This is a summary of 1922 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events February – The British National Opera Company gives its first performance, at Bradford.The Times, 7 February 1922, p. 8 and The Manchester Guardian, 10 February 1922, p. 4 April – While appearing in The Cosmopolitan Girl at the Gateshead Empire, Cardiff, Marie Lloyd collapses in her dressing room.Jacob, Naomi (1972). Our Marie, Marie Lloyd: A Biography. London: Chivers Press. . October – The Leeds Festival takes place, with King George V of the United Kingdom as patron. 11 October – Leila Megàne and Sir Edward Elgar make the first complete recording of Sea Pictures, with the composer himself conducting.BBC Cymru Y gantores ysbrydegol: Llyfr am Leila Megane yn dwyn atgofion (Welsh language) 11 October – Composer Walford Davies is knighted in prime minister David Lloyd George's resignation honours."Resignation Honours – Four New Peers – Music Knighthoods", The Times, 11 November 1922, p. 14 date unknown 21-year-old violinist Paul Beard becomes leader of the City of Birmingham Orchestra."Beard, Paul", Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, accessed 17 June 2013 Conductor Landon Ronald is knighted.
Popular music "March With Me!" w. Douglas Furber m. Ivor Novello "The Laughing Policeman" w. Billie Grey, m. George W. Johnson
Classical music: new works Arnold Bax – The Happy Forest (orchestral version) Arthur Bliss – A Colour Symphony Eric Coates – Joyous Youth, orchestral suite Edward German – The Willow SongScowcroft, Philip. "Edward German: Serious or Light?" MusicWeb-International, 1 December 2001 Hamilton Harty – Piano Concerto William Walton – Façade (subsequently revised) Peter Warlock – The Curlew, song cycle based on works by W. B. YeatsGordon Bottomley, "The Curlew" and Peter Warlock, 'The Gramophone', December 1931 p.9 ff.
Musical theatre 18 May – Whirled into Happiness, with music by Robert Stolz, and book and lyrics by Harry Graham, opens at the Lyric Theatre where it would run for 246 performances, closing on 16 December of the same year."Theatres", The Times, 16 December 1922, p. 10 It stars Billy Merson.
Births 3 January – Ronald Smith, pianist, composer and teacher (died 2004) 7 January – Eric Jupp, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2003) 16 February – Sir Geraint Evans, operatic baritone (died 1992) February 23 – Johnny Franz, English record producer (died 1977) 1 March – Michael Flanders, actor and songwriter (died 1975) 9 April – Arthur Tolcher, harmonica player (died 1987) 6 June – Iain Hamilton, composer (died 2000) 15 June – John Veale, English composer and educator (died 2006) 11 August – Ron Grainer, television composer (died 1981) 18 September – Ray Steadman-Allen, composer for Salvation Army bands (died 2014) 16 October – Max Bygraves, singer and entertainer (died 2012) 24 November – Joan Turner, singer and comedian (died 2009)
Deaths 18 April – Percy Hilder Miles, composer, conductor and violinist, 43 31 May – Rutland Barrington, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 69 24 July – George Thorne, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 66 18 August – Dame Genevieve Ward, soprano, 85 22 September – Sir Charles Santley, baritone, 88 7 October – Marie Lloyd, British music-hall singer, 52"Miss Marie Lloyd", The Sunday Post, 8 October 1922, p. 1 date unknown – Charles Macintosh, folk music composer and performer and mycologist, 82
See also 1922 in the United Kingdom
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