This is a summary of1943 in music in theUnited Kingdom.

• January
  • The Committee for the Promotion of New Music (later renamedSociety for the Promotion of New Music) is founded byFrancis Chagrin inLondon with the intention of promoting the creation, performance and appreciation of new music by young and unestablished composers.Ralph Vaughan Williams agrees to be president, withArthur Bliss the committee's vice-president.^[1][2]
  • Arthur Bliss'sPiano Concerto andWilliam Walton'sBelshazzar's Feast are recorded under the auspices of theBritish Council.^[3]
• 27 March –Michael Tippett's String Quartet No. 2 is first performed in London.^[4]
• 24 June – Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra in the premiere of hisFifth Symphony at a Proms Concert in theRoyal Albert Hall.^[4]
• 15 October – first performance ofBenjamin Britten'sSerenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with soloistsPeter Pears andDennis Brain at theWigmore Hall.^[5]

• "Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans" w.m.Noël Coward^[6]
• "Silver Wings In The Moonlight" w.m.Hughie Charles, Sonny Miller & Leo Towers

• Benjamin Britten
  • Rejoice in the Lamb, festival cantata
  • Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • The Story of a Flemish Farm
  • Symphony No. 5 in D Major
• William Walton
  • The Quest (ballet)
  • Violin Concerto (reorchestrated)

• Ralph Vaughan Williams –The Flemish Farm

• 17 April –Show Boat (Jerome Kern andOscar Hammerstein II) – London revival opens at theStoll Theatre and runs for 264 performances.
• 10 June –Sweet And Low Londonrevue opens at theAmbassadors Theatre and runs for 264 performances.
• 17 June –The Lisbon Story, with music byHarry Parr-Davies, opens at theHippodrome Theatre and runs for 492 performances.^[7]

• Miss London Ltd., directed byVal Guest, starringArthur Askey andEvelyn Dall.
• Rhythm Serenade, starringVera Lynn andPeter Murray-Hill.
• Variety Jubilee, starringReginald Purdell andEllis Irving
• We'll Meet Again released 18 January, starringVera Lynn,Geraldo andPatricia Roc.

• 7 January –Richard Armstrong, organist and conductor
• 16 January
  • Brian Ferneyhough, composer
  • Gavin Bryars, composer
• 28 January –Dick Taylor, bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Rolling Stones,The Pretty Things, andThe Mekons)
• 29 January
  • Tony Blackburn, DJ
  • Mark Wynter, singer
• 16 February –Howard Riley, English pianist and composer
• 25 February –George Harrison, guitarist, singer and songwriter (died2001)^[8]
• 9 March –David Matthews, composer
• 22 March –Keith Relf, lead vocalist and harmonica player ofthe Yardbirds (died1976)^[9]
• 29 March –Eric Idle, actor, writer, and songwriter
• 16 April
  • Ruth Madoc, actress and singer (d.2022)^[10]
  • Lonesome Dave Peverett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 17 April –Elinor Bennett, harpist
• 20 April – SirJohn Eliot Gardiner, conductor^[11]
• 25 April –Tony Christie, singer
• 8 May
  • Jon Mark, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sweet Thursday andMark-Almond)
  • Paul Samwell-Smith, bass player and producer (The Yardbirds andBox of Frogs)
• 11 May –Les Chadwick, bass player (Gerry and the Pacemakers) (died2019)
• 14 May –Jack Bruce, vocalist, guitarist and composer (died2014)^[12]
• 15 June –Muff Winwood, record producer, songwriter, and bass player
• 17 June –Christopher Brown, composer
• 26 July –Mick Jagger, singer and actor (The Rolling Stones)
• 28 July –Richard Wright, keyboardist (Pink Floyd) (died 2008)
• 24 August –Dafydd Iwan, musician and politician^[13]
• 6 September –Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
• 30 September –Philip Moore, organist and composer
• 3 November –Bert Jansch, folk musician (died2011)^[14]
• 30 November –Leo Lyons, bassist
• 17 December –Dave Dee, singer (died2009)^[15]

• 7 February –Clara Novello Davies, singer, mother ofIvor Novello, 81^[16]
• 28 March –Ben Davies, operatic tenor, 85^[17]
• 14 April –Geoffrey Shaw, church musician and composer, 63
• 25 April –William Edward Wadely, organist and composer, 89
• 3 May –Leslie Heward, conductor and composer, 45^[18]
• 30 July –Benjamin Dale, composer, 58^[19]
• 28 November –Arthur Catterall, violinist and conductor, 60^[20]
• 16 December –William Wallace, composer, 80^[21]

• 1943 in British television
• 1943 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1943

• 1943 in British music
• 1943 in music
• British music by year
• 1940s in British music

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