1907 in British music
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This is a summary of 1907 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 21 February – Frederick Delius's new opera, A Village Romeo and Juliet is premièred at the Komische Oper Berlin, under the title Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe.[1]
- date unknown
- John Ansell is appointed musical director at the Playhouse Theatre.[2]
- George Dyson returns to Britain after a period in continental Europe and is appointed director of music at the Royal Naval College, Osborne.[3]
Popular music
- "Follow the Colours" by Edward Elgar & Captain William de Courcy Stretton[4]
- "I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside" by John A. Glover-Kind[5]
Classical music: new works
- York Bowen – Piano Concerto No. 3 "Fantasia" Op. 23
- Havergal Brian – English Suite
- Dora Bright – The Dryad (ballet)[6]
- Frederick Delius – Songs of Sunset; Brigg Fair
- George Dyson – Siena (lost)
- Gustav Holst – A Somerset Rhapsody[7]
- Charles Villiers Stanford – Stabat Mater
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – In the Fen Country (revised)[8]
Opera
- Frederick Delius – A Village Romeo and Juliet (see Events)
- Edward German – Tom Jones[9]
Musical theatre
- 31 January – Miss Hook of Holland, with music and lyrics by Paul Rubens, and book by Austen Hurgon and Rubens, opens at the Prince of Wales Theatre; it runs for 462 performances.[10]
- 11 September – The Gay Gordons, with a book by Seymour Hicks, music by Guy Jones and lyrics by Arthur Wimperis, C. H. Bovill, Henry Hamilton and P. G. Wodehouse, opens at the Aldwych Theatre.[11]
Publications
- J. R. Sterndale – The Life of William Sterndale Bennett. Cambridge University Press.[12]
Ernest Walker – A History of Music in England. Forgotten Books. ISBN 1334045305.
Births
- 26 February – Harry Gold, jazz saxophonist and bandleader (died 2005)
- 3 March – Joy Finzi, wife of Gerald Finzi and founder of the Finzi Trust (died 1991)
- 12 April – Imogen Holst, conductor and composer and only child of Gustav Holst (died 1984)
- 18 May – Clifford Curzon, pianist (died 1982)
- 28 May – Reginald Foresythe, jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (died 1958)
- 15 August – Bob Pearson, singer and pianist with his brother Alf as half of Bob and Alf Pearson (died 1985)
- 12 December – Roy Douglas, composer, pianist and arranger (died 2015)
- date unknown – Charles Turner, composer and Second World War spy (died 1977)
Deaths
- 28 February – Rosina Brandram, operatic contralto and actress (D'Oyly Carte), 61 (heart failure)[13]
- 29 October - Megan Watts Hughes, singer, songwriter and discoverer of "Voice-Figures", 65
See also
References
- ^ Ashbrook, William (1991). "A Village Romeo and Juliet. Frederick Delius". Opera Quarterly. Oxford University Press. 8 (4): 129–31. doi:10.1093/oq/8.4.129 – via Oxford Journals Online.
- ^ Gammond, Peter (1991). The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 17. ISBN 0-19-311323-6.
- ^ Foreman, Lewis. "Dyson, Sir George", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 November 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ Kennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0-19-315414-5
- ^ "© I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside, English Music Hall Song, MIDI and Lyrics". Eastbournecousins.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Lucas, John (2008). Thomas Beecham: An Obsession With Music. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-84383-402-1.
- ^ "About this Recording". Naxos. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Evans, Edwin (1920). "Ralph Vaughan Williams (Contd.)" (PDF). Modern British Composers. The Musical Times. 61 (927): 302–305. doi:10.2307/909930. ISSN 2397-5318.
- ^ "Recordings of Tom Jones". The Edward German discography. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Cannon, John. "Isabel Jay", Gilbert and Sullivan News, The Gilbert and Sullivan Society (London), Vol. V, No. 10, Spring 2016, pp. 14–17
- ^ The Gay Gordons in The Play Pictorial, No. 63, Vol. 10, October 1907
- ^ Bennett, J R Sterndale (1907). The Life of William Sterndale Bennett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 63021710.
- ^ The Times, 6 February 1907, p. 10