6 January:KATHY SLEDGE = American singer, member of Sister Sledge
7 January:KATHY VALENTINE = American musician and songwriter, member of The Go-Go's
8 January:PAUL HESTER = Australian drummer with Split Enz and Crowded House = [died: 2005]
10 January:CURT KIRKWOOD = American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, founding member of Meat Puppets
12 January:
PER GESSLE = Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist, member of Roxette
CHRISTIAN EMMERICH aka BLIXA BARGELD = German-born musician, member of Einstürzende Neubauten
14 January:
CATHAL JOSEPH SMYTH aka CHAS SMASH = English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, member of Madness
GEOFF TATE = German-born American singer and musician, member of Queensrÿche
16 January:HELEN FOLASADE ADU bka SADE = Nigerian-born English singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and record producer
17 January:SUSANNA HOFFS = American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a co-founder of The Bangles
28 January:DAVE SHARP = English guitarist who co-founded The Alarm
30 January:JODY WATLEY = American singer, songwriter, record producer
3 February:LOL TOLHURST = English musician, founding member of The Cure {1976-1989}
14 February:RENÉE FLEMING = American operatic soprano
15 February:ALI CAMPBELL = English singer and songwriter who was the lead singer and a founding member of UB40
25 February:MIKE PETERS = Welsh singer and songwriter, co-founding member of The Alarm
7 March:ANDY DIAGRAM = British trumpet player
16 March:WILLIAM JONATHAN DRAYTON Jr. bka FLAVOR FLAV = American musician, rapper, actor, television personality, and comedian who rose to prominence as a member of the hip-hop group Public Enemy
17 March:MIKE LINDUP English keyboard player and vocalist with Level 42
27 March:ANDREW FARRISS = Australian musician, member of INXS
29 March:PERRY FARRELL born PERETZ BERNSTEIN = American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction
10 April:
KENNETH BRIAN EDMONDS pka BABYFACE = American singer, songwriter and record producer
BRIAN SETZER = American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group The Stray Cats
21 April:
MICHAEL TIMMINS = Canadian musician and songwriter, member of Cowboy Junkies
ROBERT SMITH = English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, lyricist and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure
27 April:
MARCO PIRRONI = English guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with Adam Ant, Sinéad O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees and many others from the late 1970s to the present day, member of Adam and the Ants {1980–1982}, a founding member of Siouxsie and the Banshees {1976}, also a member of The Models {c. 1977–c. 1978} and The Wolfmen {2004-present}
SHEENA EASTON = Scottish singer and actress
3 May:DAVID BALL = English producer and electronic musician, member of Soft Cell
4 May:RANDY BRUCE TRAYWICK bka RANDY TRAVIS = American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
5 May:IAN McCULLOCH = English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen
20 May:SUSAN COWSILL = American musician, vocalist and songwriter, member of The Cowsills and Continental Drifters
22 May:STEVEN PATRICK MORRISSEY bka MORRISSEY = English singer, songwriter and author
1 June:ALAN WILDER = English musician, composer, arranger and record producer, known as a former member of the electronic band Depeche Mode {1982-1995}
11 June:KATHINKA PASVEER = Dutch flautist
12 June:JOHN LINNELL = American musician, known primarily as one half of Brooklyn, New York alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
18 June:SEAN TERRINGTON WRIGHT = English singer-songwriter
19 June:MARK DeBARGE = American R&B/Soul singer–songwriter, drummer, percussionist ,and plays all wind instruments, including the saxophone, flugalhorn, trumpet and flute. He is best known for his work as member of 1980s Motown singing family group DeBarge
22 June:ALAN ANTON = Canadian musician, member of Cowboy Junkies
24 June:ANDY McCLUSKEY = English musician, songwriter and record producer who is best known as the singer, bass guitarist and co-founder of synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)
3 July:STEPHEN PEARCY = American musician. He is best known as the creator, singer, and songwriter of the heavy metal band Ratt
5 July:MARC COHN = American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician
9 July:
JIM KERR = Scottish musician and singer-songwriter, best known as lead singer of the rock band Simple Minds
MARC ALMOND = English singer-songwriter and musician, member of Soft Cell
11 July:
RICHIE SAMBORA = American rock guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi
SUZANNE VEGA = American singer-songwriter and record producer
16 July:JAMES MacMILLAN = Scottish composer and conductor
28 July:CHRIS REECE = American musician. He was the drummer of The Lewd {1981–1983} and Social Distortion {1984–1993}
1 August:JOE ELLIOTT = English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard
9 August:KURT WALKER pka KURTIS BLOW = American rapper and record producer
31 August:TONY DeFRANCO = Canadian singer, member of The DeFranco Family
