1931 in British music

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This is a summary of 1931 in music in the United Kingdom.

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Events

Classical music: new works

Opera

Film and Incidental music

Musical theatre

Musical films

Births

Deaths

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References

  1. The Opera Quarterly. University of North Carolina Press. 1995. p. 7.
  2. Anon., "Contemporary Music: Festival in England This Year", The Times, issue 45735 (Saturday, 31 January 1931): 10C.
  3. Holst, Imogen (1981). The Great Composers: Holst (second ed.). London: Faber and Faber. ISBN   0-571-09967-X., p. 80
  4. Mann, William. Note in booklet with 2007 Lyrita CD SRCD 238, 2007, originally written for 1979 Lyrita LP issue.
  5. Dunhill, Stanford, Bantock Violin Sonatas [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- May 2001 MusicWeb(UK)
  6. Morley, Sheridan. A Talent to Amuse: A Biography of Noël Coward, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1969, pp. 200–214, 223
  7. "David Whitaker". dailytelegraph.co.uk. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  8. Gerald Norris (1981). A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 210. ISBN   978-0-7153-7845-8.
  9. The Bulletin. J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald. September 1992. p. 101.
  10. Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... A. & C. Black. 1929. p. 1322.
  11. Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 67. ISBN   978-0-7201-2330-2.
  12. John Parker (1967). Who's who in the Theatre. Pitman. p. 1596.