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Overview of the events of 1934 in British music
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This is a summary of 1934 in music in the United Kingdom.
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13 January – Geoff Bradford , guitarist (died 2013 )
29 January – Noel Harrison , singer and actor (died 2013 )[ 10]
4 March – John Churchill Dunn , DJ (died 2004 )
8 March – John McLeod , composer (died 2022 )
29 March – Delme Bryn-Jones , operatic baritone (died 2001 )[ 11]
7 April – Victor Feldman , jazz musician (died 1987 )
5 May – Jim Reid , folk musician (died 2009 )
9 May – Roy Massey , organist and conductor[ 12]
24 May – Barry Rose , choir-trainer and organist
3 June – Bob Wallis , jazz musician (died 1991 )
2 July – Tom Springfield , singer-songwriter and producer (The Springfields )
15 July – Harrison Birtwistle , composer
26 July – Anthony Gilbert , composer
8 September – Peter Maxwell Davies , composer (died 2016 )[ 13]
19 September – Brian Epstein , manager of the Beatles (died 1967 )
26 September – Geoffrey Grey , composer
30 September – Sheila Tracy , trombonist and radio presenter (died 2014 )[ 14]
1 November – William Mathias , composer (died 1992 )[ 15]
15 November – Peter Dickinson , English pianist and composer
20 November – Colin Smith , jazz trumpeter (died 2004 )[ 16]
4 December – Chas McDevitt , skiffle musician[ 17]
9 December – Alan Ridout , composer (died 1996 )
16 December – Jim Parker , composer (died 2023 )
23 February – Sir Edward Elgar , composer, 76[ 18]
25 February – Daniel Protheroe , composer and conductor, 67[ 19]
3 March – George Ratcliffe Woodward , poet and composer, 85[ 20]
7 May – Edward Naylor , organist and composer, 67[ 21]
25 May – Gustav Holst , composer, 59 (complications following surgery)[ 22]
10 June
11 August – Kalitha Dorothy Fox , composer, 40[ 25]
10 September – George Henschel , German-born baritone singer, pianist, conductor and composer, 84[ 26]
24 September – Edwin Lemare , organist and composer, 69[ 27]
^ notes to Naxos recording 8.554719
^ "Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses (1934)" . Elsie Carlisle . Retrieved 9 February 2019 .
^ Brian A. L. Rust; Sandy Forbes (1987). British dance bands on record 1911 to 1945 . General Gramaphone Publications. ISBN 978-0-902470-15-6 .
^ Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History . Pen and Sword. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4738-3718-8 .
^ Nicolae Sfetcu (7 May 2014). The Music Sound . Nicolae Sfetcu. p. 3321. GGKEY:Y8SWYSZWLE1.
^ Brian Rees (1986). A Musical Peacemaker: The Life and Music of Sir Edward German . Kensal Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-946041-49-7 .
^ "Arthur Bliss – Things to Come Suite" . Music Sales Classical . Retrieved 9 February 2019 .
^ Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007
^ Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939 . British Film Institute, 1986. Page 77
^ Adam Sweeting (22 October 2013). "Noel Harrison obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 10 February 2019 .
^ Trevor Herbert. "BRYN-JONES, DELME (1934-2001), opera singer" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 10 February 2019 .
^ The Organists and Organs of Hereford Cathedral: Watkins Shaw and Roy Massey. Hereford: Hereford Cathedral Organ Committee, 2005. First published in 1976.
^ Ivan Hewett (14 March 2016). "Sir Peter Maxwell Davies obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 10 February 2019 .
^ "Sheila Tracy: Former radio and TV host dies" , BBC News, 1 October 2014
^ Geraint Lewis (31 July 1992). "Obituary: Professor William Mathias" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 30 January 2019 .
^ Obituary in The Independent
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 338. ISBN 1-904994-10-5 .
^ Young, Percy M. (1973). Elgar O.M.: a study of a musician . London: Collins. p. 246. OCLC 869820 .
^ Robert David Griffith. "PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866–1934), musician" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 7 February 2019 .
^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland . David & Charles. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8 .
^ Waterlow, David Barry. "Between Two Worlds: Bernard Naylor, English Composer in Canada," M.Mus. thesis, Western Washington University, 1999
^ Matthews, Colin . "Holst, Gustav" . Grove Music Online . Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 March 2013 . (subscription required)
^ Frederick Delius; Lionel Carley (January 1983). Delius, a Life in Letters: 1909–1934 . Scolar Press. p. 440.
^ Kurt Gänzl (2001). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi . Schirmer Books. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-02-865572-7 .
^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers: Volume 1 .
^ George S. Bozarth; Johannes Brahms (2008). Johannes Brahms and George Henschel . Harmonie Park Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-89990-140-4 .
^ Randel Don (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . Harvard University Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3 .
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