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1910 in British music

Last updated February 07, 2026

This is a summary of 1910 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

22 February – Frederick Delius's latest opera, A Village Romeo and Juliet is premièred at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Thomas Beecham conducting.^[1]
6 April – A Somerset Rhapsody by Gustav Holst is performed for the first time at Queen's Hall, London by the New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Edward Mason.^[2]
30 August – In the Faëry Hills , an early tone poem by Arnold Bax, is performed for the first time at the Henry Wood Proms at Queen’s Hall.^[3]
6 September – Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts the first performance of his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis in Gloucester Cathedral.^[4]
20 September – The Veil, an oratorio by Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, is performed for the first time at the Cardiff Festival.^[5]
12 October – The first performance of Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) by Vaughan Williams takes place at the Leeds Festival, conducted by the composer.^[6]
10 November – Fritz Kreisler is the soloist and Edward Elgar the conductor at the première of his Violin Concerto in B Minor, in London.^[7]

Popular music

"I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"; by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston, performed by Harry Champion ^[8]
"Macushla"; music by Dermot MacMurrough and lyrics by Josephine V. Rowe^[9]
"When Father Papered the Parlour"; by R. P. Weston and Fred J. Barnes, performed by Billy Williams ^[10]

Classical music: new works

Rutland Boughton – Five Celtic Songs
George Dyson - Choral Symphony
Katharine Emily Eggar - Idyll for flute and piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
- Symphony No. 1 ("A Sea Symphony")

Opera

Two Merry Monarchs , book by Arthur Anderson and George Levy, lyrics by Anderson and Hartley Carrick, and music by Orlando Morgan ^[11]
A Summer Night, one act comic opera by George Clutsam, is produced in London on 23 July.^[2]

Musical theatre

19 February – The Balkan Princess , by Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon, with lyrics by Paul Rubens and Arthur Wimperis, and music by Paul Rubens, opens at the Prince of Wales Theatre, starring Isabel Jay and Bertram Wallis; it runs for 176 performances.^[12]

Births

10 February – Joyce Grenfell, actress, comedian and singer-songwriter (died 1979)^[13]
15 February – Stanley Vann, composer, conductor and choirmaster (died 2010)
10 June – Robert Still, composer of tonal music^[14] (died 1971)
15 June – Alf Pearson, singer and variety performer with his brother as half of Bob and Alf Pearson (died 2012)
17 June – Sam Costa, crooner, radio actor and disc jockey (died 1981)
22 June – Peter Pears, tenor (died 1986)^[15]
15 July – Ronald Binge, composer of light music (died 1973)^[16]
16 October – William Reed, composer (died 2002)
1 December – Alicia Markova, ballerina (died 2004)^[17]
date unknown – Val Rosing, dance band singer, later an opera singer under the name Gilbert Russell (died 1969)^[18]

Deaths

3 May – Lottie Collins, singer and dancer, 44 (heart disease)^[19]
10 May – Anna Laetitia Waring, poet and hymn-writer, 87

References

↑ Redwood, Christopher (July–October 1975). "Delius and Strindberg". Music & Letters . 56 (3/4): 364–370. doi:10.1093/ml/LVI.3-4.364.
1 2 Nicolas Slonimsky. Music Since 1900, 5th ed. (1994), p. 102
↑ 'Promenade Concerts', The Times, 31 August 1910, p. 9
↑ Vaughan Williams, R. "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis", Serenissima Music, 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2026
↑ The Veil, score at IMSLP
↑ 'Leeds Musical Festival', The Times, 14 October 1910, p. 10
↑ Reed, W.H. (1946). Elgar. London: Dent. OCLC 8858707. Page 103
↑ Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History. Pen and Sword. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-78383-118-0.
↑ Axel Klein (2001). Irish Classical Recordings: A Discography of Irish Art Music. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-313-31742-2.
↑ Frank Hoffmann (12 November 2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. pp. 2488–. ISBN 1-135-94949-2.
↑ The Times, 10 March 1910, p. 10; and 23 April 1910, p 14.
↑ "The Balkan Princess". The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
↑ Grenfell, Joyce (1976). Joyce Grenfell requests the pleasure (autobiography). Macmillan. p. 13.
↑ Robert Still website. 3 April 2014.
↑ "Obituary: Sir Peter Pears", The Times, 4 April 1986, p. 14
↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 42. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
↑ "Dame Alicia Markova". The Telegraph. 3 December 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
↑ "The Other Face Of Singer Val Rosing". NPR Music. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ GRO Register of Deaths: June 1910 1b 7 PANCRAS - Charlotte Louisa Tate aged 43

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[1] Redwood, Christopher (July–October 1975). "Delius and Strindberg". Music & Letters . 56 (3/4): 364–370. doi:10.1093/ml/LVI.3-4.364.

[ns-2] 1 2 Nicolas Slonimsky. Music Since 1900, 5th ed. (1994), p. 102

[3] 'Promenade Concerts', The Times, 31 August 1910, p. 9

[4] Vaughan Williams, R. "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis", Serenissima Music, 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2026

[5] The Veil, score at IMSLP

[6] 'Leeds Musical Festival', The Times, 14 October 1910, p. 10

[7] Reed, W.H. (1946). Elgar. London: Dent. OCLC 8858707. Page 103

[8] Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History. Pen and Sword. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-78383-118-0.

[9] Axel Klein (2001). Irish Classical Recordings: A Discography of Irish Art Music. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-313-31742-2.

[10] Frank Hoffmann (12 November 2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. pp. 2488–. ISBN 1-135-94949-2.

[11] The Times, 10 March 1910, p. 10; and 23 April 1910, p 14.

[12] "The Balkan Princess". The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[13] Grenfell, Joyce (1976). Joyce Grenfell requests the pleasure (autobiography). Macmillan. p. 13.

[14] Robert Still website. 3 April 2014.

[15] "Obituary: Sir Peter Pears", The Times, 4 April 1986, p. 14

[16] Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 42. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.

[17] "Dame Alicia Markova". The Telegraph. 3 December 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[18] "The Other Face Of Singer Val Rosing". NPR Music. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[19] GRO Register of Deaths: June 1910 1b 7 PANCRAS - Charlotte Louisa Tate aged 43

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