This is a summary of 1922 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Musical theatre
Births
- 3 January â Ronald Smith, pianist, composer and teacher (died 2004)
- 7 January â Eric Jupp, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2003)
- 16 February â Sir Geraint Evans, operatic baritone (died 1992)
- February 23 â Johnny Franz, English record producer (died 1977)
- 1 March â Michael Flanders, actor and songwriter (died 1975)
- 9 April â Arthur Tolcher, harmonica player (died 1987)
- 6 June â Iain Hamilton, composer (died 2000)
- 15 June â John Veale, English composer and educator (died 2006)
- 11 August â Ron Grainer, television composer (died 1981)
- 18 September â Ray Steadman-Allen, composer for Salvation Army bands (died 2014)
- 16 October â Max Bygraves, singer and entertainer (died 2012)
- 24 November â Joan Turner, singer and comedian (died 2009)
Deaths
- 18 April â Percy Hilder Miles, composer, conductor and violinist, 43
- 31 May â Rutland Barrington, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 69
- 24 July â George Thorne, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 66
- 18 August â Dame Genevieve Ward, soprano, 85
- 22 September â Sir Charles Santley, baritone, 88
- 7 October â Marie Lloyd, British music-hall singer, 52
- date unknown â Charles Macintosh, folk music composer and performer and mycologist, 82
See also
References