8 September:DALER NAZAROV = Tajik composer, singer, and actor
14 September:MORTEN HARKET = Norwegian musician, best known as the lead singer of the synthpop/rock band A-ha
1 October:YOUSSOU N'DOUR = Senegalese singer
4 October:CHRIS LOWE = English musician and songwriter, and co-founder of the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys
10 October:KIRSTY MacCOLL = English singer = [died: 2000]
13 October:MARIE OSMOND = American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds
16 October:
GARY KEMP = British pop musician and actor who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s new wave band Spandau Ballet
ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR = Estonian composer
23 October:ALFRED MATTHEW "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC = American singer, songwriter, parodist, record producer, satirist, actor, voice actor, music video director, film producer, and author
25 October:CHRISTINA AMPHLETT = Australian rock singer
1 November:EDDIE MacDONALD = Welsh musician (bass guitar), founding member of The Alarm
5 November:BRYAN ADAMS = Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist
27 November:CHARLIE BURCHILL = Scottish musician and composer, best known as the guitarist of Simple Minds
29 November:STEVE HINDALONG = American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Choir. Since 2006, Hindalong has also been an official member of the alternative country supergroup Lost Dogs
4 December:BOB GRIFFIN = American musician (bass guitar), member of The BoDeans {1985–2005}
30 December:TRACEY ULLMAN = British- American comedienne and singer
31 December:
BARON WAQA = Nauruan politician and composer
PAUL WESTERBERG = American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in The Replacements
Timeline of Musical Events
5 January: The first sessions for ELLA FITZGERALD's George and Ira Gershwin Songbook are held.
12 January: Tamla Records is founded by BERRY GORDY Jr. in Detroit, Michigan.
22 January:BUDDY HOLLY records some acoustic demos in his New York City apartment, the last songs he recorded. Songs included "Peggy Sue Got Married", "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", "Learning the Game", "What to Do", "That's What They Say", and "That Makes It Tough"
3 February:BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS, and THE BIG BOPPER are killed in a plane crash in Iowa. This date becomes known as "The Day the Music Died". Future country star WAYLON JENNINGS was scheduled to be on the plane, but instead gave his seat up to The Big Bopper.
7 February: New Orleans blues and R&B guitarist EDDIE "Guitar Slim" JONES dies of pneumonia in New York City.
2 March: The first of two recording sessions for the extremely influential Miles Davis album Kind of Blue takes place.
11 March: The 4th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Cannes, France, and won by the Netherlands with the song "Een beetje" (A Little Bit) performed by Teddy Scholten. British entry "Sing, Little Birdie" by Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson comes 2nd.
3 April: The BBC bans the Coasters song "Charlie Brown" because of the word "spitball", a decision it reversed later in the month.
24 April: The Your Hit Parade television series airs its last episode
12 May: Plácido Domingo makes his stage debut at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara as Pascual in Marina.
30 May: Helge Rosvaenge gives his farewell concert at Vienna's Great Musikvereinsaal.
25 August – 5 September: Darmstädter Ferienkurse held in Darmstadt, with lectures by Wlodzimierz Kotonski, György Ligeti, Andrzej Markowski, Yoritsune Matsudaira, Werner Meyer-Eppler, Luigi Nono, Henri Pousseur, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Bo Wallner, and world premieres of Claude Baillif's Mouvements pour deux, Sylvano Bussotti's Piano Pieces for David Tudor, Cornelius Cardew's Two Books of Study for Pianists and Piano Piece 1959, Niccolo Castiglioni's Cangiati per pianoforte, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati's Interpolation: Mobile pour flûte, Mauricio Kagel's Transición II, Angelo Paccagnini's Canti brevi: secondo libro, and Stockhausen's Zyklus.
13 September: Bo Diddley's single "Say Man" enters the US R&B charts.
Fall: Bill Haley & His Comets end their groundbreaking association with Decca Records, for whom they had recorded since 1954. Their first recording for the label, "Rock Around the Clock", helped usher in the rock and roll era. Haley signs with Warner Bros. Records.
Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky co-found the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences sponsors the first Grammy Award ceremony for music recorded in 1958.
Dalida receives a Music Oscar for Best Song and a first foreign award (a "Golden Lion" in Berlin).
Jacques Loussier forms the Play Bach Trio with bassist Pierre Michelot and percussionist Christian Garros.
Ornette Coleman plays a legendary and controversial concert at New York's Five Spot.
Roy Orbison signs with Monument Records.
The Supremes are founded as a quartet ("The Primettes").
Jimi Hendrix buys his first electric guitar: a White Single pickup Supro Ozark 1560 S.
