1933 in British music
This is a summary of 1933 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 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!" Popular music "My Lucky Day" and "Happy Ending" by Harry Parr-Davies, performed by Gracie Fields. Classical music: new works Arnold Bax – Symphonic Scherzo Arthur Bliss – Viola Sonata Benjamin Britten – A Boy Was Born Rebecca Clarke – The Tiger Eric Coates – London Suite. Gustav Holst Brook Green Suite Lyric Movement Ralph Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony (revised) Film and incidental music Bretton Byrd – Friday the Thirteenth Colin Wark Song of the Plough Doss House Musical theatre 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. Musical films Aunt Sally, starring Cicely Courtneidge and Sam Hardy and featuring Debroy Somers and his Band. Directed by Tim Whelan. Bitter Sweet, directed by Herbert Wilcox, starring Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravey Facing the Music, directed by Harry Hughes, starring Stanley Lupino, Jose Collins and Nancy