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This is a summary of 1932 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

7 October – The London Philharmonic Orchestra, recently founded by Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent, gives its first public concert.^[1]
date unknown – Henry Hall becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra.

Popular music

"Ain't it grand to be blooming well dead?" w. Leslie Sarony
"The Flies Crawled Up The Window" w.m. Douglas Furber & Vivian Ellis
"Love Is The Sweetest Thing" w.m. Ray Noble
"Mad About the Boy" w.m. Noël Coward
"What More Can I Ask?" w. A. E. Wilkins m. Ray Noble

Classical music: new works

Arnold Bax
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
- Sinfonietta
- Sonata No. 4, for piano
- Summer Music, for orchestra (revised version)
- Symphony No. 5
- "Watching the Needleboats", for voice and piano (text by James Joyce)
Arthur Benjamin – Violin Concerto
Arthur Bliss – A Colour Symphony (revised)^[2]
Arnold Cooke – Harp Quintet^[3]
Gustav Holst
- "If 'twer the Time of Lilies", for two-part choir and piano, H187 (words by Helen Waddell)^[4]
- Jazz-Band Piece
- Jig, for piano, H179
John Ireland – A Downland Suite
Cyril Rootham – Symphony No 1 in C minor^[5]
Michael Tippett – String Trio in B Flat
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Magnificat for contralto, women's chorus, and orchestra
William Walton – 3 Songs to Poems by Edith Sitwell
Grace Williams
- Suite for orchestra
- Two Psalms for contralto, harp and strings^[6]

Opera

Alfred Reynolds – Derby Day (with libretto by A. P. Herbert)^[7]

Film and Incidental music

John D. H. Greenwood – After Office Hours^[8]
Louis Levy – White Face^[9]

Musical theatre

16 September – Words and Music, a London revue by Noël Coward, opens at the Adelphi Theatre.

Musical films

Carmen, directed by Cecil Lewis, starring Marguerite Namara and Thomas F. Burke^[10]
For the Love of Mike, directed by Monty Banks, starring Bobby Howes, Constance Shotter and Arthur Riscoe^[11]
Goodnight, Vienna, directed by Herbert Wilcox, starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo^[12]
Little Waitress, directed by Widgey R. Newman, starring Claude Bailey and Moore Marriott^[13]
The Maid of the Mountains, directed by Lupino Lane, starring Nancy Brown and Harry Welchman

Births

3 January – Johanna Peters, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2000)
12 January – Des O'Connor, comedian, singer and television host (died 2020)^[14]
19 January – Russ Hamilton, English singer-songwriter (died 2008)
23 January – Cyril Davies, blues musician (died 1964)
29 January – Myer Fredman, British-Australian conductor (died 2014)
26 February – Jean Allister, opera singer (died 2012)
31 March – John Mitchinson, operatic tenor
19 May
- John Barnes, saxophonist and clarinet player
- Alma Cogan, singer (died 1966)
21 May – Robert Sherlaw Johnson, pianist and composer (died 2000)^[15]
27 June – Hugh Wood, composer^[16]
16 July – John Chilton, jazz trumpeter (died 2016)
31 August – Roy Castle, actor, musician and singer (died 1994)
11 September – Ian Hamer, jazz trumpeter (died 2006)^[17]
18 September – Maureen Lehane, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2010)
19 September – Lol Coxhill, jazz saxophonist (died 2012)^[18]
15 November – Petula Clark, singer, actress, and songwriter
26 December – Clive Westlake, songwriter (died 2000)

Deaths

28 January – Poldowski, Belgian-born British pianist and composer, 52
3 March – Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-born German pianist and composer, 67
14 May – John Hughes, composer of Cwm Rhondda^[19]
22 July – Hugh Blair, organist and composer, 67^[20]
21 August – Frederick Corder, composer and music teacher, 80^[21]
21 September – William Herbert Scott, church composer and hymn-writer, 70^[22]
23 November – Percy Pitt, organist and conductor, 62
4 December – Mona McBurney, pianist, teacher and composer, 70
10 December – Percy Fletcher, composer, 52

References

^ Reid, Charles (1961). Thomas Beecham – An Independent Biography. London: Victor Gollancz. OCLC 500565141
^ Randel, Don Michael (2003). The Harvard dictionary of music. Harvard University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-674-01163-2.
^ British Music Information Centre (1969). Chamber music by living British composers. British Music Information Centre. p. 10.
^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1934. p. 21.
^ "Cyril Rootham (1875-1938) - Composer". Rootham.org. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ John Evans, Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938 (Faber & Faber, 2009), p 174
^ Dunhill, Thomas F., "The Music of Derby Day" (1 May 1932). The Musical Times, 73 (1071): pp. 415–416.
^ BFI.org
^ "White Face". BFI. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14.
^ Ann Davies; Phil Powrie (2006). Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. Tamesis Books. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-85566-129-5.
^ Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986, page 74
^ Ian Conrich (14 July 2006). Film's Musical Moments. Edinburgh University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-7486-2727-1.
^ Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986, page 256
^ Colin Larkin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music. Virgin. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-85227-947-9.
^ [1] Times obituary.
^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.
^ Fordham, John (2006-09-11). "Ian Hamer". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
^ "Jazz breaking news: Saxophonist Lol Coxhill Dies Age 79", Jazzwise (website), 10 July 2012
^ Rhondda Cynon Taf: History of Pontypridd Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 14 June 2014
^ Alumnae Cantabrigienses. Accessed 26 Sept 2014
^ "Corder, Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 385.
^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.

[1] Reid, Charles (1961). Thomas Beecham – An Independent Biography. London: Victor Gollancz. OCLC 500565141

[2] Randel, Don Michael (2003). The Harvard dictionary of music. Harvard University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-674-01163-2.

[3] British Music Information Centre (1969). Chamber music by living British composers. British Music Information Centre. p. 10.

[4] Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1934. p. 21.

[5] "Cyril Rootham (1875-1938) - Composer". Rootham.org. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

[6] John Evans, Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938 (Faber & Faber, 2009), p 174

[7] Dunhill, Thomas F., "The Music of Derby Day" (1 May 1932). The Musical Times, 73 (1071): pp. 415–416.

[8] BFI.org

[9] "White Face". BFI. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14.

[10] Ann Davies; Phil Powrie (2006). Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. Tamesis Books. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-85566-129-5.

[11] Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986, page 74

[12] Ian Conrich (14 July 2006). Film's Musical Moments. Edinburgh University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-7486-2727-1.

[13] Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986, page 256

[14] Colin Larkin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music. Virgin. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-85227-947-9.

[15] [1] Times obituary.

[16] Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.

[17] Fordham, John (2006-09-11). "Ian Hamer". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-25.

[18] "Jazz breaking news: Saxophonist Lol Coxhill Dies Age 79", Jazzwise (website), 10 July 2012

[19] Rhondda Cynon Taf: History of Pontypridd Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 14 June 2014

[20] Alumnae Cantabrigienses. Accessed 26 Sept 2014

[21] "Corder, Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 385.

[22] Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.

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