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This is a summary of 1938 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Musical films
- Around the Town, directed by Herbert Smith, starring Vic Oliver and Irene Ware.
- Break the News, directed by René Clair, starring Jack Buchanan and Maurice Chevalier.[3]
- Kicking the Moon Around, directed by Walter Forde, starring Bert Ambrose and Evelyn Dall[4]
- Mountains O'Mourne, directed by Harry Hughes, starring René Ray and Niall MacGinnis.[5]
- My Irish Molly, directed by Alex Bryce, starring Binkie Stuart
- Over She Goes, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Stanley Lupino and Claire Luce
- Sailing Along, directed by Sonnie Hale, starring Jessie Matthews and Barry MacKay
- Stepping Toes, directed by John Baxter, starring Hazel Ascot and Enid Stamp-Taylor
- Thistledown, directed by Arthur B. Woods, starring Aino Bergö and Athole Stewart
- We're Going to Be Rich starring Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy
Births
Deaths
- 1 February – Marie Dainton, actress and music hall performer, 56
- 9 March – Sydney Baynes, conductor, composer and bandleader, 59[8]
- 18 March – Cyril Rootham, organist and composer, 62
- 18 April – Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, 72
- 24 July – Marmaduke Barton, pianist and composer, 72[9]
- 14 August – Sir Landon Ronald, conductor and composer, 65[10]
- 3 September – James Kendrick Pyne, organist and composer, 86[11]
- 4 November – John Thomas Job, minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71
- 15 November – Viola Tree, actress, singer and playwright, 54 (pleurisy)[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 1 1923–39. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-15221X. p. 318
- '^ "The Theatres: Mr. Noel Coward's Operette", The Times, 3 March 1938, p. 12
- ^ "Break the News (1938)". BFI. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Scott Palmer (1988). British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987. McFarland. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-89950-316-5.
- ^ "Mountains o'Mourne". BFI. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Jazzprofessional.com Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rob Barnett (2009). "Howard Blake – A survey of his music on CD". Musicweb-International. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ^ Philip L Scowcroft, First Garland, accessed 20 November 2010
- ^ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. (1954), Vol. I, p. 476
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Landon Ronald", The Times, 15 August 1938, p. 12
- ^ "Obituaries, Dr. J. K. Pyne, Distinguished Organist", The Times, 5 September 1938, pg. 14
- ^ The Times, obituary, 16 November 1938, p. 9.
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