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This is a summary of 1947 in music in the United Kingdom. ==Events== *11–15 June – The first Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held in Wales, with W. S. Gwynn Williams as its musical director.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html )〕 *19 June - Kathleen Ferrier appears at Glyndebourne in Gluck's opera ''Orfeo ed Euridice''. *July - Conductor Malcolm Sargent is invested with a knighthood for his services to music.〔Stone, David. ("Malcolm Sargent" ). ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', 13 October 2001, accessed 15 July 2011〕 *August - Edmund Rubbra begins work on his Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 63.〔Grover, Ralph Scott. The Music of Edmund Rubbra. Aldershot: Scolar Press: 1993. ISBN 0-85967-910-1. Includes a worklist.〕 *22 August - The first Edinburgh International Festival opens. Its co-founder and first director is Sir Rudolf Bing. The first Festival concentrates mainly on classical music, a highlight being concerts given by the Vienna Philharmonic, reunited with their erstwhile conductor Bruno Walter, who had left Europe after the Nazi occupation of his homeland.〔G Bruce, Festival in the North, The story of the Edinburgh Festival, Robert Hale, London 1975, p.20〕 *3 November - The Royal Variety Performance, held at the London Palladium and attended by King George VI, includes performances by Bud Flanagan, Wilson, Keppel and Betty, Borrah Minnevitch's Harmonica Rascals, Valerie Tandy and Gracie Fields. *December - Benjamin Britten and singers Joan Cross and Peter Pears combine with designer John Piper and producer Eric Crozier to found the English Opera Group.〔Gilbert, Susie (2009). ''Opera for Everybody''. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-22493-7. p. 107〕〔Mitchell, Donald (ed) (2004). ''Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 3 1946-51''. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-22282-X. p. 138〕 *''date unknown'' * *Jack Brymer becomes principal clarinettist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. * *Gracie Fields hosts ''Our Gracie's Working Party'' on BBC radio; in the series, she visits twelve towns (beginning with Rochdale), compering and performing in a live show of music and entertainment, with local talents on the bill. 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「1947 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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