This is a summary of 1910 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 22 February – Frederick Delius's latest opera, A Village Romeo and Juliet is premièred at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Thomas Beecham conducting.[1]
- 6 April – A Somerset Rhapsody by Gustav Holst is performed for the first time at Queen's Hall, London by the New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Edward Mason.[2]
- 30 August – In the Faëry Hills, an early tone poem by Arnold Bax, is performed for the first time at the Henry Wood Proms at Queen’s Hall.[3]
- 6 September – Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts the first performance of his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis in Gloucester Cathedral.[4]
- 20 September – The Veil, an oratorio by Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, is performed for the first time at the Cardiff Festival.[5]
- 12 October – The first performance of Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) by Vaughan Williams takes place at the Leeds Festival, conducted by the composer.[6]
- 10 November – Fritz Kreisler is the soloist and Edward Elgar the conductor at the première of his Violin Concerto in B Minor, in London.[7]
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Opera
Musical theatre
Births
- 10 February – Joyce Grenfell, actress, comedian and singer-songwriter (died 1979)[13]
- 15 February – Stanley Vann, composer, conductor and choirmaster (died 2010)
- 10 June – Robert Still, composer of tonal music[14] (died 1971)
- 15 June – Alf Pearson, singer and variety performer with his brother as half of Bob and Alf Pearson (died 2012)
- 17 June – Sam Costa, crooner, radio actor and disc jockey (died 1981)
- 22 June – Peter Pears, tenor (died 1986)[15]
- 15 July – Ronald Binge, composer of light music (died 1973)[16]
- 16 October – William Reed, composer (died 2002)
- 1 December – Alicia Markova, ballerina (died 2004)[17]
- date unknown – Val Rosing, dance band singer, later an opera singer under the name Gilbert Russell (died 1969)[18]
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ Redwood, Christopher (July–October 1975). "Delius and Strindberg". Music & Letters. 56 (3/4): 364–370. doi:10.1093/ml/LVI.3-4.364.
- ^ a b Nicolas Slonimsky. Music Since 1900, 5th ed. (1994), p. 102
- ^ 'Promenade Concerts', The Times, 31 August 1910, p. 9
- ^ Vaughan Williams, R. "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis", Serenissima Music, 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2026
- ^ The Veil, score at IMSLP
- ^ 'Leeds Musical Festival', The Times, 14 October 1910, p. 10
- ^ Reed, W.H. (1946). Elgar. London: Dent. OCLC 8858707. Page 103
- ^ Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History. Pen and Sword. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-78383-118-0.
- ^ Axel Klein (2001). Irish Classical Recordings: A Discography of Irish Art Music. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-313-31742-2.
- ^ Frank Hoffmann (12 November 2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. pp. 2488–. ISBN 1-135-94949-2.
- ^ The Times, 10 March 1910, p. 10; and 23 April 1910, p 14.
- ^ "The Balkan Princess". The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Grenfell, Joyce (1976). Joyce Grenfell requests the pleasure (autobiography). Macmillan. p. 13.
- ^ Robert Still website. 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Peter Pears", The Times, 4 April 1986, p. 14
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 42. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
- ^ "Dame Alicia Markova". The Telegraph. 3 December 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "The Other Face Of Singer Val Rosing". NPR Music. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ GRO Register of Deaths: June 1910 1b 7 PANCRAS - Charlotte Louisa Tate aged 43
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