29 January:RODDY FRAME = Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was the founder of the 1980s New Wave band Aztec Camera
30 January:MARCEL JACOB = Swedish rock bassist = [died: 2009]
31 January:JEFF HANNEMAN = American rock guitarist, member of Slayer
5 February:DUFF McKAGAN = American musician, singer, songwriter and author, member of Guns N' Roses
23 February:JOHN NORUM = Norwegian guitarist, member of Europe
1 March:CLINTON GREGORY = American musician
10 March:NENEH CHERRY = Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster
11 March:VINNIE PAUL = American professional drummer and producer who is best known for being a former member, and co-founder, of the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently a member of supergroup Hellyeah. He also co-founded the heavy metal band Damageplan
18 March:ROZALLA = Zambian singer
19 March:YOKO KANNO = Japanese composer, arranger and musician
20 March:NATACHA ATLAS = Belgian singer
30 March:TRACY CHAPMAN = American singer-songwriter
5 April:PRINCESS ERIKA = French singer
11 April:STEVE AZAR = American country music singer-songwriter
12 April:AMY RAY = American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls
16 April:
DAVE PIRNER = American songwriter, singer, and producer best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the alternative rock band Soul Asylum
ESBJÖRN SVENSSON = Swiss jazz pianist = [died: 2008]
17 April:MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN = American musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor, best known as the vocalist for Grammy Award-winning progressive metal band Tool
18 April:MARK BERRY bka BEZ = British dancer and percussionist
25 April:ANDY BELL = English singer, member of Erasure
30 April:KENT JAMES = American singer-songwriter
26 May:LENNY KRAVITZ = American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
30 May:
WYNONNA JUDD = American country singer
TOM MORELLO = American rock guitarist, member of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave and The Nightwatchman
31 May:DARRYL McDANIELS = American musician. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Run-D.M.C.
3 June:KERRY KING = American rock guitarist, member of Slayer
6 June:JAY BENTLEY = American bassist and co-founding member of the punk rock group Bad Religion
10 June:JIMMY CHAMBERLIN = American rock musician, member of The Smashing Pumpkins
22 June:
RICHARD MICHAEL BARRETT bka DICKY BARRETT = American frontman of Ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and the announcer for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
MIKE EDWARDS = English musician, member of Jesus Jones
29 June:STEDMAN PEARSON = British R&B singer, member of Five Star
9 July:COURTNEY LOVE = American singer, actress, writer, and visual artist, member of Hole
19 July:MASAHIKO KONDO = Japanese singer
20 July:CHRIS CORNELL = American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden and as lead vocalist and songwriter for the supergroup Audioslave
22 July:WILL CALHOUN = American drummer who is a member of the rock band Living Colour
31 July:JIM CORR = Irish singer and musician, member of The Corrs
1 August:ADAM DURITZ = American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. He is best known for his role as frontman and vocalist for the rock band Counting Crows
5 August:ADAM YAUCH = American rapper, musician, film director, and human rights activist. He was best known as a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys = [died: 2012]
17 August:COLIN JAMES = Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
7 September:ERIC LYNN WRIGHT bka EAZY-E = American rapper who performed solo and in the hip hop group NWA = [died: 1995]
11 September:VICTOR WOOTEN = American bassist
23 September:KOSHI INABA = Japanese rock singer, member of B'z
26 September:NICKI FRENCH = British singer
27 September:STEPHAN JENKINS = American rock singer, member of Third Eye Blind
30 September:
TREY ANASTASIO = American musician
ROBBY TAKAC = American rock bassist, vocalist, and one of the founding members of The Goo Goo Dolls
JIM SONEFELD = American musician and one of the founding members of Hootie & The Blowfish
22 October:TOBY McKEEHAN = American musician
23 October:ROBERT TRUJILLO = American musician and songwriter best known as the current bass guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica
6 November:
COREY GLOVER = American singer, guitarist and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of the rock band Living Colour
GREG GRAFFIN = American punk rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, college lecturer, and author. He is most recognized as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and only constant member of the noted Los Angeles band Bad Religion
14 November:
JOSEPH "Run" SIMMONS = American rapper, producer, D.J., reverend, and one of the founding members of the influential hip hop group Run-D.M.C.
