The year 1951 in classical music and in lyrical art
1951. With other artists, Jean Sibelius, Theodor W. Adorno and Dmitri Shostakovich influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Arnold Schoenberg. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Rake's Progress” de Igor Stravinsky, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1951 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 330 of these moments for 1951.
1951, from day to day
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Birth of Robert StineThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
January
03
Death of Ferdinand BarlowThat year: 1951, Classical music, French choreographer and composer (born in 1881)
04
Birth of Ronald CorpThat year: 1951, Classical music, Composer, conductor, artistic director, musical director, founder, Anglican priest
06
Birth of Jean-Paul CeleaThat year: 1951, Classical music, French bassist
07
Birth of Masao KawasakiThat year: 1951, Classical music, violinist
08
Death of Gustav ZeitzschelThat year: 1951, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1868)
10
Birth of Rockwell BlakeThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer
Birth of Karólína EiríksdóttirThat year: 1951, Classical music, Music composer
Death of Athos PalmaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Argentinian composer, musicologist and music educator (born in 1891)
14
Birth of Hernán López VilarThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
20
Birth of Iván FischerThat year: 1951, Classical music, Hungarian conductor and composer
21
Birth of Anna KľukováThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2010)
22
Death of Eastwood LaneThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer (born in 1879)
Death of Hugo ZatheyThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue (born in 1880)
23
Death of Martin GrabertThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer, conductor, organist (born in 1868)
24
Death of Ludwig BosletThat year: 1951, Classical music, German organist and musician (born in 1860)
29
Birth of Gegham GrigoryanThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2016)
30
Birth of Mara ZampieriThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian Opera singer
Birth of Väino PuuraThat year: 1951, Classical music, Estonian opera singer
February
01
Birth of Michael Jeffrey ShapiroThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer, conductor, broadcaster, author
02
Birth of Ingrid TobiassonThat year: 1951, Classical music, Swedish singer
03
Birth of Martin Christian VogelThat year: 1951, Classical music, German opera singer and professor of singing
Death of Emilie ZachardováThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (born in 1912)
07
Birth of Raimo SirkiäThat year: 1951, Classical music, Finnish singer
08
Death of George Lem TrombleyThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1889)
09
Death of Ernest HutchesonThat year: 1951, Classical music, Australian musician (born in 1871)
10
Death of Joseph BovetThat year: 1951, Classical music, Swiss composer and priest (1879-1951) (born in 1879)
11
Birth of Jean-Philippe LafontThat year: 1951, Classical music, French opera singer
12
Death of Marc de RanseThat year: 1951, Classical music, French pianist, composer, organist, choir director and music educator (born in 1881)
16
Death of Hisatada OtakaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Japanese composer and conductor (1911-1951) (born in 1911)
Birth of Stephen DicksonThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1991)
17
Death of Nikoghayos TigranianThat year: 1951, Classical music, Armenian musician (born in 1856)
Birth of Elżbieta KarolakThat year: 1951, Classical music, organist
18
Death of Ralph McLaneThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician (born in 1907)
20
Birth of Anthony DavisThat year: 1951, Classical music, American pianist and composer
Death of Howard BrockwayThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer (born in 1870)
24
Birth of Gabriele SchnautThat year: 1951, Classical music, German singer
25
Death of Jacques van LierThat year: 1951, Classical music, Dutch cellist (born in 1875)
27
Death of Anton PontenThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
28
Death of Giannina RussThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer (born in 1873)
Also in February
Birth of Kazuko MurasakiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Japanese pianist .
