The year 1952 in classical music and in lyrical art
1952. With other artists, Arturo Toscanini, Dmitri Shostakovich and Jean Sibelius influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Love of Danae, Op. 83” de Richard Strauss, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1952 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 340 of these moments for 1952.
1952, from day to day
January
03
Death of Luigi Stefano GiardaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian composer and music educator (born in 1868)
04
Death of František SoučekThat year: 1952, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1880)
05
Birth of Richard YatesThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer
07
Birth of Craig LeonThat year: 1952, Classical music, American-born record producer, composer and arranger
08
Birth of Vladimir FeltsmanThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian musician
Birth of Yumiko SamejimaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Japanese singer
11
Death of Aureliano PertileThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1885)
Birth of Lajos WagnerThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer
13
Death of Augusta OndříčkováThat year: 1952, Classical music, music pedagogue, violinist (born in 1879)
14
Death of Artur KappThat year: 1952, Classical music, Estonian musician (born in 1878)
17
Birth of Ryuichi SakamotoThat year: 1952, Classical music, Japanese musician
18
Birth of Mariana CioromilaThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer, musician
20
Death of Arthur FarwellThat year: 1952, Classical music, American composer (1872-1952) (born in 1872)
Birth of Aušra Stasiūnaitė-ČepulkauskienėThat year: 1952, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
23
Death of Carlo BollerThat year: 1952, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1896-1952) (born in 1896)
26
Birth of Frédéric LodéonThat year: 1952, Classical music, French conductor
27
Birth of Ron RichardsonThat year: 1952, Classical music, actor and singer (1952-1995) (dead in 1995)
Birth of Jana RychlíkováThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer
31
Death of Emilie UlrichThat year: 1952, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1872)
Also in January
Birth of Teresa KabanThat year: 1952, Classical music, pianist .
February
01
Birth of Jenő JandóThat year: 1952, Classical music, Hungarian pianist
03
Birth of Romuald TesarowiczThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2017)
04
Death of Friedrich PlaschkeThat year: 1952, Classical music, Czech singer (born in 1875)
06
Birth of Param VirThat year: 1952, Classical music, Indian composer
08
Birth of Sylvia GreenbergThat year: 1952, Classical music, Romanian-born Israeli singer, opera singer, and university teacher (*1952)
Birth of Kirk TrevorThat year: 1952, Classical music, musician
11
Birth of Koen CruckeThat year: 1952, Classical music, Belgian singer
13
Death of Alfred EinsteinThat year: 1952, Classical music, German-American musicologist and music editor (born in 1880)
Death of Max AltglassThat year: 1952, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1890)
15
Death of Enzo de Muro LomantoThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (born in 1902)
16
Birth of Santiago RodriguezThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician
20
Death of Felix SalmondThat year: 1952, Classical music, British musician (born in 1888)
22
Death of Ruby May GordonThat year: 1952, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1885)
24
Birth of Jadwiga RappéThat year: 1952, Classical music, Polish singer
25
Birth of Mikhail BronnerThat year: 1952, Classical music, Soviet composer
26
Death of Gottfried Harrison FederleinThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)
28
Birth of Eldar MansurovThat year: 1952, Classical music, Azerbaijani musician
March
02
Birth of Jane HenschelThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer
Birth of Vladislav YankovskyThat year: 1952, Classical music, Soviet and Russian clarinetist and conductor (dead in 2016)
05
Death of Vladimir ShcherbachovThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1889)
06
Death of Giacomo RiminiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1887)
Birth of Marielle LabèqueThat year: 1952, Classical music, French pianist
08
Death of Octave DuaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (born in 1882)
09
Birth of Larissa DiadkovaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian singer
12
Death of Fritz ZohselThat year: 1952, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1879)
13
Birth of Wolfgang RihmThat year: 1952, Classical music, German composer
Birth of David CarlsonThat year: 1952, Classical music, American composer
17
Death of Percy WenrichThat year: 1952, Classical music, American composer (born in 1887)
20
Birth of Birgitta SvendénThat year: 1952, Classical music, Swedish singer
24
Birth of Dolora ZajickThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer
Death of Paul PiernéThat year: 1952, Classical music, French composer (born in 1874)
25
Death of Magdalena DvořákováThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1881)
31
Birth of Nelly MiricioiuThat year: 1952, Classical music, British opera soprano
