1953 in music

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Jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis Armstrong in 1953.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1953.

Contents

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1953.

#ArtistTitleYearCountryChart entries
1 Dean Martin That's Amore 1953 Flag of the United States.svg US BB 1 of 1953, POP 1 of 1953, UK 2 – Jan 1954, US 1940s 2 – Nov 1953, RYM 2 of 1953, Scrobulate 47 of Italian, DDD 73 of 1953, Party 101 of 2007
2 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You) 1953 Flag of the United States.svg US 1940s 1 – Jun 1953, US 1 for 11 weeks Aug 1953, Italy 2 of 1954, US BB 3 of 1953, POP 3 of 1953, UK 7 – Nov 1953, RYM 24 of 1953, Europe 97 of the 1950s
3 Perry Como Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 1953 Flag of the United States.svg UK 1 – Jan 1953, US 1940s 1 – Dec 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Jan 1953, US BB 20 of 1953, POP 20 of 1953, RYM 31 of 1953
4 Eddie Fisher I'm Walking Behind You 1953 Flag of the United States.svg UK 1 – May 1953, US 1940s 1 – May 1953, US 1 for 2 weeks Jul 1953, US BB 16 of 1953, POP 23 of 1953, RYM 119 of 1953
5 Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart 1953 Flag of the United States.svg RYM 1 of 1953, DDD 2 of 1953, US BB 4 of 1953, POP 4 of 1953, RIAA 34, Scrobulate 87 of country, Rolling Stone 213, Acclaimed 286

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1953.

First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtist
January 10, 19535"Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" Perry Como
February 14, 19535"Till I Waltz Again With You" Teresa Brewer
March 21, 19538"The Doggie in the Window" Patti Page
May 16, 195310"The Song from Moulin Rouge" Percy Faith & his Orchestra
July 25, 19532"I'm Walking Behind You" Eddie Fisher
August 8, 19539"Vaya con Dios" Les Paul & Mary Ford
October 10, 19534"St. George and the Dragonet" Stan Freberg
November 7, 19532"Vaya con Dios" Les Paul & Mary Ford
November 21, 19536"Rags to Riches" Tony Bennett

Top hits on record

Top R&B and country hits on record

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Bloch, Ernest Suite Hébraïque for Viola and Orchestra1953-01-01 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Preves / Chicago Symphony – Kubelik [9]
Boulez, Pierre Structures book 1, for two pianos1953-05-04 Flag of Germany.svg Cologne Grimaud, Loriod [10]
Carter, Elliott String Quartet No. 1 1953-02-26 Flag of the United States.svg New York Walden Quartet [11]
Chávez, Carlos Sinfonía romántica (Symphony No. 4) 1953-02-11 Flag of the United States.svg Louisville, KY Louisville Orchestra – Chávez [12]
Chávez, Carlos Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5) 1953-12-01 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra – Chávez [13]
Goldschmidt, Berthold String Quartet No. 2 1953-07-14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London London String Quartet [14]
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus Concerto for piano, winds and percussion 1953-10-10 Flag of Germany.svg Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Bergmann / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [15]
Holmboe, Vagn Sinfonia boreale (Symphony No. 8) 1953-03-05 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhague Danish Radio Symphony – Kletzki [16]
Honegger, Arthur A Christmas Cantata 1953-12-18 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel Basel Chamber Choir – Sacher [17]
Imbrie, Andrew String Quartet No. 2 1953-12-05 Flag of the United States.svg New York City Kroll Quartet [18]
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Piano Concerto No. 3 1953-??-?? Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow Ashkenazy / Moscow Philharmonic – ? [19]
Martinů, Bohuslav Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra1953-02-19 Flag of the United States.svg Cleveland Veissi / Cleveland Orchestra – Szell [20]
Milhaud, Darius Symphony No. 5 1953-10-16 Flag of Italy.svg Turin RAI National Symphony – Milhaud [21]
Montsalvatge, Xavier Concierto breve for piano and orchestra1953-12-20 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona de Larrocha / Barcelona Philharmonic – de Froment [22]
Montsalvatge, Xavier Poema Concertante for violin and orchestra1953-05-25 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona Szeryng / Barcelona Municipal Orchestra – Toldrà [23]
Racine Fricker, Peter Viola Concerto 1953-09-03 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edinburgh (Festival) Primrose / London Philharmonia – Boult [24]
Rubbra, Edmund Viola Concerto 1953-04-15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London BBC Symphony – Sargent [25]
Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 5 1953-11-13 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow Beethoven Quartet [26]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 10 1953-12-17 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [27]
Karlheinz Stockhausen Kontra-Punkte 1953-05-26 Flag of Germany.svg Cologne (ISCM World Music Days)members of the WDR Symphony – Scherchen [28]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Schlagquartett 1953-03-23 Flag of Germany.svg Munich (Musica Viva) Porth, Gschwendner, Peinkofer, Kaul [29]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No. 7) 1953-01-14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester Ritchie / Hallé Orchestra – John Barbirolli [30]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Alvorada na Floresta Tropical for orchestra1953-??-?? Flag of the United States.svg Louisville, KY Louisville Orchestra – Whitney [31]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Piano Concerto No. 4 1953-01-09 Flag of the United States.svg Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA Segall / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Villa-Lobos [32]

