This is a summary of 1906 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 18 January - The first performance of Charles Villiers StanfordâÂÂs Symphony No 6 in Eb major takes place at the QueenâÂÂs Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer.
- 25 January - The Kruse Quartet, supplemented by other players (including Lionel Tertis), give the first performance of Charles Villiers StanfordâÂÂs Nonet at the Aeolian Hall in London.
- 1 March - Nicholas GattyâÂÂs one-act opera Greysteel has its premiere in Sheffield during the University Opera week.
- 29 March - The first performance of James FriskinâÂÂs Quintet by the Cathie Quartet takes place at the Aeolian Hall in London.
- 24 April - The winning three compositions of the 1905 Cobbett Competition for chamber music are performed by The Saunders Quartet at Stationers Hall: William HurlstoneâÂÂs Phantasie for String Quartet (first prize); Haydn WoodâÂÂs Phantasy Quartet (second prize); Frank BridgeâÂÂs Phantasie Quartet (third prize).
- 14 May - The first complete performance in the UK of Coppelia by Delibes is seen at the Empire Theatre, with Adeline Genée in the lead role.
- 14 June - The first performance of Variations on an African Air by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor takes place at a London Philharmonic Society concert, Queen's Hall, conducted by Frederick Cowen.
- 23 August - The Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 in E minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams is performed for the first time at the Proms in London.
- August â Mary Davies is principal soloist at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
- Summer â Australian composer Percy Grainger begins collecting English folk songs with the aid of a phonograph.
- 3 October
- Hans Richter conducts the first performance of The Bells, a poem for chorus and orchestra by Joseph Holbrooke, at the Birmingham Music Festival.
- Edward Elgar's oratorio The Kingdom, Op. 51, is first performed at the Birmingham Music Festival, conducted by the composer with soloists Agnes Nicholls, Muriel Foster, John Coates and William Higley.
- 25 October - Henry Wood conducts the first performance of Joseph HolbrookeâÂÂs orchestral suite Les Hommages at QueenâÂÂs Hall.
- 14 November -The Vicar of Wakefield (Goldsmith), a light opera by Liza Lehmann, is produced in London.
- 15 November - Cyril Scott's orchestral and choral Christmas Overture is performed for the first time by the London Symphony Orchestra.
- date unknown
- Operatic soprano Maggie Teyte makes her public début at a Mozart festival in Paris.
- 16-year-old Phyllis Dare takes over the leading role in The Belle of Mayfair at the Vaudeville Theatre when Edna May leaves suddenly because of a disagreement with the producer.
- Composer Lawrence Wright opens a music shop in his home city of Leicester.
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Opera
Musical theatre
Births
- 31 January â Benjamin Frankel, composer (died 1973)
- 19 February â Grace Williams, composer (died 1977)
- 13 March â Dave Kaye, pianist (died 1996)
- 22 April â Eric Fenby, composer, conductor, pianist, organist and teacher, amanuensis of Frederick Delius (died 1997)
- 9 July â Elisabeth Lutyens, composer (died 2005)
- 24 August â Walter Braithwaite, composer (died 1991)
- 4 November â Arnold Cooke, composer (died 1983)
- 23 November â Mervyn Roberts, Welsh composer
Deaths
See also
References