3 June:DAKOTA STATON = American jazz vocalist = [died: 2007]
9 June:MONIQUE SERF = French singer ("Barbara") = [died: 1997]
1 July:BOBBY DAY = American singer, songwriter = [died: 1990]
16 July:GUY BÉART = French singer and songwriter
20 July:SALLY ANN HOWES = English actress and singer
1 August
LIONEL BART = English composer and lyricist = [died: 1999]
WALTER JAGIELLO = American (of Polish background) polka musician and songwriter = [died: 2006]
7 September:SONNY ROLLINS = American jazz saxophonist
23 September:RAY CHARLES = American soul musician = [died: 2004]
5 October:JOHN CARMICHAEL = Australian pianist, composer and music therapist
8 October:TŌRU TAKEMITSU = Japanese composer = [died: 1996]
24 October:THE BIG BOPPER = American DJ and singer = [died: 1959]
30 October:CLIFFORD BROWN = American jazz trumpeter = [died: 1956]
31 December:ODETTA = American singer, songwriter and civil rights activist = [died: 2008]
Timeline of Musical Events
16 February:NICHOLAS SLONIMSKY premieres CHARLES IVES's Three Places in New England
17 February: The Technicolor musical film, 'The Vagabond King', is released. DENNIS KING recreates his original London and Broadway stage role as Villon in this film. DENNIS KING records two songs from the film for Victor records.
1 April: 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 acquire four music publishers to profit from sales in sheet music.
10 May:
The film version of the stage hit 'Hold Everything' is released. WINNIE LIGHTNER and JOE E. BROWN star in this Technicolor musical which opens to rave reviews. Of the film's song, "When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You", becomes a hit. AL JOLSON records this song from the picture for Brunswick Records.
Metropolitan Opera baritone LAWRENCE TIBBETT's first film 'The Rogue Song', a lavish Technicolor musical is released to rave reviews. LAWRENCE TIBBETT records the songs he sang in the film for Victor records.
25 May: The all Technicolor musical film, 'Song of the Flame' based on the 1925 Broadway musical of the same name, is released to rave reviews. The film stars NOAH BEERY and BERNICE CLAIRE and is nominated for an Oscar for "Best Sound Recording". NOAH BEERY records his song from the picture for Brunswick Records.
24 August: Festival Puccini is launched at Torre del Lago.
29 October:BING CROSBY makes his first recording with the GUS ARNHEIM Orchestra as a solo vocalist. His new type of singing voice, a low baritone, becomes a sensation and will gradually displace (by around 1935) the standard tenor voice that had characterized the vocals of popular music in the 1920's
10 December: First performance of BERTOLT BRECHT's play The Decision, with music by HANNS EISLER
Also in 1930:-
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed.
FRANKIE LAINE sings to an audience of 5,000 at The Merry Garden Ballroom.
BUKKA WHITE makes his first recording.
Published Popular Music
"Across The Breakfast Table (Looking At You)" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN, featured in the Warner Bros. musical 'Mammy'
"After A Million Dreams" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by WALTER DONALDSON, featured in the William Fox musical film 'Cameo Kirby'
"All I Want Is Just One Girl" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING, featured in the Paramount musical film 'Paramount On Parade'
"Alone In The Rain" = lyrics & music by DAN DOUGHERTY & EDMUND GOULDING, featured in the Pathe musical film 'The Grand Parade'
"Alone With My Dreams" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by HARRY ARCHER
"Always In All Ways" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING & W. FRANKE HARLING. Introduced by JEANETTE MacDONALD in the Paramount musical film 'Monte Carlo'
"Any Time's The Time To Fall In Love" = lyrics & music by ELSIE JANIS and JACK KING, featured in the Paramount musical film 'Paramount On Parade'
"A Bench in the Park" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER, featured in the Universal musical film 'King of Jazz'
"Betty Co-Ed" = lyrics & music by J. PAUL FOGARTY & RUDY VALLEE
"Beware Of Love" = lyrics & music by WILLIAM KERNELL, featured in the William Fox musical film 'Women Everywhere'
"Beyond the Blue Horizon" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING & W. FRANKE HARLING. Introduced by JEANETTE MacDONALD in the Paramount musical film 'Monte Carlo'
"Blue Again" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH. Introduced by EVELYN HOEY in 'The Vanderbilt Revue'
"Blue Is The Night" = lyrics & music by FRED FISHER, from the M.G.M. musical film 'Their Own Desire'
"Blue, Turning Grey Over You" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by THOMAS "FATS" WALLER
"Body and Soul" = lyrics by ROBERT SOUR, EDWARD HEYMAN & FRANK EYTON; music by JOHNNY GREEN
"Bye Bye Blues" = lyrics & music by BERT LOWN, CHAUNCEY GRAY, FRED HAMM & DAVE BENNETT
"Can This Be Love?" = lyrics by PAUL JAMES; music by KAY SWIFT. Introduced by ALICE BOULDEN in the musical 'Fine and Dandy'