Compositions

Opera

Film

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Fifield, Christopher, ed. (2003). Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN   1-84383-012-4.
  2. ↑ "Sadler's Wells". The Tatler: 17. 25 March 1953.
  3. ↑ "AmericanHeritage.com / More Mr. Nice Guy". 2010-09-02. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  4. ↑ Morawska-Büngeler, Marietta (1988). Schwingende Elektronen: Eine Dokumentation über das Studio für Elektronische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunks in Köln 1951–1986. Cologne-Rodenkirchen: P. J. Tonger Verlag. pp. 11–12.
  5. ↑ New York Journal-American (see the photograph of Serry's signature inscribed with signatures of other members of the cast on the stage door of the Empire Theatre at the closing of the play The Time of the Cuckoo ), May 25, 1953, p. 15
  6. ↑ "Celebrating National Music Week - Accordion Concert" : John Serry - p. 12...appearing with award winner Shirly Booth in "Time of the Cuckoo" See photograph and caption of John Serry in the "Reading Eagle" April 19, 1953 p. 12 on Google Books
  7. ↑ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection - Series 3: Scrapbook - contains a clipping with a photograph from the "New York Journal American" May 25, 1953 p. 15 showing the stage cast door from the Empire Theater with Shirley Booth pointing to signatures of the cast of "The Time of the Cuckoo" which includes John Serry's signature. The John J. Serry Sr. Collection p. 17 Series 3 Scrapbook Box 3 Item 1 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music on esm.rochester.edu
  8. ↑ "Soprano Leaves New York Opera: Night Club Engagement". The Times. No. 52738. 1953-09-27. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "BLOCH: America / Suite Hebraique".
  10. ↑ Martin Iddon, New Music at Darmstadt: Nono, Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez, Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press): 69. ISBN   9781107033290.
  11. ↑ Sitsky, Larry (1 January 2002). Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   9780313296895 – via Google Books.
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  13. ↑ "Music and History".[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Berthold Goldschmidt – String Quartet No.2".
  15. ↑ Schott Music
  16. ↑ BIS Records
  17. ↑ "Une Cantate de Noël (Honegger) – from CDA67688 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads".
  18. ↑ Forgotten Books
  19. ↑ "Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto".
  20. ↑ "Martinů: Rhapsody-Concerto, Viola Sonata, Duo... – Bohuslav Martinu par Maxim Rysanov".
  21. ↑ "1953". 18 September 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014.
  22. ↑ Montsalvatgecompositor.com
  23. ↑ "Xavier Montsalvatge Compositor".
  24. ↑ Schott Music
  25. ↑ "Viola Concerto in A major, Op 75 (Rubbra) – from CDA67587 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads".
  26. ↑ Kuhn, Judith (1 January 2010). Shostakovich in Dialogue: Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1–7. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN   9780754664062 – via Google Books.
  27. ↑ Fay, Laurel E. (1 January 2005). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780195182514 – via Google Books.
  28. ↑ AG, Universal Edition. "Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontra-Punkte".
  29. ↑ AG, Universal Edition. "Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Schlagtrio".
  30. ↑ "Sinfonia Antartica/Scott Of The Antarctic – CD41".
  31. ↑ David P. Appleby, Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Bio-Bibliography, Bio-Bibliographies in Music 9 (New York, Westport, London: Greenwood Press, 1988): 114. However, Lisa Peppercorn, "Villa-Lobos's Last Years", translated from the German by Robert L. Jacobs, The Music Review 40, no. 4 (November 1979): 285–99, reprinted with corrigenda/addenda in Villa-Lobos: Collected Studies (Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1992): 89–105, gives the date of the first performance as 23 January 1954, by the Louisville Orchestra and Whitney, but for the recording later issued by First Edition Records and not in a public concert (pp. 293 / 97, respectively, and corrigenda 105).
  32. ↑ Villa-Lobos, sua obra Archived 2016-10-16 at the Wayback Machine , Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009, based on the third edition, 1989): 58.
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