Perhaps most important is the beginning of what has become known as the punk rock explosion. 1977 was the year of formation of The Avengers, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Crass, Discharge, Fear, The Flesh Eaters, The Germs, The Misfits, 999, The Pagans, Plasmatics, VOM, The Weirdos, and X.
1977 also saw the release of several pivotal albums in the development of punk music. Widely-acknowledged as masterpieces and among the earliest first full-length purely punk albums, The Clash by The Clash, The Damned's Damned, Damned, Damned, the Dead Boys' Young, Loud and Snotty, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F., The Jam's In the City, the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, Richard Hell & the Voidoids' Blank Generation, the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Television's Marquee Moon, and Wire's Pink Flag are usually considered their respective masterpieces, and kick-started punk music as the musical genre it eventually became. The year also saw the release of debut albums by bands often associated with, if not defined as, punk, such as Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True, Motörhead's Motörhead, Suicide's Suicide, and Talking Heads' Talking Heads: 77. It also saw the release of Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, his second record as a solo artist.
Births
18 January:RICHARD ARCHER = British singer, member of Hard-Fi
20 January:
MELODY = Belgian singer
SID WILSON aka DJ Starscream = American DJ, keyboardist and pianist, best known as the turntablist of the Grammy Award-winning band Slipknot {1998-present}
25 January:THE-DREAM = American singer
28 January:JOEY FATONE = American singer with *NSYNC
2 February
SHAKIRA = Colombian singer and dancer
JESSICA WAHLS = German pop singer
3 February:DADDY YANKEE = Puerto Rican musician
4 February:GAVIN DeGRAW = American musician
8 February:DAVE "PHOENIX" FARRELL = American musician with Linkin Park
11 February:MIKE SHINODA = American musician with Linkin Park and Fort Minor
15 February:BROOKS WACKERMAN = American musician, drummer with Avenged Sevenfold and Mass Mental, and former drummer for Bad Religion
18 February:SEAN WATKINS = American guitarist and songwriter
20 February:AMAL HIJAZI = Lebanese singer and model
2 March:CHRIS MARTIN = British musician, lead singer of Coldplay
3 March:RONAN KEATING = Irish singer, member of Boyzone
4 March:JASON MARSALIS = American jazz musician
6 March:BUBBA SPARXXX = American rapper
7 March:PAUL CATTERMOLE = British singer, member of S Club 7
10 March:
BREE TURNER = American dancer and actress
COLIN MURRAY = British radio disc jockey
MATT RUBANO = American rock bassist with Taking Back Sunday
11 March:JASON GREELEY = Canadian singer
15 March:JOSEPH HAHN = American musician, member of Linkin Park
16 March:BEN KENNEY = American rock bassist with Incubus
18 March:DEVIN LIMA = American musician with LFO
9 April:GERARD WAY = American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and co-founder of the American rock band My Chemical Romance
23 April:JOHN CENA = American professional wrestler, actor and singer
1 May:DAN REGAN = American musician, trombone player for the Southern California-based ska punk band Reel Big Fish
8 May:JOE BONAMASSA = American musician
17 May:
KANDI BURRUSS = African-American R&B singer
LISA KELLY = Irish singer
31 May:
SCOTT KLOPFENSTEIN = American musician, former member of Reel Big Fish
JOEL ROSS = British disc jockey
3 June:YURI RULEY = American musician, drummer for MxPx
5 June:NOURHANNE = Lebanese singer
8 June:KANYE WEST = African-American rapper and record producer
10 June:ADAM DARSKI {aka Nergal, Holocausto} = Polish musician and Television personality, frontman for the black/death metal band Behemoth and associated with bands Mastiphal, Damnation, Hermh and Voodoo Gods
12 June:KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD = American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
23 June:JASON MRAZ = American singer-songwriter
27 June:LOLLY = English singer
28 June:
MARK STOERMER = American rock guitarist with The Killers
HARUN TEKIN = Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist with Mor ve Ötesi
