1915 in British music

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This is a summary of 1915 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

March – The Musical Times publishes an appreciation of Frederick Delius by the composer Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine).^[1]
December – Having been invalided out of the armed forces, composer Havergal Brian and his family move to Erdington, Warwickshire.
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- Composer Herbert Howells is given six months to live, and becomes the first person in the UK to receive radium treatment (he will live on until 1983).^[2]
- William Penfro Rowlands's hymn tune "Blaenwern" is first published in Henry H. Jones' Cân a Moliant.
- The Band of the Welsh Guards is formed, simultaneously with the establishment of the regiment.^[3]

Popular music

Albert William Ketèlbey – "In a Monastery Garden"
T. W. Conner – "A Little Bit of Cucumber"^[4]
George Henry Powell & Felix Powell – "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"

Classical music: new works

Granville Bantock – Hebridean Symphony
Frank Bridge – Lament^[5]
Dora Bright – A Dancer's Adventure (ballet)
Frederick Delius – Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
Edward Elgar – Incidental music for The Starlight Express^[6]
Gustav Holst – Japanese Suite
John Ireland – Preludes for Piano
Percy Pitt
- Sakura suite No. 2 (Suite de Ballet)
- Ballet Egyptien
- Suite pour petite orchestre

Opera

Rutland Boughton – Bethlehem^[7]

Musical theatre

24 April – Betty, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and music by Paul Rubens, opens at Daly's Theatre, starring Winifred Barnes.^[8]
28 April – Tonight's the Night, with lyrics by Percy Greenbank and music by Paul Rubens, opens at Daly's Theatre, featuring George Grossmith and Leslie Henson.^[8]

Births

11 January – Harry Lewis, musician and composer (died 1998)
25 January – Ewan MacColl, folk singer and songwriter (died 1989)
4 February – Norman Wisdom, comedian, singer and actor (died 2010)
10 March – Charles Groves, conductor (died 1992)
19 March – Nancy Evans, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2000)^[9]
25 March – Dorothy Squires, singer (died 1998)
29 March – George Chisholm, jazz trombonist and comedian (died 1997)
26 August – Humphrey Searle, composer (died 1982)
28 November – Pamela Harrison, pianist and composer (died 1990)

Deaths

15 January – Florence Everilda Goodeve, composer and lyricist, 53^[10]
4 June – William Denis Browne, pianist, organist and composer, 26 (killed in action)^[11]
6 June – William Hayman Cummings, tenor, organist and composer, 83^[12]
10 December – David Jenkins, composer, 66

References

^ Heseltine, Philip (March 1915). "Some Notes on Delius and His Music". The Musical Times. 56 (865): 137–42. doi:10.2307/909510. JSTOR 909510. (subscription required)
^ Spicer, Paul (1998). Herbert Howells. Bridgend: Seren. p. 44. ISBN 1-85411-233-3.
^ "Unofficial history of Welsh Guards band". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
^ Peter Gammond (1971), Your Own, Your Very Own!: A Music Hall Scrapbook. London: Ian Allan
^ Kate Kennedy (29 January 2014). "World War One and Classical Music". British Library. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ McVeagh, Diana, "Elgar, Edward". Grove Music Online. Accessed 20 April 2010 (subscription required)
^ Liner notes to Hyperion Records, Russell Boughton, The Immortal Hour
^ ^a ^b "London Musicals 1915–1919" (PDF). Over The Footlights. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^
Daily Telegraph, "Nancy Evans", 24 August 2000
- Kennedy, Michael and Bourne, Joyce (eds.), "Evans, Nancy", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-920383-3
^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ Davies, Rhian (2004). "Browne, William Charles Denis (1888–1915)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56650. Retrieved 2007-11-09. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ The Times, Monday, Jun 07, 1915; Issue 40874; pg. 12; col F — Death Of Dr. Cummings. Singer, Conductor, And Composer

[1] Heseltine, Philip (March 1915). "Some Notes on Delius and His Music". The Musical Times. 56 (865): 137–42. doi:10.2307/909510. JSTOR 909510. (subscription required)

[2] Spicer, Paul (1998). Herbert Howells. Bridgend: Seren. p. 44. ISBN 1-85411-233-3.

[3] "Unofficial history of Welsh Guards band". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.

[4] Peter Gammond (1971), Your Own, Your Very Own!: A Music Hall Scrapbook. London: Ian Allan

[5] Kate Kennedy (29 January 2014). "World War One and Classical Music". British Library. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[6] McVeagh, Diana, "Elgar, Edward". Grove Music Online. Accessed 20 April 2010 (subscription required)

[7] Liner notes to Hyperion Records, Russell Boughton, The Immortal Hour

[footlights-8] "London Musicals 1915–1919" (PDF). Over The Footlights. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[9] Daily Telegraph, "Nancy Evans", 24 August 2000
Kennedy, Michael and Bourne, Joyce (eds.), "Evans, Nancy", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-920383-3

[10] Kennedy, Michael and Bourne, Joyce (eds.), "Evans, Nancy", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-920383-3

[10] Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 14 December 2010.

[11] Davies, Rhian (2004). "Browne, William Charles Denis (1888–1915)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56650. Retrieved 2007-11-09. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] The Times, Monday, Jun 07, 1915; Issue 40874; pg. 12; col F — Death Of Dr. Cummings. Singer, Conductor, And Composer

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1915 in British music

Contents

Events

Popular music

Classical music: new works

Opera

Musical theatre

Births

Deaths

See also

References