This is a summary of 1938 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
Popular music
Classical music: new works
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Musical films
- Around the Town, directed by Herbert Smith, starring Vic Oliver and Irene Ware.
- Break the News, directed by René Clair, starring Jack Buchanan and Maurice Chevalier.
- Kicking the Moon Around, directed by Walter Forde, starring Bert Ambrose and Evelyn Dall
- Mountains O'Mourne, directed by Harry Hughes, starring René Ray and Niall MacGinnis.
- My Irish Molly, directed by Alex Bryce, starring Binkie Stuart
- Over She Goes, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Stanley Lupino and Claire Luce
- Sailing Along, directed by Sonnie Hale, starring Jessie Matthews and Barry MacKay
- Stepping Toes, directed by John Baxter, starring Hazel Ascot and Enid Stamp-Taylor
- Thistledown, directed by Arthur B. Woods, starring Aino Bergö and Athole Stewart
- We're Going to Be Rich starring Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy
Births
Deaths
- 1 February â Marie Dainton, actress and music hall performer, 56
- 9 March â Sydney Baynes, conductor, composer and bandleader, 59
- 18 March â Cyril Rootham, organist and composer, 62
- 18 April â Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, 72
- 24 July â Marmaduke Barton, pianist and composer, 72
- 14 August â Sir Landon Ronald, conductor and composer, 65
- 3 September â James Kendrick Pyne, organist and composer, 86
- 4 November â John Thomas Job, minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71
- 15 November â Viola Tree, actress, singer and playwright, 54 (pleurisy)
See also
References