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Overview of the events of 1938 in British music
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This is a summary of 1938 in music in the United Kingdom .
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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 .[ 3]
Kicking the Moon Around , directed by Walter Forde , starring Bert Ambrose and Evelyn Dall [ 4]
Mountains O'Mourne , directed by Harry Hughes , starring René Ray and Niall MacGinnis .[ 5]
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
1 February – Marie Dainton , actress and music hall performer, 56
9 March – Sydney Baynes , conductor, composer and bandleader, 59[ 8]
18 March – Cyril Rootham , organist and composer, 62
18 April – Richard Runciman Terry , musicologist, 72
24 July – Marmaduke Barton , pianist and composer, 72[ 9]
14 August – Sir Landon Ronald , conductor and composer, 65[ 10]
3 September – James Kendrick Pyne , organist and composer, 86[ 11]
4 November – John Thomas Job , minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71
15 November – Viola Tree , actress, singer and playwright, 54 (pleurisy)[ 12]
^ a b Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 1 1923–39 . London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-15221X . p. 318
'^ "The Theatres: Mr. Noel Coward's Operette ", The Times , 3 March 1938, p. 12
^ "Break the News (1938)" . BFI . Retrieved 17 November 2019 .
^ Scott Palmer (1988). British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987 . McFarland. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-89950-316-5 .
^ "Mountains o'Mourne" . BFI . Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019 .
^ Jazzprofessional.com Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Rob Barnett (2009). "Howard Blake – A survey of his music on CD" . Musicweb-International . Retrieved 2013-04-09 .
^ Philip L Scowcroft, First Garland , accessed 20 November 2010
^ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. (1954), Vol. I, p. 476
^ "Obituary: Sir Landon Ronald", The Times , 15 August 1938, p. 12
^ "Obituaries, Dr. J. K. Pyne, Distinguished Organist", The Times, 5 September 1938, pg. 14
^ The Times , obituary, 16 November 1938, p. 9.
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