29 February:LEROY SIBBLES = Jamaican-Canadian reggae musician and producer. He was the lead singer for The Heptones {1965-78}
6 March:MARIKO TAKAHASHI = Japanese pop singer
8 March:ANTONELLO VENDITTI = Italian singer-songwriter
13 March:
DONALD YORK = American singer with Sha Na Na {1969-present}
JULIA MIGENES = American operatic soprano
17 March:DANIEL LAVOIE = Canadian singer–songwriter, actor, producer, poet, and radio host
19 March:VALERY LEONTIEV = Soviet and Russian pop singer
21 March:
ÅGE ALEKSANDERSEN = Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist
EDDIE MONEY = American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
24 March:NICK LOWE = English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
26 March:
VICKI LAWRENCE = American actress, comedienne and singer
FRAN SHEEHAN = American rock musician, member of Boston
30 March:LENE LOVICH = American singer, songwriter and musician of Serbian and English descent
1 April:GIL SCOTT-HERON = American poet, musician and author
3 April:RICHARD THOMPSON = English singer, songwriter, and guitarist
21 April:PATTI LuPONE = American actress and singer
9 May:BILLY JOEL = American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer
13 May:OVEREND PETE WATTS = English musician, founding member of Mott the Hoople {1969–1980, 2009, 2013}
17 May:BILL BRUFORD = English drummer, percussionist, songwriter, producer, and record label owner; original drummer of Yes {1968-72} and King Crimson {1972–74, 1981–84, 1994–97}
18 May:
RICK WAKEMAN = English keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter, author, and actor, member of Yes {1971–1974, 1976–1980, 1990–1992, 1995–1996, 2002–2004}
BILL WALLACE = Canadian bass player, member of Brother {1969-70} and The Guess Who {1972-75, 1979, 2000-July 03}
19 May:DUSTY HILL = American bassist, keyboardist, and co-vocalist with ZZ Top
26 May:RANDALL HANK WILLIAMS kpa HANK WILLIAMS, Jr. = American singer, songwriter and musician
29 May:FRANCIS ROSSI = English singer, songwriter and musician; best known as the co-founder, lead singer and lead guitarist of the rock band Status Quo
6 June:HOLLY NEAR = American singer-songwriter, actor, teacher, and activist
9 June:FRANCIS MONKMAN = English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of both the progressive rock band Curved Air {1970-1972, 1974, 1990} and the classical/rock fusion band Sky {1978-1980}
11 June:FRANK BEARD = American drummer with ZZ Top
12 June:JOHN WETTON = English singer, bassist, and songwriter, member of King Crimson {1972-74} and Roxy Music {1976}
13 June:DENNIS LOCORRIERE = American former lead vocalist and guitarist of the soft rock group Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, later Dr Hook
14 June:
JULES SHUNGU WEMBADIO PENE KIKUMBA kpa PAPA WEMBA = Congolese singer and musician = [died: 2016]
ALAN WHITE = English drummer and songwriter, member of The Plastic Ono Band {1969-71} and Yes {1972–1981, 1983–present}
15 June:
RUSSELL HITCHCOCK = Australian musician and singer of the soft rock duo Air Supply
MICHAEL SAM LUTZ = American musician, guitarist/vocalist with Brownsville Station {1969-1979, 2012-Current}
20 June:LIONEL RICHIE = American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer, member of The Commodores {1968-82}
22 June:
JAROSLAV FILIP = Slovak musician, composer, humorist, dramaturgist, actor, columnist and promoter of the Internet in Slovakia = [died: 2000]
LARRY JUNSTROM = American bassist with Lynyrd Skynyrd {1964-71} and 38 Special {1977-2014}
ALAN OSMOND = American musician and singer, member of the family musical group The Osmonds
24 June:JOHN ILLSEY = English musician best known as bass guitarist of the rock band Dire Straits {1977-1995}
30 June:ANDREW SCOTT = English musician, member of Sweet {1970–1982, 1985–1991}
2 July:
ROY BITTAN = American keyboard player and songwriter, member of the E Street Band {1974-present}
GREG BROWN = American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
3 July:JOHN VERITY = English guitarist formerly with the band Argent {1974-1976}
6 July:
PHYLLIS HYMAN = American singer-songwriter and actress = [died: 1995]
MICHAEL SHRIEVE = American drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer, member of Santana {1969-1974}
10 July:
GREG KIHN = American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist
DAVE SMALLEY = American guitarist/bassist with The Raspberries
11 July:LIONA BOYD = English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
16 July:RAY MAJOR = English musician, member of Mott the Hoople {1974-1980}
17 July:GEEZER BUTLER = English musician and songwriter, member of Black Sabbath {1969–1979, 1979–1985, 1985 (one off reunion), 1990–1994, 1997–present}
18 July:WALLY BRYSON = American guitarist with The Raspberries
26 July:ROGER TAYLOR = English musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and film producer; drummer with Queen
27 July:
DAVID WECK = American musician, drummer with Brownsville Station {1972-1979, 2012-Current}
MAUREEN McGOVERN = American singer and Broadway actress
28 July:
SIMON KIRKE = English drummer with Free {1968–1971, 1972–1973} and Bad Company {1973–1982, 1986–1999, 2001–2002, 2008–present}
STEVEN TOOK = English musician, member of Tyrannosaurus Rex {Aug 1967–Sep 1969} and Pink Fairies {1969-1970} = [died: 1980]
1 August:JIM CARROLL = American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician = [died: 2009]
3 August:B. B. DICKERSON = American musician, member of War {1969–1979}
