29 January - The first performance of Charles Villiers Stanford‘s Clarinet Concerto in A minor takes place in Bournemouth with Charles Draper as soloist, conducted by the composer.[1]
30 January -The first performances of the Sonata for Piano by the London resident Italian composer Alberto Randegger, and Hubert Parry‘s sixth set of English Lyrics (6th Set), are given at St James’ Hall.
26 February - The first performance of Donald Tovey’s Trio for Pianoforte, Violin, and Cor Anglais is given by Tovey, Haydn Wood and Edgar Horton at St James’ Hall.
6 June - Edward Elgar's Dream of Gerontius is finally given its London premiere at Westminster Cathedral, three years after its troubled premiere in Birmingham. By then it had been heard twice in Germany and twice in America. Arthur Johnstone's favourable reviews in The Guardian are generally credited with increasing its popularity.[4]
25 August - The Second Symphony by Cyril Scott is performed for the first time in London at the Proms in London. It was subsequently adapted as the Three Symphonic Dances.[5]
14 October - The Apostles, an oratorio by Edward Elgar, is performed for the first time at the Birmingham Festival.[5]
4 November - The Piano Concerto in A major, op. 15 by Donald Tovey is performed for the first time by the Queen’s Hall Orchestra, conducted by Sir Henry Wood, with Tovey as the soloist.[5]
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Edward Elgar buys Royal Sunbeam bicycles for himself and his wife; he names his bicycle "Mr Phoebus".[6]
Arthur Wood becomes musical director of Terry's Theatre in London and is the city's youngest musical director at 28.[7]
^Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music: 9,670 Patriotic Songs Published in the United States, 1914-1920, with More Than 600 Covers Illustrated. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007. ISBN9780786424931OCLC71790113