"Can't We Talk It Over?" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by VICTOR YOUNG
"Caribbean Love Song" = lyrics & music by EUGENE BERTON, featured in the United Artists film 'Hell Harbor'
"Cheerful Little Earful" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN & BILLY ROSE; music by HARRY WARREN
"Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE; music by HENRY TOBIAS
"A Cottage For Sale" = lyrics by LARRY CONLEY; music by WILLARD ROBISON
"Dancing on the Ceiling" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by JOE BURKE, featured in the Warner Bros. musical 'Dancing Sweeties'
"Dangerous Nan McGrew" = lyrics by DAN HARTMAN; music by AL GOODHART
"Don't Tell Him What Happened To Me" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Down the River of Golden Dreams" = lyrics by JOHN KLENNER; music by NATHANIEL SHILKRET
"Embraceable You" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Exactly Like You" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Falling in Love Again" = English lyrics by SAMMY LERNER; music by FREDERICK HOLLANDER
"Fine and Dandy" = lyrics by PAUL JAMES (pseudonym for JAMES WARBURG); music by KAY SWIFT
"For You" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by JOE BURKE
"Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy" = lyrics & music by LARRY SHAY, WARD & MONTGOMERY
"Georgia On My Mind" = lyrics by STUART GORRELL; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Get Happy" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Goofus" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WAYNE KING & WILLIAM HAROLD
"Happy Feet" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"I Am Only Human after All" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN & E. Y. HARBURG; music by VERNON DUKE
"I Bring a Love Song" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG from the musical film 'Viennese Nights'
"I Got Rhythm" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"I Love You So Much" = lyrics by BERT KALMAR; music by HARRY RUBY
"If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by VIVIAN ELLIS
"I'm Confessin' That I Love You" = lyrics by AL J. NEIBURG; music by DOC DAUGHERTY & ELLIS REYNOLDS
"I'm Glad I Waited" = lyrics & music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"I'm In the Market for You" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"Into My Heart" = lyrics by ROY TURK; music by FRED AHLERT. Introduced by RAMON NOVARRO in the film 'In Gay Madrid'
"It Happened In Monterey" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE; music by MABEL WAYNE
"It Must Be True" = lyrics & music by GUS ARNHEIM, HARRY BARRIS & GORDON CLIFFORD
"J'ai Deux Amours" = lyrics by GEORGES KOGER & H. VARNA; music by VINCENT SCOTTO
"Just a Gigolo" = English lyrics by IRVING CAESAR, German lyrics by JULIUS BRAMMER; music by LEONELLO CASUCCI
"The Kiss Waltz" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by JOE BURKE
"Lady, Play Your Mandolin" = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR; music by OSCAR LEVANT
"The Little Things in Life" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Little White Lies" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight" = lyrics by AL LEWIS; music by AL SHERMAN
"Love for Sale" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Lucky Seven" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Memories of You" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by EUBIE BLAKE
"My Future Just Passed" = lyrics by GEORGE MARION Jr; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Mysterious Mose" = lyrics & music by WALTER DOYLE
"Nina Rosa" = music by IRVING CAESAR
"Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN & AL LEWIS & CON CONRAD
"Ninety-Nine Out of a Hundred (Wanna Be Loved) = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN & AL LEWIS
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" = lyrics by SIDNEY CLARE; music by SAM H. STEPT
"Send for Me" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Sing, You Sinners" = lyrics & music by W. FRANKE HARLING & SAM COSLOW. Introduced by LILLIAN ROTH in the film 'Honey'
"Someday I'll Find You" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"Something to Remember You By" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"The Song of the Dawn" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER from the film 'King Of Jazz'
"Sweepin' the Clouds Away" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW
"Sweet Jennie Lee" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Telling it to the Daisies" = lyrics by JOE YOUNG; music by HARRY WARREN
"Ten Cents a Dance" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Them There Eyes" = lyrics & music by MACEO PINKARD, WILLIAM TRACEY & DORIS TAUBER
"They All Fall In Love" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Three Little Words" = lyrics by BERT KALMAR; music by HARRY RUBY