Published Popular Music
" 'Twixt Twelve and Twenty" = lyrics & music by FREDDA GOLD & AARON SCHROEDER
"77 Sunset Strip" = lyrics & music by MACK DAVID & JERRY LIVINGSTON
"Along Came Jones" = lyrics & music by JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
"All My Tomorrows" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN, from the film 'A Hole in the Head'
"Alvin's Harmonica" = lyrics & music by ROSS BAGDASARIAN
"Angela Jones" = lyrics & music by JOHN D. LOUDERMILK
"Anyone Would Love You" = lyrics & music by HAROLD ROME. Introduced by ANDY GRIFFITH and DOLORES GRAY in the musical 'Destry Rides Again'
"The Battle Of New Orleans" = traditional arranged by JIMMY DRIFTWOOD
"The Best Is Yet to Come" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN
"Best Of Everything" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by LIONEL NEWMAN, from the film 'The Best of Everything'
"A Big Hunk o' Love" = lyrics & music by AARON SCHROEDER & SID WYCHE
"Big Iron" = lyrics & music by MARTY ROBBINS
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" = lyrics & music by NEIL SEDAKA & HOWARD GREENFIELD
"The Children's Marching Song" = traditional arranged by MALCOLM ARNOLD. Performed by INGRID BERGMAN and The Orphans' Chorus in the film 'Inn of the Sixth Happiness'
"China Doll" = lyrics & music by CINDY WALKER
"Ciao, Ciao, Bambina" = English lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH, Italian lyrics by EDUARDO VERDE & DOMENICO MODUGNO; music by DOMENICO MODUGNO
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by PATRICIA NEWAY in the musical 'Sound of Music'
"Come Softly To Me" = lyrics & music by GARY TROXEL, BARBARA ELLIS & GRETCHEN CHRISTOPHER
"Delaware" = lyrics & music by IRVING GORDON
"Don't You Know" = lyrics & music adapted by BOBBY WORTH
"Do-Re-Mi" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical 'Sound of Music'. Sung by JULIE ANDREWS in the film version.
"Dream Lover" = lyrics & music by BOBBY DARIN
"Early In The Morning" = adapted by BRUCE BELLAND & GLEN LARSON
"Edelweiss" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical 'Sound of Music'. Sung by JULIE ANDREWS and CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER in the film version.
"El Paso" = lyrics & music by MARTY ROBBINS
"Endlessly" = lyrics & music by CLYDE OTIS & BROOK BENTON
"Everything's Coming Up Roses" = lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM; music by JULE STYNE. Introduced by ETHEL MERMAN in the musical 'Gypsy'. Sung in the film version by LISA KIRK dubbing for ROSALIND RUSSELL
"Frankie" = lyrics by HOWARD GREENFIELD; music by NEIL SEDAKA
"Game Of Poker" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HAROLD ARLEN, from the musical 'Saratoga'
"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" = lyrics & music by JACK VAUGHN
"Greenfields" = lyrics & music by TERRY GILKYSON, RICH DEHR & FRANK MILLER
"Handy Man" = lyrics & music by OTIS BLACKWELL & JIMMY JONES
"The Hanging Tree" = lyrics by MACK DAVID; music by JERRY LIVINGSTON, Introduced by MARTY ROBBINS in the film 'The Hanging Tree'
"Happy Anniversary" = lyrics by AL STILLMAN; music by ROBERT ALLEN
"The Happy Organ" = lyrics & music by KEN WOOD, DAVID CLOWNEY & JAMES KREIGSMANN
"Heartaches By The Number" = lyrics & music by HARLAN HOWARD
"He'll Have To Go" = lyrics & music by JOE ALLISON & AUDREY ALLISON
"High Hopes" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by FRANK SINATRA and EDDIE HODGES in the film 'A Hole in the Head'
"I Ain't Never" = lyrics & music by MEL TILLIS
"I Feel Sorry For The Girl" = lyrics & music by GLENN PAXTON, ROBERT GOLDMAN & GEORGE WEISS
"I Know" = lyrics & music by CARL STUTZ & EDITH LINDEMAN
"I Need Your Love Tonight" = lyrics & music by SID WAYNE & BIX REICHNER
"I Wanna Be Around" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MERCER & SADIE VIMMERSTEDT
"If I Ever Fall In Love Again" = lyrics by PETER WILDEBLOOD; music by PETER GREENWELL
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" = by JOHNNIE RAY
"I'm Gonna Get Married" = lyrics & music by LLOYD PRICE & HAROLD LOGAN
"I'm Looking Out The Window" = by JOHN JACOB NILES, DON RAYE
"I'm Never Gonna Tell" = by HOFFMAN, MANNING, MARKWELL
"In A Little While" = lyrics by MARSHALL BARER; music by MARY RODGERS
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" = lyrics & music by PAUL ANKA
"Kansas City" = lyrics & music by JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" = lyrics & music by IRVING TAYLOR
"Let Me Entertain You" = lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM; music by JULE STYNE. Introduced by SANDRA CHURCH and chorus in the musical 'Gypsy'
"Like Young" = music by ANDRE PREVIN
"Lipstick On Your Collar" = lyrics by EDDIE LEWIS; music by GEORGE GOEHRING
"Little Donkey" = lyrics & music by EVE BOSWELL
"The Little Drummer Boy" = lyrics & music adapted by HENRY ONORATI, KATHERINE DAVIS & HARRY SIMEONE
"Little Tin Box" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by JERRY BOCK
"The Little White Bull" = by LIONEL BART, MICHAEL PRATT, JIMMY BENNETT
"Living Doll" = lyrics & music by LIONEL BART
"Lock Up Your Daughters" = lyrics by LIONEL BART; music by LAURIE JOHNSON
"Lonely Blue Boy" = by F & B WISEMAN
"Lonely Boy" = lyrics & music by PAUL ANKA
"Lonely Goatherd" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by MARY MARTIN and the children in the musical 'Sound of Music'. Performed by JULIE ANDREWS in the film version.
