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- Events
- Charts
- Classical music: new works
- Opera
- Film and Incidental music
- Musical theatre
- Musical films
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{1950s in music (UK)}}This is a summary of 1954 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom. Events- 5 August – Salad Days opens in the West End after a short run in Bristol.[1] It becomes the longest-running musical in British theatre history until overtaken by Oliver! in 1960.
- 14 September – Benjamin Britten conducts the premiere of his opera The Turn of the Screw at Teatro La Fenice, Venice.[2]
- 18 September – The Last Night of the Proms for the first time features the almost invariable coupling of Sir Henry Wood's 1905 Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Sir Edward Elgar's 1902 setting of "Land of Hope and Glory", Sir Hubert Parry's 1916 setting of William Blake's "Jerusalem", and "Rule, Britannia!".[3]
- 1 October – The UK Singles Chart is expanded into a Top 20.
- 3 December – William Walton's opera Troilus and Cressida opens at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. It is not a success.[2]
ChartsClassical music: new works- Gerald Finzi – Cello Concerto in A minor
- Alun Hoddinott – Clarinet Concerto
- Daniel Jones – Symphony No. 4
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – Tuba Concerto in F minor
Opera- Benjamin Britten – The Turn of the Screw[4]
- Arwel Hughes – Menna
- John Joubert - Antigone (for radio)[5]
- William Walton – Troilus and Cressida
Film and Incidental music- Malcolm Arnold –
- The Belles of St Trinian's, starring Alistair Sim.
- Hobson's Choice directed by David Lean, starring Charles Laughton, Brenda De Banzie, John Mills and Prunella Scales.
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them, starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Steel.
- Francis Chagrin – An Inspector Calls directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Alastair Sim.
- Eric Coates – The Dam Busters March[6]
- Mátyás Seiber – Animal Farm
Musical theatre- Salad Days, with music by Julian Slade and lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade
Musical films- Lilacs in the Spring, starring Anna Neagle
Births- 23 January – Edward Ka-Spel, singer-songwriter
- 8 March – Cheryl Baker, singer with Bucks Fizz
- 15 March – Isobel Buchanan, operatic soprano
- 8 May
- John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mason Proffit)
- Gary Wilmot, entertainer
- 11 May – Judith Weir, composer
- 10 July – Neil Tennant, singer-songwriter and record producer (Pet Shop Boys)
- 11 August – Joe Jackson, singer, songwriter and composer
- 25 August – Elvis Costello, singer-songwriter
- 21 October – Eric Faulkner, guitarist, songwriter, and singer (Bay City Rollers)
- 3 November – Adam Ant, singer
- 4 November – Chris Difford, singer, songwriter and record producer (Squeeze)
- 18 November – John Parr, singer
- 7 December – Mike Nolan, singer with Bucks Fizz
- 10 December – Jack Hues, singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wang Chung)
- 25 December – Annie Lennox, singer
Deaths- 18 January – Herbert Heyner, operatic baritone, 71
- 3 March – Noel Gay, songwriter, 55
- 4 April – Frederick Lonsdale, dramatist of musicals, 73
- 24 July – Anne Gilchrist, folk song collector, 90
- 9 August – Frederick Keel, baritone singer and composer, 83
- 14 December – Philip Ritte, operatic tenor, 83
- 29 November – Sir George Robey, music hall star, 85
- date unknown – George Alex Stevens, songwriter and musical show director
See also - 1954 in British television
- 1954 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1954
References 1. ^{{cite book|author=Adrian Wright|title=A Tanner's Worth of Tune: Rediscovering the Post-war British Musical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcKIhZ8HiGYC&pg=PA95|year=2010|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-1-84383-542-4|pages=95}}
2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Kendall|first=Alan|title=The Chronicle of Classical Music|location=London|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=2000|page=240}}
3. ^{{cite journal|title=The 'Last Night of the Proms' in historical perspective|authorlink=David Cannadine|first=David|last=Cannadine|year=2008|volume=31|issue = 212|pages=315–349|doi=10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00466.x|journal=Historical Research}}
4. ^{{cite book|author1=Patricia Howard|author2=Richard Wagner|title=Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzU_IX5ICvkC|date=19 September 1985|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-28356-4}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/joubert/index.htm|title=John Joubert|website=MusicWeb International|access-date=6 April 2019}}
6. ^{{cite book|author=John Ramsden|title=The Dam Busters: A British Film Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIwOnhtH9UUC&pg=PA126|year=2003|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-636-2|pages=126}}
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