1933 in British music

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This is a summary of 1933 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events[edit]

December – Edward Elgar, knowing he is suffering from cancer and does not have time to complete his Third Symphony, tells William Henry Reed: "Don't let them tinker with it, Billy – burn it!"^[1]

"My Lucky Day" and "Happy Ending" by Harry Parr-Davies, performed by Gracie Fields.^[2]

22 November – That's a Pretty Thing (Music: Noel Gay Lyrics: Desmond Carter Book: Stanley Lupino) opens at Daly's Theatre and runs for 103 performances.

20 January – Gerry Monroe, singer (died 1989)
7 February – Stuart Burrows, operatic tenor
14 February – James Simmons, poet, literary critic and songwriter (died 2001)
22 February – Katharine, Duchess of Kent, patron of music
1 March – Gerry Bron, record producer and manager (d. 2012)
6 March – Dolly Collins, folk musician, arranger and composer (died 1995)
14 April – Shani Wallis, actress and singer
21 April – Ian Carr, jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator (died 2009)
22 May – Don Estelle, actor and singer (died 2003)
30 May – Michael Garrick, jazz pianist and composer (died 2011)
10 June — Ian Campbell, folk singer (died 2012)
15 July – Julian Bream, guitarist and lutenist
23 July – Bernard Roberts, pianist (died 2013)
29 July – Anne Rogers, actress, singer and dancer
15 August – Rita Hunter, operatic soprano (died 2001)
21 August – Dame Janet Baker, operatic mezzo-soprano
23 August – Ian Fraser, Emmy-nominated composer, conductor, arranger and music director (died 2014)
10 October – Daniel Massey, star of musical theatre (died 1998)
21 October – Georgia Brown, actress and singer (died 1992)
3 November – John Barry, film composer (died 2011)
23 November – John Sanders, organist, conductor and composer (died 2003)
10 December – Don Charles, singer and record producer (died 2005)
30 December – Andy Stewart, singer (died 1993)

3 March – Robert Radford, bass singer, 58^[8]
15 April – Ernest Bucalossi, British-Italian light music composer and arranger, 73
26 April – Francesco Berger, pianist and composer, 98
10 September – Adrian Ross, English lyricist, 73

^ Elgar – His Music: Symphony No. 3, Op. 88
^ Shafer, Stephen C. British popular films, 1929–1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997. p.199
^ Robert Farnon Society Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. Rfsoc.org.uk. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH (1933)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
^ Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
^ BFI.org
^ "Happy (film)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (London 1974 impression), 327).