15 July:RAY TORO = American musician, lead guitarist and backing vocalist for My Chemical Romance
29 July:BRIAN JOSEPH BURTON better known by his stage name DANGER MOUSE = American musician, songwriter and producer, co-founder of Gnarls Barkley
30 July:IAN WATKINS = Welsh singer, formerly of rock band Lostprophets
2 August:DAVE FARREL = American musician, member of Linkin Park
10 August:AARON KAMIN = American musician with The Calling
12 August:PARK YONG-HA = South Korean actor and singer = [died: 2010]
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16 August:TAMER HOSNY = Egyptian singer/actor
17 August:
CLAIRE RICHARDS = British singer, member of Steps
TARJA TURUNEN = Finnish singer
27 August:MASON DURELL BETHA bka MASE = American hip hop recording artist and minister
30 August:JENS LUDWIG = German guitarist
31 August:CRAIG NICHOLLS = Australian musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Australian alternative rock band The Vines
1 September:CHRIS CAIN = American rock bassist with We Are Scientists
2 September:ELITSA TODOROVA = Bulgarian singer-songwriter
4 September:
IAN GRUSHKA = American bass guitarist with New Found Glory
LUCIE SILVAS = English singer
6 September:KIYOSHI HIKAWA = Japanese enka singer
11 September:
JONNY BUCKLAND = British guitarist with Coldplay
CHRISTOPHER BRIAN BRIDGES aka LUDACRIS = American rapper
13 September:FIONA APPLE = American singer-songwriter
15 September:ANGELA AKI = Japanese singer-songwriter
19 September:IOANA MARIA LUPASCU = Romanian pianist
1 October:OWEN BIDDLE = American bass guitarist, record producer, and songwriter from Philadelphia, known for his work with hip hop group The Roots
2 October:JEREMIAH RANGEL = American lead guitarist and vocalist for Mest
13 October:JUSTIN PEROFF = Canadian drummer for Broken Social Scene
16 October:
JOHN MAYER = American musician
CHRIS KNAPP = American drummer with The Ataris {1998-2005}
JOANNE YEOH = Malaysian violinist
17 October:NICOLE CABELL = American operatic soprano
25 October:YEHONATHAN GATRO = Israeli singer and actor
1 November:ALISTAIR GRIFFIN = British singer and songwriter
13 November:
CHANEL COLE = New Zealand-born singer
HUANG XIAOMING = Chinese actor and singer
14 November:OBIE TRICE = African-American rapper
15 November:LOGAN WHITEHURST = American one man band
20 November:DANIEL SVENSSON = Swedish drummer, member of In Flames
30 November:STEVE AOKI = American electro house musician, record producer, and music executive
1 December:BRAD DELSON = American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park
7 December:DOMINIC HOWARD = English musician, best known as the drummer, percussionist and co-producer for the rock band Muse
Timeline of Musical Events
1 January: The Clash headline the gala opening of the London music club, The Roxy.
11 January: Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is fined 750 pounds for possession of cocaine which was found in his wrecked car on May 19, 1976. Richards was charged an additional 250 pounds for court costs and found "not guilty" of possession of LSD.
20 January: Jimmy Buffett's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes is released, featuring the biggest single of his career, "Margaritaville", which helps establish Buffett as a popular artist, and earns him much of the rabid fanbase ("Parrotheads") for which he eventually became known.
26 January:
Patti Smith falls off the stage while opening for Bob Seger in Tampa, Florida. Smith is rushed to the hospital for 22 stitches to close head lacerations. While recovering, Smith writes her fifth book of poetry, Babel.
Fleetwood Mac's original lead guitarist, Peter Green, is committed to a mental hospital in England after firing a pistol at a delivery boy bringing him a royalties check.
27 January After releasing only one single for the band, EMI terminates its contract with the Sex Pistols.
4 February:
American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary on television with a special hosted by Dick Clark. An "all-star band" made up of Chuck Berry, Seals & Crofts, Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels, Doc Severinsen, Les McCann, Donald Byrd, Chuck Mangione and three members of Booker T and the MGs perform "Roll Over Beethoven."
