1929 in British music
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This is a summary of 1929 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 22 January – Gordon Jacob's First String Quartet is premiered by the Spencer Dyke Quartet in London.
- 13 June – Eugene Goosens conducts the UK premieres of Igor Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, with the composer as soloist, and of Ottorino Respighi's Feste Romane, at the Queen's Hall, London.
- 27 June – First London performances of two ballets by Igor Stravinsky, Apollon musagète and Le Baiser de la fée, conducted by the composer at the Kingsway Hall and broadcast on the wireless.
Popular music
- "Dear Little Cafe" w.m. Noël Coward
Classical music: new works
- Arnold Bax – Symphony No. 3
- Benjamin Britten – Rhapsody for String Quartet[1]
- Frederick Delius – Cynara[2]
Opera
Musical theatre
- 12 July - Bitter Sweet, by Noël Coward, opens at His Majesty's Theatre.
Births
- 5 January - Norman Kay, composer (died 2001)[3]
- 28 January - Acker Bilk, jazz clarinetist and band leader (died 2014)
- 14 February - Wyn Morris, conductor
- 5 April – Joe Meek, record producer (died 1967)
- 2 August - Roy Crimmins, trombonist and composer
- 11 August - Alun Hoddinott, composer (died 2008)
- 11 December - Kenneth MacMillan, ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1992)
Deaths
- 12 February - Lillie Langtry, singer and actress, 75
- 22 August – Lucy Broadwood, folk song collector and researcher, 71
- 7 September - Frederic Weatherly, songwriter, 80
References
- ↑ "IRCAM Database Page for Britten Rhapsody". Retrieved January 6, 2009.
- ↑ Beecham, Thomas (1975). Frederick Delius. Sutton, Surrey: Severn House. pp. p. 203. ISBN 0-7278-0099-X.
- ↑ "Norman Kay obituary". The Guardian. 30 May 2001. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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