Birth of Cheryl Boyd-WaddellThat year: 1952, Classical music, American soprano (dead in 2002)
April
02
Death of Antonio CortisThat year: 1952, Classical music, Spanish singer (born in 1891)
05
Birth of Hiroshi KodamaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Japanese conductor
08
Birth of Movsar MintsaevThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer
09
Death of Carl FriedemannThat year: 1952, Classical music, German-Swiss composer and conductor (born in 1862)
10
Death of Frederic AustinThat year: 1952, Classical music, British opera singer, teacher and composer (born in 1872)
Birth of Frode OlsenThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer
11
Death of Wadia SabraThat year: 1952, Classical music, Lebanese composer (born in 1876)
Death of Margery BoothThat year: 1952, Classical music, Opera singer and spy (born in 1905)
13
Death of Margarethe SiemsThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer (born in 1879)
15
Birth of Josef Kšica mladšíThat year: 1952, Classical music, Czech cemballist, choirmaster and organist
16
Birth of Rico SaccaniThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian conductor
18
Death of Leo SmithThat year: 1952, Classical music, English Canadian cellist, composer and music writer (born in 1881)
21
Death of Alfred Andersen-WingarThat year: 1952, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1869)
Death of Agga FrichThat year: 1952, Classical music, Norwegian actress, opera singer (born in 1880)
22
Birth of François-René DuchâbleThat year: 1952, Classical music, French musician
23
Death of Elisabeth SchumannThat year: 1952, Classical music, German soprano (born in 1888)
26
Birth of Ewa PodleśThat year: 1952, Classical music, Polish contralto
Death of Benno HansenThat year: 1952, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1891)
28
Birth of Gerald BarryThat year: 1952, Classical music, Irish composer
29
Birth of Walter Augustus BraxtonThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer
May
01
Birth of Anatolij NeznakinThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian composer and music educator
02
Birth of Gotthold SchwarzThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer
04
Premiere of Structures pour deux pianos premier livreThat year: 1952, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Pierre Boulez
05
Death of Rudolf SieczyńskiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1879)
09
Birth of Linda FinnieThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer
11
Death of Giovanni TebaldiniThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1864)
Death of Ivan RubchakThat year: 1952, Classical music, Ukrainian theatre actor and singer (born in 1874)
15
Death of Italo MontemezziThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1875)
Death of Charlotte MacondaThat year: 1952, Classical music, American soprano singer (born in 1863)
16
Birth of Věra PáchováThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue
18
Death of Reidar KaasThat year: 1952, Classical music, Norwegian singer and actor (born in 1881)
Death of Rossetter Gleason ColeThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
22
Birth of Ivan OlenchikThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian musician
Death of Yury KochurovThat year: 1952, Classical music, Soviet composer (1907-1952) (born in 1907)
23
Death of Georg SchumannThat year: 1952, Classical music, German comnposer (born in 1866)
28
Death of Joseph LauberThat year: 1952, Classical music, Swiss composer (1864-1952) (born in 1864)
30
Birth of Zoltán KocsisThat year: 1952, Classical music, (1952--2016) classical pianist, conductor and composer (dead in 2016)
Birth of Alexander ToradzeThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician
31
Death of Stefan MakedonskiThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1885)
June
06
Birth of Pavel KoganThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian musician
Birth of Kjell SamkopfThat year: 1952, Classical music, Norwegian composer
Death of Duguen EgileorThat year: 1952, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1877)
Death of John Wallace GoodrichThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)
09
Death of Adolf BuschThat year: 1952, Classical music, German violinist and composer (born in 1891)
12
Birth of Oliver KnussenThat year: 1952, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 2018)
13
Death of Emma EamesThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer (1865-1952) (born in 1865)
16
Birth of Jerry HadleyThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2007)
17
Death of Alberto WilliamsThat year: 1952, Classical music, Argentine composer (born in 1862)
Death of Walter EngelsmannThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
19
Birth of Philippe ManouryThat year: 1952, Classical music, French composer
Death of Heinrich SchlusnusThat year: 1952, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1888)
22
Birth of Stefan ParkmanThat year: 1952, Classical music, Swedish conductor
24
Death of Lodewijk MortelmansThat year: 1952, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1868)
30
Birth of Surena DashitsyrenovaThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2013)
July
01
Death of Aleksandr Ilʹich MozzhukhinThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1878)
