6 January:KIM WILSON = American blues singer and harmonica player, member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds {1974-present}
9 January:CRYSTAL GAYLE = American country music singer
19 January:MARTHA DAVIS = American lead singer with The Motels {1975–77, 1978-87, 1998–present}
20 January:IAN HILL = English musician, best known as the bassist of the heavy metal band Judas Preist {1969-present}
26 January:
DAVID JOHN BRIGGS = Australian musician and record producer, best known as lead guitarist in the rock band Little River Band {1976-1981}
ROY GOODMAN = English conductor and violinist
JOHN ANDREW 'ANDY' HUMMEL = American songwriter, bassist, singer, best known as the bass player of Big Star {1971–1973} = [died: 2010]
CHRISTOPHER REED NORTH = American musician, founding keyboardist for the American progressive rock band Ambrosia {1970–1982, 1989–present}
27 January:
BRIAN DOWNEY = Irish drummer, best known as the drummer and a founding member of the rock band Thin Lizzy {1969–83, 1996–98, 2010–16}
SETH JUSTMAN = American musician, keyboard player for the U.S. rock band, The J. Geils Band {1968–1985, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009–Present}
30 January:PHIL COLLINS = English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and actor. He is known as the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis {1970–1996, 1999, 2000, 2006–present}
31 January:
K.C. (HARRY WAYNE CASEY) = American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known for his group, K.C. and the Sunshine Band {1973-present}
PHIL MANZANERA = British musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Quiet Sun {1970-1972}, Roxy Music {1972–1983, 2001–2011}, and 801 {1976–1977}
4 February:PHIL EHART = American musician, drummer with Kansas {1973-1984, 1985–present}
7 February:ANDY CHAPIN = American keyboard player with Steppenwolf {1975}, The Association {End 1975-Early 1976}, and The Ricky Nelson Band {} = [died: 1985]
9 February:DENNIS THOMAS = American musician, member of Kool and the Gang {1964–present}
15 February:MELISSA MANCHESTER = American singer-songwriter and actress
22 February:ELLEN GREENE = American singer and actress
27 February:STEVE HARLEY = English singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the 1970s rock group Cockney Rebel {1972–1977, 1998–present}
4 March:CHRIS REA = English singer-songwriter and guitarist
9 March:ZAKIR HUSSAIN = Indian tabla player, music producer, film actor and soundtrack composer
17 March:SCOTT GORHAM = American guitarist and songwriter, member of Irish rock band Thin Lizzy {1974–83, 1996–2001, 2004-present}
19 March:DEREK LONGMUIR = Scottish drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group Bay City Rollers {1973-1978}
20 March:JIMMIE VAUGHAN = American blues rock guitarist and singer, member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds {1976-1990}
21 March:
RUSSELL THOMPKINS, Jr. = American soul singer, vocalist with The Stylistics {1968–2000}
CONRAD LOZANO = American musician and the bass player for Los Lobos {1973-present}
23 March:PHIL KEAGGY = American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist
3 April:MEL SCHACHER = American musician, bassist for Question Mark & the Mysterians {} and Grand Funk Railroad {1969–1976, 1996–present}
6 April:PASCAL ROGÉ = French pianist
7 April:JANIS IAN = American singer-songwriter
8 April:JOSÉ MANUEL FIGUEROA FIGUEROA bka JOAN SEBASTIAN = Mexican singer-songwriter = [died: 2015]
13 April:
PEABO BRYSON = American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
MAX WEINBERG = American drummer, bandleader and television personality Late Night with Conan O'Brien and member of The E Street Band {1974-present}
14 April:JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER = British cellist, conductor and the principal of the Birmingham Conservatoire
20 April:LUTHER VANDROSS = American singer, songwriter and record producer = [died: 2005]
22 April:PAUL CARRACK = English singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist
27 April:ACE FREHLEY = American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss {1973–1982, 1996–2002}
3 May:CHRISTOPHER CROSS = American singer-songwriter
4 May:
JACKIE JACKSON = American singer and musician notable for being a member of The Jackson Five {1964-75} and The Jacksons {1975-present}
MICK MARS = American musician and guitarist, member of Mötley Crüe {1981-2015}
8 May:PHILIP BAILEY = American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, best known as an original member, and one of the two lead singers of the band Earth, Wind & Fire {1972–1984; 1987-present}
