1915 in British music

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This is a summary of 1915 in music in the United Kingdom.

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This is a summary of 1926 in music in the United Kingdom.

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This is a summary of 1924 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1923 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1920 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1914 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1916 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1919 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1911 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1910 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1907 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1906 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1905 in music in the United Kingdom.

This is a summary of 1900 in music in the United Kingdom.

References

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  2. Spicer, Paul (1998). Herbert Howells. Bridgend: Seren. p. 44. ISBN   1-85411-233-3.
  3. "Unofficial history of Welsh Guards band". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  4. Peter Gammond (1971), Your Own, Your Very Own!: A Music Hall Scrapbook. London: Ian Allan
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  6. McVeagh, Diana, "Elgar, Edward". Grove Music Online. Accessed 20 April 2010 (subscription required)
  7. Liner notes to Hyperion Records, Russell Boughton, The Immortal Hour
  8. 1 2 "London Musicals 1915–1919" (PDF). Over The Footlights. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  9. Daily Telegraph , "Nancy Evans", 24 August 2000
    • Kennedy, Michael and Bourne, Joyce (eds.), "Evans, Nancy", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN   978-0-19-920383-3
  10. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN   9780393034875 . Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  11. Davies, Rhian (2004). "Browne, William Charles Denis (1888–1915)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56650 . Retrieved 2007-11-09.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. The Times, Monday, Jun 07, 1915; Issue 40874; pg. 12; col F — Death Of Dr. Cummings. Singer, Conductor, And Composer