Death of Édouard TrémisotThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)
02
Death of Henriëtte BosmansThat year: 1952, Classical music, Dutch composer (b. 1895) (born in 1895)
Death of Ciro GrassiThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer, musicologist (born in 1868)
03
Death of Raymond PechThat year: 1952, Classical music, French composer (born in 1876)
Death of Marguerite LaboriThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
05
Birth of Kristine CiesinskiThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2018)
Death of Archer GibsonThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)
06
Birth of Stephen HartkeThat year: 1952, Classical music, American composer
07
Birth of Jiří StárekThat year: 1952, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1994)
08
Death of Zoraide Amedea Mei FignerThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian Russian opera singer (born in 1859)
10
Death of Rued LanggaardThat year: 1952, Classical music, Danish composer and organist (born in 1893)
11
Birth of Tomiko KōjibaThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer, music arranger
15
Death of Ferdinand GreineckerThat year: 1952, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1893)
22
Death of Antonio Maria ValenciaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Colombian composer and pianist (born in 1902)
24
Death of Sári SebeőkThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1882)
25
Death of Herbert MurrillThat year: 1952, Classical music, British musician (born in 1909)
Birth of Stellan SagvikThat year: 1952, Classical music, Swedish saxophonist, musicologist and oboist
27
Birth of Carol VanessThat year: 1952, Classical music, American lyric soprano
Death of Nino RossiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian pianist, composer and music educator (1895-1952) (born in 1895)
Birth of Jean-Philippe GoudeThat year: 1952, Classical music, French composer
29
Birth of Hal RobinsonThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician
31
Birth of Reinhard GoebelThat year: 1952, Classical music, musician from Germany
Also in July
Birth of Yukako InatomiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Japanese singer .
August
03
Birth of Clyde Thomas RollinsThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (dead in 2016)
10
Birth of Jacek KaspszykThat year: 1952, Classical music, Polish conductor
Birth of Ashley PutnamThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer
11
Death of Riccardo MartinThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1874)
12
Birth of Pável Aleksándrovitch KoudriávtchenkoThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2017)
14
Premiere of The Love of Danae, Op. 83That year: 1952, Classical music (Opera), Richard Strauss
Death of Richard WintzerThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
16
Death of Gusztáv SzerémiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1877)
Birth of Gianna RolandiThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer
17
Birth of Heiner GoebbelsThat year: 1952, Classical music, German composer and theatre director
18
Death of Henri ExpertThat year: 1952, Classical music, French writer and musicologist (born in 1863)
21
Birth of Boris GarlitskyThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian violinist
Death of Johannes Henrik WürtzThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)
23
Death of Harry Benjamin JepsonThat year: 1952, Classical music, American organist (born in 1870)
30
Birth of Simon BainbridgeThat year: 1952, Classical music, British composer
31
Birth of Kim KashkashianThat year: 1952, Classical music, American violist
Death of Dimitar NenovThat year: 1952, Classical music, Bulgarian architect and composer (b. 1901) (born in 1901)
September
07
Birth of Peter-Jan WagemansThat year: 1952, Classical music, Dutch composer
Death of José Forns y QuadrasThat year: 1952, Classical music, Spanish composer, historian, and teacher (born in 1898)
09
Death of Louis DumasThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)
11
Birth of Catherine BottThat year: 1952, Classical music, British soprano
13
Birth of Allen VizzuttiThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician
14
Birth of Hans-Jörg RechtsteinerThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer
18
Death of Frances AldaThat year: 1952, Classical music, New Zealand-born Australian operatic soprano (born in 1879)
19
Death of Henryka ŻelskaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1892-1952) (born in 1892)
21
Birth of Alessandro CorbelliThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian opera singer
22
Death of Guillaume IbosThat year: 1952, Classical music, French singer (born in 1860)
23
Birth of William ShimellThat year: 1952, Classical music, British actor
24
Death of Nathaniel Davis AyerThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1887)
26
Birth of Predrag MiletićThat year: 1952, Classical music, Serbian actor
Birth of Mark DresserThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician
27
Birth of Chris MerrittThat year: 1952, Classical music, American baritenor
30
Birth of Andrew ShoreThat year: 1952, Classical music, Operatic baritone
Also in September
Birth of Henryk BlazejThat year: 1952, Classical music, flautist .