NIC DALTON = Australian multi-instrumentalist and record label owner. He was the bass guitarist for American band, the Lemonheads in the early 1990s. He was a member of various Australian bands including, The Plunderers {1984-1992}, Godstar {1991-1995} and Sneeze {1993-2006}; as well playing with Ratcat and the Hummingbirds
16 November:DIANA KRALL = Canadian jazz pianist and singer
24 November:TONY RAMBOLA = American musician who has been the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the Boston-based Hard Rock band Godsmack
25 November:MARK LANEGAN = American rock singer, member of Screaming Trees
9 December:PAUL LANDERS = German rock musician, member of Rammstein
13 December:HIDETO MATSUMOTO = Japanese rock musician, member of Hide = [died: 1998]
23 December:EDDIE VEDDER = American rock singer, member of Pearl Jam
28 December:MALCOLM GETS = American actor and dancer
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Timeline of Musical Events
1 January: 'Top of the Pops' premieres on BBC television.
3 January: Footage of The Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show.
15 January: Vee Jay Records files a lawsuit against Capitol Records and Swan Records over manufacturing and distribution rights to Beatles albums. On April 9, Capitol Records is granted an injunction restraining Vee Jay Records from further manufacturing, distributing or advertising recordings by the Beatles.
18 January: The Beatles appear on the Billboard magazine charts for the first time.
1 February: Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh declares the song "Louie, Louie" by the Kingsmen pornographic. He requests that the Indiana Broadcasters Association ban the record. Governor Welsh claimed that hearing the song made his "ears tingle." Publisher Max Firetag offers $1,000 to anyone that can find anything "suggestive" in the song's lyrics.
7 February: The Beatles arrive in the United States and are greeted by thousands of screaming fans at New York's Kennedy Airport.
9 February: The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, which breaks television ratings records.
16 February: The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
22 February:PLÁCIDO DOMINGO makes his international breakthrough at the première of Ginastera's Don Rodrigo in New York City.
23 February: The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
March: Capitol Records is bombarded with requests for heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay's album, I Am the Greatest, following Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in February.
1 March: American premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Momente, by Martina Arroyo (soprano), the Crane Collegiate Singers of SUNY Potsdam (Brock McElheran, chorus master), and members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Lukas Foss, music director), conducted by the composer, in Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York.
6 March:ELVIS PRESLEY's 14th motion picture, 'Kissin' Cousins' is released to theaters.
14 March: Billboard Magazine reports that sales of Beatles records make up 60% of the entire singles market.
16 March: Disc jockey ALAN FREED is charged with tax evasion.
21 March: Italy wins the 9th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, with the song "Non ho l'età", sung by 16-year-old GIGLIOLA CINQUETTI
24 March:JOHN LENNON's first book, In His Own Write is published.
27 March: The Beatles occupy the top six spots on the Australian pop chart.
28 March: Wax likenesses of The Beatles are put on display in London's Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. The Beatles are the first pop stars to be displayed at the museum.
4 April: The Beatles occupied all five top positions on Billboard's Hot 100 with their singles "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me"
11 April: The Beatles hold 14 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Previously, the highest number of concurrent singles by one artist on the Hot 100 was nine by ELVIS PRESLEY, December 19, 1956.
16 April: The Rolling Stones release their eponymous début album.
2 May: In the United States, The Beatles' Second Album climbs to the #1 spot on the LP charts in only its second week of release.
5 June: The Rolling Stones start their first US tour.
31 July: Country singer JIM REEVES dies in an airplane crash near Nashville.
8 August:BOB DYLAN releases his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan.
17 August: Indiana University Opera Theater presents Turancot at the NY World's Fair featuring newly-retired Metropolitan Opera soprano Margaret Harshaw, a member of the voice faculty, in the title role. This helps put the IU Opera Theater on the map as a major player in university opera programs.
22 August: The Supremes are on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the first of five successive number one hits, "Where Did Our Love Go"
26 August: The Kinks release their iconic single "You Really Got Me"
16 September: Shindig! premieres on ABC.
22 September: Fiddler on the Roof opens on Broadway.
19 October: Simon & Garfunkel release "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., which is initially a total flop upon first release. After release of their second album, Sounds of Silence, in 1966, it hits #30 on the Billboard charts.
