1915 in British music

This is a summary of 1915 in music in the United Kingdom.

• March – The Musical Times publishes an appreciation of Frederick Delius by the composer Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine).

• December – Having been invalided out of the armed forces, composer Havergal Brian and his family move to Erdington, Warwickshire.

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  • Composer Herbert Howells is given six months to live, and becomes the first person in the UK to receive radium treatment (he will live on until 1983).
  • William Penfro Rowlands's hymn tune "Blaenwern" is first published in Henry H. Jones' Cân a Moliant.
  • The Band of the Welsh Guards is formed, simultaneously with the establishment of the regiment.

• Albert William Ketèlbey – "In a Monastery Garden"

• T. W. Conner – "A Little Bit of Cucumber"

• George Henry Powell & Felix Powell – "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"

• Granville Bantock – Hebridean Symphony

• Frank Bridge – Lament

• Dora Bright – A Dancer's Adventure (ballet)

• Frederick Delius – Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra

• Edward Elgar – Incidental music for The Starlight Express

• Gustav Holst – Japanese Suite

• John Ireland – Preludes for Piano

• Percy Pitt

  • Sakura suite No. 2 (Suite de Ballet)
  • Ballet Egyptien
  • Suite pour petite orchestre

• Rutland Boughton – Bethlehem

• 24 April – Betty, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and music by Paul Rubens, opens at Daly's Theatre, starring Winifred Barnes.

• 28 April – Tonight's the Night, with lyrics by Percy Greenbank and music by Paul Rubens, opens at Daly's Theatre, featuring George Grossmith and Leslie Henson.

• 11 January – Harry Lewis, musician and composer (died 1998)

• 25 January – Ewan MacColl, folk singer and songwriter (died 1989)

• 4 February – Norman Wisdom, comedian, singer and actor (died 2010)

• 10 March – Charles Groves, conductor (died 1992)

• 19 March – Nancy Evans, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2000)

• 25 March – Dorothy Squires, singer (died 1998)

• 29 March – George Chisholm, jazz trombonist and comedian (died 1997)

• 26 August – Humphrey Searle, composer (died 1982)

• 28 November – Pamela Harrison, pianist and composer (died 1990)

• 15 January – Florence Everilda Goodeve, composer and lyricist, 53

• 4 June – William Denis Browne, pianist, organist and composer, 26 (killed in action)

• 6 June – William Hayman Cummings, tenor, organist and composer, 83

• 10 December – David Jenkins, composer, 66

• 1915 in the United Kingdom