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This is a summary of 1917 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
Popular music
Classical music: new works
- Kenneth J. Alford
- Arnold Bax – November Woods[4]
- Frank Bridge – Cello Sonata in D minor
- Rebecca Clarke – Morpheus
- Frederick Delius – Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
- Edward Elgar
- Gustav Holst – The Hymn of Jesus
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Aviator's Hymn, for tenor, bass, choir, and organ
- Irish Rhapsody No. 5, in G Minor, for orchestra
- Night Thoughts, Op. 148, for piano
- "On Windy Way When Morning Breaks", partsong
- Sailing Song, partsong, two soprano voices
- "St George of England", song
- Scènes de ballet, Op. 150, for piano
- Sonata No. 1, in F major, Op. 149, for organ
- Sonata No. 2 ("Eroica"), in G minor, Op. 151, for organ
- Sonata No. 3 ("Britannica"), in D minor, Op. 152, for organ
Musical theatre
- 10 February – The Maid of the Mountains by Seymour Hicks, with music by Sidney Jones and Paul Rubens, and lyrics by Adrian Ross, starring José Collins, by Harold Fraser-Simson, with additional music by James W. Tate, lyrics by Harry Graham and additional lyrics by Frank Clifford Harris and Valentine, opens at Daly's Theatre, where it runs for 1,352 performances.[5]
- 14 September – The Boy, by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank, with music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot and lyrics by Greenbank and Adrian Ross, opens at the Adelphi Theatre for a run of 801 performances, starring Maisie Gay and Donald Calthrop.
Births
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ Maddox, B. Freud’s Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones. London: John Murray 2006. p 134
- ^ "Music & Men: The Life & Loves of Harriet Cohen". Helen Fry. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Jeffrey Richards (2001). Imperialism And Music: Britain 1876-1953. Manchester University Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-7190-4506-6.
- ^ "An Arnold-Bax Tone Poem", The Times, 17 December 1920, p. 10
- ^ Cooke, Mervyn. The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-century Opera, p. 296 (2005) Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-78009-8
- ^ The Times obituary, 6 February 1917, p. 10
- ^ "Captain Basil Hood's Death: Excessive Concentration on Cryptograms", The Times, 11 August 1917; p. 3
- ^ Gordon Williams (1 October 2003). British Theatre in the Great War: A Revaluation. A&C Black. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-1-84714-128-6.
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