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Overview of the events of 1912 in British music
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This is a summary of 1912 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
Popular music
Recordings
Classical music
Opera
Musical theatre
Births
- 27 March – Robert Hughes, composer (died 2007)
- 22 April – Kathleen Ferrier, contralto (died 1953)
- 18 June – Melville Cook, organist, conductor, composer and teacher (died 1993)
- 30 June – Polly Ward, singer and actress (died 1987)
- 22 November – Chick Henderson, singer (died 1944)
- 7 December – Daniel Jones, composer (died 1993)
- 30 December (in Canada) – Rosina Lawrence, actress, singer and dancer (died 1997)
- date unknown – Tommy Potts, fiddle player and composer (died 1988)
Deaths
- 30 January – Florence St. John, singer and actress, 56
- 1 March – George Grossmith, comic singer in operetta, 64[6]
- 15 April (drowned in the sinking of RMS Titanic):
- 14 August – Marion Hood, singer, 58[7]
- 1 September – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer, 37 (pneumonia)[8]
- 1 October – Frances Allitsen, composer, 63[9]
- 19 October – Richard Temple, opera singer, 66
See also
References
- ^ "Birmingham Musical Festival". Arts and Humanities Research Council. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ Barker, Duncan J. "Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell", Grove Music Online (requires subscription), accessed 27 September 2009
- ^ Lauder, Harry. "Roamin' In The Gloamin'" (sheet music). New York: T.B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter (1911).
- ^ "List of Works – Q to S". The John Ireland Trust. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ Platt L. (2004) The Decline of West End Musical Comedy, 1912–1939. In: Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890–1939. Palgrave Macmillan, London
- ^ Blackett-Ord, Carol. "George Grossmith (1847–1912), Entertainer and author", National Portrait Gallery, accessed 28 September 2019
- ^ Peter Gammond; Oxford University Press (1991). The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-19-311323-7.
- ^ "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor", BBC Music.
- ^ "The Lord is My Light" (1897) Boosey & Company, London
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