1924 in British music
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This is a summary of 1924 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 13 May â Edward Elgar is appointed Master of the King's Musick in succession to Sir Walter Parratt.[1]
- date unknown
- Richard Runciman Terry resigns as organist of Westminster Cathedral because of criticism of his choice of music, "erratic behaviour" and "neglect of duty".[2]
- The London Labour Choral Union is launched by Rutland Boughton.[3]
Popular music
- "The Bristol Pageant", w. Frederic Weatherly, m. Hubert Hunt
- "There's Life In The Old Girl Yet" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Will You Forgive?", m. Albert Ketèlbey
Classical music: new works
- Gustav Holst â Choral Symphony (premiered in 1925)
- William Walton â Bucolic Comedies (lost), with words by Edith Sitwell
- Arthur Wood â My Native Heath (orchestral suite, including the maypole dance "Barwick Green", now famous as the theme to The Archers)[4]
Opera
- Ralph Vaughan Williams â Hugh the Drover, with libretto by Harold Child[5]
Musical theatre
- Primrose, written for the London stage by Guy Bolton and George Grossmith Jr., with lyrics by Desmond Carter and Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin.[6]
- Puppets, revue with music by Ivor Novello and others, starring Binnie Hale and Stanley Lupino[7]
Births
- 8 January â Ron Moody, actor, singer and composer (died 2015)[8]
- 21 January â Benny Hill, comedian, actor and singer (died 1992)
- 9 February â George Guest, organist and choirmaster of St John's College, Cambridge (died 2002)
- 27 February â Trevor Duncan, composer (died 2005)
- 8 March â Alan Dell, BBC radio DJ (died 1995)
- 15 April â Sir Neville Marriner, conductor and violinist (died 2016)[9]
- 18 April â Buxton Orr, composer (died 1997)
- 6 May â Denny Wright, jazz guitarist (died 1992)[citation needed]
- 19 May â Sandy Wilson, composer of The Boyfriend (died 2014)
- 20 May â Syd Dale, composer and arranger of big band, easy listening and library music (died 1994)
- 1 June â John Tooley, opera director and manager (died 2020)
- 16 July â Johnny Brandon, singer-songwriter (died 2017)[10]
- 19 September â Ernest Tomlinson, light music composer (died 2015)
Deaths
- 2 January â Sabine Baring-Gould, hymn-writer and collector of folk songs, 89[11]
- 15 February â Lionel Monckton, composer, 62[12]
- 18 March â Frederick Bridge, organist and composer, 79[13]
- 27 March â Sir Walter Parratt, composer, Master of the King's Musick, 83[14]
- 29 March â Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, 71[15]
- 5 April â Rosalind Ellicott, composer, 66 [16]
- 23 June â Cecil Sharp, folk song and dance revivalist, 64[17]
- 6 August â John Roberts (Pencerdd Gwynedd), organist and composer, 76[18]
- 26 November â Rose Hersee, operatic soprano, 78[19]