Fleetwood Mac's widely-anticipated Rumours is released; it goes on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time.
14 February: The B-52's make their debut at a party in Athens, Georgia
15 February: Sid Vicious replaces Glen Matlock as the bassist for the Sex Pistols.
27 February: Royal Canadian Mounted Police raid Keith Richards' Toronto hotel suite while he is sleeping and seize 22 grams of heroin, 5 grams of cocaine and narcotics paraphernalia. Richards is arrested and charged with possession of heroin with intent to traffic, and possession of cocaine. He is released on $25,000 bail.
1 March: Sara Lowndes Dylan files for divorce from her husband of 11 years, Bob Dylan.
4 March: The Rolling Stones play the first of two shows at the El Mocambo in Toronto, their first club appearance since 1964.
10 March: A&M Records signs the Sex Pistols in a ceremony in front of Buckingham Palace. The contract is terminated on March 16 as a result of the band vandalizing property and verbally abusing employees during a visit to the record company's office.
21 April: Jesse Winchester performs a concert in Burlington, Vermont, his first on American soil in ten years. Winchester fled to Canada in January 1967 to avoid military service in Vietnam, but recently became free to return under the Presidential pardon given to all draft evaders.
22 April: Pink Floyd open the North American leg of their "Animals" tour in Miami, Florida.
24 April: Several artists, including Joan Baez and Santana, perform at a free concert for 653 inmates of California's Soledad Prison.
26 April: New York's disco Studio 54 opens.
2 May: Elton John performs the first of six consecutive nights at London's Rainbow Theatre, his first concert in eight months. John keeps a low profile in 1977, not releasing any new music for the first year since his recording career began eight years previously.
7 May: Having been postponed from April 2 because of a BBC technicians' strike, the 22nd Eurovision Song Contest finally goes ahead in London's Wembley Conference Centre. France wins with Marie Myriam and the song "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant".
11 May: The Stranglers and support band London start a 10 week national UK tour.
12 May: Virgin Records announces that they have signed the Sex Pistols. The group has already been kicked off their two previous labels in the past four months.
14 May: $24,000 worth of cash and valuables are stolen from Lynyrd Skynyrd in Savannah, Georgia.
27 May: Tom Waits and a friend are arrested outside a Los Angeles coffee shop for causing a public disturbance. Waits sues the police for false arrest and imprisonment and eventually wins a $7,500 award in 1982.
28 May: Bruce Springsteen and Mike Appel reach an out-of-court settlement, ending the year-long legal battle that has blocked Springsteen's ability to record new music.
31 May: The musical Beatlemania premieres at the Winter Garden Theatre.
June: The Nikikai Opera Foundation is founded.
7 June: The Sex Pistols attempt to interrupt Silver Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II by performing "God Save the Queen" from a boat on the River Thames. Police force the boat to dock and several arrests are made following a scuffle.
12 June:
Guitarist Michael Schenker vanishes after a UFO concert at The Roundhouse in London. He is replaced for several months by Paul Chapman until he appears again to rejoin the group in October.
The Supremes perform for the last time together at Drury Lane Theatre in London before officially disbanding.
20 June: Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart drives his Porsche over the edge of a canyon, suffering multiple broken bones but surviving as a tree breaks his fall.
22 June: Kiss are elected "most popular band in America" by a Gallup poll.
6 July: During a Pink Floyd concert before a crowd of 80,000 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, lead singer Roger Waters becomes increasingly irritated by unruly fans until he exerts his frustration by spitting on one of them. The incident becomes the catalyst for the group's next album, The Wall.
9 July: Donna Summer's hit record "I Feel Love" is released in the UK. It was massively influential in pop music as it was the first hit record ever to have an entirely synthesised backing track and helped propel the use of synthesisers in music greatly, especially in the 1980s.
13 July: after a massive blackout hits New York City, NRBQ manages to play an all-acoustic set at the Bottom Line with flashlights taped to their microphone stands.
