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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

"Snowy White Snow and Jingle Bells" by Billy Reid, performed by Dorothy Squires^[3]
"The Wedding of Lili Marlene" by Tommie Connor^[4]

Classical music: new works

Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 1
Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 8 in B flat Minor
Benjamin Britten – Spring Symphony^[5]
William Walton – Sonata for violin and piano (written for Yehudi Menuhin and Louis Kentner)

Opera

Benjamin Britten – Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Pilgrim's Progress (original version)

Film and Incidental music

Richard Addinsell – The Passionate Friends directed by David Lean.^[6]
Arthur Bliss – Christopher Columbus, starring Fredric March.
Ernest Irving –
- Kind Hearts and Coronets, starring Alec Guinness.
- A Run for Your Money, starring Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards.
- Whisky Galore! directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson.

Musical theatre

22 June – Her Excellency starring Cicely Courtneidge opens at the London Hippodrome
15 September – King's Rhapsody, with music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall, opens at the Palace Theatre, London.

Musical films

Maytime in Mayfair, starring Anna Neagle^[7]
Melody in the Dark, starring Eunice Gayson
Trottie True, starring Jean Kent and Hugh Sinclair

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
- John Casken, composer
- Trevor Horn, record producer, songwriter, musician and singer, sometimes called "The Man Who Invented the Eighties".^[8]^[9]
17 July
- Geezer Butler, bass player and songwriter (Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler Band, GZR, and Heaven & Hell)
- Wayne Sleep, actor, dancer, and choreographer
28 July – Simon Kirke, English drummer (Bad Company and Free)
12 August
- Mark Knopfler, singer, songwriter, guitarist and composer
- 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

References

^ Margaret Deneke, Ernest Walker, 1951
^ Blyth, Alan (2007). "Ferrier, Kathleen (Mary)". Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 2 June 2011.(subscription required)
^ "Song:Snowy White Snow and Jingle Bells". Secondhand Songs. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ Colin Larkin (2000). The encyclopedia of popular music. Oxford Univ. ISBN 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. ISBN 0-571-22282-X. p. 408
^ Melanie Williams (8 June 2017). David Lean. Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-5261-1681-9.
^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p489
^ "Interview: Trevor Horn | the Stool Pigeon". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
^ "Amsterdam Dance Event 2012". www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "Jones, David John Tawe". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
^ Steane, John. "Widdop, Walter." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, accessed 4 November 2010 (subscription required)

[1] Margaret Deneke, Ernest Walker, 1951

[2] Blyth, Alan (2007). "Ferrier, Kathleen (Mary)". Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 2 June 2011.(subscription required)

[3] "Song:Snowy White Snow and Jingle Bells". Secondhand Songs. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

[4] Colin Larkin (2000). The encyclopedia of popular music. Oxford Univ. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.

[5] Mitchell, Donald (ed) (2004). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 3 1946–51. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-22282-X. p. 408

[6] Melanie Williams (8 June 2017). David Lean. Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-5261-1681-9.

[7] Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p489

[8] "Interview: Trevor Horn | the Stool Pigeon". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-11-16.

[9] "Amsterdam Dance Event 2012". www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[10] "Jones, David John Tawe". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

[grove-11] Steane, John. "Widdop, Walter." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, accessed 4 November 2010 (subscription required)

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1949 in British music

Events

Popular music

Classical music: new works

Opera

Film and Incidental music

Musical theatre

Musical films

Births

Deaths

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