March
01
Birth of Scott RossThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1989)
Birth of Elliott SharpThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician
Birth of Kristinn SigmundssonThat year: 1951, Classical music, Icelandic opera singer
03
Birth of Lindsay CooperThat year: 1951, Classical music, English musician, composer and activist (dead in 2013)
06
Death of Ivor NovelloThat year: 1951, Classical music, Welsh composer and actor (1893-1951) (born in 1893)
Birth of Fred NachbaurThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (dead in 2004)
09
Premiere of Symphony No. 5 in D, “Di tre re”That year: 1951, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Arthur Honegger
Birth of Mikael SamuelsonThat year: 1951, Classical music, Swedish opera singer
10
Birth of Lluís ClaretThat year: 1951, Classical music, Andorran violoncellist
12
Death of Harold BauerThat year: 1951, Classical music, pianist (born in 1873)
18
Death of Jerzy GardaThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1903)
20
Birth of Yves CuenotThat year: 1951, Classical music, organist, harpsichordist
Death of Margit KaczérThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1870)
22
Death of Willem MengelbergThat year: 1951, Classical music, Dutch conductor (born in 1871)
24
Birth of Aleksander SerovThat year: 1951, Classical music, Russian singer
Birth of Svein BjørkøyThat year: 1951, Classical music, Norwegian singer and professor
25
Birth of Tomoaki KatsutaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Japanese singer
26
Death of Walter KirchhoffThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1879)
April
01
Death of Ebba WiltonThat year: 1951, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1896)
05
Birth of Alfred ŠramekThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 2016)
06
Birth of Pascal RogéThat year: 1951, Classical music, French pianist
Death of Halfdan CleveThat year: 1951, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1879)
07
Death of Kisu YoshinoshinThat year: 1951, Classical music, Japanese performer, chorus conductor, composer (born in 1867)
09
Birth of Andrzej KrzanowskiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1990)
11
Birth of Antoine CuréThat year: 1951, Classical music, French trumpeter
12
Death of Harold Vincent MilliganThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1888)
14
Birth of Julian Lloyd WebberThat year: 1951, Classical music, British solo cellist and conductor
Birth of Guido PaevataluThat year: 1951, Classical music, Danish opera singer
Birth of Anthony PurnellThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
15
Death of Sara CahierThat year: 1951, Classical music, American-born Swedish actor, opera singer and music educator (born in 1875)
Birth of Anne Eline RiisnæsThat year: 1951, Classical music, pianist
18
Birth of Marcela RodríguezThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
19
Birth of Marcus CreedThat year: 1951, Classical music, British conductor
21
Death of Olive FremstadThat year: 1951, Classical music, Swedish-American operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano singer (born in 1871)
Birth of Martin McEvoyThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer
22
Birth of Aivars KalējsThat year: 1951, Classical music, organist
23
Death of Charles Gates DawesThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)
25
Death of Alexander KreinThat year: 1951, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1883)
Death of Jerzy FitelbergThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer (born in 1903)
26
Death of John Alden CarpenterThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer (born in 1876)
28
Death of Maurice VieuxThat year: 1951, Classical music, French violist (born in 1884)
30
Death of Emma Lucy Gates BowenThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer (1882-1951) (born in 1882)
Birth of Liina SaariThat year: 1951, Classical music, Estonian opera singer
May
02
Death of Jos WateletThat year: 1951, Classical music, Belgian composer, musicologist, pianist and organist (born in 1881)
03
Inauguration: Royal Festival HallThat year: 1951, Classical music (London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom)
Birth of Grażyna BrodzińskaThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer, actress
04
Death of Hector DufranneThat year: 1951, Classical music, Belgian singer (born in 1870)
Death of Louis ArensThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1864)
05
Birth of Cyprien KatsarisThat year: 1951, Classical music, French musician
Birth of Edward LambertThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
07
Birth of Janina FialkowskaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Canadian pianist
08
Death of Marcel TournierThat year: 1951, Classical music, French harpist, composer, and pedagogue (born in 1879)
09
Death of Bert GrantThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer (born in 1878)
Birth of Curtis RoadsThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer
15
Birth of Valeriy KhlebnikovThat year: 1951, Classical music, Soviet Russian conductor
18
Birth of Natalia TroitskayaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Russian operatic soprano (dead in 2006)
20
Death of Jan IngenhovenThat year: 1951, Classical music, Dutch conductor and composer (1876-1951) (born in 1876)
23