26 July: Led Zeppelin cancels the last seven dates of their American tour after lead singer Robert Plant learns that his six-year old son Karac has died of a respiratory virus. The show two days ago in Oakland proves to be the band's last ever in the United States.
16 August: Elvis Presley is found dead at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
17 August: Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland for the funeral of Elvis Presley had surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history.
20 August: The Voyager 2 unmanned probe is launched by NASA, followed by Voyager 1 the following month. Both spacecraft carry a golden record containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth, including the first movements of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, as well as Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode".
September: Alice Cooper enters rehab for four months due to his alcoholism, after ten years of drinking a pack of beer a day.
3 September: nearly 110,000 fans pack Englishtown Raceway in Old Bridge, New Jersey for an eleven hour concert by Grateful Dead, Marshall Tucker Band and New Riders of the Purple Sage.
15 September: the third (and final) annual Rock Music Awards air on NBC. Fleetwood Mac dominates, winning five awards.
16 September: T.Rex frontman Marc Bolan is killed in an automobile accident.
29 September: Billy Joel's The Stranger is released. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Just the Way You Are" and "Only the Good Die Young" all become hits, and the album also features the beloved medley "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant".
3 October: Elvis in Concert, a TV concert special filmed during Elvis Presley's final tour, airs on CBS.
9 October: Aerosmith cancels several tour dates after Joe Perry and Steven Tyler are injured by an M-80 explosive thrown onstage at the Philadelphia Spectrum, burning Tyler's left cornea and cutting Perry's left hand.
20 October: A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing songwriter & vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and background vocalist Cassie Gaines.
25 November: 10 Years of Rolling Stone, a television special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine, airs on CBS. Guests include Bette Midler, Art Garfunkel, Billy Preston, Melissa Manchester, and Keith Moon.
30 November: Bing Crosby's final Christmas special, Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, airs on CBS. The special was taped in September, one month before Crosby's death at age 74. The most memorable scene consists of the surreal sight of Crosby being joined by David Bowie for the duet "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy".
14 December: Saturday Night Fever appears in theaters, igniting a new popularity for disco music and pushing it to the forefront of American pop culture. The accompanying soundtrack to the film is an enormous hit that establishes the Bee Gees (who had composed most of the tracks) as the most popular artists in the world, and the best-selling artist since the Beatles.
17 December: Elvis Costello makes his American television debut on Saturday Night Live, but is banned after substituting the scheduled performance of "Less than Zero" with "Radio, Radio" instead.
31 December: The sixth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with performances by Ohio Players, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, KC and the Sunshine Band, and Andy Gibb.
Also in 1977
Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI.
The St. Magnus Festival was founded in Orkney by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe began its annual festival based on the music of George Frideric Handel.
Luigi Sagrati becomes president of the Unione Musicisti di Roma.
The Meters break up.
The IRCAM Center, a scientific institute for music and sound and avant-garde electro-acoustical art music, opens in Paris.
The Cars sign a contract with Elektra Records.
Devo signs a contract with Warner Bros.
Midnight Oil sign a contract with CBS Records.
The Neville Brothers sign a contract with A&M Records.
The Police sign a contract with A&M Records.
Van Halen signs a contract with Warner Bros.
Van Morrison releases a new album after a three-year absence.
Luv', a Dutch girl group, is formed.
