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This is a summary of 1930 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 8 February – Singer Sam Browne makes his first recording with Bert Ambrose's band on Decca.[1]
- 5 April – 25-year-old Michael Tippett gives a concert at Oxted consisting entirely of his own works—a Concerto in D for flutes, oboe, horns and strings; settings for tenor of poems by Fry; Psalm in C for chorus and orchestra, again with a text by Fry; piano variations on the song "Jockey to the Fair"; and a string quartet.[2]
- 7 June - The Daily Herald reports that Jack Hylton and his band sold nearly four million records in the previous year.[3]
- 29 September – Roy Fox gives his first London performance.
- 22 October – The London-based BBC Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert in Queen's Hall, conducted by Adrian Boult.[4]
- date unknown
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Musical films
Births
- 5 January – Saxa, Jamaican-born British saxophonist (died 2017)
- 17 February – Frank Wappat, singer and radio host (died 2014)
- 5 March – Isla Cameron, actress and folk singer (died 1980)
- 10 March – Jimmie Macgregor, folk singer
- 28 March – Elizabeth Bainbridge, operatic soprano
- 17 April – Chris Barber, jazz trombonist (died 2021)
- 4 May – Bill Eyden, jazz drummer (died 2004)
- 8 May – Heather Harper, operatic soprano (died 2019)
- 22 May – Kenny Ball, jazz trumpeter and bandleader (died 2013)
- 28 May – Julian Slade, composer (died 2006)
- 30 May – Gordon Langford, composer and arranger (died 2017)[12]
- 1 June – Edward Woodward, actor and singer (died 2009)
- 10 July – Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano
- 20 July – Sally Ann Howes, actress and singer
- 27 July – Andy White, Scottish drummer (died 2015)
- 1 August – Lionel Bart, composer and lyricist (died 1999)
- 13 August – Bernard Manning, comedian and singer (died 2007)
- 12 October – Cyril Tawney, singer-songwriter (died 2005)
- 1 November – John Scott, conductor and composer
- 2 November – Peter Hope (also known as William Gardner), composer and arranger[13]
- 1 December – Matt Monro, singer (died 1985)
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ Sam Browne Discography, by Barry Wolsey (2nd ed. 2004)
- ^ *Bowen, Meirion (1983). Michael Tippett. London: Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-099-2., pp. 19–20
- ^ Deborah Mawer, "'Parisomania'? Jack Hylton and the French Connection," Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 133 No. 2 (2008): 271.
- ^ *Kennedy, Michael (1989). Adrian Boult. London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-333-48752-4., pp. 144-45
- ^ "Gerald Walcan Bright". Oxford DNB.
- ^ Olechnowicz, Andrzej (1997). 'Working-class Housing in England Between the Wars: The Becontree Estate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-19-820650-X.
- ^ Short, Michael (1990). Gustav Holst: The Man and his Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-314154-X.
- ^ "Birds of Prey". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ ReadingProgrammes 1927–1933
- ^ Stock Photography image of Nippy , Music sheet cover for the 1930 music stock photo
- ^ BFI Database entry
- ^ "Gordon Langford (11 May 1930 – 18 April 2017) - Rhinegold". Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Brian Kay's Light Programme". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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