24 October: The Rolling Stones start their second US tour.
25 October: The Rolling Stones perform on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
29 October: The T.A.M.I. Show is filmed.
31 October: The Supremes are on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the second of five successive number one hits, "Baby Love"
November: A deal with UK impresario W. H. Miller lands the Anita Kerr Quartette on Capitol Records for North America.
11 December:SAM COOKE is killed under mysterious circumstances in Los Angeles, California. Shortly thereafter, "A Change Is Gonna Come", a song considered by many to be his best, is released.
19 December: The Supremes are on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the third of five successive number one hits, "Come See About Me"
Also in 1964:
Simon & Garfunkel make their first recording for Columbia Records.
DALIDA is the first star to receive a Platinum Disc in Europe.
11 year old KEITH GREEN becomes the youngest person ever to sign a contract with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) after publishing, recording and releasing the song "The Way I Used to Be"
MARIANNE FAITHFULL's musical career begins.
Sonny and Cher begin performing together.
Published Popular Songs
"The Addams Family theme song" = lyrics & music by VIC MIZZY
"Baby, I Need Your Loving" = lyrics & music by EDWARD HOLLAND, BRIAN HOLLAND & LAMONT DOZIER
"The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" = lyrics & music by FRANK DeVOL and SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ
"Before the Parade Passes By" = lyrics & music by JERRY HERMAN, from the musical 'Hello, Dolly!'
"Bewitched theme song" = lyrics & music by HOWARD GREENFIELD and JACK KELLER
"Chapel Of Love" = lyrics & music by PHIL SPECTOR, ELLIE GREENWICH & JEFF BARRY
"Chim Chim Cher-ee" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN
"Cryin' Time" = lyrics & music by BUCK OWENS
"Dear Heart" = lyrics by JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS; music by HENRY MANCINI
"Feed the Birds" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN & ROBERT B. SHERMAN from the film 'Mary Poppins'
"Gimme Some" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"Glad All Over" = lyrics & music by DAVE CLARK & MIKE SMITH
"Goin' Out of My Head" = lyrics & music by TEDDY RANDAZZO & BOBBY WEINSTEIN
"Golden Boy" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"Hang on Sloopy" = lyrics & music by BERT RUSSELL & WES FARRELL
"Have I the Right?" = lyrics & music by KEN HOWARD & ALAN BLAIKLEY
"Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" = music byFRANK DeVOL from the film of the same name
"I Will Wait For You" = music by MICHEL LEGRAND. From the film musical 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'
"If I Were a Rich Man" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by JERRY BOCK. Introduced in the musical 'Fiddler on the Roof' by ZERO MOSTEL. Performed by CHAIM TOPOL in the 1971 film version.
"Invisible Tears" = lyrics & music by NED MILLER and SUE MILLER
"It's Over" = lyrics & music by ROY ORBISON & BILL DEES
"Let's Go Fly a Kite" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN & ROBERT B. SHERMAN from the film 'Mary Poppins'
"Oh, Pretty Woman" = lyrics & music by ROY ORBISON & BILL DEES
"Pass Me By" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN. Introduced by DIGBY WOLFE in the film 'Father Goose'
"Put On Your Sunday Clothes" = lyrics & music by JERRY HERMAN, from the musical 'Hello, Dolly!'
"Sister Suffragette" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN & ROBERT B. SHERMAN. Introduced by GLYNIS JOHNS in the film 'Mary Poppins'
"So Long, Dearie" = lyrics & music by JERRY HERMAN, from the musical 'Hello, Dolly!'