Death of Henri GoublierThat year: 1951, Classical music, French composer (born in 1888)
24
Birth of Petr AltrichterThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech conductor
27
Birth of Jørgen Ole BørchThat year: 1951, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 2009)
Death of Anatoly MineyevThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue, singer (born in 1883)
29
Death of Josef Bohuslav FoersterThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech composer and educator (born in 1859)
Death of Robert KahnThat year: 1951, Classical music, German composer (born in 1865)
30
Death of Dimitrios LevidisThat year: 1951, Classical music, Greek composer (born in 1886)
June
01
Birth of Stepan FitsychThat year: 1951, Classical music, ulrainian opera singer (dead in 2014)
04
Death of Serge KoussevitzkyThat year: 1951, Classical music, Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1874-1951) (born in 1874)
Birth of Justin LavenderThat year: 1951, Classical music, British opera singer
05
Birth of Lê DungThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer (dead in 2001)
06
Birth of Khuraman GasimovaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Azerbaijani singer and actress
Birth of Gabriele AuenmüllerThat year: 1951, Classical music, German opera singer (1951-2015) (dead in 2015)
09
Birth of James Newton HowardThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer, conductor, and music producer
Premiere of L'anima del filosofoThat year: 1951, Classical music (Opera), Joseph Haydn
Birth of George C. BakerThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2011)
Death of Ksenia DerzhinskayaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (1889-1951) (born in 1889)
Death of Carl FuchsThat year: 1951, Classical music, cellist (born in 1865)
11
Birth of Julia SmykowskaThat year: 1951, Classical music, organist
13
Birth of Mariana PaunovaThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer, opera singer, pianist (dead in 2002)
14
Birth of Cornelius HauptmannThat year: 1951, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
18
Birth of Gregory ReinhartThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer
19
Death of Albert BertelinThat year: 1951, Classical music, French composer (born in 1872)
Birth of Alois BrandhoferThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian musician
21
Birth of Michel AllardThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
23
Death of Armin KnabThat year: 1951, Classical music, German composer (born in 1881)
25
Death of Simone MantiaThat year: 1951, Classical music, American baritone and musician (born in 1873)
July
02
Birth of Gareth GlynThat year: 1951, Classical music, British composer and broadcaster
05
Birth of Alan BelkinThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
06
Death of Josef HüttelThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (born in 1893)
07
Birth of Giuliano CarmignolaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian musician
08
Birth of Matthias HölleThat year: 1951, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
09
Birth of Eugeniusz KnapikThat year: 1951, Classical music, Polish composer
Death of Jørgen BentzonThat year: 1951, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1897)
Death of Giannina Arangi-LombardiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (born in 1891)
Death of Egbert Van AlstyneThat year: 1951, Classical music, American songwriter and pianist (born in 1878)
11
Death of Johanna LoisingerThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1865)
12
Birth of Sylvia SassThat year: 1951, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
13
Death of Arnold SchoenbergThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian-American composer (1874-1951) (born in 1874)
25
Death of Fernando LoyolaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Mexican composer and pianist of the early 20th-century (born in 1873)
26
Death of Giuseppe AgostiniThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian tenor (born in 1874)
30
Birth of Alibek Moesaevitsj DnisjevThat year: 1951, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer
Birth of Kazimierz KowalskiThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer, opera singer
Birth of Jean-Marc VoltaThat year: 1951, Classical music, french clarinetist
August
01
Death of Francisque DarcieuxThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)
05
Birth of Jean-Louis GilThat year: 1951, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1991)
Death of Camillo De NardisThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)
12
Death of Ebbe HamerikThat year: 1951, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1898)
13
Birth of Gréco CasadesusThat year: 1951, Classical music, French composer
Death of Lisa BurgmeierThat year: 1951, Classical music, (1874-1951) (born in 1874)
14
Birth of János KovácsThat year: 1951, Classical music, Kovacs, Janos; b. 1951, Budapest, Hungary; conductor
15
Death of Artur SchnabelThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian pianist (born in 1882)
Birth of Grzegorz NowakThat year: 1951, Classical music, Polish conductor
16
Birth of Robert H. P. PlatzThat year: 1951, Classical music, German composer
Birth of Sharon SweetThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer
Death of Sophie TraubmannThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1867)
17