Published Popular Music
"After the Lovin'" = lyrics by RICHIE ADAMS; music by ALAN BERNSTEIN
"Annie" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"Brazzle Dazzle Day" = lyrics & music by AL KASHA & JOEL HIRSCHHORN, from the film Pete's Dragon
"But the World Goes 'Round" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER. Introduced by LIZA MINNELLI in the film New York City
"Candle on the Water" = lyrics & music by AL KASHA & JOEL HIRSCHHORN, from the film Pete's Dragon
"Child In A Universe" = lyrics & music by LAURA NYRO
"Come In From The Rain" = lyrics & music by MELISSA MANCHESTER & CAROLE BAYER SAGER
"Easy Street" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"The Greatest Love of All" = lyrics by LINDA CREED; music by MICHAEL MASSER
"Happy Endings" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER. Introduced by LIZA MINNELLI, LARRY KERT and chorus in the film New York, New York
"Here You Come Again" = lyrics & music by BARRY MANN & CYNTHIA WEIL
"I Don't Need Anything But You" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"It's Not Easy" = lyrics & music by AL KASHA & JOEL HIRSCHHORN, from the film Pete's Dragon
"It's the Hard-Knock Life" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"Just the Way You Are" = lyrics & music by BILLY JOEL
"Little Girls" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"The Love Boat theme song" = lyrics & music by NORMAN GIMBEL & PAUL WILLIAMS
"Love Is In The Air" = lyrics & music by GEORGE YOUNG & HARRY VANDA
"Maybe" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"Maybe I'm Amazed" = lyrics & music by PAUL McCARTNEY
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" = lyrics & music by BILLY JOEL
"N.Y.C." = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"A New Deal For Christmas" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"New York, New York" = lyrics & music by FRED EBB & JOHN KANDER. Introduced by LIZA MINNELLI in the film New York City
"Nobody Does It Better" = lyrics by CAROLE BAYER SAGER; music by MARVIN HAMLISCH
"She's Always a Woman" = lyrics & music by BILLY JOEL
"Someone's Waiting for You" = lyrics by CAROL CONNORS & AYN ROBBINS; music by SAMMY FAIN from the film The Rescuers
"Something Was Missing" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"Star Wars-Main Theme" = music by JOHN WILLIAMS from the Star Wars films
"Stayin' Alive" = lyrics & music by BARRY GIBB, MAURICE GIBB & ROBIN GIBB
"Thank You for the Music" = lyrics & music by BENNY ANDERSSON & BJÖRN ULVAEUS
"There Goes the Ball Game" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER. Introduced by LIZA MINNELLI in the film New York, New York
"Tomorrow" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"You Won't Be an Orphan for Long" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
"You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the musical Annie
Classical Music
JOHN ADAMS
China Gates, for piano
Phrygian Gates, for piano
SAMUEL ADLER
Aeolus, God of the Winds, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
A Falling of Saints, for tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra
It is to God I shall Sing, for chorus and organ
KALEVI AHO
Quintet, for 5 bassoons
Quintet, for flute, oboe, violin, viola, and cello
NECIL KAZIM AKSES
Concerto for Orchestra
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
FRANGHIZ ALI-ZADEH
Zu den Kindertotenlieder (In Memoriam Gustav Mahler), for clarinet, violin, and percussion
BIRGITTE ALSTED
Strygekvartet i CD, for string quartet
JAVIER ÁLVAREZ
Canciones de la Venta, for soprano, violin, viola, and baroque guitar
WILLIAM ALWYN
Invocations (song cycle), for mezzo-soprano and piano
A Leave-Taking (song cycle), for tenor and piano
CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN
Dutiful Ducks, for tape with optional live voices
GILBERT AMY
Strophe, for soprano and orchestra (revised version)
Trois études, for flute
BETH ANDERSON
Joan, for tape
LAURIE ANDERSON
Audio Talk, performance art
On Dit, performance art
Some Songs, performance art
Stereo Decoy, performance art
That's Not the Way I Heard It, performance art
RUTH ANDERSON
Sound Portraits I-II, text pieces
HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN
Ricercare, version for wind orchestra
JURRIAAN ANDRIESSEN
Psalmen-trilogie, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra
Symphony no. 7, The Awakening Dream, for keyboard and electronics
Symphony no. 8, La celebrazione
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN
Hoketus, for two groups of 6 players each
DENIS APIVOR
Chant Eolien, for oboe and piano, op. 65
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, op. 64
VIOLET ARCHER
Plainsongs, for mezzo-soprano and piano