"A Spoonful of Sugar" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN & ROBERT B. SHERMAN from the film 'Mary Poppins'
"Style" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN from the film 'Robin And The Seven Hoods'
"Sunrise, Sunset" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by JERRY BOCK
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN & ROBERT B. SHERMAN from the film 'Mary Poppins'
"That's Life" = lyrics & music by DEAN KAY & KELLY GORDON
"Tradition" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by JERRY BOCK
"Where Did Our Love Go?" = lyrics & music by LAMONT DOZIER, BRIAN HOLLAND and EDWARD HOLLAND
"A World Without Love" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON and PAUL McCARTNEY
"Zorbas" (Zorba's Dance) = music by MIKIS THEODORAKIS
Classical Music
GILBERT AMY
Alpha-beth, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, and horn
Cahiers d'épigrammes, for piano
EYVIN ANDERSEN
Concerto for violin and orchestra
JURRIAAN ANDRIESSEN
After the Fall, incidental music
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN
A Flower Song II, for oboe
A Flower Song III, for cello
Ittrospezione III, for 2 pianos and 3 instrumental groups
Sweet, for alto recorder
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Pieces (5), for violin and piano, op. 84
Sinfonietta No. 3, for orchestra, op. 81
A Sunshine Overture, for orchestra, op. 83
Water Music, for winds and percussion, op. 82
MILTON BABBITT
Ensembles for Synthesizer, for 4-track tape
Philomel, for soprano and 4-track tape
SAMUEL BARBER
Chorale for Ascension Day, for chorus, brass, timpani, and orgsn (ad lib.)
Night Flight, for orchestra, op.19a
LUCIANO BERIO
Chemins I on Sequenza II, for harp and orchestra
Folk Songs, for soprano and 7 instruments
Rounds, for voice and harpsichord (subsequently withdrawn)
Traces, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 actors, chorus, and orchestra (subsequently withdrawn)
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Entr’actes and Sappho Fragments, for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, viola, harp, and percussion
Three Movements with Fanfares, for chamber orchestra
ROB DU BOIS
Deuxième série de rondeaux, for piano four-hands and optional percussion
Just Like a Little Sonata, for piano
Pastorale VI, for piano
Pastorale VII, for alto recorder
Quartet, for oboe, violin, violin, and cello (revised version)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Cadenza for Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major
Suite No. 1 for cello solo, op. 72
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68 (revised version)
EARLE BROWN
Corroboree, for 3 or 2 pianos
CARLOS CHÁVEZ
Concerto for 4 horns and orchestra (revision)
Fuga HAGC, for violin, viola, cello, and contrabass
Resonancias, for orchestra
Tambuco, for 6 percussionists
AARON COPLAND
Down a Country Lane, for school orchestra
Emblems, for symphonic band
Music for a Great City
GEORGE CRUMB
Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) for violin and piano
LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
Parole di San Paolo, for mezzo-soprano or boy's voice and 11 instruments
Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado, version for soprano and chamber orchestra
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Electronic Study No. 3
Synchronisms No. 2 for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and tape
Synchronisms No. 3 for cello and electronic sound
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Little Pieces (5), for piano
Second Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine, for orchestra
Shakespeare Music, for 11 instruments
MICHEL DECOUST
Horizon remarquable (lyrics by RENÉ CHAR)
DAVID DIAMOND
The Martyr for male choir (revised version)
"My Papa's Waltz", for voice and piano
"Prayer", for voice and piano
String Quartet No. 8
Symphony No. 5
We Two, song cycle, voice and piano
ANDRZEJ DOBROWOLSKI
Music for Strings and 4 Groups of Wind Instruments
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Métaboles
MORTON FELDMAN
The King of Denmark, for percussion solo
Numbers, for flute, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion, celesta, piano, violin, and contrabass
Piano Piece
Vertical Thoughts IV, for piano
WOLFGANG FORTNER
Epigramme, for piano
Minne, cantata for tenor and guitar
Zyklus, for cello and piano
ROBERT GERHARD
The Anger of Achilles, incidental music
Macbeth, incidental music