11 August:ERIC CARMEN = American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist
12 August:MARK KNOPFLER = British singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer and film score composer; co-founder, lead guitarist, lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits {1977-1995}
16 August:BILL SPOONER = American musician, guitarist, and songwriter, and the founder of The Tubes {1972-early 1989}
17 August:SIB HASHIAN = Armenian-American musician, best known as a drummer for the rock band Boston {1976-1983}
20 August:PHIL LYNOTT = Irish musician, singer and songwriter, member of Thin Lizzy {1969-1983} and Grand Slam {1984-1985} = [died: 1986]
23 August:RICK SPRINGFIELD =Australian musician, singer, songwriter, actor and author
25 August:
FARIBORZ LACHINI = Iranian film score composer
GENE SIMMONS = Israeli-American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor and television personality; co-founder, bass guitarist and co-lead singer of Kiss
26 August:BOB COWSILL = American singer, member of the family musical group The Cowsills
27 August:JEFF COOK = American musician who is best known as one of the founding members of the country music band Alabama {1969–2004, 2006–07, 2011–present}
28 August:HUGH CORNWELL = English musician and singer-songwriter, vocalist and guitarist for the punk rock/new wave band The Stranglers {1974-1990}
5 September:CLEM CLEMPSON = English rock guitarist who has played as a member in a number of bands including Colosseum and Humble Pie
7 September:GLORIA GAYNOR = American singer
10 September:BARRIEMORE BARLOW = English musician, member of Jethro Tull {May 1971-June 1980}
14 September:
STEVE GAINES = American musician, member of Lynyrd Skynyrd (11 May 1976-20 October 1977} = [died: 1977]
FRED "SONIC" SMITH = American guitarist, member of MC5 {1964-December 1972, 1992} = [died: 1994]
18 September:KERRY LIVGREN = American musician and songwriter, best known as one of the founding members and primary songwriters for the 1970s progressive rock band, Kansas {1974-1983}
23 September:BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN = American singer, songwriter
27 September:JAHN TEIGEN = Norwegian singer, musician and comedian
1 October:ANDRÉ RIEU = Dutch violinist, conductor, and composer
3 October:LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM = American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, member of Fleetwood Mac {1975-1987, 1997-present}
5 October:B. W. STEVENSON = American progressive country musician = [died: 1988]
6 October:THOMAS McCLARY = American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of The Commodores {1968-1983}
8 October:MICHAEL ROSEN = Scottish musician, original member of Average White Band {1972}
13 October:GARY RICHRATH = American guitarist, memder of REO Speedwagon {1970-1989} = [died: 2015]
17 October:BILL HUDSON = American musician and actor, member of The Hudson Brothers
23 October:WÜRZEL = English musician and formerly a guitarist in the British heavy metal band Motörhead {1984-1995} = [died: 2011]
27 October:GARRY TALLENT = American musician and record producer, best known for being bass player and founding member of the E Street Band {1972-present}
6 November:ARTURO SANDOVAL = Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
8 November:BONNIE RAITT = American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist
12 November:CÂNDIDA BRANCA FLOR = Portuguese traditional singer and entertainer = [died: 2001]
13 November:TERRY REID = English rock vocalist and guitarist
14 November:JAMES YOUNG = American guitarist, singer and songwriter who is best known for playing lead guitar in the American rock band, Styx {1972-1984, 1989-1992, 1995-present}
28 November:PAUL SHAFFER = Canadian-American singer, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist Late Show with David Letterman
7 December:TOM WAITS = American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
8 December:RAY SHULMAN = Scottish musician, member of Gentle Giant {1970-1980}
13 December:TOM VERLAINE = American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman for the New York City rock band Television {1973-present}
14 December:
RANDY OWEN = American country music artist. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama {1969–2004, 2006–07, 2011–present}
CLIFF WILLIAMS = British musician, member of Home {1971-1974} and AC/DC {1977-2016}
16 December:BILLY GIBBONS = American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the American rock band ZZ Top
17 December:PAUL RODGERS = English singer, songwriter and musician, member of Free {1968–1971, 1972–1973}, Bad Company {1973–1982, 1998–1999, 2001–2002, 2008–present}, The Firm {1984-1986}, The Law {1991-1992} and Queen + Paul Rodgers {2004-2009}
22 December:
ROBIN GIBB = British singer, songwriter and record producer, member of The Bee Gees = [died: 2012]
MAURICE GIBB = British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, member of The Bee Gees = [died: 2003]
23 December:ADRIAN BELEW = American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
date unknown:
JANG SA-IK = South Korean singer
EDUARDO GATTI = Chilean singer-songwriter
ANUP GHOSHAL = Indian playback singer
Timeline of Musical Events
12 January:MARO AJEMIAN, to whom the work is dedicated, gives one of the first performances of the complete cycle of John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes at Carnegie Hall
