1949 in British music explained
This is a summary of 1949 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- February – On hearing of the death of Ernest Walker, Albert Schweitzer writes: "Now the dear, gentle, kind, distinguished Dr. Walker has left this life. Seeing him impressed me deeply each time."[1]
- 14 July – Kathleen Ferrier performs in the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's Spring Symphony in Amsterdam, with Eduard van Beinum and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, a work written specifically for her.[2]
- 5 September – Wagnerian tenor Walter Widdop makes his last appearance at The Proms, singing an aria from Lohengrin, only one day before his sudden death.
- date unknown – The Tempo Records jazz record label is founded by Colin Pomroy, Jack Clough, and R.E.G. (Ron) Davies.
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Opera
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Musical films
Births
- 4 January – Margaret Anne Marshall, Scottish soprano
- 19 January – Robert Palmer, singer (died 2003)
- 22 January – Phil Miller, English guitarist
- 6 February – Mike Batt, singer and composer
- 7 February – Alan Lancaster, bass player (Status Quo and The Party Boys)
- 16 February – Lyn Paul, English singer and actress (The New Seekers)
- 26 February – Dame Emma Kirkby, soprano
- 24 March – Nick Lowe, singer-songwriter
- 11 April – Lee Sheriden, singer with Brotherhood of Man
- 13 May – Jane Glover, conductor
- 18 May – Rick Wakeman, multi-instrumentalist and composer
- 21 May – Rosalind Plowright, operatic mezzo-soprano
- 14 June – Alan White, rock drummer (Yes) (died 2022)
- 17 June – Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Residents and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers) (died 1987)
- 24 June – John Illsley, singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Dire Straits)
- 3 July – John Verity, guitarist (Argent)
- 12 July – John Wetton, bass guitarist (King Crimson, Roxy Music)
- 15 July
- 28 July – Simon Kirke, English drummer (Bad Company and Free)
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- Lou Martin, Irish-English pianist, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)
- 28 August – Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)
- 1 October – Allan Barty, folk musician (died 2008)
- 29 October – David Paton, guitarist, singer and songwriter
- 2 November – Frankie Miller, rock singer-songwriter
- 23 November – Sandra Stevens, singer with Brotherhood of Man
- 26 November – Martin Lee, singer with Brotherhood of Man
- 3 December – Nicky Stevens, singer with Brotherhood of Man
- 5 December – John Altman, film composer, arranger and conductor
- 8 December – Ray Shulman, violinist, guitarist, and producer
- 17 December – Paul Rodgers, rock vocalist
- 22 December – Robin Gibb (died 2012) and Maurice Gibb (died 2003) (Bee Gees
- date unknown – Eleanor Alberga, composer
Deaths
- 11 January – Edward Goll, Bohemian-born pianist, 64
- 15 January – Robert Evett, singer, actor, theatre manager and producer, 74
- 21 February – Ernest Walker, composer, pianist, organist, teacher and writer on music, 78
- 3 April – Basil Harwood, organist and composer, 89
- 3 May – David John Tawe Jones, composer, 64[10]
- 6 September – Walter Widdop, operatic tenor, 51[11]
- 30 October – Stanley Kirkby, baritone singer and variety artist, 71
- date unknown – Frank Clifford Harris, lyricist, 74
See also
Notes and References
- https://archive.org/stream/ernestwalker00deneuoft/ernestwalker00deneuoft_djvu.txt Margaret Deneke, Ernest Walker, 1951
- Web site: Alan Blyth. Blyth. Alan. Ferrier, Kathleen (Mary). Oxford Music Online. 2007. 2 June 2011.
- Web site: Song:Snowy White Snow and Jingle Bells. Secondhand Songs. 27 January 2019.
- Book: Colin Larkin. The encyclopedia of popular music. 2000. Oxford Univ.. 978-0-19-531373-4.
- Mitchell, Donald (ed) (2004). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 3 1946–51. London: Faber and Faber. . p. 408
- Book: Melanie Williams. David Lean. 8 June 2017. Oxford University Press. 978-1-5261-1681-9. 248.
- Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p489
- Web site: Interview: Trevor Horn | the Stool Pigeon . 2013-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221305/http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/interview-trevor-horn.html . 2013-10-04 . dead .
- Web site: Amsterdam Dance Event 2012 . www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120727033931/http://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/blog/all/a-q-a-with-the-man-who-invented-the-eighties-trevor-horn . 27 July 2012 . dead.
- s2-JONE-TAW-1885. Jones, David John Tawe. 16 November 2013.
- Steane, John. "Widdop, Walter." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, accessed 4 November 2010