Birth of Celine ImbertThat year: 1951, Classical music, Brazilian Soprano
19
Birth of Gustavo SantaolallaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Argentine musician, film composer and film producer
21
Death of Constant LambertThat year: 1951, Classical music, British composer and conductor (born in 1905)
Birth of Qigang ChenThat year: 1951, Classical music, Chinese composer
Birth of Michael SylvesterThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer
22
Death of Georg MaiklThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1872)
23
Birth of Vladimir KafelnikovThat year: 1951, Classical music, Ukrainian trumpeter
24
Birth of Mona Lyn ReeseThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
26
Death of Stepan MaksimovThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer, folklorist, violinist, music pedagogue (born in 1892)
Birth of Beverly HochThat year: 1951, Classical music, American singer
28
Birth of Rafał AugustynThat year: 1951, Classical music, Polish composer, pianist and music critic
30
Death of Georgette Bréjan-SilverThat year: 1951, Classical music, French singer and opera singer (born in 1870)
September
03
Birth of Johann HindlerThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian musician
Death of Leo SheffieldThat year: 1951, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (born in 1873)
04
Birth of Delores ZieglerThat year: 1951, Classical music, American singer
05
Birth of Richard SuartThat year: 1951, Classical music, British singer-actor
06
Birth of Stephen McNeffThat year: 1951, Classical music, Northern Irish composer
08
Birth of Dezső RánkiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist; classical pianist
10
Death of Giuseppe MulèThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1885)
11
Premiere of The Rake's ProgressThat year: 1951, Classical music (Opera), Igor Stravinsky
12
Birth of Joëlle LéandreThat year: 1951, Classical music, French double bassist, vocalist and composer
Birth of Karel CónThat year: 1951, Classical music, Slovak composer
14
Death of Fritz BuschThat year: 1951, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1890)
15
Death of Jacinto GuerreroThat year: 1951, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1895)
19
Death of Frederick ClementThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)
20
Death of Lluís Gonzaga Jordà i RossellThat year: 1951, Classical music, Catalan composer and pianist (born in 1869)
21
Birth of John Del CarloThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2016)
25
Birth of Peter DvorskýThat year: 1951, Classical music, Slovak operatic tenor
Birth of Arvydas MarkauskasThat year: 1951, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
27
Birth of Anthony LaciuraThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer
Birth of David StarobinThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician
29
Death of Blanche CavelliThat year: 1951, Classical music, French female opera singer (born in 1875)
Birth of João Cândido DovicchiThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
30
Death of Yelena Bekman-ShcherbinaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1881)
October
01
Death of Ricardo RodríguezThat year: 1951, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1879)
04
Birth of Mary HopperThat year: 1951, Classical music, American conductor
12
Premiere of Ivan IVThat year: 1951, Classical music (Opera), Georges Bizet
16
Death of Paul EislerThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)
23
Death of Luciano NeroniThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (born in 1909)
30
Birth of Manfred StahnkeThat year: 1951, Classical music, German composer
31
Death of Charles Fonteyn ManneyThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)
November
04
Death of Oscar NatzkaThat year: 1951, Classical music, New Zealand opera singer (born in 1912)
05
Death of Bedřich Antonín WiedermannThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and organist (born in 1883)
Death of Adalbert LiebanThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1877)
09
Death of Sigmund RombergThat year: 1951, Classical music, Hungarian-born American operetta composer (born in 1887)
Death of Mrs. Crosby AdamsThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)
10
Birth of Ivan KusnjerThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer
Birth of Ubaldo Di GregorioThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
11
Death of Walter HydeThat year: 1951, Classical music, English tenor, actor, and music educator (born in 1875)
Death of Walter HydeThat year: 1951, Classical music, English tenor, actor, and music educator (born in 1875)
Death of César VezzaniThat year: 1951, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1888)
12
Birth of Vytautas BakulaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
13
Death of Nikolai MedtnerThat year: 1951, Classical music, British composer and pianist (born in 1879)
Death of Hugo LeichtentrittThat year: 1951, Classical music, German-Jewish musicologist and composer (born in 1874)
Birth of Mikhail KazinikThat year: 1951, Classical music, violinist, musicologist
Death of Kor KuilerThat year: 1951, Classical music, Dutch conductor and composer (born in 1877)
14
Birth of Tōru YasunagaThat year: 1951, Classical music, violinist
15
Death of José María TenaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Spanish composer (1895-1951) (born in 1895)
16