10 May:
RONALD BANKS = American soul singer, member of The Dramatics {1964-2010} = [died: 2010]
JOHN MAGNAR BERNES = Norwegian singer and harmonica player
16 May:JONATHAN RICHMAN = American singer, songwriter and guitarist
19 May:JOEY RAMONE = American musician and singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of the punk rock band The Ramones {1974–96} = [died: 2001]
6 June:DWIGHT TWILLEY = American singer-songwriter and producer
8 June:BONNIE TYLER = Welsh singer
10 June:ED McTAGGART = American drummer and artist. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Daniel Amos {1976-present} and before that, The Road Home
12 June:BRAD DELP = American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Boston {1976–1989, 1994–2007} and RTZ {1989-1994} = [died: 2007]
15 June:STEVE WALSH = American musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock band Kansas {1973-1981, 1989-2014}
19 June:
PATTY LARKIN = American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
KAREN YOUNG = Canadian singer-songwriter
26 June:TONY CURRENTI = Australian musician, former drummer for AC/DC {1974}
30 June:STEVE WALLER = English musician, best known as the lead guitarist and a vocalist for Manfred Mann's Earth Band {1979-1983} = [died: 2000]
1 July:FRED SCHNEIDER = American singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician, best known as the frontman and founding member of the rock band The B-52s {1976–1985, 1989-present}
2 July:JOE PUERTA = American singer, bass player and co-founder of Ambrosia {1970-1982, 1989–present}
7 July:BLONDIE CHAPLIN = South African guitarist and singer
22 July:RICHARD BENNETT = American guitarist, sideman, session musician, and record producer. He was a member of The Notorious Cherry Bombs {1980–1988, 2003–2004}
2 August:ANDREW GOLD = American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger, member of Wax {1986-1989} = [died: 2011]
3 August:JOHNNY GRAHAM = American musician, member of Earth, Wind & Fire {1973-1983}
4 August:LOIS V VIERK = American composer
13 August:DAN FOGELBERG = American musician, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist = [died: 2007]
19 August:JOHN DEACON = English musician, bass guitarist with Queen {1971–1997}
23 August:
JIMI JAMISON = American musician, singer, and songwriter, member of Survivor {1984–1988, 2000–2006, 2011-2012}
MARK HUDSON = American record producer, musician and songwriter, member of The Hudson Brothers {1974-1981}
25 August:ROB HALFORD = English singer and songwriter, lead vocalist for Judas Priest {1973–1992, 2003–present}
28 August:WAYNE OSMOND = American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, member of The Osmonds
2 September:MIK KAMINSKI = English musician, violinist with Electric Light Orchestra {1973-1979}
4 September:MARTIN CHAMBERS = English musician who is best known as a founding member and drummer of the rock band The Pretenders {1978-1985, 1993-present}
7 September:CHRISSIE HYNDE = American musician, founding member and lead singer of The Pretenders {1978-1987, 1990-present}
12 September:OLGA BREESKIN = Mexican violinist, dancer and actress
19 September:DANIEL LANOIS = Canadian record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter
22 September:DAVID COVERDALE = English rock vocalist with Deep Purple {1973-1976} and founder of Whitesnake {1978–1991, 1994, 1997, 2002–present}
28 September:JAMES AARON DIAMOND bka JIM DIAMOND = Scottish singer-songwriter, member of PhD {1981-1983} = [died: 2015]
2 October:GORDON MATTHEW THOMAS SUMNER bka STING = English singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band The Police {1977-1984}
5 October:BOB GELDOF = Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor, lead singer of The Boomtown Rats {1975-1986, 2013–present}, social campaigner & organizer of LiveAid
6 October:KEVIN CRONIN = American musician, member of REO Speedwagon {1972–1973, 1976–present}
7 October:JOHN MELLENCAMP = American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor
19 October:LILIA VERA = Venezuelan folk singer
20 October:ALAN GREENWOOD = American rock musician who was a founding member and keyboardist of the rock band Foreigner {1976–1980}
23 October:CHARLY GARCÍA = Argentinian singer-songwriter, musician and producer
26 October:MAGGIE ROCHE = Irish-American singer, member of the family group The Roches
27 October:K. K. DOWNING = English guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the British heavy metal band Judas Priest {1969–2011}
1 November:RONALD BELL = American saxophonist, composer, songwriter, arranger, producer and singer, who is a founding member of the band Kool & the Gang {1964-present}
