accessed 28 January 2016
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