Birth of Denis GougeonThat year: 1951, Classical music, Canadian composer
Death of Dora BrightThat year: 1951, Classical music, English composer and pianist (born in 1862)
Birth of Peter WeberThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
Birth of Roger PalmerThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
Death of Pavel KovalyovThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1890)
17
Death of George H. ClutsamThat year: 1951, Classical music, Australian musician (born in 1866)
18
Birth of Heinrich SchiffThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian cellist and conductor (dead in 2016)
Death of Will VoderyThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer and conductor (born in 1885)
Death of František MichálekThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1895)
19
Death of Amy Eliza CastlesThat year: 1951, Classical music, Australian opera singer (born in 1880)
21
Death of Edmund FellowesThat year: 1951, Classical music, British musician (born in 1870)
22
Birth of Kent NaganoThat year: 1951, Classical music, American conductor and opera administrator
23
Death of Henri ColletThat year: 1951, Classical music, French composer (born in 1885)
Birth of Isao MatsushitaThat year: 1951, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 2018)
Birth of Bill TroianoThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician
24
Birth of Jeffrey SwannThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician
25
Birth of Gilles CachemailleThat year: 1951, Classical music, Swiss-French bass-baritone
26
Death of Vilma TihanyiThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1894)
28
Birth of Tatyana SergeyevaThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer
Birth of Diedre MurrayThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer
29
Death of Nino EderleThat year: 1951, Classical music, German tenor (born in 1892)
December
01
Premiere of Billy Budd, Op. 50That year: 1951, Classical music (Opera), Benjamin Britten
Death of Felix PetyrekThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1892)
Birth of Myrna HerzogThat year: 1951, Classical music, musician, conductor
Birth of Eric HalfvarsonThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer
02
Death of David StockmanThat year: 1951, Classical music, painter (1879-1951) (born in 1879)
06
Death of Léon RothierThat year: 1951, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1874)
Birth of David FinckelThat year: 1951, Classical music, American cellist
07
Birth of Katalin PittiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (soprano)
Death of Edward Joseph CollinsThat year: 1951, Classical music, American pianist and classical composer (born in 1886)
Birth of Zsolt DerecskeiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Hungarian singer
11
Death of Hermann SchrammThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1871)
13
Death of Selim PalmgrenThat year: 1951, Classical music, Finnish composer and pianist (born in 1878)
14
Death of Vojta MádloThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech conductor, oboist and composer (born in 1872)
15
Birth of Berle Sanford RosenbergThat year: 1951, Classical music, American opera singer
17
Death of Marie KalivodováThat year: 1951, Classical music, czech opera singer (born in 1878)
22
Death of Margit PayerThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1875)
23
Death of Alfrēds KalniņšThat year: 1951, Classical music, Latvian musician (born in 1879)
25
Birth of Barbara DeverThat year: 1951, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano
28
Birth of Elizabeth ParcellsThat year: 1951, Classical music, American coloratura soprano (dead in 2005)
Death of Paul OttenheimerThat year: 1951, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1873)
This was also in 1951
Birth of Lorenzo FerreroThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian composer . Inception: BBC Northern Dance OrchestraThat year: 1951, Classical music. Inception: Stirling City ChoirThat year: 1951, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Kazuo HanaokaThat year: 1951, Classical music, recorder player . Inception: Crosby G&SThat year: 1951, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of José Franco y RibateThat year: 1951, Classical music, Spanish conductor (1878-1951) (born in 1878). Birth of Peter BirdThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer . Death of Adrienne OsborneThat year: 1951, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (1873-1951) (born in 1873). Birth of Margit NeubauerThat year: 1951, Classical music, Austrian operatic mezzo.soprano singer . Inception: NHK Tokyo Children's ChoirThat year: 1951, Classical music. Inception: San Jose Youth SymphonyThat year: 1951, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Luiz CoutinhoThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1878). Birth of Scott A. WyattThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer . Death of Giulio FregosiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian baritone (born in 1887). Birth of Shigeo NerikiThat year: 1951, Classical music, Japanese musician . Inception: Philip Jones Brass EnsembleThat year: 1951, Classical music. Birth of Vladimír DoležalThat year: 1951, Classical music, Czech tenor . Inception: Allentown Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1951, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Paul