13 November:BILL GIBSON = American musician, member of Huey Lewis and the News {1979-present}
14 November:ALEC JOHN SUCH = American bass player with Bon Jovi {1983-1994}
27 November:KEVIN KAVANAUGH = American musician, member of Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes {}
29 November:BARRY GOUDREAU = American musician, member of Boston {1976–1981}
4 December:GARY ROSSINGTON = American musician, founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd {1964–1977, 1979, 1987–present} and the Rossington-Collins Band {1979-1982}
10 December:JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ = American country music singer
14 December:RONNIE McNEIR = American singer and songwriter
16 December:
ROBBEN FORD = American guitarist and songwriter
MARK HEARD = American record producer, folk rock singer, and songwriter = [died: 1992]
21 December:NICK GILDER = English-Canadian musician, singer and songwriter
23 December:JOHNNY CONTARDO = American singer with Sha Na Na {1971-1983}
25 December:BARBARA DEVER = American operatic soprano
26 December:
PAUL ANTHONY QUINN = English guitarist and founding member of Saxon {1977-present}
JOHN SCOFIELD = American jazz-rock guitarist and composer
29 December:YVONNE ELLIMAN = American singer
31 December:TOM HAMILTON = American musician, bassist with Aerosmith {1970-present}
date unknown:
LORENZO FERRERO = Italian composer, librettist, author, and book editor
Timeline of Musical Events
29 January:NILLA PIZZI wins the first annual Sanremo Music Festival with "Grazie dei fiori"
February: The first complete performance of CHARLES IVES's Second Symphony is given in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
March:ALAN HOVHANESS conducts the world premiere of his Saint Vartan Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York.
18 April: an article, "The Fight Against Formalism in Art and Literature, for a Progressive German Culture" appeared in the Tägliche Rundschau, official daily of the Soviet Government in Germany, promulgating the new cultural policy of the DDR.
9-26 May: The Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin is held (for the first time under that name) in Brussels, Belgium. LEONID KOGAN is awarded first prize.
9 June:JOSEPH HAYDN's opera Orpheus and Eurydice given its world premiere at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
14 June: BILL HALEY and His Saddlemen record their version of "Rocket 88", combining the rhythm and blues arrangement of the original version (by JACKIE BRENTSON and the Delta Cats) with country music trappings, considered by many music historians to be the first true rock and roll record.
22 June–10 July: Darmstädter Internationale Ferienkurse held in Darmstadt.
2 July–14 July: The seventh annual Cheltenham Music Festival is held in Cheltenham, England, with a performance of BRIAN EASDALE's opera, The Sleeping Children, premieres of the first symphonies of MALCOLM ARNOLD, JOHN GARDNER, and ARNOLD VAN WYK, FRANZ REIZENSTEIN's Serenade for Winds, and MAURICE JACOBSON's Symphonic Suite, as well as performances of works by HUMPHREY SEARLE, ROBERT MASTERS, BENJAMIN FRANKEL, and PHILIP SAINTON
11 July: Disc jockey and music promoter ALAN FREED broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in Cleveland, Ohio. FREED uses the term rock and roll to describe R&B, in an effort to introduce the music to a broader white audience.
14 July–21 July: The Haslemere Music Festival, consisting of six concerts of early music, takes place in Haslemere, England.
29 July: The annual Bayreuth Festival resumes for the first time since the Second World War, now under the general direction of WIELAND WAGNER, with an opening concert of BEETHOVEN's Ninth Symphony conducted by WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER, followed by productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Parsifal, and Die Meistersinger
August: The annual Salzburg Festival takes place in Salzburg, Austria, featuring four opera productions from the Vienna State Opera: MOZART's Idomeneo and Die Zauberflöte, and VERDI's Otello, all conducted by WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER, and BERG's Wozzeck, conducted by KARL BÖHM, as well as seven orchestral concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (two conducted by WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER and one each by EDWIN FISCHER, RAFAEL KUBELÍK, EUGEN JOCHUM, KARL BÖHM, and LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI), six choral concerts, four chamber-music concerts, three solo recitals, and a number of smaller events.
