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This is a summary of 1937 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 24 January – Ernest John Moeran completes the revised version of his Symphony in G minor, dedicated to conductor Hamilton Harty.[1]
- 6 March – Composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, the tenor Peter Pears, meet for the first time, in London.[2]
- 12 May – William Walton's ceremonial march, "Crown Imperial", originally written for his predecessor, King Edward VIII, is performed for the first time at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
- 27 August – Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge is performed at the Salzburg Festival, conducted by Boyd Neel.[2]
- 20 December – The Gaumont State Cinema opens in London with Sidney Torch as organist.
- date unknown
- Kathleen Ferrier wins the piano and vocal competitions at the Carlisle Festival, and is awarded a special rose bowl as champion of the festival.[3]
- George Lloyd marries Nancy Juvet. Lloyd suffers from PTSD and later acknowledges that he could not have recovered without Nancy's care.[4]
- Ukrainian-born pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch takes up British citizenship.
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Musical films
- Big Fella, directed by J. Elder Wills, starring Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch[8]
- Calling All Stars, directed by Herbert Smith, starring Carroll Gibbons and Evelyn Dall[9]
- Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews and Alastair Sim[10]
- Head Over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews[10]
- Mayfair Melody, directed by Arthur B. Woods, starring Keith Falkner and Chili Bouchier[11]
- The Show Goes On, starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart.
- Song of the Forge, starring Stanley Holloway.[12]
- The Street Singer, starring Arthur Tracy, Margaret Lockwood and Arthur Riscoe[13]
- Take My Tip, directed by Herbert Mason, starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge
Births
- 8 January – Shirley Bassey, singer
- 22 January – Ryan Davies, comedian, singer and songwriter (died 1977)
- 27 January – John Ogdon, pianist (died 1989)
- 28 April – Jean Redpath, folk singer (died 2014)
- 5 May – Delia Derbyshire, musician and composer of electronic music[14] (died 2001)
- 12 July – Guy Woolfenden, conductor and theatre composer (died 2016)[15]
- 27 July – Anna Dawson, actress and singer
- 19 November – Geoff Goddard, songwriter, singer and instrumentalist (died 2000)
- 30 November – Frank Ifield, British-born Australian singer
- 1 December
- 12 December – Philip Ledger, composer and teacher (died 2012)
- 31 December – Anthony Hopkins, actor and composer
Deaths
- 22 January – Walter Willson Cobbett, businessman and amateur violinist, editor/author of Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music, 89
- 10 April – Algernon Ashton, pianist and composer, 77
- 1 May – Herbert Hughes, composer, music critic and collector of folk songs, 54[17]
- 2 May – Sir Arthur Somervell, composer, 73
- 23 July – Charles Henry Mills, composer and music teacher (b. 1873)
- 25 November – Lilian Baylis, founder of Sadler's Wells ballet company, 63 (heart attack)[18]
- 23 December – Muriel Foster, contralto, 60[19]
- 26 December
See also
References
- ^ From Beyond the Stave: The most glorious of English symphonies
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Leonard, Maurice (1988). Kathleen: The Life of Kathleen Ferrier, 1912–1953. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-173464-9. pp. 28–30.
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (1998-07-10). "George Lloyd, 85, British Symphonic Composer". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ Rust, Brian (1973). The complete entertainment discography, from the mid-1890s to 1942. New Rochelle, N.Y: Arlington House. p. 279. ISBN 9780870001505.
- ^ Macpherson, Ben (2018). Cultural identity in British musical theatre, 1890-1939 : knowing one's place. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 194. ISBN 9781137598073.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Susan (2006). Concise Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. p. 370. ISBN 9780198614173.
- ^ Bob McCann (21 December 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2.
- ^ Robert James (15 December 2010). Popular Culture and Working-class Taste in Britain, 1930-39: A Round of Cheap Diversions?. Oxford University Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-7190-8025-8.
- ^ a b James Monaco (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. pp. 287. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7.
- ^ Angus McLaren (16 October 2017). Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London. JHU Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-4214-2347-0.
- ^ Stephen Shafer (2 September 2003). British Popular Films 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-134-98837-2.
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | the STREET SINGER (1937)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ^ Wrench, Nigel (18 July 2008). "Lost tapes of the Dr. Who composer". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ^ Michael Billington (24 April 2016). "Guy Woolfenden obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ Humphreys, Maggie (1997). Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. London Herndon, VA: Mansell. p. 79. ISBN 9780720123302.
- ^ "MusicSack". Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ Tanitch, Robert, "Olivier". Abbeville Press
- ^ Eric Blom, ed., Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954, Vol. III, p. 455
- ^ P. J. Kavanagh (ed.) (2004). Ivor Gurney, Collected poems (reprint ed.). Fyfield Books. ISBN 1-85754-709-8.
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