"Time on My Hands" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON & MACK GORDON; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Two Loves Have I" = English lyrics by J. P. MURRAY & BARRY TRIVERS; music by VINCENT SCOTTO
"Walking My Baby Back Home" = lyrics & music by ROY TURK & FRED AHLERT
"The Waltz You Saved For Me" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WAYNE KING & EMIL FLINDT
"When I'm Looking At You" = lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY; music by HERBERT STOTHART. Introduced by LAWRENCE TIBBETT in the film 'The Rogue Song'
"When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" = lyrics by CHARLES TOBIAS; music by PETER DE ROSE
"The White Dove" = lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY; music by FRANZ LEHÁR
"Why Am I So Romantic?" = lyrics by BERT KALMAR; music by HARRY RUBY
"Would You Like To Take A Walk?" = lyrics by MORT DIXON & BILLY ROSE; music by HARRY WARREN
"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" = lyrics & music by SAMMY FAIN, IRVING KAHAL & PIERRE NORMAN
"You Will Remember Vienna" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"You're Driving Me Crazy" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
Classical Music
WILLIAM ALWYN
Piano Concerto No. 1
ARTHUR BLISS
Morning Heroes (oratorio)
AARON COPLAND
Piano Variations
ARTHUR DE GREEF
Piano Concerto no. 2
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
String Quartet No. 7
REYNALDO HAHN
Piano Concerto in E
HOWARD HANSON
Symphony No. 2, "The Romantic"
MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
Turkish Fragments
JOHN IRELAND
Piano Concerto in E flat and Legend for piano and orchestra
PAUL JUON
Quintet for Winds in B flat major
ZOLTAN KODALY
Dances of Marosszek
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Concerto Grosso
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Bachiana brasileira no 1 for 8 Cellos
ANTON WEBERN
Quartet, opus 22
Opera
RALPH BENATZKY
Im weissen Rossl
LEOS JANACEK
From the House of the Dead
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Von Heute auf Morgen
premiered 1 February 1930, Frankfurt
KURT WEILL
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Musical Theatre
DARLING, I LOVE YOU
London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on January 22 and ran for 147 performances
ELDORADO
(Asche)
London production opened at Daly's Theatre on September 3 and ran for 93 performances
EVER GREEN
(Rodgers/Hart)
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 3 and ran for 254 performances
FINE AND DANDY
Broadway musical opened at the Erlanger's Theatre on September 23 and ran for 246 performances
FOLLOW A STAR
(Ellis/Furber)
London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 17 and ran for 118 performances
GIRL CRAZY
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 14 and ran for 272 performances
HERE COMES THE BRIDE
London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on February 20 and ran for 175 performances
DAS LAND DES LACHELNS
Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on September 26 and ran for 105 performances
LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER
London production opened at Daly's Theatre on November 19 and ran for 83 performances
THE LOVE RACE
London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on June 25 and ran for 237 performances
THE NEW YORKERS
(Book by Herbert Fields, Lyrics & Music by Cole Porter)
Broadway revue opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 8 and ran for 168 performances
NIPPY
London production opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on October 30 and ran for 137 performances
RIO RITA
London production opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on April 3 and ran for 59 performances
THE SECOND LITTLE SHOW
Broadway revue opened at the Royale Theatre on September 2 and ran for 63 performances
SILVER WINGS
London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on February 14 and ran for 120 performances
SONS O' GUNS
London production opened at the Hippodrome on June 26 and ran for 211 performances
SWEET AND LOW
Broadway revue opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on November 17 and ran for 184 performances
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on March 28 and ran for 240 performances
THREE'S A CROWD
Broadway revue opened at the Selwyn Theatre on October 15 and ran for 271 performances
THE VANDERBILT REVUE
Broadway revue opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 5 and ran for 13 performances
VIKTORIA UND IHR HUSAR
Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on December 23 and ran for 121 performances
IM WEISSEN ROSSL aka WHITE HORSE INN
(Ralph Benatzky)
First performed at the Grosses Schauspielhaus in Berlin on November 8.
WONDER BAR
London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 5 and ran for 210 performances
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Mark Chard BSc, PLY
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Last edited: 23rd December 2023
