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This is a summary of
1911 in music
in the
United Kingdom
.
Contents
Events
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Opera
Musical theatre
Births
Deaths
See also
References
Events
24 May
–
Edward Elgar
conducts the première of his
second symphony
in front of a smaller-than-expected audience at the
Queen's Hall
, London.
[
1
]
June –
Edward Elgar
is appointed to the
Order of Merit
by King
George V
[
2
]
22 June
– At the
Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary
, Sir
Frederick Bridge
, as Director of Music, seeks to cover four hundred years of British music,
[
3
]
Works by
Thomas Tallis
,
John Merbecke
and
George Frederick Handel
are included, alongside new works by Sir
Hubert Parry
(a new orchestral introduction for his setting of
Psalm 122
, "
I was glad
" and a new setting of the
Te Deum
),
Charles Villiers Stanford
(a new setting of the
Gloria
), Elgar (
Coronation March
), organist
Walter Alcock
(a new setting of the
Sanctus
), and Bridge himself.
[
4
]
July –
Frank Bridge
completes his orchestral suite
The Sea
, during a visit to the seaside town of Eastbourne.
[
5
]
October - The
Society of Women Musicians
, co-founded by
Gertrude Eaton
,
Marion Scott
,
Katharine Eggar
, and others, holds its first meeting.
[
6
]
[
7
]
23 November
–
Elgar
's Symphony no 2, again conducted by the composer, is performed by the
Hallé Orchestra
, and receives mixed reviews.
[
8
]
Popular music
Harry Lauder
- "
Roamin' In The Gloamin'
"
Billy Merson
"The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind"
"
The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
"
[
9
]
Classical music: new works
George Butterworth
–
Two English Idylls
[
10
]
Eric Coates
–
Miniature Suite
[
11
]
Frederick Delius
A Song of the High Hills
[
12
]
Summer Night on the River
Gustav Holst
– Second Suite in F, for military band
Roger Quilter
–
Where the Rainbow Ends
(incidental music for the play)
[
13
]
Ethel Smyth
–
The March of the Women
Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 124
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 126
Opera
The Count of Luxembourg
, based on the music of
Franz Lehár
's German operetta
Der Graf von Luxemburg
(1909), with English lyrics and libretto by
Basil Hood
and
Adrian Ross
.
[
14
]
Musical theatre
4 March
–
Peggy
, with music by
Leslie Stuart
, book by
George Grossmith, Jr.
, and lyrics by
C. H. Bovill
, starring
Edmund Payne
,
Phyllis Dare
and
Gabrielle Ray
, opens at the
Gaiety Theatre, London
, where it will run for 270 performances.
[
15
]
Births
24 January
Evelyn Barbirolli
, oboist (died 2008)
Muir Mathieson
, conductor and composer (died 1975)
9 June
–
Frederick May
, Irish composer (died 1985)
27 August
–
Kay Walsh
, dancer and actress (d. 2005)
25 December
–
Eric Gilder
, musicologist (died 2000)
27 December
–
Anna Russell
, singer and comedian (died 2006)
28 December
–
Max Jaffa
, violinist and bandleader (died
1991
)
date unknown
-
Gladys Midgley
(née Vernon), pianist and singer (died 2005)
[
16
]
Deaths
4 May
–
Ronald Richardson Potter
, organist and composer, 31
29 May
–
W. S. Gilbert
, lyricist (
Savoy operas
), 74
13 June
–
Patrick Heeney
, Irish composer, 29
[
17
]
29 August
–
Hildegard Werner
, Swedish-born musical conductor, 77
13 October
–
Harry Rickards
, English-born baritone, comedian and theatre owner, 67 (apoplexy)
[
18
]
See also
1919 in the United Kingdom
References
↑
"Elgar's New Symphony",
The Times
, 25 May 1911, p. 10
↑
Supplement
,
The London Gazette
, no. 2769, p. 4448, 19 June 1911. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
↑
Richards, p. 104
↑
Range, Matthias (2012).
Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations: From James I to Elizabeth II
. Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
978-1-107-02344-4
.
↑
John Terauds.
"Introducing: The Sea, a suite for orchestra by Frank Bridge"
.
Musical Toronto
. Retrieved
17 January
2018
.
↑
Sophie Fuller. "Society of Women Musicians", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed March 12, 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
↑
Linda L. Clark (17 April 2008).
Women and Achievement in Nineteenth-Century Europe
. Cambridge University Press. pp.
112–.
ISBN
978-0-521-65098-4
.
↑
"Elgar's Second Symphony in America",
The Times
, 3 January 1912, p. 7.
↑
Edwin M. Bradley (1 January 2004).
The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932
. McFarland. pp.
11–.
ISBN
978-0-7864-2029-2
.
↑
Nicole V. Gagné (2012).
Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music
. Scarecrow Press. p.
51.
ISBN
978-0-8108-6765-9
.
↑
Naomi Musiker; Reuben Musiker (25 February 2014).
Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook
. Routledge. p.
70.
ISBN
978-1-135-91770-8
.
↑
Barrie Jones (3 June 2014).
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music
. Routledge. p.
165.
ISBN
978-1-135-95018-7
.
↑
British Library. Department of Manuscripts (1993).
Descriptions: Additional manuscripts 68,892-70,637; Egerton manuscripts 3,813-3,867; Additional charters and rolls 76,609-76,772, 76,792-76,836; Egerton charters and rolls 8,853-8,858; Detached seals and casts CCVI.1-9
. British Library.
ISBN
978-0-7123-0325-5
.
↑
"The King and Queen at Daly's Theatre",
The Count of Luxembourg
,
The Times
, 22 May 1911, p. 10
↑
Culme, John.
"Footlight Notes, no. 277"
Archived
2011-09-28 at the
Wayback Machine
. 4 January 2002, accessed 11 August 2010
↑
D. Brook, Singers of Today (Revised Edition - Rockliff, London 1958), pages 140-144.
↑
O'Brien, Jason (26 Apr 2011).
"Singing praises of 'forgotten patriot' who wrote anthem"
.
independent.ie
. Dublin
. Retrieved
3 Oct
2021
.
↑
Rutledge, Martha (1988).
"Rickards, Harry (1843–1911)"
.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
. National Centre of Biography,
Australian National University
.
ISBN
978-0-522-84459-7
.
ISSN
1833-7538
.
OCLC
70677943
. Retrieved
28 August
2014
.
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