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Sonata, for flute and piano, op. 121
Variations on a Theme of Ruth Gipps, for orchestra, op. 122
LARRY AUSTIN
Quadrants: Event/Complex no. 11, for double bass and tape
LUCIANO BERIO
Coro, for 40 voices and 40 instruments (revised version)
Fantasia, for orchestra (after Giovanni Gabrieli)
Il ritorno degli snovidenia, for cello and 30 instruments
Sequenza VIII, for violin
Toccata, for orchestra (after Girolamo Frescobaldi)
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Silbury Air
ROB DU BOIS
Skarabee, for orchestra
Zodiak, for one or more instruments or instrumental groups
JOHN BULLER
Proença for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, and large orchestra
ENRIQUE CRESPO
American Suite No. 1
GEORGE CRUMB
Star-Child (1977, revised 1979) for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell ringers, and large orchestra
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
A Mirror of Whitening Light, for chamber orchestra
Our Father Which in Heaven Art, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
Runes from a Holy Island, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
Westerlings, for SATB choir
FRANCO DONATONI
Algo, for guitar
Ali, for viola
Diario ’76, for four trumpets and four trombones
Portrait, for harpsichord and orchestra
Spiri, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, celesta, vibraphone, 2 violins, viola, and cello
Toy, for 2 violins, viola, and harpsichord
BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH
Time and Motion Study I, for bass clarinet
LORENZO FERRERO
Arioso
Adagio cantabile
Romanza seconda
Aivlys
FRANS GEYSEN
Muziek voor toetsenbord, for piano
Omtrent sib, for three oboes
Orgelstuk, for organ
Pentakel, for oboe
Stadssteeg, for 6 oboes, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Barabbas, opera (unfinished)
Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra, op. 36 (revised version)
Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals, for orchestra, op. 48
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Romanza on the Notes of Psalm IV, op. 38c
BENGT HAMBRAEUS
Antiphonie: Cathedral Music for Organ
ALAN HOVHANESS
Ananda, piano sonata, op. 303
Celestial Canticle, for coloratura soprano and piano, op. 305
Dawn on a Mountain Lake, for double bass and piano, op. 393
Fred the Cat, piano sonata, op. 301
Glory Sings the Setting Sun, cantata for coloratura soprano, clarinet, and piano, op. 292
How I Love Thy Law, cantata for high soprano, clarinet, piano, op. 298
Mount Belknap, piano sonata, op. 299, no. 1 (revised version)
Mount Ossipee, piano sonata, op. 299, no. 2 (revised version)
Mount Shasta, piano sonata, op. 299, no. 3 (revised version)
A Presentiment, for coloratura soprano and piano, op. 304
Suite, for flute and guitar, op. 300 (1977)
Sonata, for oboe and bassoon, op. 302
Sonata, for 2 clarinets, op. 297
Sonata No. 1, for harpsichord, Op. 306
Sonatina ("Meditation on Mt. Monadnock"), for piano, op. 288
The Spirit's Map, for voice and piano, op. 391
Srpouhi, duet for violin and piano, op. 398
Symphony No. 31, for strings, op. 294
Symphony No. 32 ("The Broken Wings"), op. 296
Symphony No. 33 ("Francis Bacon"), op. 307
Symphony No. 34, for bass trombone and strings, op. 310
MAKI ISHII
Black Intention, for recorder
Voices-Violet, for gidayū ensemble, shō, and percussion
DAVID C. JOHNSON
Ars Subtilior Electrica, electronic music
MAURICIO KAGEL
An Tasten, étude for piano
MM51, film score
Présentation für zwei
Quatre degrés (Schlagzeugtrio für Holzinstrumente)
Variété (Concert-Spectacle für Artisten und Musiker)
JONATHAN KRAMER
Renascence, for clarinet and tape (revised version)
Studies on Six Notes, for harpsichord
GYÖRGY KURTÁG
Hommage à Mihály András (Twelve Microludes for String Quartet), op. 13
[untitled pieces], op. 15, for guitar (unpublished, withdrawn)
HELMUT LACHENMANN
Salut für Caudwell, music for two guitarists
ANDRÉ LAPORTE
Icarus' Flight, for piano and twelve instruments
MARIO LAVISTA
Pieza para caja de música, for music box
Los inocentes, incidental music
LUCA LOMBARDI
Tui-Gesänge, for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello
Variazioni su ‘Avanti popolo alla riscossa’, for piano
Variazioni, for orchestra
JOHN McGUIRE
Pulse Music II, for four pianos and small orchestra
TOMÁS MARCO
Herbania, for harpsichord
Hoquetus, for 1, 2, or 3 clarinets, live and/or recorded
Sicigia, for cello
Sonata de Vesperia, for piano
Tormer, for harpsichord, violin, viola, and cello
BO NILSSON
Madonna, for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble
PER NØRGÅRD
Cantica, for cello and piano
Den afbrudte sang (Orfeus og Euridike), for chorus, percussion, harp, and other instruments ad lib.