4 February:LJUBA WELITSCH makes her Metropolitan Opera début in Salome.
11 February: London Mozart Players makes debut concert at Wigmore Hall
April:GOREE CARTER records "Rock Awhile", which is considered to be the first rock and roll record.
5 September: Wagnerian tenor WALTER WIDDOP appears at The Proms, singing "Lohengrin's Farewell", the day before his sudden death at the age of 51
15 December: Birdland jazz club opens in New York City.
24 December: At the start of the Holy Year, Charles Gounod's Inno e Marcia Pontificale is adopted as the new papal anthem.
29 December:LES PAUL and MARY FORD marry.
Also in 1949:-
The Boccherini Quintet is formed in Rome.
RAVI SHANKAR becomes music director of All India Radio.
MITCH MILLER begins his career as one of the 20th century's most successful record producers at Mercury
EDDIE FISHER is "discovered" by EDDIE CANTOR and signs with RCA.
BOB HOPE suggests that Anthony Benedetto change his stage name from "Joe Bari" to "TONY BENNETT"
FRANKIE LAINE records "Mule Train", considered by some critics as marking the beginning of the rock era.
TERESA BREWER makes her first recording on the London label.
The Ames Brothers become the first artists to record for Coral Records, a subsidiary of Decca.
JOHNNIE RAY performs at the Flame Showbar in Detroit.
The legendary AL JOLSON records the soundtrack to "Jolson Sings Again", the sequel to his hugely successful biopic "The Jolson Story" (1946)
45 rpm discs are introduced
GORNI KRAMER starts working for musical impresarios Garinei and Giovannini.
Country singer BILL HALEY enters into a partnership with musicians JOHNNY GRANDE and BILLY WILLIAMSON to form Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; in 1952 the group is renamed Bill Haley & His Comets
Published Popular Music
"Again" = lyrics by DORCAS COCHRAN; music by LIONEL NEWMAN
"Bali Ha'i" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by JUANITA HALL in the musical South Pacific
"Bamboo" = lyrics by BUDDY BERNIER; music by NAT SIMON
"Beyond The Reef" = lyrics &.music by JACK PITMAN
"Blame My Absent-Minded Heart" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
"Bloody Mary" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS from the musical South Pacific
"Blue Ribbon Gal" = by IRWIN DASH & ROSS PARKER
"Bluebird On Your Windowsill" = lyrics & music by ELIZABETH CLARKE & ROBERT MELLIN
"Bonaparte's Retreat" = lyrics & music by PEE WEE KING
"Bye Bye Baby" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by JULE STYNE introduced by CAROL CHANNING and JACK McCAULEY in the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Performed in the film version by MARILYN MONROE
"Cafe Mozart Waltz" = music by ANTON KARAS played by KARAS on the soundtrack of the film The Third Man
"C'Est Si Bon" = English lyrics by JERRY SEELEN, French lyrics by ANDRE HORNEZ; music by HENRI BETTI
"Clopin Clopant" = by BRUNO COQUATRIX, PIERRE DUDAN & KERMIT GOELL
"A Cock-Eyed Optimist" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical South Pacific. MITZI GAYNOR sang it in the film version.
"Count Every Star" = lyrics by SAMMY GALLOP; music by BRUNO COQUATRIX
"Crazy, He Calls Me" = lyrics by BOB RUSSELL; music by CARL SIGMAN
"Daddy's Little Girl" = lyrics & music by BOBBY BURKE & HORACE GERLACH
"Dear Hearts and Gentle People" = lyrics by BOB HILLIARD; music by SAMMY FAIN
"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by JULE STYNE. Introduced by CAROL CHANNING in the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. MARILYN MONROE performed the number in the film version.
"Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?" = lyrics & music by BUDDY JOHNSON
"Dites-Moi" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by MICHAEL DE LEON and BARBARA LUNA in the musical South Pacific
"Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)" = lyrics & music by JOE MARSALA
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" = lyrics & music by MACK DAVID, AL HOFFMAN & JERRY LIVINGSTON. ILENE WOODS provided the vocal for the animated film Cinderella.
"Dreamer With A Penny" = lyrics & music by ALLAN ROBERTS & LESTER LEE
"A Dreamer's Holiday" = lyrics by KIM GANNON; music by MABEL WAYNE
"Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON; music by CARL SIGMAN
"The Fat Man" = lyrics by ANTOINE DOMINO; music by DAVE BARTHOLOMEW
"The Four Winds And The Seven Seas" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by DON RODNEY
"Happy Talk" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by JUANITA HALL in the musical South Pacific.
"He's A Real Gone Guy" = lyrics & music by NELLIE LUTCHER
"Homework" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Honey Bun" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical South Pacific. Performed in the 1958 film version by MITZI GAYNOR.
"Hop-Scotch Polka" = lyrics & music by WILLIAM "BILLY" WHITLOCK, CARL SIGMAN & GENE RAYBURN
"The Horse Told Me" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Riding High
"The Hot Canary" = music by PAUL NERO
"How Can You Buy Killarney?" = by HAMILTON KENNEDY, TED STEELS, FREDDIE GRANT (GRUNDLAND) & GERARD MORRISON
"How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by SONNY BURKE
"The Hucklebuck" = lyrics by ROY ALFRED; music by ANDY GIBSON
"Hymne à l'amour" = lyrics by ÉDITH PIAF; music by MARGUERITE MONNOT
"I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded" = lyrics & music by HANK FORT & HERB LEIGHTON
"I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" = lyrics & music by BENNIE BENJAMIN & GEORGE DAVID WEISS
"I Love You Because" = lyrics & music by LEON PAYNE
"I Said My Pajamas" = lyrics & music by EDWARD POLA & GEORGE WYLE
"I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas" = lyrics & music by HARRY STEWART
"I'll Never Slip Around Again" = by FLOYD TILLMAN
"I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical South Pacific.
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" = lyrics & music by HANK WILLIAMS
"It's a Great Feeling" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE introduced by DORIS DAY in the film It's a Great Feeling
"It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House" = lyrics by JOHN ELLIOT; music by HAROLD SPINA
"Just One Way To Say I Love You" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN introduced by EDDIE ALBERT and ALLYN ANN McLERIE in the musical Miss Liberty
"Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN introduced by EDDIE ALBERT and ALLYN ANN McLERIE in the musical Miss Liberty
"A Little Girl From Little Rock" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by JULE STYNE introduced by CAROL CHANNING in the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. JANE RUSSELL and MARILYN MONROE were just two little girls in the film version.
"Lush Life" = lyrics & music by BILLY STRAYHORN
"Maybe It's Because" = lyrics by HARRY RUBY; music by JOHNNIE SCOTT
"Melodie d'Amour" = English lyrics by LEO JOHNS; music by HENRI SALVADOR
"Mona Lisa" = lyrics & music by RAY EVANS & JAY LIVINGSTON
"Mule Train" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY LANGE, HY HEATH & FRED GLICKMAN
"Music! Music! Music!" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN WEISS & BERNIE BAUM
"My Bolero" = by KENNEDY, SIMON
"My Foolish Heart" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by VICTOR YOUNG introduced by SUSAN HAYWARD in the film My Foolish Heart
"My One And Only Highland Fling" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by HARRY WARREN introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS in the film The Barkleys of Broadway
"Now That I Need You" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER introduced by BETTY HUTTON in the film Red, Hot and Blue
"The Old Master Painter" = lyrics by HAVEN GILLESPIE; music by BEASLEY SMITH
"Paris Wakes Up And Smiles" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN introduced by JOHNNY V. R. THOMPSON and ALLYN ANN McLERIE in the musical Miss Liberty
"Peter Cottontail" = lyrics & music by JACK ROLLINS & STEVE NELSON
"Pigalle" = lyrics & music by GEORGES KONYN, CHARLES NEWMAN & GEORGES ULMER
"Portrait Of Jenny" = lyrics by GORDON BURGE; music by J. RUSSELL ROBINSON
"Put Your Shoes On, Lucy" = lyrics & music by HANK FORT
"Quicksilver" = lyrics & music by IRVING TAYLOR, GEORGE WYLE & EDWARD POLA
"Rag Mop" = lyrics & music by JOHNNIE LEE WILLS & DEACON ANDERSON