"Lonely Street" = lyrics & music by CARL BELEW, KENNY SOWDER & W. S. STEVENSON
"Love Potion No. 9" = lyrics & music by JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
"Love Will Find Out The Way" = lyrics & music by GLENN PAXTON, ROBERT GOLDMAN & GEORGE WEISS
"Lullaby In Ragtime" = lyrics & music by SYLVIA FINE. Introduced by DANNY KAYE in the film 'The Five Pennies'
"The M.T.A." = lyrics & music adapted by JACQUELINE STEINER & BESS HAWES
"Maria" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by PATRICIA NEWAY, MURIEL O'MALLEY, ELIZABETH HOWELL and KAREN SHEPARD in the musical 'Sound of Music'
"Marina" = English lyrics by RAY MAXWELL; music by ROCCO GRANATA
"The Mating Game" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE. Theme song from the film 'The Mating Game'
"May You Always" = lyrics & music by LARRY MARKES & DICK CHARLES
"Memphis" = lyrics & music by CHUCK BERRY
"Milord" = English lyrics by B. G. LEWIS, French lyrics by JOSEPH MUSTACCHI; music by MARGUERITE MONNOT
"Morgen" = English lyrics by NOEL SHERMAN, German lyrics by PETER MOSSER; music by PETER MOSSER
"Mr. Blue" = lyrics & music by DEWAYNE BLACKWELL
"My Favourite Things" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by PATRICIA NEWAY and MARY MARTIN in the musical 'Sound of Music'. Performed in the film version by JULIE ANDREWS
"My Heart Is An Open Book" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by LEE POCKRISS
"My Wish Came True" = lyrics & music by IVORY JOE HUNTER
"Oh! Carol" = lyrics by HOWARD GREENFIELD; music by NEIL SEDAKA
"Only Love Me" = English lyrics by MANN CURTIS, Italian lyrics by PINCHI; music by V. PANZUTI
"Only Sixteen" = lyrics & music by BARBARA CAMPBELL
"Personality" = lyrics & music by LLOYD PRICE & HAROLD LOGAN
"Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" = lyrics & music by HARLAN HOWARD
"Pillow Talk" = lyrics & music by BUDDY PEPPER & INEZ JAMES. Introduced by DORIS DAY and ROCK HUDSON in the film of the same name.
