Editing 1931 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 6]] - [[John Serry Sr.]] makes the first of several professional appearances as a soloist on the Italian radio station [[WOV]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/99529553 |title=The New York Times: "Today On The Radio: 265 M-WOV-1,130 KE: 4:30 John Serrapica, Accordion" January 6, 1931 p. 33 John Serrapica on Proquest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times |access-date=January 2, 2024  |id={{ProQuest|99529553}} |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/99511360 |title=The New York Times: "Today On The Radio: 265 M-WOV-1,130 KE: 5:15 John Serrapica, Accordion" January 15, 1931 p. 30, John Serrapica on Proquest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times |access-date=January 2, 2024  |id={{ProQuest|99511360}} |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/99509304 |title=The New York Times: "Today On The Radio: 265 M-WOV-1,130 KE 5:15 John Serrapica, Accordion" January 22, 1931 p. 31 John Serrapica on Proquest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times |access-date=January 2, 2024  |id={{ProQuest|99509304}} |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[January 24]]
**[[Mary Garden]] makes her last appearance with Chicago Opera, before retiring to her native Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Opera Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSIaAQAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|page=7|access-date=2019-08-07|archive-date=2024-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429070505/https://books.google.com/books?id=iSIaAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
**The [[Romen Theatre]] opens as a studio in [[Moscow]].
*[[May 14]] – After conducting a concert in memory of [[Giuseppe Martucci]] in Bologna, [[Arturo Toscanini]] is attacked by a crowd for having refused to perform the [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|fascist Italian]] national anthem on the program.<ref>David Darrah, "Slap Toscanini: Refuses to Play Fascist Anthem", ''Chicago Tribune'' 90, no. 117 (16 May 1931): 3.</ref>
*[[May 21]] – [[RCA Victor]]'s first commercially issued {{frac|33|1|3}} rpm record, "Salon Suite, No. 1" by The Victor Salon Orchestra, directed by [[Nathaniel Shilkret]], is recorded.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal – Association for Recorded Sound Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzwJAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Association for Recorded Sound Collections|page=21|access-date=2018-12-30|archive-date=2024-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429070508/https://books.google.com/books?id=tzwJAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*[[May 23]] – [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''[[Nursery Suite]]'' receives its premiere in a recording studio ([[Kingsway Hall]], London).<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Kennedy (music critic)|title=Notes to The Nursery Suite and other short pieces|location=London|publisher=EMI|year=1989|oclc=36262885}}</ref>
*[[July 22]]–28 – The ninth annual [[International Society for Contemporary Music|ISCM]] Festival of Contemporary Music takes place in London and Oxford, with concerts of orchestral, choral and chamber music.<ref>Anon., "Contemporary Music: Festival in England This Year", ''The Times'', issue 45735 (Saturday, 31 January 1931): 10C.</ref>
*[[October 20]] – The Indian Music Circle, dedicated to the revival of Indian classical music, is inaugurated with a ceremony held in the [[Jinnah's People's Memorial Hall|Jinnah Memorial Hall]], Bombay.<ref>Anon., "Indian Music: Inauguration of Circle in Bombay", ''The Times of India'' (Thursday, 22 October 1931): 7.</ref>
* December 31 – Record sales dropped 75% from 1929