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1930 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1930. Specific locations * 1930 in British music * 1930 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1930 in country music * 1930 in jazz Events *February 7 – The 13th Sound Ensemble of Havana, conducted by Ángel Reyes, makes the first recording of Julián Carrillo's microtonal '' Preludio a Colón'' for Columbia Records in New York City. *February 16 – Nicolas Slonimsky conducts the first performance of Charles Ives's ''Three Places in New England''. *February 17 – The Technicolor musical film, ''The Vagabond King'', is released. Dennis King recreates his original London and Broadway stage role as Villon in this film, and records two songs from the film for Victor Records. *April 1 – Brunswick-Balke-Collender sells Brunswick Records to Warner Brothers, who are hopeful that the move will enable them to make bigger profits from their musicals by enabling them to profit from the sale of records. They also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 In British Music
This is a summary of 1930 in music in the United Kingdom. Events *8 February – Singer Sam Browne (musician), Sam Browne makes his first recording with Bert Ambrose's band on Decca. *5 April – 25-year-old Michael Tippett gives a concert at Oxted consisting entirely of his own works—a Concerto in D for flutes, oboe, horns and strings; settings for tenor of poems by Fry; ''Psalm in C'' for chorus and orchestra, again with a text by Fry; piano variations on the song "Jockey to the Fair"; and a string quartet. *7 June - The ''Daily Herald'' reports that Jack Hylton and his band sold nearly four million records in the previous year. *29 September – Roy Fox gives his first London performance. *22 October – The London-based BBC Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert in Queen's Hall, conducted by Adrian Boult. *''date unknown'' **The Joe Loss Orchestra is established. **Gerald Walcan Bright adopts the name "Geraldo (bandleader), Geraldo" to further his career as a bandleader. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