"La Plume De Ma Tante" = lyrics & music by AL HOFFMAN & DICK MANNING
"Poison Ivy" = lyrics & music by JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
"Promise Me A Rose" = lyrics & music by BOB MERRILL, introduced by EILEEN HERLIE in the musical 'Take Me Along'
"Put Your Head On My Shoulder" = lyrics & music by PAUL ANKA
"Quiet Village" = music by LES BAXTER
"Running Bear" = lyrics & music by J. P. RICHARDSON
"The Same Old Me" = by F. OWEN
"Sea Of Love" = lyrics & music by GEORGE KHOURY & PHIL BAPTISTE
"See You In September" = lyrics by SID WAYNE; music by SHERMAN EDWARDS
"Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat" = lyrics by BOB HILLIARD; music by LEE POCKRISS
"Shout" = by O'KELLY ISLEY, RONALD ISLEY, RUDOLPH ISLEY
"Side Saddle" = music by TREVOR H. STANFORD
"Sleep Walk" = music by ANN FARINA, JOHNNY FARINA & SANTO FARINA
"Small World" = lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM; music by JULE STYNE. Introduced by ETHEL MERMAN and JACK KLUGMAN in the musical 'Gypsy'
"Sorry, I Ran All The Way Home" = lyrics & music by HARRY GIOSASI & ARTIE ZWIRN
"The Sound Of Music" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical 'Sound of Music'
"Strange Are The Ways Of Love" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by DIMITRI TIOMKIN, from the film western 'The Young Land'
"Summertime Love" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Sweet Nothin's" = by RONNIE SELF
"Take Me Along" = lyrics & music by BOB MERRILL. Introduced by JACKIE GLEASON and WALTER PIDGEON in the musical 'Take Me Along'
"Tall Paul" = lyrics & music by BOB ROBERTS, BOB SHERMAN & DICK SHERMAN
"Tallahassee Lassie" = lyrics & music by FRANK C. SLAY Jr, BOB CREWE & FREDERICK A. PICARIELLO
"Teen Angel" = lyrics & music by JEAN SURREY & RED SURREY
"A Teenager In Love" = lyrics & music by JEROME "DOC" POMUS & MORT SHUMAN
"There Goes My Baby" = lyrics & music by BENJAMIN NELSON, LOVER PATTERSON, GEORGE TREADWELL
"This Magic Moment" = lyrics & music by DOC POMUS & MORT SHUMAN
"Three Steps to Heaven" = by EDDIE COCHRAN
"The Tijuana Jail" = lyrics & music by DENNY THOMPSON
"('Til) I Kissed You" = lyrics & music by DON EVERLY
"Time And The River" = lyrics & music by AARON SCHROEDER & WALLY GOLD
"Tomboy" = lyrics & music by JOE FARRELL & JIM CONWAY
"Too Long At The Fair" = lyrics & music by BILLY BARNES
"Tucumcari" = by OLOFSON, MCINTYRE
"The Untouchables" = music by NELSON RIDDLE
"Venus" = lyrics & music by ED MARSHALL
"Waterloo" = lyrics & music by JOHN D. LOUDERMILK & MARIJOHN WILKIN
"We Got Love" = lyrics by KAL MANN; music by BERNIE LOWE
"What Do You Want?" = by LES VANDYKE
"What'd I Say" = lyrics & music by RAY CHARLES
"Why" = lyrics by BOB MARCUCCI; music by PETER DE ANGELIS
"The Wonder Of You" = lyrics & music by BAKER KNIGHT
"Wonderful You" = by STALLMAN, JACOBSON
"A Worried Man" = lyrics & music by DAVE GUARD & TOM GLAZER
"You're Starting To Get To Me" = by SAMMY CAHN, JAMES VAN HEUSEN, from the film 'Say One for Me'
Other Notable Songs
"Chiclete com banana" = lyrics & music by GORDURINHA and ALMIRA CASTILHO
"Jin-go-lo-ba" = lyrics & music by BABATUNDE OLATUNJI
"Ne me quitte pas" = lyrics & music by JACQUES BREL
"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" = lyrics by DINO VERDE; music by DOMENICO MODUGNO
"Satchan" = lyrics by HIROO SAKATA; music by MEGUMI ONAKA
Classical Music
JUHAN AAVIK
Requiem
JEAN ABSIL
Danses bulgares, op. 103, for piano
Passacaglia in memoriam Alban Berg, op. 101, for piano
Rhapsody No. 5, op. 102, for 2 pianos
MURRAY ADASKIN
Saskatchewan Legend, for orchestra
SAMUEL ADLER
Toccata, Recitation, and Postlude, for organ
STEPHEN ALBERT
Toccatas (2), for piano
WILLIAM ALWYN
Symphony No. 4
Trio for strings
HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN
Missa populi, for solo voice, congregation, and organ
Signum Magnum, for soprano, choir, and organ
Suite, for flute or recorder and piano
Tota pulchra, anima mea, for 2 voices and organ
JURRIAAN ANDRIESSEN
Sonata da camera, for flute, viola, and guitar
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN
Nocturnen, for soprano and chamber orchestra
Percosse, for flute, trumpet, bassoon, and percussion
ISTVÁN ANHALT
Electronic Composition No. 1 "Sine nomine I"
Electronic Composition No. 2 "Sine nomine II"
HANS ERICH APOSTEL
Fantasie, op. 31b, for piano
Österreichische Miniaturen (5), for orchestra