October
02
Birth of Janusz OlejniczakThat year: 1952, Classical music, Polish actor and musician
07
Death of Berta MorenaThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1878)
Death of Hugh S. RobertonThat year: 1952, Classical music, Scottish composer and choirmaster (born in 1874)
08
Death of May Peterson ThompsonThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1880)
Birth of Noboru KamimuraThat year: 1952, Classical music, cellist
Death of Thorild BrödermanThat year: 1952, Classical music, Finnish actor (born in 1883)
Death of Curt GoldmannThat year: 1952, Classical music, German conductor and composer (born in 1870)
Birth of Jorge TagliapietraThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer
12
Birth of José Luis TurinaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Spanish composer
14
Birth of Kaija SaariahoThat year: 1952, Classical music, Finnish composer
16
Death of Fransisco Buencamino Sr.That year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)
17
Death of Oskar GeierThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1889)
20
Birth of Michael HoustounThat year: 1952, Classical music, Concert pianist from New Zealand
Death of Jean AquistapaceThat year: 1952, Classical music, French opera singer and actor (born in 1882)
21
Death of Charles DraperThat year: 1952, Classical music, British musician (born in 1869)
22
Death of Jean André MessagerThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
24
Death of Frederick JacobiThat year: 1952, Classical music, American composer (born in 1891)
25
Death of Sergei BortkiewiczThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian Romantic composer and pianist (born in 1877)
27
Birth of Brigitte EngererThat year: 1952, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 2012)
29
Birth of Ida KavafianThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician
November
05
Birth of Jean-Jacques BirgéThat year: 1952, Classical music, avant-garde composer, film director, sound designer, multimedia author, record producer, synthesizer player and multi-instrumentalist
Death of Hanna GranfeltThat year: 1952, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1884)
07
Death of Aleksandr Danilovitsj KamenskiyThat year: 1952, Classical music, (1900-1952) (born in 1900)
09
Death of Facundo de la ViñaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1877)
14
Death of Ralph KinderThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)
15
Death of Vincent ScottoThat year: 1952, Classical music, French composer (born in 1876)
16
Death of Solomiya KrushelnytskaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (born in 1872)
17
Death of Ryūtarō HirotaThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1892)
Death of Wan Siu HingThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer
20
Death of Dorothy BondThat year: 1952, Classical music, English coloratura soprano (born in 1921)
21
Death of George SiemonnThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)
23
Birth of Philippe FénelonThat year: 1952, Classical music, French classical composer
25
Death of Antonio GuarnieriThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian conductor, composer and musician (born in 1880)
Death of Julien-Fernand VaubourgoinThat year: 1952, Classical music, French composer and music educator (born in 1880)
27
Birth of Romas MakarevičiusThat year: 1952, Classical music, Lithuanian singer
30
Birth of Semyon BychkovThat year: 1952, Classical music, Russian conductor
December
01
Birth of Ellen McLainThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer and voice actress from Nashville, Tennessee
Birth of Mykola KovalThat year: 1952, Classical music, Ukrainian singer
05
Death of Caspar Koch ((Sänger))That year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1889)
06
Birth of Emanuel MartinezThat year: 1952, Classical music, Brazilian musician, composer and professor
10
Birth of Julianne BairdThat year: 1952, Classical music, American singer
Birth of Martine DupuyThat year: 1952, Classical music, French mezzo-soprano
Death of František Jiří MachThat year: 1952, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1869)
12
Birth of Brenton BroadstockThat year: 1952, Classical music, Australian composer
13
Birth of Benjamin KaminsThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician
14
Death of Fartein ValenThat year: 1952, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1887)
16
Birth of Manuel BarruecoThat year: 1952, Classical music, Cuban musician
17
Birth of Raquel PierottiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Uruguayan mezzo-soprano opera singer
18
Birth of Dina JoffeThat year: 1952, Classical music, Latvian musician
21
Death of Ilona LadányiThat year: 1952, Classical music, (1901--1952) opera singer (born in 1901)
22
Death of Vincas BacevičiusThat year: 1952, Classical music, Lithuanian pianist (1875-1952) (born in 1875)
Birth of Scott HarperThat year: 1952, Classical music, American composer
Birth of Robert KapilowThat year: 1952, Classical music, American conductor
23
Birth of Hans AbrahamsenThat year: 1952, Classical music, Danish composer
25