5 September: Opening of the month-long Berlin Festival of the Arts, with a performance in the New Schillertheater of BEETHOVEN's Ninth Symphony by the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER. Subsequent musical events included performances of GIAN CARLO MENOTTI's The Consul, BENJAMIN BRITTEN's Let's Make an Opera, and the first German performance of Oklahoma!
11 September: The Rake's Progress, an opera by IGOR STRAVINSKY with libretto by W. H. AUDEN and CHESTER KALLMAN, premieres in Venice, conducted by the composer.
17-22 September: The fourth annual Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts was opened in Swansea, Wales, with a controversial speech by one of Wales's leading composers, DANIEL JONES. The festival was the final component in the Festival of Britain and consisted of seven programmes, featuring Welsh composer ARWEL HUGHES's new oratorio St. David and appearances by VICTORIA DE LOS ÁNGELES, ZINO FRANCESCATTI, ANDRÉ NAVARRA, WALTER SUSSKIND, and JEAN MARTINON
6-7 October: The Donaueschinger Musiktage features the world premieres of ERNST KRENEK's Double Concerto for viola, piano, and small orchestra, ROLF LIEBERMANN's Piano Sonata, PIERRE BOULEZ's, Polyphonie X for 18 solo instruments, HERMANN REUTTER's, Der himmlische Vagant, lyrische Portrait des F. Villon von Klabund for alto and baritone voices and instrumental ensemble, and MARCEL MIHALOVICI's Étude en deux parties for piano and ensemble, as well as German first performances of works by MESSIAEN, GUIDO TURCHI, HARSÁNYI, JELINEK, and HONEGGER, and a performance of HENZE's Third Symphony.
21 October: Opening of a "Festival of Music and the Arts" at Wexford in Ireland, the forerunner of Wexford Festival Opera.
22 October: Reopening of the Royal Opera House, London, with a production of PUCCINI's Turandot, conducted by Sir JOHN BARBIROLLI and with GERTRUDE GROB-PRANDL in the title role.
29 November–3 December: The Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by HANS SCHMIDT-ISSERSTEDT, plays four concerts in London as part of a thirteen-concert tour of England and Ireland.
November:DINAH SHORE begins her first TV series, The Dinah Shore Show, which will run for 5½ years.
7 December: Opening of the opera season at La Scala in Milan, three weeks earlier than the traditional date of 26 December, with a double-bill consisting of VERDI's I vespri siciliani and STRAVINSKY's The Rake's Progress
Also in 1951:-
TERESA BREWER leaves the London label for Coral.
GEORGIA GIBBS leaves Coral to sign with Mercury, where she will experience all of her biggest hits.
FRANKIE LAINE is signed by Columbia Records, becoming the highest paid vocalist of his day. He immediately justifies his new contract with the double-sided megahit "Jezebel"/"Rose, Rose, I Love You"
The Suk Trio is founded, consisting of JOSEF SUK, JULIUS KATCHEN and JANOS STARKER
Published Popular Music
"Alice In Wonderland" = lyrics by BOB HILLIARD; music by SAMMY FAIN
"All In The Golden Afternoon" = lyrics by BOB HILLIARD; music by SAMMY FAIN
"Allentown Jail" = lyrics & music by IRVING GORDON
"And So To Sleep Again" = lyrics & music by JOE MARSALA & SUNNY SKYLAR
"Anywhere I Wander" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"A-Round The Corner" = traditional arranged by JOSEF MARAIS
"Asia Minor" = lyrics & music by ROGER KING MOZIAN
"A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed" = by HAPPY WILSON, LUTHER PATRICK
"Be My Life's Companion" = lyrics & music by BOB HILLIARD & MILTON DE LUGG
"Beautiful Brown Eyes" = traditional arranged by ARTHUR SMITH & ALTON DELMORE
"Because of You" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN & DUDLEY WILKINSON
"Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" = lyrics & music by BOB MERRILL
"Bermuda" = lyrics & music by CYNTHIA STROTHER & EUGENE R. STROTHER
"The Blacksmith Blues" = lyrics & music by JACK HOLMES
"Blue Velvet" = lyrics & music by BERNIE WAYNE & LEE MORRIS
"Christopher Columbus" = lyrics & music by TERRY GILKYSON
"Come On-A My House" = lyrics & music by ROSS BAGDASARIAN & WILLIAM SAROYAN
"Cry" = lyrics & music by CHURCHILL KOHLMAN
"Dance Me Loose" = lyrics by MEL HOWARD; music by LEE ERWIN
"Domino" = English lyrics by DON RAYE, French lyrics by JACQUES PLANTE; music by LOUIS FERRARI
