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This is a summary of 1940 in music in the United Kingdom. ==Events== *30 January – Sophie Wyss gives the first complete performance of Benjamin Britten's ''Les Illuminations'', with Boyd Neel conducting his Orchestra at the Wigmore Hall, London.〔Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). ''Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 2 1939-45''. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-160581. pp. 628, 657〕 *28 March – Antonio Brosa gives the first performance of Britten's Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli in Carnegie Hall, New York.〔Mitchell (1991): p. 629〕 *21 April – Michael Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra is given its first performance in London. *May – Ilona Kabos and Louis Kentner record William Walton's ''Duets for Children'' for Columbia.〔Lloyd, Stephen (2001). ''William Walton: Muse of Fire''. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-803-7. p. 171〕 *22 June – John Ireland is evacuated from Guernsey just over a week before the island is invaded by Germany.〔Foreman, Lewis. ''The John Ireland Companion''. The Boydell Press, 2011: p. xxxiii〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1940 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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