This is a summary of 1912 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events date unknown The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival is held for the last time, and runs at a loss. Edward German declines Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's proposal that he provide the music for a production based on the life of Sir Francis Drake, saying that its setting necessitate covering ground already explored in his 1902 opera Merrie England. He writes little original music after this time. The Royal Academy of Music moves from Mayfair to purpose-built premises in Marylebone.Barker, Duncan J. "Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell", Grove Music Online (requires subscription), accessed 27 September 2009

Popular music Jack Judge & Harry H. Williams – "It's A Long Way To Tipperary"

Recordings Harry Lauder – Roamin' in the Gloamin' (Victor Talking Machine Company)Lauder, Harry. "Roamin' In The Gloamin'" (sheet music). New York: T.B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter (1911).

Classical music Kenneth J. Alford – Holyrood and The Vedette, marches Granville Bantock – In the Far West, serenade for string orchestra Arthur Bliss – F. 139, Intermezzo Frank Bridge Piano Quintet The Sea, orchestral suite George Butterworth – Bredon Hill and Other Songs Edward Elgar – The Music Makers Eugene Goossens – Variations on a Chinese Theme John Ireland – Songs of a Wayfarer Charles Villiers Stanford – Sonata for clarinet (or viola) and piano, Op. 129

Opera Joseph Holbrooke – The Children of Don, Op. 56

Musical theatre 24 February – The Sunshine Girl, with music by Paul Rubens, opens at the Gaiety Theatre, London, for a run of 336 performances.Platt L. (2004) The Decline of West End Musical Comedy, 1912–1939. In: Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890–1939. Palgrave Macmillan, London

Births 27 March – Robert Hughes, composer (died 2007) 22 April – Kathleen Ferrier, contralto (died 1953) 18 June – Melville Cook, organist, conductor, composer and teacher (died 1993) 30 June – Polly Ward, singer and actress (died 1987) 22 November – Chick Henderson, singer (died 1944) 7 December – Daniel Jones, composer (died 1993) 30 December (in Canada) – Rosina Lawrence, actress, singer and dancer (died 1997) date unknown – Tommy Potts, fiddle player and composer (died 1988)

Deaths 30 January – Florence St. John, singer and actress, 56 1 March – George Grossmith, comic singer in operetta, 64Blackett-Ord, Carol. "George Grossmith (1847–1912), Entertainer and author", National Portrait Gallery, accessed 28 September 2019 15 April (drowned in the sinking of RMS Titanic): Wallace Hartley, ship's bandleader and violinist, 33 John Law Hume, violinist, 21 14 August – Marion Hood, singer, 58 1 September – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer, 37 (pneumonia)"Samuel Coleridge-Taylor", BBC Music. 1 October – Frances Allitsen, composer, 63"The Lord is My Light" (1897) Boosey & Company, London 19 October – Richard Temple, opera singer, 66

See also 1912 in the United Kingdom

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