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Bomarzo cantata, for tenor or baritone, narrator, and chamber orchestra, op. 32
Don Rodrigo Symphony, for soprano and orchestra, op. 31a
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Five Poems and an Epigram of William Blake, for chorus and trumpet, op. 17
Pieces (3), for piano, op. 18
KAREL GOEYVAERTS
Stuk voor piano en tape
FERNANDO LOPES GRAÇA
Canciones (4), for voice and chamber orchestra (revised version)
Prelúdio, capricho e galope, for violin and piano (second revision)
Romances, for voice and piano
Sonnets (4), for voice and piano
String Quartet No. 1
FERDE GROFÉ
World's Fair Suite
ALOIS HÁBA
String Quartet No. no.15, op. 95, in ?-tones
Suite, for bass clarinet solo, op. 96
ROY HARRIS
Epilogue to Profiles in Courage–JFK, for orchestra
Etudes for Pedals, for organ
Fantasy, for organ, brass, and timpani
Horn of Plenty, for orchestra
Jubilate for Worship (Alleluia), for SATB choir, brass, piano, and percussion
Salute to Youth, for orchestra
Sonata, for cello and piano
HANS WERNER HENZE
Chor gefangener Trojer, for chorus and orchestra (revised version)
Divertimenti, for 2 pianos
Der Frieden, incidental music
Ein Landarzt, monodrama, for baritone and orchestra
Lieder von einer Insel, for chamber chorus, trombone, 2 cellos, contrabass, chamber organ, percussion, and timpani
Sinfonische Etüden (3), for orchestra (revised version)
Tancredi, ballet, for orchestra
Zwischenspiele (from Der junge Lord), for orchestra
ALAN HOVHANESS
Bagatelles (4), for string quartet, op. 30
Floating World "Ukiyo", for orchestra, op. 209
Haiku (3), for piano, op. 113
Meditation on Zeami, for orchestra, op. 207
Sonata, for flute solo, op. 118
Sonata, for 2 oboes and organ, op.130 (revised version)
String Quartet no.3, op. 208, no. 1
String Quartet no. 4, op. 208, no. 2
Variations and Fugue, for orchestra, op. 18
KAN ISHII
Otokonoko ga umareta, for chorus
MAKI ISHII
Galgenlieder
WLODZIMIERZ KOTONSKI
Monochromia, for oboe solo
Pezzo, for flute and piano
Wind Quintet
GYÖRGY LIGETI
Fragment, for 10 instruments (revised version)
DAVID LUMSDAINE
Annotations of Auschwitz (cantata with lyrics by PETER PORTER)
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
String Quartet
BRUNO MADERNA
Aria da ‘'Hyperion’, for soprano, flute, and orchestra
Dimensioni IV, for flute, picccolo, alto flute, bass flute, and chamber orchestra
YORITSUNE MATSUDAIRA
Chamber Concerto, for harpsichord and harp
Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra
TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI
Campanology Olympica, electronic music
Ongaku no tanjo, for orchestra
Raihai jokyoku, for orchestra
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, for 34 wind instruments and 3 percussionists
Prélude, for piano
DARIUS MILHAUD
Adam, for soprano, 2 tenors, and 2 baritones, op. 411
Adieu (cantata), for voice, flute, viola, and harp, op. 410
L’amour chanté, for voice and piano, op. 409
Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra, op. 407
Septet, for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, and contrabass, op. 408
MAKOTO MOROI
Pieces (5), for shakuhachi
Toccata, Sarabande, and Tarantella, for piano and 2 string orchestras
BO NILSSON
La bran, for chorus and orchestra
LUIGI NONO
Da un diario italiano, for 2 choruses
La fabbrica illuminata, for mezzo-soprano and tape
JUAN ORREGO-SALAS
Concerto, for winds, op. 53
Sonata, for violin and piano, op. 9 (revised version)
Sonata a 4 (Edgewood Sonata), for flute, oboe, harpsichord, and contrabass, op. 55
LUIS DE PABLO
Escena, for SATB choir, strings, and percussion
ARVO PÄRT
Collage über B-A-C-H, oboe, harpsichord, piano, and strings
Diagramme, for piano, op.11
Musica sillabica, for 12 instruments, op. 12
Quintettino, for wind quintet
JUAN CARLOS PAZ
Concreción 1964, for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba
Galaxia 64, for organ
Música para piano y orquesta
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Cantata in honorem Almae Matris Universitatis Iagellonicae sescentos abhinc annos fundatae, for 2 choruses, contrabassoon, brass, percussion, piano, and organ
Piesn zalobna ku czci B. Rutkowskiego, for chorus
Sonata, for cello and orchestra
VINCENT PERSICHETTI
Cummings Choruses (4), for 2 voices and piano, op. 98
Introit, for string orchestra, op. 96
Winter Cantata (11 Haiku), for four-part women's choir, flute, and marimba, op.97
GOFFREDO PETRASSI
Concerto for Orchestra No. 7
Sesto non-senso, for a capella choir
