1922 in British music

This is a summary of 1922 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

• February – The British National Opera Company gives its first performance, at Bradford. ^[1]
• April – While appearing in The Cosmopolitan Girl at the Gateshead Empire, Cardiff, Marie Lloyd collapses in her dressing room. ^[2]
• October – The Leeds Festival takes place, with King George V of the United Kingdom as patron. ^[3]
• 11 October – Leila Megàne and Sir Edward Elgar make the first complete recording of Sea Pictures , with the composer himself conducting. ^[4]
• 11 October – Composer Walford Davies is knighted in prime minister David Lloyd George's resignation honours. ^[5]
• date unknown
  • 21-year-old violinist Paul Beard becomes leader of the City of Birmingham Orchestra. ^[6]
  • Conductor Landon Ronald is knighted.

Popular music

• "March With Me!" w. Douglas Furber m. Ivor Novello
• "The Laughing Policeman" w. Billie Grey, m. George W. Johnson ^[7]

Classical music: new works

• Arnold Bax – The Happy Forest (orchestral version)
• Arthur Bliss – A Colour Symphony ^[8]
• Eric Coates – Joyous Youth, orchestral suite
• Edward German – The Willow Song ^[9]
• Hamilton Harty – Piano Concerto
• William Walton – Façade (subsequently revised)
• Peter Warlock – The Curlew , song cycle based on works by W. B. Yeats ^[10]

Musical theatre

• 18 May – Whirled into Happiness , with music by Robert Stolz, and book and lyrics by Harry Graham, opens at the Lyric Theatre where it would run for 246 performances, closing on 16 December of the same year. ^[11] It stars Billy Merson.

Births

• 3 January – Ronald Smith, pianist, composer and teacher (died 2004)
• 7 January – Eric Jupp, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2003)
• 16 February – Sir Geraint Evans, operatic baritone (died 1992) ^[12]
• February 23 – Johnny Franz, English record producer (died 1977) ^[13]
• 1 March – Michael Flanders, actor and songwriter (died 1975) ^[14]
• 9 April – Arthur Tolcher, harmonica player (died 1987)
• 6 June – Iain Hamilton, composer (died 2000) ^[15]
• 15 June – John Veale, English composer and educator (died 2006) ^[16]
• 11 August – Ron Grainer, television composer (died 1981)
• 31 August – John Hanson, singer and actor (died 1998)
• 18 September – Ray Steadman-Allen, composer for Salvation Army bands (died 2014) ^[17]
• 16 October – Max Bygraves, singer and entertainer (died 2012) ^[18]
• 24 November – Joan Turner, singer and comedian (died 2009)

Deaths

• 18 April – Percy Hilder Miles, composer, conductor and violinist, 43 ^{[19] [20]}
• 31 May – Rutland Barrington, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 69 ^[21]
• 24 July – George Thorne, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 66
• 18 August – Dame Genevieve Ward, soprano, 85 ^[22]
• 22 September – Sir Charles Santley, baritone, 88
• 7 October – Marie Lloyd, British music-hall singer, 52 ^[23]
• date unknown – Charles Macintosh, folk music composer and performer and mycologist, 82

See also

• 1922 in the United Kingdom

References

1. The Times, 7 February 1922, p. 8 and The Manchester Guardian, 10 February 1922, p. 4
2. Jacob, Naomi (1972). Our Marie, Marie Lloyd: A Biography. London: Chivers Press. ISBN   978-0-85594-721-7.
3. "The King as Patron". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. West Yorkshire, England. 4 February 1922. Retrieved 22 September 2015– via Genes Reunited). THE KING PATRON. His Majesty the King (George V) has consented (to) become a patron of the Leeds Musical Festival, which will take place October next. (The King's daughter) Princess Mary, (and her fiancé) Viscount Lascelles .... are also on the list of patrons, which further includes...
4. BBC Cymru Y gantores ysbrydegol: Llyfr am Leila Megane yn dwyn atgofion (Welsh language)
5. "Resignation Honours – Four New Peers – Music Knighthoods", The Times, 11 November 1922, p. 14
6. "Beard, Paul", Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, accessed 17 June 2013 (subscription required)
7. Hillandale News. B. Brott. 1976. p. 173.
8. Randel, Don Michael (2003). The Harvard dictionary of music. Harvard University Press. p.  191. ISBN   978-0-674-01163-2.
9. Scowcroft, Philip. "Edward German: Serious or Light?" MusicWeb-International, 1 December 2001
10. Gordon Bottomley, "The Curlew" and Peter Warlock, 'The Gramophone', December 1931 p.9 ff ^{[ permanent dead link ]}.
11. "Theatres", The Times, 16 December 1922, p. 10
12. Elizabeth Forbes (21 September 1992). "Obituary: Sir Geraint Evans" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
13. "Johnny Franz Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor..." AllMusic . Retrieved 2025-05-30.
14. "Flanders, Michael". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
15. Hugh Wood (3 August 2000). "Iain Hamilton". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
16. David Wright (18 January 2007). "John Veale". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
17. "Ray Steadman-Allen - obituary". The Telegraph. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
18. Harris M. Lentz III (19 April 2013). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012. McFarland. p. 47. ISBN   978-1-4766-0385-8.
19. Musical Times through Google Books. Vol. 37. 1 February 1896. p. 98. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
20. Musical Times through Google Books. 1 April 1899. pp. 239–240. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
21. Who's who in the Theatre. Pitman. 1930. p. 1399.
22. Burns Mantle; John Arthur Chapman; Garrison P. Sherwood; Louis Kronenberger (1923). The Best Plays. Dodd, Mead. p. 596.
23. "Miss Marie Lloyd", The Sunday Post, 8 October 1922, p. 1