Death of Bernardino MolinariThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian conductor (born in 1880)
26
Birth of Sérgio AssadThat year: 1952, Classical music, Brazilian composer, guitarist
Birth of Valentina CalestruThat year: 1952, Classical music, Moldovan soprano
28
Birth of Gerd KührThat year: 1952, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor
29
Death of Beryl RubinsteinThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician (born in 1898)
30
Birth of S. P. SomtowThat year: 1952, Classical music, Thai writer and composer
Birth of June AndersonThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer
This was also in 1952
Birth of Eric CreesThat year: 1952, Classical music, British musician . Inception: California Youth SymphonyThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Giovanni PoleseThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1873). Inception: Traverse Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: BBC Concert OrchestraThat year: 1952, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: CBC Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1952, Classical music. Birth of Gilbert VargaThat year: 1952, Classical music, British conductor . Inception: Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de GuanajuatoThat year: 1952, Classical music. Inauguration: Bergen International FestivalThat year: 1952, Classical music (Bergen Municipality, Norway). Inauguration: Marlboro Music School and FestivalThat year: 1952, Classical music (Marlboro, United States of America). Birth of Jocelyne CarissimoThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2008). Death of Aleksandr Nikolaevitsj PeregoedovThat year: 1952, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (born in 1894). Inauguration: Turku Concert HallThat year: 1952, Classical music (Turku, Finland). Inception: Munich Radio OrchestraThat year: 1952, Classical music (Germany). Inception: Kentucky OperaThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Ulrich SeidelThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer . Birth of Cornelia WulkopfThat year: 1952, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Inception: Lamplighters Music TheatreThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Camerata SalzburgThat year: 1952, Classical music. Inauguration: Festival Internacional de SantanderThat year: 1952, Classical music (Santander, Spain). Birth of Margareta HaverinenThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer, opera singer . Inauguration: Schwetzingen FestivalThat year: 1952, Classical music (Schwetzingen, Germany). Birth of George ManahanThat year: 1952, Classical music, British conductor . Birth of Péter CsabaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Romanian musician . Inauguration: Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von WeberThat year: 1952, Classical music (Dresden, Germany). Inception: Canberra Choral SocietyThat year: 1952, Classical music. Death of Solomija KruŝelnickaThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1872). Inception: Eastman Wind EnsembleThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Philip JeckThat year: 1952, Classical music, British artist . Birth of Fiona KimmThat year: 1952, Classical music, singer . Birth of Bruce HubbardThat year: 1952, Classical music, African-American operatic baritone (1952-1991) (dead in 1991). Birth of Philip SmithThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Daphne EvangelatosThat year: 1952, Classical music, Greek singer and opera singer . Birth of Richard KearnsThat year: 1952, Classical music, Irish composer . Death of Fritz Lubrich Sr.That year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1862). Birth of Lei LeiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Chinese composer . Inception: Cantores minoresThat year: 1952, Classical music (Finland). Death of Shinpei NakayamaThat year: 1952, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1887). Inauguration: Tilford Bach FestivalThat year: 1952, Classical music (Tilford, United Kingdom). Inception: Symphony in CThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of David Michael SchusterThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer . Birth of Dariusz NiemirowiczThat year: 1952, Classical music, Polish singer, opera singer and music educator . Death of Joseph RingeissenThat year: 1952, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1879). Death of Paul Hastings AllenThat year: 1952, Classical music, American composer (born in 1883). Inauguration: Auditorio NacionalThat year: 1952, Classical music (Mexico City, Mexico). Death of Karl WendlThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1868). Inception: Shanghai Chinese OrchestraThat year: 1952, Classical music (People's Republic of China). Inception: I MusiciThat year: 1952, Classical music. Birth of William R. ShannonThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer . Birth of Michael BallamThat year: 1952, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Alan WoodrowThat year: 1952, Classical music, Canadian opera singer . Birth of María BravoThat year: 1952, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue . Inception: Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal ChoirThat year: 1952, Classical music (Bulgaria). Birth of Rob FisherThat year: 1952, Classical music, American conductor . Death of Nathan CiganeriThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1892). Inception: Valley Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Albert FrommerThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1875). Birth of Nikola SrdićThat year: 1952, Classical music, Serbian musician . Birth of Bruce RankinThat year: 1952, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2017). Death of Emilio VenturiniThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian lyric tenor (born in 1878). Birth of Qu Xiao-SongThat year: 1952, Classical music, Chinese composer . Birth of Wolfgang HolzmairThat year: 1952, Classical music, classical baritone singer . Inception: New York Pro MusicaThat year: 1952, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Emile TrépardThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer (born in 1870). Birth of Mitsuko ShiraiThat year: 1952, Classical music, Japanese singer . Birth of Staffan LundbergThat year: 1952, Classical music, composer . Death of Mary HoweThat year: 1952, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1870). Inauguration: Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de GranadaThat year: 1952, Classical music (Granada, Spain). Inception: Ploiești Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1952, Classical music. Inception: Konzerthausorchester BerlinThat year: 1952, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Fei-Ping HsuThat year: 1952, Classical music, Chinese classical pianist (dead in 2001). Birth of Pietro BalloThat year: 1952, Classical music, Italian opera singer . Death of Charles AncliffeThat year: 1952, Classical music, British composer of light music (born in 1880). Birth of Mariko MogiThat year: 1952, Classical music, music arranger, composer .
Works (composition or publishing)
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Igor Stravinsky (age 70) - CantataThat year: 1952, Classical music (Work for choir), published in 1904
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Sergei Prokofiev (age 61) - Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131That year: 1952, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125That year: 1952, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Concertino for cello and orchestra, Op. 132 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- War and Peace, Op. 91 (Opera)
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Darius Milhaud (age 60) - Quintet No. 2, Op. 316 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Christophe Colomb, Op. 318 (Incidental music)
- Vendanges, Op. 317 (Ballet)
- Petites légendes, Op. 319 (Song, lied)
- Suite Concertante, Op. 278a (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 55) - Symphony in F-sharp major, Op. 40That year: 1952, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
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Francis Poulenc (age 53) - Matelote provençale, Op. 153 (Work for orchestra)
- Ave verum corpus, Op. 154 (Work for choir)
- Capriccio from “Le Bal Masqué”, Op. 155 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 4 Motets, Opp. 152 (Work for choir)
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Aaron Copland (age 52) - Old American Songs No. 2 (Song, lied)
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Dmitri Shostakovich (age 46) - String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 92That year: 1952, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Seven Doll's Dances (Work for soloist)
- The Sun Shines on Our Motherland, Op. 90 (Work for choir)
- 4 Monologues, Opp. 91 (Song, lied)
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Olivier Messiaen (age 44) - BlackbirdThat year: 1952, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra) Premiere
- Dawn chorus (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Timbres-durées (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Samuel Osborne Barber (age 42) - Souvenirs (ballet), Op. 28 (Ballet)
- Souvenirs (piano), Op. 28a (Work for soloist)
- Souvenirs (piano 4-Hands), Op. 28b (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Benjamin Britten (age 39) - Abraham and Isaac (Canticle II), Op. 51 (Song, lied)
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Iannis Xenakis (age 30) - Zyia (Work for choir)
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Pierre Boulez (age 27) - Oubli signal lapidé (Work for choir)
- 2 Studies for magnetic tape (Electroacoustic music)
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Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 24) - Piano Pieces, Opp. 2 (Work for soloist)
- Etude, musique concrète, Op. 1/5 (Electroacoustic music)
- Counter-Points, Op. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1953
- Percussive Trio, Op. 1/3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Play, Op. 1/4 (Work for orchestra)
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Philip Glass (1937-0000) - String Trio (Work for chamber orchestra)