Vier kleine Klavierstücke, op. 31a, for piano
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Concerto, for guitar and chamber orchestra, op. 67
Song of Simeon, op. 69 (nativity masque), for mimes, solo voices, and chamber orchestra
Sweeney Todd, op. 68 (ballet)
William Blake Songs, op. 66, for alto and strings
CLAUDE ARRIEU
Fantaisie lyrique, for ondes martenot and piano
Suite, for string orchestra
ROBERT ASHLEY
Piano Sonata ("Christopher Columbus crosses to the New World in the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria using only dead reckoning and a crude astrolabe")
LARRY AUSTIN
Homecoming, cantata for soprano and jazz quintet
JAN BACH
Toccata, for orchestra
SVEN-ERIK BÄCK
A Game around a Game, for orchestra
HENK BADINGS
Capriccio, for violin, 2 tapes, and "elektromagnetische Klangfiguren"
Die Frau von Andros, ballet, electronic music
Jungle, ballet, electronic music
Languentibus in purgatorio, for mixed choir
Psalm 147, for children’s chorus, chamber chorus, chorus, and orchestra
CLAUDE BAILLIF
Mouvements pour deux, op. 27, for flute and piano
TADEUSZ BAIRD
Espressioni varianti, for violin and orchestra
LEONARDO BALADA
Musica en cuatro tiempos, for piano
SAMUEL BARBER
Nocturne (Homage to John Field), op. 33, for piano
JEAN BARRAQUÉ
… au-delà du hasard, for soprano, SA choir, 20 instruments in 4 groups including piano and clarinet soloists
LESLIE BASSETT
Duets, for 2 cellos
For City, Nation, World. cantata, for tenor, SATB choir, children’s choir ad lib, congregation, 4 trombones, and organ
Sonata, for violin and piano
JÜRG BAUR
Chorale Preludes (4), for organ
Concertino, for flute, oboe, clarinet, string orchestra, and timpani
Metamorphosen, for piano, violin, and cello
GUSTAVO BECERRA-SCHMIDT
String Quartet No. 5
JOHN J. BECKER
At Dieppe, for voice and piano
String Quartet no. 3 (unfinished)
JOHN BECKWITH
Music for Dancing, for orchestra (second orchestration)
JACK BEESON
Against Idleness and Mischief and in Praise of Labor, for high voice and piano
"Fire, Fire, Quench Desire", for high voice and piano
Lullaby, for alto and piano (revised version)
Round and Round, for piano, four-hands
Symphony No. 1, in A major
Three Love Songs, for alto and piano (revised version)
Transformations, for large orchestra
PAUL BEN-HAIM
Hazono shel navi [The Vision of a Prophet], for tenor, SATB choir, and orchestra
Poème, for harp
ARTHUR BENJAMIN
String Quartet No. 2
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Music for an Occasion, for orchestra
NIELS VIGGO BENTZON
Piano Sonata No. 7, op. 121
GUNNAR BERG
Gaffkys I–X, for piano
Pour clarinette et violon, for clarinet and violin
Pour piano et orchestre, for piano and orchestra
37 Aspects (Spoon River) , for ensemble
ARTHUR BERGER
Chamber Concerto, for small orchestra
LUCIANO BERIO
Allez Hop!, "racconto mimico"
Quaderni I, for orchestra
LENNOX BERKELEY
Overture, for light orchestra
"So sweet love seemed", for mezzo-sopran or baritone and piano
Sonatina, op. 52, no. 2, for 2 pianos
BORIS BLACHER
Musica giocosa, op. 59, for orchestra
EASLEY BLACKWOOD, Jr.
Concertino, op. 5, for 5 instruments
String Quartet No. 2, op. 6
ARTHUR BLISS
Birthday Song for a Royal Child, SATB choir
AUGUSTYN BLOCH
Espressioni, for soprano and orchestra
Impressioni poetiche, for male choir and orchestra
KONRAD BOEHMER
Variation, for orchestra
WILLIAM BOLCOM
Romantic Pieces, for piano
MARGARET BONDS
Dream Portraits (3), for voice and piano
"Ezekiel saw the wheel", for voice and piano
"I Got a Home in That Rock", for voice and orchestra or piano
Mass in D Minor, for choir and organ
NARCÍS BONET
Choral, for organ
PIERRE BOULEZ
Improvisation sur Mallarmé III: A la nue accablante tu, for soprano and orchestra
Tombeau, for soprano and orchestra
PAUL BOWLES
Sweet Bird of Youth, incidental music for the play by Tennessee Williams
HENRY BRANT
The Crossing, for tenor, oboe or soprano saxophone, glockenspiel, violin, and cello
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No. 13 in C major
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Cantata academica, carmen basiliense, op. 62, for SATB chorus and orchestra
Fanfare for St Edmundsbury, for 3 trumpets
Missa brevis in D, op. 63, for boys’ voices and organ
Oliver Cromwell, for unison voices and piano
EARLE BROWN
Hodograph I, for flute, piano + celesta, and percussion
ALAN BUSH
