1941 in British music

This is a summary of 1941 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

 * 29 March – Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem is premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli.
 * 3 April – William Walton's Scapino overture has its premiere in Chicago, conducted by Frederick Stock.
 * May – Arthur Bliss joins the BBC's overseas music service.
 * 10 May – London's Queen's Hall, venue for the Promenade Concerts, is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The Proms re-locate to the Royal Albert Hall.
 * 30 October – On the occasion of Britten's String Quartet No. 1 being performed in Washington, he is awarded the Library of Congress Medal for services to chamber music.

Popular music

 * "Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?" w.m. Noël Coward
 * "Down Forget-Me-Not Lane" w.m. Horatio Nicholls, Charlie Chester & Reg Morgan
 * "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" w. Eric Maschwitz m. Michael Carr
 * "Hey Little Hen" w.m. Ralph Butler & Noel Gay
 * "London Pride" w.m. Noël Coward
 * "When They Sound The Last All Clear" w.m. Hughie Charles, Louis Elton

Classical music: new works

 * Kenneth J. Alford
 * By Land and Sea
 * Army of the Nile
 * Richard Addinsell – Warsaw Concerto
 * Arthur Bliss – String Quartet No. 1
 * Benjamin Britten – String Quartet No. 1
 * Ralph Vaughan Williams – England, my England

Opera

 * Benjamin Britten – Paul Bunyan

Film and Incidental music

 * Richard Addinsell – Dangerous Moonlight
 * William Walton – Major Barbara, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison.

Musical films

 * He Found a Star, starring Vic Oliver
 * Turned Out Nice Again, starring George Formby
 * You Will Remember, starring Robert Morley and Emlyn Williams

Musical theatre

 * 5 March – Apple Sauce revue opens at the Palladium.
 * 24 July – Lady Behave London production opens at His Majesty's Theatre and runs for 401 performances.
 * 19 November – Get a Load of This London production opens at the Hippodrome Theatre and runs for 698 performances.

Births

 * 12 January – Long John Baldry, R&B singer (died 2005)
 * 4 February – John Steel, drummer (The Animals and Eggs over Easy)
 * 14 February – Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (died 2012)
 * 5 April – Dave Swarbrick, folk musician (died 2016)
 * 11 April – Arthur Davies, operatic tenor (died 2018)
 * 13 April – Margaret Price, soprano
 * 23 April – Ed Stewart, disc jockey (died 2016)
 * 3 May – Paul Ferris, film composer and actor (died 1995)
 * 9 May – Pete Birrell, bass player (Freddie and the Dreamers)
 * 11 May – Eric Burdon, R&B singer (The Animals)
 * 21 May – Martin Carthy, folk musician
 * 9 June – Jon Lord, keyboard player and composer (died 2012)
 * 12 June – Reg Presley, singer and songwriter (died 2013)
 * 30 June
 * Mike Leander, arranger, songwriter and record producer (died 1996)
 * Nigel Walley, tea-chest bass player and golfer
 * 7 July – Jim Rodford, bass player (The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Zombies, The Kast Off Kinks and Argent)
 * 17 July – Spencer Davis, instrumentalist (The Spencer Davis Group)
 * 20 August – Anne Evans, operatic soprano
 * 10 September – Christopher Hogwood, conductor and harpsichordist
 * 27 October – Don Partridge, singer-songwriter (died 2010)
 * 2 November – Brian Poole, singer (The Tremeloes)
 * 15 November – Rick Kemp, singer-songwriter, bass player and producer (Steeleye Span)
 * 24 November – Pete Best, rock drummer (The Beatles original lineup)
 * 27 December
 * Les Maguire, pop pianist (Gerry & the Pacemakers)
 * Mike Pinder, rock keyboard player (The Moody Blues)
 * 29 December – Ray Thomas, rock flautist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018)

Deaths

 * 10 January – Frank Bridge, composer, 61
 * 19 February – Sir Hamilton Harty, conductor and composer, 61
 * 11 March – Sir Henry Walford Davies, composer, 71
 * 27 March – Stewart Macpherson, music teacher and writer, 75
 * 16 August – John Coates, operatic tenor, 76
 * date unknown – William Hargreaves, music hall composer