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1932 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1932. Specific locations *1932 in British music *1932 in Norwegian music Specific genres *1932 in country music *1932 in jazz Events *1932 marks the lowest trough the recording industry experiences during the Great Depression. In the United States, revenues have dropped from 104 million units in 1927 to 6 million in 1932. *January 14 – Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G (Ravel), Piano Concerto in G is premièred in Paris. *February 3–9 – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record two medleys for Victor at rpm. Over half a century later it is discovered that two microphone-to-cutting table chains had been used, and that the session exists in "accidental stereo." *March 15 – The BBC Dance Orchestra in the UK first broadcasts under the direction of Henry Hall (bandleader), Henry Hall. *May 1 – The music to John Alden Carpenter's ballet ''Skyscrapers'' is recorded by the Victor Symphony Orchestra, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In British Music
This is a summary of 1932 in music in the United Kingdom. Events *7 October – The London Philharmonic Orchestra, recently founded by Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent, gives its first public concert. *''date unknown'' – Henry Hall (bandleader), Henry Hall becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra. Popular music * "Ain't it grand to be blooming well dead?" w. Leslie Sarony * "The Flies Crawled Up The Window" w.m. Douglas Furber & Vivian Ellis * "Love Is The Sweetest Thing" w.m. Ray Noble (musician), Ray Noble * "Mad About the Boy (song), Mad About the Boy" w.m. Noël Coward * "What More Can I Ask?" w. A. E. Wilkins m. Ray Noble (musician), Ray Noble Classical music: new works *Arnold Bax **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra **Sinfonietta **Sonata No. 4, for piano **''Summer Music'', for orchestra (revised version) **Symphony No. 5 (Bax), Symphony No. 5 **"Watching the Needleboats", for voice and piano (text by James Joyce) *Arthur Benjamin – Violin Concerto *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Duchin
Edwin Frank Duchin (April 1, 1909 – February 9, 1951), commonly known as Eddy Duchin or alternatively Eddie Duchin, was an American popular music pianist and bandleader during the 1930s and 1940s. Early career Duchin was born on April 1, 1909, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, to Bessarabian Jewish immigrants Tillie (née Baron; 1885 – March 21, 1962) and Frank Duchin (June 2, 1885 – May 15, 1957). After graduating from Beverly High School, he attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and was originally a pharmacist before turning full-time to music and beginning his new career with Leo Reisman's orchestra at the Central Park Casino in New York, an elegant nightclub where he became popular in his own right, causing strife between him and Reisman. By 1932, Reisman's contract with the Central Park Casino was being terminated, leaving violinist Leo Kahn as the interim leader of the orchestra. After 6 weeks, Duchin had assumed Kahn's place as the orchestra's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 13
Events Pre-1600 * 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina. * 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania. *1269 – The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated. * 1307 – Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy. * 1332 – Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days. * 1399 – Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey. 1601–1900 *1644 – A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners. * 1710 – Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces. * 1775 – The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Liverpool Philharmonic and The Hallé, Hallé orchestras. From the early 20th century until his death, Beecham was a major influence on the musical life of United Kingdom, Britain and, according to the BBC, was Britain's first international conductor. Born to a rich industrial family, Beecham began his career as a conductor in 1899. He used his access to the family fortune to finance opera from the 1910s until the start of the Second World War, staging seasons at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Drury Lane and Her Majesty's Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre with international stars, his own orchestra and a wide repertoire. Amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Thomas Beecham, Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony and BBC Symphony Orchestras. The founders' ambition was to build an orchestra the equal of any European or American rival. Between 1932 and the Second World War the LPO was widely judged to have succeeded in this regard. After the outbreak of war, the orchestra's private backers withdrew and the players reconstituted the LPO as a self-governing cooperative. In the post-war years, the orchestra faced challenges from two new rivals, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic. Founded respectively in 1945 and 1946, these orchestras achieved a quality of playing not matched by the older groups, including the LPO. By the 1960s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 7
Events Pre-1600 * 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. * 1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon. * 1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year. * 1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice. * 1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat. 1601–1900 * 1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued. * 1763 – King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements. *1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Ruth Crawford Seeger (born Ruth Porter Crawford; July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953) was an American composer and musicologist. Her music heralded the emerging modernist aesthetic, and she became a central member of a group of American composers known as the "ultramodernist". She composed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, turning towards studies on folk music from the late 1930s until her death. Her music influenced later composers including Elliott Carter. She is best known for her String Quartet (1931). It is "regarded as one of the finest modernist works of the genre". Childhood Ruth Crawford Seeger was born on July 3, 1901, in East Liverpool, Ohio, the second child of Methodist minister Clark Crawford and Clara Crawford (''née'' Graves). The family moved several times during Crawford's childhood, living in Akron, Ohio, St. Louis, and Muncie, Indiana. In 1912, the family moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where Clark died of tuberculosis two years later. After her husband' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Seeger
Charles Louis Seeger Jr. (December 14, 1886 – February 7, 1979) was an American musicologist, composer, teacher, and folklorist. He was the husband of the composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, father of the American folk singers Pete Seeger (1919–2014), Peggy Seeger (b. 1935), and Mike Seeger (1933–2009); and brother of the World War I poet Alan Seeger (1888–1916) and children's author and educator Elizabeth Seeger (1889-1973). Life and career Seeger was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to American parents Elsie Simmons (née Adams) and Charles Louis Seeger. During the 1890s, the family lived in Staten Island, New York. Seeger graduated from Harvard College in 1908, then studied in Cologne, Germany and conducted with the Cologne Opera. Upon discovering a hearing impairment, he left Europe to take a position as Professor of Music at the University of California at Berkeley, where he taught from 1912 to 1916 before being dismissed for his public opposition to U.S. entry into Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 2
Events Pre-1600 * 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. * 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes. *1263 – The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots. * 1470 – The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne. * 1552 – Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan. 1601–1900 *1766 - The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese. * 1780 – American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army. *1789 – The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification. * 1835 – Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Caruso
Enrico Caruso (, , ; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Generally recognized as the first international recording star, Caruso made around 250 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920. Biography Early life Enrico Caruso came from a poor but not destitute background. Born in Naples in the via Santi Giovanni e Paolo n° 7 on 25 February 1873, he was baptised the next day in the adjacent Church of San Giovanni e Paolo. His parents originally came from Piedimonte d'Alife (now called Piedimonte Matese), in the Province of Caserta in Campania, Southern Italy. Caruso was the third of seven children and one of only three to survive infancy. For decades, there was a story of Caruso's parents having had 21 children, 18 of whom died in infancy. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 15
Events Pre-1600 * 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. * 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. * 718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. * 747 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as ''majordomo'' and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler ('' de facto'') of the Frankish Kingdom. * 778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army. * 805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising * 927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. * 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria. * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Records
Crown Records was a budget record label founded as a subsidiary of Modern Records in 1957. It has been the name of several different record labels, listed below. Discography Mono Stereo Other Crown Records * United Kingdom ** Crown Records was a label made by Polyphon before World War I. ** Crown Records was a short-lived label in the mid-1920s that was a successor to the 6-inch "Bell" records made by Edison Bell. ** Crown Records was a label for 9-inch discs sold exclusively in Woolworth stores 1935-1937 through a contract with the Crystalate Manufacturing Company and was related to the Eclipse label. * United States ** Crown Records (1930s label) was headquartered in New York City in the mid 20th century. ** Crown Records, launched and headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia in the early 2000s, issues records for the square dance community. * Japan based Crown Records, also known as Nippon Crown. * Hong Kong based Crown Records 娛樂唱片, starting in the early 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