Tre per sette, for piccolo (+ flute + alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), E? clarinet (+ clarinet)
WALTER PISTON
Quartet for violin, viola, cello, and piano
Sextet for strings
TERRY RILEY
In C
HILDING ROSENBERG
Sönerna (Cain and Abel), ballet, for orchestra
R. MURRAY SCHAFER
Statement in Blue, for youth orchestra
DIETER SCHNEBEL
Compositio, for orchestra (revised version)
Concert sans orchestre (réactions 2), for piano and audience
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Amaryllis Variations, for string trio
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117
String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Mikrophonie I
Mixtur for five orchestra groups, sine-wave generators, and ring modulators
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Elegy for J.F.K., for baritone or mezzo-soprano and 3 clarinets
Fanfare for a New Theatre, for 2 trumpets
TORU TAKEMITSU
Blue Aurora for Toshi Ichiyanagi, theatre piece
Ichinotani monogatari, incidental music
Natsukashino San Francisco, for tape
JAMES TENNEY
Music for Player Piano
MIKIS THEODORAKIS
Axion Esti
VIRGIL THOMSON
Autumn, concertino for harp, strings, and percussion
Auvergnat Folk Songs (5), for SATB choir and orchestra
The Feast of Love, for baritone and orchestra
Pilgrims and Pioneers, for band
When I Survey the Bright Celestial Sphere, for unison voices and organ or piano
IANNIS XENAKIS
Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and piano
Hiketides: les suppliates d'Eschyle, for 50 female voices and 10 instruments or orchestra
Haircut (music for the film by Andy Warhol), for tape
Kiss (music for the film by Andy Warhol), for tape
Prelude to The Tortoise, for voices, various instruments, and electronic drones
Sleep (music for the film by Andy Warhol), for tape
The Tortoise Droning Selected Pitches from The Holy Numbers for The Two Black Tigers, The Green Tiger and The Hermit, for voices, various instruments, and electronic drones
The Tortoise Recalling The Drone of The Holy Numbers as They Were Revealed in the Dreams of The Whirlwind and The Obsidian Gong and Illuminated by The Sawmill, The Green Sawtooth Ocelot and The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer, for voices, various instruments, and electronic drones
The Well-Tuned Piano
JOJI YUASA
Projection Esemplastic with White Noise, electronic music
BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
Monologue, for 2 pianos
Un petit rien, for small orchestra
Opera
JURRIAAN ANDRIESSEN
Het zwarte blondje
SAMUEL BARBER
Vanessa (revised version)
LUCIANO BERIO
Traces
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Curlew River, op. 71
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Don Rodrigo, op. 31
HANS WERNER HENZE
Der junge Lord
BRUNO MADERNA
Hyperion
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Martin's Lie
JOAQUÍN RODRIGO
El hijo fingido (zarzuela)
ROBERT WARD
The Lady from Colorado
Musical Theatre
HELLO, DOLLY!
(Jerry Herman)
Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on January 16 and ran for 2844 performances
WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN?
Broadway production opened at the 54th Street Theater on February 27 and ran for 540 performances
FUNNY GIRL
(Jule Styne and Bob Merrill)
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on March 26 and ran for 1348 performances
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 4 and ran for 9 performances
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
(Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick)
Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on September 22 and ran for 3242 performances
FOXY starring Bert Lahr, Larry Blyden, Cathryn Damon and Julienne Marie.
(Book: Ian McLellan Hunter & Ring Lardner, Jr. Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Music: Robert Emmett Dolan)
Broadway production opened on February 16 and ran for 72 performances.
GOLDEN BOY
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 20 and ran for 569 performances
SHE LOVES ME
London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on April 29 and ran for 189 performances
MAGGIE MAY
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 22 and ran for 501 performances
ROBERT AND ELIZABETH
London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on October 20 and ran for 948 performances
LITTLE ME, The Musical
London production opened at the Cambridge Theatre on November 18 and ran for 334 performances
SALAD DAYS
(Julian Slade)
London revival
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