"Getting To Know You" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Good Morning Mister Echo" = lyrics & music by BILL PUTMAN & BELINDA PUTMAN
"Half As Much" = lyrics & music by CURLY WILLIAMS
"He Had Refinement" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Hello, Young Lovers" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Hey, Good Lookin'" = lyrics & music by HANK WILLIAMS
"How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by BURTON LANE
"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" = lyrics & music by HANK WILLIAMS
"I Get Ideas" = lyrics by DORCAS COCHRAN; music by LENNY SANDERS
"I Have Dreamed" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"I Love Lucy theme song" = music by ELIOT DANIEL
"I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile" = lyrics by JACK HOFFMAN; music by JIMMY MacDONALD
"I Still See Elisa" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE. Introduced by JAMES BARTON in the musical Paint Your Wagon. Performed in the film version by CLINT EASTWOOD
"I Talk To The Trees" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE. Introduced by TONY BAVAAR and OLGA SAN JUAN in the musical Paint Your Wagon
"I Whistle A Happy Tune" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"I Wish I Wuz" = lyrics & music by SID KULLER & LYN MURRAY. Introduced in the film Slaughter Trail
"I Won't Cry Anymore" = lyrics by FRED WISE; music by AL FRISCH
"I'm A Fool To Want You" = lyrics & music by JACK WOLF, JOEL HERRON & FRANK SINATRA
"I'm Late" = lyrics by BOB HILLIARD; music by SAMMY FAIN
"In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL. Introduced by BING CROSBY and JANE WYMAN in the film Here Comes The Groom
"It's All In The Game" = lyrics by CARL SIGMAN; music by CHARLES GATES DAWES based on "Melody" by DAWES 1912.
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" = lyrics & music by MEREDITH WILLSON
"Jezebel" = lyrics & music by WAYNE SHANKLIN
"A Kiss To Build A Dream On" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by HARRY RUBY
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" = lyrics by PAUL CAMPBELL; music by JOEL NEWMAN
"The Little White Cloud That Cried" = lyrics & music by JOHNNIE RAY
"The March Of The Siamese Children" = music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Mister And Mississippi" = lyrics & music by IRVING GORDON
"Misto Cristofo Columbo" = lyrics & music by JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS
"Mockin' Bird Hill" = lyrics & music by VAUGHN HORTON
"The Morningside Of The Mountain" = lyrics & music by DICK MANNING & LARRY STOCK
"My Truly, Truly Fair" = lyrics & music by BOB MERRILL
"No Two People" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Sail Away" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Shall We Dance?" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Somewhere Along The Way" = lyrics by SAMMY GALLOP; music by KURT ADAMS
"Shanghai" = lyrics & music by BOB HILLIARD & MILTON DE LUGG
"Shrimp Boats" = lyrics & music by PAUL MASON HOWARD & PAUL WESTON
"(It's No) Sin" = lyrics by CHESTER R. SHULL; music by GEORGE HOVEN
"Slow Poke" = lyrics & music by PEE WEE KING, REDD STEWART & CHILTON PRICE
"So Far, So Good" = lyrics by BETTY COMDEN & ADOLPH GREEN; music by JULE STYNE from the revue Two On The Aisle
"Something Wonderful" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Sound Off" = lyrics & music by WILLIE LEE DUCKWORTH, B. LENTZ
"Sparrow In The Tree Top" = lyrics & music by BOB MERRILL
"Suzy Snowflake" = lyrics & music by SID TEPPER & ROY C. BENNETT
"Sweet Violets" = arranged by CY COBEN & CHARLES GREAN
"Tell Me Why" = lyrics by AL ALBERTS; music by MARTY GOLD
"They Call The Wind Maria" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE. Introduced in the musical Paint Your Wagon by RUFUS SMITH
"The Thrill Is Gone" = lyrics & music by RICK DARNELL & ROY HAWKINS
"Thumbelina" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Too Young" = lyrics by SYLVIA DEE; music by SIDNEY LIPPMAN
"Top Banana" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MERCER from the musical Top Banana
"The Typewriter" = music by LEROY ANDERSON
"Unforgettable" = lyrics & music by IRVING GORDON
"Vanity" = lyrics by JACK MANUS & BERNARD BIERMAN; music by GUY WOOD
"Very Good Advice" = lyrics by BOB HILLIARD; music by SAMMY FAIN
"A Very Merry Un-Birthday To You" = lyrics & music by MACK DAVID, AL HOFFMAN & JERRY LIVINGSTON