Freedom, for tenor and guitar
Kredsløb, for SATB choir
Mating Dance, for flute (+ alto flute) and guitar
Recall, for accordion and orchestra (revised version)
Towards Freedom?, for orchestra
Twilight, for orchestra
ARVO PÄRT
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
HENRI POUSSEUR
Ballade berlinoise, for piano
Liège à Paris, electronic music
AULIS SALLINEN
Simppeli Simme ja Hamppari, for mixed choir
Symphony No. 1
DIETER SCHNEBEL
Canon (‘Diapason’)
Handwerke-Blaswerke I (Arianna), for 1 wind instrument, 1 string instrument, and 1 percussionist
Orchestra, for orchestra
Quintet in B♭ major, for piano and strings
Rhythmen, for 2 guitars, organ, and percussion
KURT SCHWERTSIK
Concerto for Violin No. 1, op. 31
Wiener Chronik 1848, ballet op. 28
GERALD SHAPIRO
Dance Suite, for piano
For Nancy, wordless vocalise, for soprano and piano
Questions, for SATB choir
You are Your Own Energy Source, electroacoustic dance score
MAKOTO SHINOHARA
Liberation, for orchestra
ROGER SMALLEY
Seven Modulator Pieces, for 4 flutes
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Jubiläum
Sirius
TŌRU TAKEMITSU
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
Gitā no tame no jūni no uta, for guitar
Hanare goze Orin, film score
Ohan, incidental music for television
Quatrain II, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Sabita honoo, film score
Saigō Takamori den, incidental music for television
Toono monogatari wo yuku: Yanagida Kunio no fūkei, incidental music for television
Water-ways for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, two harps, and two vibraphones
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Symphony No. 4
ALEXANDER VUSTIN
In Memory of Boris Klyuzner
ISANG YUN
Concerto for Flute and Small Orchestra
Opera
WILLIAM ALWYN
Miss Julie, opera in 2 acts, after Strindberg
LUCIANO BERIO
Opera (revised version, 28 May, Teatro Comunale Florence)
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
The Martyrdom of St Magnus (18 June, Kirkwall, St Magnus Cathedral)
JULIAN LIVINGSTON
Twist of Treason
THEA MUSGRAVE
Mary, Queen of Scots
DONALD SOSIN
Esther
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Atmen gibt das Leben (22 May 1977, Nice)
MICHAEL TIPPETT
The Ice Break (7 July, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Musical Theatre
THE ACT
(John Kander and Fred Ebb)
Broadway production
ANNIE
(Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse)
Broadway production
I LOVE MY WIFE
(Music by: Cy Coleman; Book by: Michael Stewart; Lyrics by: Michael Stewart)
Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 17 and ran for 857 performances
I LOVE MY WIFE
(Music by: Cy Coleman; Book by: Michael Stewart; Lyrics by: Michael Stewart)
London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 6 and ran for 401 performances
THE KING AND I
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Broadway revival
PRIVATES ON PARADE
(Composer: Denis King; Bookwriter/Lyricist: Peter Nichols)
London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on February 17 and ran for 208 performances
OLIVER!
(Lionel Bart)
London revival
SIDE BY SIDE
(Stephen Sondheim)
Broadway production
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Last edited: 20th February 2024