"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" = lyrics & music by STAN JONES
"The Right Girl For Me" = lyrics by BETTY COMDEN & ADOLPH GREEN; music by ROGER EDENS introduced by FRANK SINATRA in the film Take Me Out to the Ball Game
"The River Seine" = English lyrics by ALLAN ROBERTS & ALAN HOLT; music by GUY LA FORGE
"Room Full Of Roses" = lyrics & music by TIM SPENCER
"Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MARKS
"Saturday Night Fish Fry" = lyrics & music by LOUIS JORDAN, ELLIS WALSH & AL CARTERS
"Scarlet Ribbons" = lyrics by JACK SEGAL; music by EVELYN DANZIG
"La Seine" = lyrics by GEOFFREY PARSONS; music by BERKELEY FASE
"Sentimental Me" = lyrics & music by JAMES T. MOREHEAD & JAMES CASSIN
"Sing Soft, Sing Sweet, Sing Gentle" = lyrics & music by JIMMY DURANTE & JACK BARNETT
"Slippin' Around" = lyrics & music by FLOYD TILLMAN
"Some Day My Heart Will Awake" = lyrics by CHRISTOPHER HASSALL; music by IVOR NOVELLO. Introduced by VANESSA LEE in the musical King's Rhapsody
"Some Enchanted Evening" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by EZIO PINZA in the musical South Pacific. GIORGIO TOZZI dubbed for ROSSANO BRAZZI in the film.
"A Strawberry Moon (In A Blueberry Sky)" = by BOB HILLIARD & SAMMY MYSELS
"Sunshine Cake" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Swamp Girl" = lyrics & music by MICHAEL BROWN
"That Lucky Old Sun" = lyrics by HAVEN GILLESPIE; music by BEASLEY SMITH
"There Is Nothin' Like A Dame" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS from the musical South Pacific
"Third Man Theme" = music by ANTON KARAS played by KARAS on the soundtrack of the film The Third Man. Also known as "The Harry Lime Theme"
"This Nearly Was Mine" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by EZIO PINZA in the musical South Pacific. GIORGIO TOZZI dubbed for ROSSANO BRAZZI in the film.
"Through A Long And Sleepless Night" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by ALFRED NEWMAN
"Too-Whit! Too-Whoo!" = by BILLY REID
"Twenty-Four Hours Of Sunshine" = lyrics by CARL SIGMAN; music by PETER DE ROSE
"Up Above My Head" = lyrics & music by SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
"The Wedding Of Lili Marlene" = lyrics & music by TOMMIE CONNOR & JOHNNY REINE
"When The Wind Was Green" = lyrics & music by DON HUNT
"I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical South Pacific
"Yingle Bells" = adapted by HARRY STEWART
"You Can Have Him" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN from the musical Miss Liberty
"Younger Than Springtime" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by WILLIAM TABBERT in the musical South Pacific
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS introduced by WILLIAM TABBERT in the musical South Pacific
Classical Music
AARON AVSHALOMOV
Second Symphony
MARCEL BITSCH
Six Esquisses symphoniques
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No. 8 in B-flat Minor
GEORGE CRUMB
Sonata for violin and piano
FERENC FARKAS
Finnish Popular Dances
ANDRÉ JOLIVET
Flute Concerto
PAUL HINDEMITH
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano
DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op.49 (1948-9)
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
"Neumes rythmiques" and "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités", for piano (later incorporated as two of the Quatre études de rythme)
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op.81 (1948-9)
Piano Sonatas 7-9, Opp.82-4
Symphony No. 27 in C Minor, Op.85
String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op.86
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.119
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Song of the Forests (oratorio)
EDGARD VARÈSE
Dance for Burgess
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1
Opera
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Pilgrim's Progress
Musical Theatre
BELINDA FAIR
London production opened at the Strand Theatre on June 30 and ran for 131 performances
BRIGADOON
London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on April 14 and ran for 685 performances
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 8 and ran for 740 performances
KING'S RHAPSODY
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 15 and ran for 838 performances
LOST IN THE STARS
(Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill)
Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on October 30 and ran for 273 performances
MISS LIBERTY starring Eddie Albert, Allyn Ann McLerie and Mary McCarty
Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on July 15 and ran for 308 performances
SOUTH PACIFIC
(Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 7 and ran for 1925 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 20th August 2011
Last edited: 27th January 2024