Dorian Passacaglia and Fugue, op. 52, for orchestra
GEOFFREY BUSH
Songs of Wonder, for soprano or tenor and string orchestra or piano
SYLVANO BUSSOTTI
Piano Pieces for David Tudor
NIGEL BUTTERLEY
Joseph and Mary, for soprano and flute
CORNELIUS CARDEW
Piano Piece 1959
ELLIOTT CARTER
String Quartet No. 2
NICCOLO CASTIGLIONI
Cangiati, for piano
ALDO CLEMENTI
Ideogrammi No. 1, for 16 instruments
Ideogrammi No. 2, for flute and 17 instruments
AARON COPLAND
Dance Panels, for orchestra
Paisaje mexicana and Danza de Jalisco, as Two Mexican Pieces, for orchestra; later became part of Three Latin American Sketches (1971)
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Kaleidoscope, for 2 pianos
Petits Fours, for violin and piano
PAUL CRESTON
Janus, op. 77, for orchestra
Prelude and Dance, op. 76, for band
GEORGE CRUMB
Variazioni for large orchestra
HALIM EL-DABH
Elements, Beings and Primevals, for tape
Juxtaposition No. 1, for percussion ensemble
Juxtaposition No. 2, for percussion and harp
Juxtaposition No. 3, for mezzo-soprano, 2 harps, and percussion
Leiyla and the Poet, for tape
Meditation on White Noise, for tape
The Word, for tape
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Serie sinfonica 1959 for orchestra
PAUL DESSAU
Flug zur Sonne, dance scenes
Hymne auf den Beginn einer neuen Geschichte der Menschheit, for speakr, soprano, chorus, 3 pianos, 2 harps, double bass, timpani, and percussion
DAVID DIAMOND
A Private World, for piano
Sonata, for solo cello
Sonata, for solo violin
Symphony No. 7
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Symphony No. 2 (Le Double)
WERNER EGK
Furchtlosigkeit und Wohlwollen, oratorio for tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra (revised version)
Variationen über ein karibisches Thema, for orchestra
GOTTFRIED VON EINEM
Tanz-Rondo, op. 27, for orchestra
HANNS EISLER
Brandverse, for voice and piano
Motto (Auf einer chinesischen Theewurzellöwen), for voice and piano
Musik zu ‘Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg’, for voice and small orchestra
Trommellied, for voice and piano
Rezitativ und Fuge auf 60. Geburtstag von J. R. Becher, for voice and piano
Um meine Weisheit unbekümmert, for voice and piano
KENNETH GABURO
Stray Birds, for soprano and piano
ROBERT GERHARD
Asylum Diary, incidental music for the play by Lavant
Chaconne, for solo violin
Coriolanus, incidental music for the play by Shakespeare
Don Carlos, incidental music for the play by Schiller
Lament on the Death of a Bullfighter, for speaker and tape
OTTMAR GERSTER
Concerto, for horn and orchestra
Vorwärts!, for baritone, speaker, SATB choir, and chamber orchestra
PEGGY GLANVILLE-HICKS
Drama for Orchestra, for clarinet, trumpet, piano, 3 percussionists, strings
Saul and the Witch of Endor, ballet for television
ROGER GOEB
Concertino no. 2, for orchestra
Iowa Concerto, for chamber orchestra
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Fantasia, op. 4 (revised version), for orchestra
Songs from the Japanese, op. 9, for mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra
Variations, op. 8, for flute and piano
HENRYK GÓRECKI
Symphony No. 1 1959
FERNANDO LOPES GRAÇA
Canções populares portuguesas (24), book 4, for voice and piano
História trágico-marítima, second version, for baritone, alto chorus, and orchestra
A menina do mar, for chamber orchestra
Nocturnos (5), for piano
As predicações de Adamastor contra os portugueses, for voice and piano
Prelúdio e dança burlesca, for 2 pianos
Rondes et complaintes des provinces de France, for choir
Tres peças, for violin and piano
Tres velhos fandangos portugueses, version for piano
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
"O amor de agora", for voice and piano
"Onde andará", for voice and piano
Ponteios, volume 5, for piano
Sonata No. 5, for violin and piano
Valsa No. 10, for piano
CRISTÓBAL HALFFTER
Sonata, for violin solo
Three Pieces, for flute solo
RODOLFO HALFFTER
Tripartita, op. 25, for orchestra
IAIN HAMILTON
Sinfonia, for two orchestras
ROMAN HAUBENSTOCK-RAMATI
Interpolation: Mobile pour flûte
BERNHARD HEIDEN
Viola Sonata
HANS WERNER HENZE
Sonata for piano
L’usignolo dell’imperatore, balletto-pantomima, after Hans Christian Andersen
PAUL HINDEMITH
Festmarsch, for 3 male voices and tuba
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein, canon for 4 voices