"Wand'rin' Star" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE. Introduced by RUFUS SMITH, ROBERT PENN and JARED REED in the musical Paint Your Wagon
"We Kiss In A Shadow" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"When The World Was Young" = English lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER, French lyrics by ANGELA VANNIER; music by M. PHILIPPE-GERARD
"Wonderful Copenhagen" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" = lyrics by BOB RUSSELL; music by HAROLD SPINA
Classical Music
MALCOLM ARNOLD
English Dances for Orchestra, op. 33
PIERRE BOULEZ
Polyphonie X
JOHN CAGE
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
ELLIOTT CARTER
String Quartet No. 1
GEORGE CRUMB
Prelude and Toccata for piano
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
String Quartet No. 1
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Symphony No. 1
GEORGE ENESCU
String Quartet No. 2
MORTON FELDMAN
Structures
HOWARD FERGUSON
Piano Concerto in D
GERALD FINZI
All This Night
LUKAS FOSS
Piano Concerto No. 2
ROBERTO GERHARD
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
REINHOLD GLIÈRE
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
VAGN HOLMBOE
Symphony No. 8
GORDON JACOB
Concerto for Flute and Strings
GYÖRGY LIGETI
Concert românesc for Orchestra
PETER MENNIN
String Quartet No. 2
VINCENT PERSICHETTI
Symphony No. 4 completed
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Seven Sonatas for Two Violins
JOSEPH GUY ROPARTZ
String Quartet No. 6 in F
EDMUND RUBBRA
String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Op. 73
MÁTYÁS SEIBER
Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra
ROGER SESSIONS
String Quartet No. 2
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues for Piano op. 87 finished
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Kreuzspiel
EDUARD TUBIN
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Opera
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Billy Budd (with libretto by E. M. FORSTER and ERIC CROZIER
PAUL DESSAU
The Trial of Lucullus (with libretto by BERTOLT BRECHT [18 March, Berlin]), despite rumours that the work would be forbidden by the East German authorities.
MARCEL LANDOWSKI
Le Rire de Nils Halerius
GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI
Amahl and the Night Visitors
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Rake's Progress (with libretto by W. H. AUDEN and CHESTER KALLMAN
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Pilgrim's Progress
Musical Theatre
AND SO TO BED
(Vivian Ellis)
London production opened at the New Theatre on October 17 and ran for 323 performances
BORSCHT CAPADES
(Joseph Rumshinsky)
Broadway production opened at the Royal Theatre on September 17 and ran for 90 performances
FLAHOOLEY
Broadway production
GAY'S THE WORD
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on February 16 and ran for 504 performances
THE KING AND I
(Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)
Broadway production
KISS ME, KATE
(Cole Porter)
London production opened at the Coliseum on March 8 and ran for 501 performances
THE LYRIC REVUE
London production
MAKE A WISH
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 18 and ran for 102 performances
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS
Broadway production
OKLAHOMA!
first German production (Berlin)
PAINT YOUR WAGON
(Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe)
Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on November 12 and ran for 289 performances
PENNY PLAIN
London production
SEE YOU LATER
(Sandy Wilson)
London production opened at the Watergate Theatre on October 3.
SEVENTEEN
Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on June 21 and ran for 182 performances
SOUTH PACIFIC
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)
London production
TOP BANANA
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on November 1 and ran for 350 performances.
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 19 and ran for 267 performances
TWO ON THE AISLE
Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on July 19 and ran for 279 performances
ZIP GOES A MILLION
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on October 20 and ran for 544 performances
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