SilverthorneThat year: 1951, Classical music, violist . Birth of Arie van BeekThat year: 1951, Classical music, Dutch conductor . Death of William HammarThat year: 1951, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1875). Inception: Lancaster Opera CompanyThat year: 1951, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Massimiliano DameriniThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian composer . Inception: Ars RedivivaThat year: 1951, Classical music (Czech Republic). Birth of Waldemar WojtalThat year: 1951, Classical music, Polish pianist . Inception: Astra Chamber Music SocietyThat year: 1951, Classical music (Australia). Death of Manuel Lorenzo AguirreThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1863). Closing: Kroll Opera HouseThat year: 1951, Classical music (Mitte, Germany). Inception: Columbus SymphonyThat year: 1951, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Ester AdabertoThat year: 1951, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1872). Birth of Michel StraussThat year: 1951, Classical music, French cellist . Birth of Eliane CoelhoThat year: 1951, Classical music, singer . Birth of Włodzimierz ZalewskiThat year: 1951, Classical music, opera singer . Inception: University College OperaThat year: 1951, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Patrick LarleyThat year: 1951, Classical music, British composer . Birth of Quade WinterThat year: 1951, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2019). Birth of Amy LeverenzThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician, singer and opera singer . Inauguration: Eutiner FestspieleThat year: 1951, Classical music (Eutin, Germany). Inauguration: Wexford Festival OperaThat year: 1951, Classical music (Wexford, Ireland). Death of Ernest LoyonThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer . Birth of Daniel KientzyThat year: 1951, Classical music, French musician . Inauguration: Internationale Orgelwoche NürnbergThat year: 1951, Classical music (Nuremberg, Germany). Death of Carrie Bullard LewisThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Inception: Moscow Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1951, Classical music (Soviet Union). Death of Richard Henry WalthewThat year: 1951, Classical music, English composer and pianist (born in 1872). Inception: Ambrosian SingersThat year: 1951, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Raul KottlerThat year: 1951, Classical music, composer . Birth of Stephen StubbsThat year: 1951, Classical music, American musician . Death of René BlinThat year: 1951, Classical music, French composer (born in 1884).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Sergei Prokofiev (age 60)
- Gypsy Fantasy, Op. 127That year: 1951, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Ural Rhapsody, Op. 128That year: 1951, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Wedding Suite, Op. 126That year: 1951, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- The Meeting of the Volga and the Don, Op. 130 (Work for orchestra)
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Arthur Honegger (age 59)
- La Rédemption (Music for radio)
- La Tour de Babel (Film score)
- Monopartita (Work for orchestra)
- On ne badine pas avec l'amour (Incidental music)
- Paul Claudel (Film score)
- Suite archaïque (Work for orchestra)
- Toccata on a theme by Campra (Work for orchestra)
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Darius Milhaud (age 59)
- Le candélabre à sept branches, Op. 315 (Work for soloist)
- Concertino d'été, Op. 311 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Concertino d'automne, Op. 309 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Les miracles de la foi, Op. 314 (Work for choir)
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Francis Poulenc (age 52)
- Thème varié, Op. 151 (Work for soloist)
- L’embarquement pour Cythère, Op. 150 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Aaron Copland (age 51)
- The Pied Piper (Ballet)
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Dmitri Shostakovich (age 45)
- 24 Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 87That year: 1951, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- The Unforgettable Year 1919, Op. 89 (Film score)
- Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets, Op. 88 (Work for choir)
- Suite from The Young Guard, Op. 75a (Work for orchestra)
- The Homeland Hears, Op. 86a (Work for choir)
- 4 Melodies, Opp. 86 (Song, lied)
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Olivier Messiaen (age 43)
- Livre d'orgue (Work for soloist)
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Samuel Osborne Barber (age 41)
- Mélodies Passagères, Op. 27 (Song, lied)
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Benjamin Britten (age 38)
- 6 Métamorphoses, Op. 49That year: 1951, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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Henri Dutilleux (age 35)
- Symphony No. 1 (Work for orchestra)
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Pierre Boulez (age 26)
- Polyphonie X (Work for orchestra)
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Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 23)
- Sonatina, Op. 1/8 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Formula, Op. 1/6 (Work for orchestra)
- Kreuzspiel, Op. 1/7 (Work for chamber orchestra)