Six songs from Das Marienleben, op. 27, arranged for soprano and orchestra
KAREL HORKÝ
Jan Hus, tastura, ballet (revised version)
Symphony No. 1
ALAN HOVHANESS
Bardo Sonata, op. 192, for piano
Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra, op. 174
Lake of Van Sonata, op. 175, for piano (revised version)
Symphony No. 6 "Celestial Gate", op. 173, for chamber orchestra
Symphony No. 7 "Nanga Parvat", op. 175, for wind ensemble
ANDREW IMBRIE
Legend, for orchestra
MAKI ISHII
Prelude and Variations, for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion
JANIS IVANOVS
Piano Concerto in G minor
FRANCIS JACKSON
Diversion for Mixtures
MILOSLAV KABELÁC
Cizokrajné motivy [Motifs from Foreign Countries], op. 38, for piano
Suite from Master of Nine Songs’, op. 34a, for baritone and orchestra
Suite, op. 39, for saxophone and piano
DMITRI KABALEVSKY
Preludes and Fugues, op. 61
The Leninists, cantata after Y. Dolmatovski for three choruses and large symphony orchestra, op. 63
MAURICIO KAGEL
Transición II, for piano, percussion, and two tape recorders
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Lermontov: Suite, for orchestra
Sonatina, for piano
TIKHON KHRENNIKOV
Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 14
GOTTFRIED MICHAEL KOENIG
Quintet for Winds, for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon
String Quartet 1959
ERNST KRENEK
Flötenstück neunphasig, op. 171, for flute and 6 pianos
Hausmusik, op. 172, for various instruments
Quaestio temporis, op. 170, for small orchestra
Six Motets, op. 169, for 4 voices
GYÖRGY KURTÁG
String Quartet, op. 1
Wind Quintet, op. 2
JOHN LA MONTAINE
Fragments from the Song of Songs, op. 29, for soprano and orchestra
INGVAR LIDHOLM
Mutanza, for orchestra
GYÖRGY LIGETI
Apparitions, for orchestra (1958–59)
OTTO LUENING
Fantasia, for string quartet and orchestra
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Dance Preludes, version for 9 instruments
Piosenki dziecinne (3), for voice and piano
ELIZABETH MACONCHY
A Hymn to God the Father, for tenor and piano
BRUNO MADERNA
L’altro mondo, ovvero Gli stati e imperi della luna, music for a radio play by A. Brissoni, after Jonathan Swift's Gulliver’s Travels
Piano Concerto
DONALD MARTINO
Trio, for violin, clarinet, and piano
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
The Burden of Moab, cantata, for male voices and piano
Impromptus (2), for harpsichord
Madrigaly, for mixed voices
Mikeš z hor, chamber cantata, for solo voices, chorus, 2 violins, viola, and piano
Musique de chambre no. 1, for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, harp, and piano
Nonet, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass
Pièce, for 2 cellos
Písnicky pro detský sbor, for children’s choir
The Prophecy of Isaiah, cantata, for solo voices, male chorus, trumpet, viola, piano, and timpani
Ptací hody, for children’s voices and trumpet
Variations on a Slovak Folksong, for cello and piano
Vigilie, for organ
Znelka, for children’s voices
YORITSUNE MATSUDAIRA
Danse sacrée et Danse finale, for orchestra
Katsura, for soprano, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, and percussion
TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI
Campanology, electronic music
Sange, for male choir
Shukukon-ka [Wedding Song], for chorus and orchestra
U so ri, oratorio
PETER MENNIN
Sonata concertante, for violin and piano
DARIUS MILHAUD
Burma Road, op. 375, incidental music for television
Mother Courage, op. 379, incidental music for the play by Bertolt Brecht
Sonatina, op. 378, for viola and piano
Symphonie concertante, op. 376, for bassoon, horn, trumpet, double bass, and orchestra
Symphony No. 9, op. 380
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Impresiones intimas, for piano (revised version)
MAKOTO MOROI
Chamber Cantata No. 2
Pitagoras no hoshi [Stars of Pythagoras], music drama, for solo voice, instruments, and tape
THEA MUSGRAVE
Scottish Dance Suite, for orchestra
Triptych, for tenor and orchestra
BO NILSSON
Ett blocks timme, cantata for soprano and chamber orchestra
Stenogram, for organ
Brief an Gösta Oswald, cantata trilogy Ein irrender Sohn, for alto, alto flute, and chamber ensemble
Mädchentotenlieder, for soprano, alto flute, and chamber ensemble
Und die Zeiger seiner Augen wurden langsam zurückgedreht, for alto or soprano and orchestra
LUIGI NONO
Composizione no. 2 (Diario polacco ‘58), for orchestra