Classical music: new works
Film and Incidental music
Musical films
- Be Careful, Mr Smith, starring Bobbie Comber
- Brewster's Millions, directed by Thornton Freeland, starring Jack Buchanan and Lili Damita
- Come Out of the Pantry, directed by Jack Raymond, starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray and James Carew[13]
- The Divine Spark, directed by Carmine Gallone, starring Marta Eggerth and Philip Holmes[14]
- Heart's Desire, directed by Paul L. Stein, starring Richard Tauber and Leonora Corbett
- In Town Tonight, directed by Herbert Smith, starring Jack Barty and Stanley Holloway[15]
- Music Hath Charms, directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Henry Hall and Carol Goodner[16]
- Radio Pirates, directed by Ivar Campbell, starring Leslie French and Mary Lawson
- Variety, directed by Adrian Brunel, starring George Carney and Barry Livesey
Births
- 5 February – Alex Harvey, Scottish rock singer (died 1982)
- 27 February – Alberto Remedios, operatic tenor (died 2016)[17]
- 4 March – Nancy Whiskey, née Wilson, Scottish folk singer (died 2003)
- 29 March
- 5 April – Peter Grant, music manager (Led Zeppelin) (died 1995)
- 10 April – Tony Zemaitis, guitar maker (died 2002)
- 19 April – Dudley Moore, comedy writer-performer, composer and jazz pianist (died 2002)
- 27 May – Mal Evans, roadie (The Beatles) (killed 1976)[18]
- 28 May – Richard Van Allen, operatic bass (died 2008)
- 5 July – Shirley Collins, folk singer
- 12 July – Barry Mason, songwriter (died 2021)[19]
- 24 July – Les Reed, songwriter and light orchestra leader (died 2019)
- 15 August – Jim Dale, actor and singer-songwriter
- 16 September – Robin Field, composer
- 1 October – Julie Andrews, née Wells, musical performer
- 17 October – Michael Eavis, music promoter (Glastonbury Festival) and dairy farmer
- 20 October – Roy Bailey, folk singer (died 2018)
- 21 October – Derek Bell, Northern Ireland-born harpist and composer (died 2002)[20]
- 4 November – Elgar Howarth, conductor and composer (died 2025)
- 5 November – Nicholas Maw, composer (died 2009)[21]
- 23 December – Johnny Kidd, singer (died 1966)
Deaths
- 3 March – Caradog Roberts, composer, 56
- 17 March – Mary Grant Carmichael, pianist and composer, 83[22]
- 17 April – Templar Saxe, actor and singer, 69[23]
- 28 April – Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer, 87[24]
- 3 May – Charles Manners, operatic bass and opera manager, 77
- 19 July – Philip Napier Miles, philanthropist, music patron and composer, 70
- 2 September – Isidore de Lara, singer and composer, 77
- 27 September – Alan Gray, organist and composer, 79[25]
- 6 October – Frederic Hymen Cowen, pianist, conductor and composer, 83
References
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- Christiansen, Rupert (8 September 2003). "The glory of 'Klever Kaff'". The Daily Telegraph.
- BFI Screenonline: Sanders of the River. Accessed 10 September 2014
- Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929–1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
- Cole, Hugo and Andrew Burn. "Bliss, Sir Arthur." Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 21 March 2011 (subscription required)
- Ottaway, Hugh. "Walton's First Symphony: The Composition of the Finale" The Musical Times, Vol. 113, No. 1549 (March 1972), pp. 254–257.
- Miguel Mera; Ronald Sadoff; Ben Winters (25 May 2017). The Routledge Companion to Screen Music and Sound. Taylor & Francis. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-317-39898-1.
- Charles H. Parsons (1 June 1990). A Benjamin Britten discography. E. Mellen Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-88946-486-5.
- Brian McFarlane (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. p. 467. ISBN 978-1-5261-1197-5.
- John T. Soister (1 January 2002). Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1289-1.
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- Ian Conrich (14 July 2006). Film's Musical Moments. Edinburgh University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7486-2727-1.
- Melissa U. D. Goldsmith; Paige A. Willson; Anthony J. Fonseca (7 October 2016). The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 358. ISBN 978-1-4422-6987-3.
- Corey K Creekmur (11 January 2013). International Film Musical. Edinburgh University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7486-5430-7.
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- "Alberto Remedios, tenor – obituary". The Telegraph. 14 June 2016. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- Womack, Kenneth (2014). "Evans, Mal (1935–1976)". The Beatles Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-313-39172-9.
- White, Mark (1983). "You Must Remember This--": Popular Songwriters, 1900–1980. F. Warne. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-7232-3177-6.
- The American Harp Journal. American Harp Society. 2001. p. 44.
- Allan Kozinn (19 May 2009). "Nicholas Maw, British Composer, Is Dead at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- Fuller, Sophie (1994). The Pandora guide to women composers: Britain and the United States.
- Evelyn Mack Truitt, Who Was Who on Screen, 3rd Edition c.1983
- The Times obituary, 29 April 1935, p. 16
- "Alan Gray". Cyber Hymnal. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2009-01-23.