1941 in British music

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This is a summary of 1941 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

29 March – Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem is premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli.[1]
3 April – William Walton's Scapino overture has its premiere in Chicago, conducted by Frederick Stock.[2]
May – Arthur Bliss joins the BBC's overseas music service.[3]
10 May – London's Queen's Hall, venue for the Promenade Concerts, is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The Proms re-locate to the Royal Albert Hall.
30 October – On the occasion of Britten's String Quartet No. 1 being performed in Washington, he is awarded the Library of Congress Medal for services to chamber music.[4]

5 March – Apple Sauce revue opens at the Palladium.
24 July – Lady Behave London production opens at His Majesty's Theatre and runs for 401 performances.
19 November – Get a Load of This London production opens at the Hippodrome Theatre and runs for 698 performances.

12 January – Long John Baldry, R&B singer (died 2005)[5]
4 February – John Steel, drummer (The Animals and Eggs over Easy)
14 February – Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (died 2012)[6]
11 April – Arthur Davies, operatic tenor (died 2018)[7]
13 April – Margaret Price, soprano
9 May – Pete Birrell, bass player (Freddie and the Dreamers)
11 May – Eric Burdon, R&B singer (The Animals)
21 May – Martin Carthy, folk musician
9 June – Jon Lord, keyboard player and composer (died 2012)
7 July – Jim Rodford, bass player (The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Zombies, The Kast Off Kinks and Argent)
17 July – Spencer Davis, instrumentalist (The Spencer Davis Group)
20 August – Anne Evans, operatic soprano
10 September – Christopher Hogwood, conductor and harpsichordist
27 October – Don Partridge, singer-songwriter (died 2010)
2 November – Brian Poole, singer (The Tremeloes)
15 November – Rick Kemp, singer-songwriter, bass player and producer (Steeleye Span)
24 November – Pete Best, rock drummer (The Beatles original lineup)
27 December
- Les Maguire, pop pianist (Gerry & the Pacemakers)
- Mike Pinder, rock keyboard player (The Moody Blues)
29 December – Ray Thomas, rock flautist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018)

Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 2 1939–45. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-160581. p. 629
Lloyd, Stephen (2001). William Walton: Muse of Fire. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-803-7. p. 173
"New BBC Director of Music", The Times, 1 April 1942, p. 7
Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). p. 961
Dave Laing (23 July 2005). "Long John Baldry". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
Dave Laing (3 October 2012). "Big Jim Sullivan". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
"Arthur Davies (1941–2018)", English National Opera, 9 August 2018
Shaw, Watkins. "Macpherson, (Charles) Stewart". Grove Music Online (subscription access)

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