1937 in British music

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This is a summary of 1937 in music in the United Kingdom.

Video 1937 in British music

Events

• 24 January - Ernest John Moeran completes the revised version of his Symphony in G minor, dedicated to conductor Hamilton Harty.
• May - The composer Benjamin Britten begins friendship with the tenor Peter Pears.
• 6 March - Benjamin Britten and his partner Peter Pears meet for the first time, in London.
• 12 May - William Walton's ceremonial march, "Crown Imperial", originally written for his predecessor, King Edward VIII, is performed for the first time at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
• 27 August - Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge is performed at the Salzburg Festival, conducted by Boyd Neel.
• 20 December - The Gaumont State Cinema opens in London, with Sidney Torch as organist.
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  • Kathleen Ferrier wins the piano and vocal competitions at the Carlisle Festival, and is awarded a special rose bowl as champion of the festival.
  • George Lloyd marries Nancy Juvet. Lloyd suffered from PTSD and later acknowledged that he could not have recovered without Nancy's care.
  • Ukrainian-born pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch takes up British citizenship.

Maps 1937 in British music

Popular music

• "Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
• "Harbour Lights" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Hugh Williams
• "Home Town" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
• "The Lambeth Walk" w. Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose m. Noel Gay
• "Leaning On A Lamp Post" w.m. Noel Gay
• "Me And My Girl" w.m. Noel Gay & Douglas Furber

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Classical music: new works

• Arthur Bliss - Checkmate (ballet)
• Rutland Boughton - Symphony No. 3 in B minor
• Frank Bridge  String Quartet No. 4
• Benjamin Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
• George Dyson - Symphony in G major
• John Ireland - These Things Shall Be
• Edmund Rubbra - Symphony No. 1
• Ralph Vaughan Williams - Job: A Masque for Dancing (ballet)
• Percy Whitlock - Wessex Suite

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Film and Incidental music

• Richard Addinsell - Fire Over England, starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
• Ernest Irving - Feather Your Nest, starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor.

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Musical theatre

• 5 February - On Your Toes London production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 123 performances
• 29 March - Swing is in the Air London revue opened at the Palladium
• 16 December - Me and My Girl (Noel Gay) - London production opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre and ran for 1646 performances.

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Musical films

• Big Fella, directed by J. Elder Wills, starring Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch
• Calling All Stars, directed by Herbert Smith, starring Carroll Gibbons and Evelyn Dall
• Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews and Alastair Sim
• Head Over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews
• Mayfair Melody, directed by Arthur B. Woods, starring Keith Falkner and Chili Bouchier
• The Show Goes On, starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart.
• Song of the Forge, starring Stanley Holloway.
• The Street Singer, starring Arthur Tracy, Margaret Lockwood and Arthur Riscoe
• Take My Tip, directed by Herbert Mason, starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge

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Births

• 8 January - Shirley Bassey, singer
• 22 January - Ryan Davies, comedian, singer and songwriter (died 1977)
• 27 January - John Ogdon, pianist (died 1989)
• 28 April - Jean Redpath, folk singer (died 2014)
• 5 May - Delia Derbyshire, musician and composer of electronic music (died 2001)
• 12 July - Guy Woolfenden, conductor and composer
• 27 July - Anna Dawson, actress and singer
• 19 November - Geoff Goddard, songwriter, singer and instrumentalist (died 2000)
• 30 November - Frank Ifield, British-born Australian singer
• 1 December
  • Gordon Crosse, composer
  • David Measham, violinist and conductor (died 2005)
• 12 December - Philip Ledger, composer and teacher (died 2012)
• 31 December - Anthony Hopkins, actor and composer

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Deaths

• 22 January - Walter Willson Cobbett, businessman and amateur violinist, editor/author of Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music, 89
• 10 April - Algernon Ashton, pianist and composer, 77
• 1 May - Herbert Hughes, composer, music critic and collector of folk songs, 54
• 2 May - Sir Arthur Somervell, composer, 73
• 23 July - Charles Henry Mills, composer and music teacher (b. 1873)
• 25 November - Lilian Baylis, founder of Sadler's Wells ballet company, 63 (heart attack)
• 26 December
  • Dan Beddoe, tenor, 74
  • Ivor Gurney, composer and poet, 47 (tuberculosis)

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See also

• 1937 in British television
• 1937 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1937

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia