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  2. History: That year
  3. 1953

The year 1953 in classical music and in lyrical art

1953. With other artists, Jean Sibelius, Theodor W. Adorno and Arturo Toscanini influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Sergei Prokofiev. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93” de Dmitri Shostakovich, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1953 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 380 of these moments for 1953.

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1953

modern & contemporary era

January


01

Ludomir Różycki

Death of Ludomir RóżyckiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish composer and conductor (born in 1883)

Birth of Armand ArapianThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer

04

Costante Adolfo Bossi

Death of Costante Adolfo BossiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian organist, composer and teacher. (born in 1876)

06

Death of Corneil de ThoranThat year: 1953, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1881)

François Guye

Birth of François GuyeThat year: 1953, Classical music, Swiss musician

08

Heinrich Kaspar Schmid

Death of Heinrich Kaspar SchmidThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer (born in 1874)

10

Death of Gerda LindThat year: 1953, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1880)

12

Birth of Tatiana ShebanovaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian classical pianist (dead in 2011)

13

Birth of Takashi ShimizuThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese violinist

15

Death of Heinrich KnoteThat year: 1953, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1870)

Death of Patrik VretbladThat year: 1953, Classical music, church musician, composer, music critic, organist (born in 1876)

16

Birth of Harald BjørkøyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian singer and professor

17

Death of Jan TalichThat year: 1953, Classical music, cellist, 1881-1953 (born in 1881)

18

Birth of Álvaro PierriThat year: 1953, Classical music, Uruguayan musician

Death of Mirko ŠtorkThat year: 1953, Classical music, czech opera singer (born in 1880)

22

Myung-whun Chung

Birth of Myung-whun ChungThat year: 1953, Classical music, South Korean pianist and conductor

23

John Luther Adams

Birth of John Luther AdamsThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer

Death of Andrés de SegurolaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1874)

24

Yury Bashmet

Birth of Yury BashmetThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian conductor, violinist, and violist

25

Birth of Roger SteptoeThat year: 1953, Classical music, English composer and pianist

27

Birth of Raymond DeaneThat year: 1953, Classical music, Irish composer

February


01

Death of Vsevolod ZaderatskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1891)

Death of Roy Spaulding StoughtonThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)

02

Death of Bergliot IbsenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer (born in 1869)

Death of Gustav StrubeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1867)

03

Angelo Bettinelli

Death of Angelo BettinelliThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

04

Victor Henri Staub

Death of Victor Henri StaubThat year: 1953, Classical music, French pianist and composer (born in 1872)

Birth of Denia MazzolaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano

05

Gerhard Oppitz

Birth of Gerhard OppitzThat year: 1953, Classical music, German classical pianist

Death of Suzanne AdamsThat year: 1953, Classical music, American lyric soprano (1872-1953) (born in 1872)

06

Paul Berthier

Death of Paul BerthierThat year: 1953, Classical music, French musician (born in 1884)

07

Birth of Wolfgang von SchweinitzThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer

09

Death of Phil. B. PerryThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)

10

Death of Maria LabiaThat year: 1953, Classical music, singer (born in 1880)

Birth of Carl StoneThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer

Lawrence R. Mumford

Birth of Lawrence R. MumfordThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

12

Steven De Groote

Birth of Steven De GrooteThat year: 1953, Classical music, South African musician (dead in 1989)

17

Birth of Yōko MatsuoThat year: 1953, Classical music, conductor

20

Riccardo Chailly

Birth of Riccardo ChaillyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian conductor

Death of Gianni BucceriThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1872)

22

Death of Eyvind VedéneThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1880)

Birth of Thomas LemmensThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

26

Elisabeth Kuyper

Death of Elisabeth KuyperThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Theodore MookThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician

28

Osmo Vänskä

Birth of Osmo VänskäThat year: 1953, Classical music, Finnish conductor, clarinetist and composer

Death of Félix VieuilleThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1872)

March


02

Birth of David HykesThat year: 1953, Classical music, American music therapist

03

Death of François CombelleThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)

05

Sergei Prokofiev

Death of Sergei ProkofievThat year: 1953, Classical music, Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer (born in 1891)

Death of Daniel ForteaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1878)

07

Death of Alexander MogilevskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1885)

Helena Vieira

Birth of Helena VieiraThat year: 1953, Classical music, actor, opera singer

09

Birth of Alexander RaskatovThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian composer

10

Death of Agnes HuntingtonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American operatic singer (born in 1864)

13

Birth of Anthony PowersThat year: 1953, Classical music, British composer

15

Birth of Kaludi KaludovThat year: 1953, Classical music, Bulgarian singer

Birth of Victor KissineThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian composer

16

Claus Peter Flor

Birth of Claus Peter FlorThat year: 1953, Classical music, German conductor

17

Death of Conrado del CampoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1878)

18

Takashi Yoshimatsu

Birth of Takashi YoshimatsuThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese classical composer

21

Birth of Jean-Jacques JustafréThat year: 1953, Classical music, French conductor and hornist

28

Birth of Jörg-Peter WeigleThat year: 1953, Classical music, German conductor

29

Birth of Fritz HauserThat year: 1953, Classical music, Swiss musician

Death of Arthur FieldsThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician (born in 1888)

Death of Paul BennerThat year: 1953, Classical music, (1877-1953) (born in 1877)

30

Death of Roderich Mojsisovics von MojsvárThat year: 1953, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor (born in 1877)

April


01

Birth of Lawrence GwozdzThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician

Death of Alevtina PaskhalovaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1875)

03

Birth of Mikhail RudyThat year: 1953, Classical music, French musician

04

Chen Yi

Birth of Chen YiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Chinese-American composer and violinist

Death of Ludovic LamotheThat year: 1953, Classical music, Haitian composer and virtuoso pianist (born in 1882)

07

Rollo F. Maitland

Death of Rollo F. MaitlandThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)

08

Diana Montague

Birth of Diana MontagueThat year: 1953, Classical music, British mezzo-soprano

10

Birth of Sarah LeonardThat year: 1953, Classical music, English classical soprano

14

Birth of Norio KameyamaThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer, pianist, singer

15

Birth of David CampbellThat year: 1953, Classical music, British clarinetist, born 1953

16

Percival Garratt

Death of Percival GarrattThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

17

Birth of Andrea IhleThat year: 1953, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

22

Birth of Kostas SmoriginasThat year: 1953, Classical music, Lithuanian theatre and cinema actor and musician

Death of Max DawisonThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1869)

23

Birth of Monique Désy ProulxThat year: 1953, Classical music, Canadian writer and musician

25

Birth of Giorgio BattistelliThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian composer

26

Birth of Diana KacsoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Brazilian pianist

27

Birth of Ilona TokodyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer

Cecil Duane Crabb

Death of Cecil Duane CrabbThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer of ragtime music (born in 1890)

May


02

Valery Gergiev

Birth of Valery GergievThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian conductor and opera company director

Walter Morse Rummel

Death of Walter Morse RummelThat year: 1953, Classical music, pianist (born in 1887)

03

Birth of Stephen WarbeckThat year: 1953, Classical music, English composer

Death of Carmen ‏ Domingo SanchísThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish soprano (born in 1875)

04

Death of Simeon BellisonThat year: 1953, Classical music, clarinetist (born in 1883)

Death of T. Tertius NobleThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician (born in 1867)

05

Frank La Forge

Death of Frank La ForgeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and pianist (born in 1879)

Birth of Ichirō NodairaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer and musicologist

06

Ivan Fedele

Birth of Ivan FedeleThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

09

Birth of Richard VernonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American operatic bass (dead in 2006)

10

Birth of Gervais FrykmanThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

13

Death of Herman JadlowkerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1877)

14

Birth of Robin HillThat year: 1953, Classical music, British composer

16

Birth of Monica HuggettThat year: 1953, Classical music, British conductor and baroque violinist

17

Death of Léon XanrofThat year: 1953, Classical music, French playwright and songwriter (born in 1867)

Death of Erik Ole ByeThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer and rower (born in 1883)

Eric DeLamarter

Death of Eric DeLamarterThat year: 1953, Classical music, American classical composer (born in 1880)

18

Death of Ferdinand VodičkaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, pianist and choirmaster (born in 1895)

19

Death of Frank MullingsThat year: 1953, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1881)

20

Werner Jaegerhuber

Death of Werner JaegerhuberThat year: 1953, Classical music, German-Haitian composer (born in 1900)

Death of Carlo BroccardiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1877)

Birth of Marco ZuccariniThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian conductor

21

Birth of Fred SjöbergThat year: 1953, Classical music, conductor

22

Birth of Roger BellonThat year: 1953, Classical music, Classical and film score composer

Louis Lavater

Death of Louis LavaterThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer, musician and writer (born in 1867)

24

Birth of Didier HenryThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer

Death of Jean WitkowskiThat year: 1953, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1895)

26

Albert Spalding

Death of Albert SpaldingThat year: 1953, Classical music, American violinist (born in 1888)

27

Birth of James WoodThat year: 1953, Classical music, British composer, percussionist and conductor (dead in 1813)

29

Danny Elfman

Birth of Danny ElfmanThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and musician

31

Death of Audrey MildmayThat year: 1953, Classical music, English-Canadian singer (born in 1900)

June


01

Birth of David RussellThat year: 1953, Classical music, Scottish classical guitarist

02

Birth of Markéta UngrováThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue

03

Florence Price

Death of Florence PriceThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer (born in 1887)

Birth of Erland van LidthThat year: 1953, Classical music, American sport wrestler and actor (dead in 1987)

Birth of Marie AngelThat year: 1953, Classical music, Australian-born opera singer

07

Peter Guth

Birth of Peter GuthThat year: 1953, Classical music, concertmaster (dead in 2004)

08

Premiere of Gloriana, Op. 53That year: 1953, Classical music (Opera), Benjamin Britten

10

Grzegorz Fitelberg

Death of Grzegorz FitelbergThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1879)

13

Birth of Atso AlmilaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Finnish conductor, composer and trombonist

Death of John Stepan ZamecnikThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and conductor (1872-1953) (born in 1872)

17

Walter Niemann

Death of Walter NiemannThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer (born in 1876)

18

Peter Donohoe

Birth of Peter DonohoeThat year: 1953, Classical music, English pianist

19

Death of André BenoistThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)

26

Birth of Jean VoguetThat year: 1953, Classical music, French composer

29

Death of Jules van Van NuffelThat year: 1953, Classical music, Belgian musicologist, composer, and expert on religious music (born in 1883)

30

Birth of Adriana HölszkyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Romanian-born German pianist and composer

Birth of Piotr KusiewiczThat year: 1953, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer

July


03

Death of Aleksey KartsevThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)

05

Death of Titta RuffoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1877)

Birth of Galina ShoydagbaevaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator

07

Birth of Akiko EbiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese pianist (1953-)

08

Birth of John Bell YoungThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2017)

10

Sidney Homer, Sr.

Death of Sidney Homer, Sr.That year: 1953, Classical music, American composer (born in 1864)

12

Joseph Jongen

Death of Joseph JongenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Belgian organist, composer, and music educator (born in 1873)

Birth of Yoko WatanabeThat year: 1953, Classical music, singer (dead in 2004)

Jesús Rodríguez Picó

Birth of Jesús Rodríguez PicóThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish composer

13

Birth of Violeta DinescuThat year: 1953, Classical music, Romanian German composer and pianist

Death of Cuthbert Edward ClarkThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

15

Richard Margison

Birth of Richard MargisonThat year: 1953, Classical music, Canadian opera singer

17

Death of Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst MeyerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Dutch composer and teacher (born in 1888)

18

Birth of Enrique GrafThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician

20

Birth of Rohan Joseph de SaramThat year: 1953, Classical music, Sri Lankan musician (dead in 2004)

26

Birth of Robert PhillipsThat year: 1953, Classical music, American classical guitarist

Birth of Janez LotričThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer

30

Death of Ludvík PelíšekThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1910)

31

Birth of Kenneth RadnofskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, American saxophonist

Birth of Éric LysøeThat year: 1953, Classical music, French university teacher and composer

August


02

Birth of Jorunn SvenskThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, teacher

04

Birth of Richard WhiteThat year: 1953, Classical music, actor from the United States of America (born 1953)

06

Birth of John CratonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and musician

Publio Carniel

Death of Publio CarnielThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1899)

08

Birth of Roberto UrbayThat year: 1953, Classical music, Cuban pianist

Birth of János BándiThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer

09

Death of Lao SilesuThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1883)

10

Michael Schneider

Birth of Michael SchneiderThat year: 1953, Classical music, recorder player, flautist, conductor, academic

11

Birth of Nikolas EconomouThat year: 1953, Classical music, Cypriot composer and pianist (dead in 1993)

12

Birth of Eduardo Pérez MasedaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish composer

13

Birth of Martin GraysonThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

14

James Horner

Birth of James HornerThat year: 1953, Classical music, American film composer and conductor (dead in 2015)

Death of Friedrich SchorrThat year: 1953, Classical music, Asutro-Hungarian opera singer (born in 1888)

15

Death of Louis BeydtsThat year: 1953, Classical music, French composer and conductor (born in 1895)

16

Georg Friedrich Haas

Birth of Georg Friedrich HaasThat year: 1953, Classical music, Austrian composer

Evelino Pidò

Birth of Evelino PidòThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian conductor

20

Birth of Yutaka TakahashiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer

23

Death of Octávio BevilacquaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Brazilian music educator (born in 1887)

24

Birth of Grith FjeldmoseThat year: 1953, Classical music, actor

28

Tõnu Kaljuste

Birth of Tõnu KaljusteThat year: 1953, Classical music, Estonian conductor

Death of Nikolai GolovanovThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian composer and conductor (born in 1891)

29

Birth of Marta BeňačkováThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech opera singer and music educator

Death of Darrell FancourtThat year: 1953, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (born in 1886)

31

Death of Joseph Gaston SelzThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Also in August

Birth of Pierre SauvageotThat year: 1953, Classical music, classical composer .

September


01

Jacques Thibaud

Death of Jacques ThibaudThat year: 1953, Classical music, violinist (born in 1880)

Andres Mustonen

Birth of Andres MustonenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Estonian conductor and violinist

02

John Zorn

Birth of John ZornThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer, saxophonist and bandleader

Birth of Charles RamirezThat year: 1953, Classical music, Gibraltarian musician

05

Birth of John DickieThat year: 1953, Classical music, Austrian and Scottish tenor and opera singer (dead in 2010)

Death of Paul MarinierThat year: 1953, Classical music, French composer (born in 1866)

08

Akira Nishimura

Birth of Akira NishimuraThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer

Birth of Michael RabsilberThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Stein-Erik OlsenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian guitarist

10

Michael Schønwandt

Birth of Michael SchønwandtThat year: 1953, Classical music, Danish conductor

11

Death of Mikhail ShuiskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1883)

Birth of Júlia KukelyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 2017)

Death of Vinzenz GollerThat year: 1953, Classical music, church musician, composer (born in 1873)

12

Death of Reinald WerrenrathThat year: 1953, Classical music, American singer (born in 1883)

Birth of David Warin SolomonsThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

13

Death of Camillo HildebrandThat year: 1953, Classical music, conductor (born in 1876)

15

Birth of Camellia JohnsonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2015)

17

Henry Holden Huss

Death of Henry Holden HussThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician (born in 1862)

19

Eduardo Marturet

Birth of Eduardo MarturetThat year: 1953, Classical music, Venezuelan conductor and composer

21

Roger Quilter

Death of Roger QuilterThat year: 1953, Classical music, British composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Krzysztof WęgrzynThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish violinist and music teacher

22

Birth of Vladimir ChernovThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian singer

25

Birth of Richard HarveyThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician and composer

27

Death of Viktor OranskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet composer (born in 1899)

29

Birth of Mario GiovanoliThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer, instrumentalist

October


03

Arnold Bax

Death of Arnold BaxThat year: 1953, Classical music, English composer and poet (born in 1883)

Death of Virgilio LazzariThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1887)

06

Birth of Yoshihiro KannoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer

08

Kathleen Ferrier

Death of Kathleen FerrierThat year: 1953, Classical music, English contralto (1912–1953) (born in 1912)

09

Roberto Sierra

Birth of Roberto SierraThat year: 1953, Classical music, Puerto Rican composer

Denis Dufour

Birth of Denis DufourThat year: 1953, Classical music, Composer, music educator and artistic director

Birth of Sally BurgessThat year: 1953, Classical music, singer

Birth of Michael GeesThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer and pianist

12

Death of Evgenia BronskayaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian soprano (1882-1952) (born in 1882)

13

Birth of Paul MägiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Estonian conductor

14

Birth of Goran SimićThat year: 1953, Classical music, Serbian opera singer (dead in 2008)

15

Birth of Peter PhillipsThat year: 1953, Classical music, British choral conductor and musicologist

17

Death of Max KuttnerThat year: 1953, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1883)

18

Death of Marguerite d'd'AlvarezThat year: 1953, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1886)

19

Death of Carla SpletterThat year: 1953, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1911)

20

Fred E. Ahlert

Death of Fred E. AhlertThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (born in 1892)

Premiere of Astutuli, eine bairische KomödieThat year: 1953, Classical music (Opera), Carl Orff

21

Birth of Hugh WolffThat year: 1953, Classical music, American conductor

22

Birth of Tapani LänsiöThat year: 1953, Classical music, Finnish composer and choral conductor

23

Birth of Marek ChołoniewskiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish composer and music educator

25

Birth of Z. Randall StroopeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer

Death of Laura de TurczynowiczThat year: 1953, Classical music, operatic singer (born in 1878)

27

Eduard Künneke

Death of Eduard KünnekeThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer (b. 1885) (born in 1885)

Death of Zdzisław JachimeckiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish musicologist (born in 1882)

28

Death of Hisato OhzawaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1907)

29

William Kapell

Death of William KapellThat year: 1953, Classical music, American classical pianist and recording artist (1922-1953) (born in 1922)

30

Emmerich Kálmán

Death of Emmerich KálmánThat year: 1953, Classical music, Hungarian-born composer of operettas (born in 1882)

Death of Leonid KreutzerThat year: 1953, Classical music, German musician (born in 1884)

Birth of Kurt SchreibmayerThat year: 1953, Classical music, musician, opera singer

Also in October

Premiere of Winter Words, Op. 52That year: 1953, Classical music (Song, lied), Benjamin Britten .

November


03

Death of Bernhard BötelThat year: 1953, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1883)

Death of Heinz Förster-LudwigThat year: 1953, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1900)

04

Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Death of Elizabeth Sprague CoolidgeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician (born in 1864)

05

Birth of Hiroyuki YamaguchiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese violinist and concertmaster

06

Death of Ferdinand RebayThat year: 1953, Classical music, Classical music Austrian composer, musician (born in 1880)

Birth of Daniel SchweizerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Swiss conductor

Henry Crane Perrin

Death of Henry Crane PerrinThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

Death of John Parsons BeachThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

07

Birth of Hiroto YashimaThat year: 1953, Classical music, concertmaster, violinist

09

Death of Nelly MartylThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1884)

13

Death of Franz HöferThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)

18

Ruth Crawford Seeger

Death of Ruth Crawford SeegerThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer (1901-1953) (born in 1901)

Death of Lalla WiborgThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1869)

23

Birth of Johan de MeijThat year: 1953, Classical music, Dutch composer and conductor

Bernard Foccroulle

Birth of Bernard FoccroulleThat year: 1953, Classical music, Organist and composer

Death of Alexander BraginThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1881)

24

Jeff Manookian

Birth of Jeff ManookianThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2021)

Death of Alexander RussellThat year: 1953, Classical music, American organist (born in 1880)

26

Ivor Atkins

Death of Ivor AtkinsThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician (born in 1869)

29

Birth of Mariette KemmerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soprano singer, cellist

December


03

Premiere of String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83That year: 1953, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich

Death of Enrico PoloThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1868)

Birth of Ken HannafordThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

04

Daniel Gregory Mason

Death of Daniel Gregory MasonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer (born in 1873)

Death of Lydia KindermannThat year: 1953, Classical music, Argentinian singer (born in 1892)

06

Andrew Violette

Birth of Andrew VioletteThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

08

Death of Frederick RanalowThat year: 1953, Classical music, Irish opera singer and actor (born in 1873)

09

Death of Issay DobrowenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Composer and pianist (born in 1891)

Birth of Christopher RobsonThat year: 1953, Classical music, British singer

11

Albert Coates

Death of Albert CoatesThat year: 1953, Classical music, British conductor (born in 1882)

12

Frederick Thurston

Death of Frederick ThurstonThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician (born in 1901)

Birth of Christa RanacherThat year: 1953, Classical music, Austrian opera singer

14

Birth of René EespereThat year: 1953, Classical music, Estonian composer

15

Death of Kishio HiraoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1907)

16

Birth of Niels Johannes Legarth IversenThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

17

Premiere of Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93That year: 1953, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich

18

Birth of Amanda ThaneThat year: 1953, Classical music, Australian opera singer (dead in 2012)

Death of Gual't'er BosseThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet singer (born in 1877)

19

Birth of Sanford SylvanThat year: 1953, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2019)

Death of Adolf KrameničThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1889)

21

András Schiff

Birth of András SchiffThat year: 1953, Classical music, Hungarian-born British musician

Birth of Nadine SecundeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American opera soprano

24

Hans-Jürgen von Bose

Birth of Hans-Jürgen von BoseThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer

Birth of Naoki TsurusakiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer and cellist

Death of Leopold WellebaThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

26

Harry Christophers

Birth of Harry ChristophersThat year: 1953, Classical music, English conductor

27

Death of Józef TurczyńskiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1884)

28

Roberto Cacciapaglia

Birth of Roberto CacciapagliaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer


This was also in 1953

Birth of Michiko MatsuokaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer . Death of Alphonse G. J. MosmansThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1872). Inception: Toulouse Chamber OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music. Birth of Christoph SchoenerThat year: 1953, Classical music, German church musician, organist and director of church music . Death of Carlos de MesquitaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Brazilian pianist (born in 1864). Inception: Florida Symphony Youth OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Sudbury Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music (Canada). Birth of Kazuyoshi TanakaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese conductor . Birth of John MucciThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer . Death of Frank Edwin WardThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and organist (born in 1872). Death of Jacob Owen LongThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1876). Dissolution: RIAS KammerorchesterThat year: 1953, Classical music. Inception: Niš Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music. Inception: Academic Choral SocietyThat year: 1953, Classical music (Finland). Birth of Ömer YılmazThat year: 1953, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (dead in 2006). Birth of Márta GulyásThat year: 1953, Classical music, Hungarian pianist . Birth of Irvine ArdittiThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician . Inception: Allegri QuartetThat year: 1953, Classical music. Death of E. T. CookThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician (born in 1880). Death of Molly CarewThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1886). Birth of Robert MozesThat year: 1953, Classical music, Israeli violinist . Inception: China Broadcasting Chinese OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music (People's Republic of China). Birth of Paolo BeschiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian musician . Birth of Ola RudnerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Swedish conductor . Birth of Maria VenutiThat year: 1953, Classical music, American singer and opera singer . Inception: Ukrainian Dnipro Ensemble of EdmontonThat year: 1953, Classical music (Canada). Death of Moses MilnerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1886). Death of Henri GouardThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1875). Birth of Jeremy WhiteThat year: 1953, Classical music, English opera singer . Inception: Helsingin KamariorkesteriThat year: 1953, Classical music (Finland). Death of Jack GlogauThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1886). Birth of Jasun MartzThat year: 1953, Classical music, American artist . Inception: Concentus Musicus WienThat year: 1953, Classical music. Birth of Tarmo SildThat year: 1953, Classical music, Estonian opera singer . Birth of Anne FelbergThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer . Death of Grace Cleveland PorterThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1880). Inception: Zagreb SoloistsThat year: 1953, Classical music. Death of A. Cyril GrahamThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1878). Birth of Paul McGrawThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer . Death of Mariette MazarinThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1874). Death of Ary van LeeuwenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Dutch musician (1875-1953) (born in 1875). Birth of Walter SeyfarthThat year: 1953, Classical music . Birth of Charles NeidichThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician . Inauguration: National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of AlbaniaThat year: 1953, Classical music (Tirana, Albania). Birth of Nic RaineThat year: 1953, Classical music, British music arranger, conductor, composer . Birth of Alain MabitThat year: 1953, Classical music, French organist and composer . Inception: Southern California Mormon ChoirThat year: 1953, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Ralph EvansThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician . Inception: Kingston SymphonyThat year: 1953, Classical music (Canada). Inception: Santa Barbara Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Eli JaffeThat year: 1953, Classical music, Israeli composer . Birth of Taisto NoorThat year: 1953, Classical music, Estonian opera singer . Birth of Jerzy SwobodaThat year: 1953, Classical music, conductor . Inception: San Francisco Chamber OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Antonio IllersbergThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1882). Birth of Eduardo VillaThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician, singer and opera singer . Inception: Kammerorchester des Saarländischen RundfunksThat year: 1953, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Theodore CoresiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Romanian opera singer . Inception: Roanoke Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1953, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Magda GaboryThat year: 1953, Classical music, (1915-?) opera and operetta singer (born in 1915). Death of Józef FurmanikThat year: 1953, Classical music, organist (born in 1867). Death of Norman CockerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Organist and composer (born in 1889). Birth of Jan CaeyersThat year: 1953, Classical music, Belgian conductor, musicologist and music pedagogue . Birth of Đặng Hữu PhúcThat year: 1953, Classical music, Vietnamese Composer . Birth of Raphael WallfischThat year: 1953, Classical music, British cellist . Birth of Adrian LeaperThat year: 1953, Classical music, British conductor .

Works (composition or publishing)
  • Igor Stravinsky (age 71)
    • Septet (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • 3 Songs from William Shakespeare (Song, lied)
    • Concertino for small ensemble (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Sergei Prokofiev (age 62)
    • The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118That year: 1953, Classical music (Ballet)
    • The Mistress of Copper Mountain, Op. 129That year: 1953, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
    • Piano Concerto No. 6 for 2 pianos and string orchestra, Op. 133 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Piano Sonata No. 10 in E minor, Op. 137 (Work for soloist)
    • Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major, Op. 135 (Work for soloist)
    • Sonata for cello, Op. 134 (Work for soloist)
  • Arthur Honegger (age 61)
    • Symphony No. 5 in D, “Di tre re”That year: 1953, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1950
    • Christmas CantataThat year: 1953, Classical music (Incidental music)
    • Romance for flute and piano in G minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Darius Milhaud (age 61)
    • Symphony No. 5, Op. 322 (Work for orchestra)
    • Concerto, Op. 323 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Winter Concertino, Op. 327 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Sonatina for violin and cello, Op. 324 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • David, Op. 320 (Opera)
    • Le dibbouk, Op. 329 (Music for radio)
    • Samaël, Op. 321 (Music for radio)
    • Ouverture méditerranéenne, Op. 330 (Work for orchestra)
    • Suite campagnarde, Op. 329 (Work for orchestra)
  • Carl Orff (age 58)
    • Trionfo di AfroditeThat year: 1953, Classical music (Work for choir)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 56)
    • Sonnet for Vienna, Op. 41 (Song, lied)
    • Straussiana (Work for orchestra)
    • Theme and Variations, Op. 42 (Work for orchestra)
  • Francis Poulenc (age 54)
    • Sonata for 2 pianos, Op. 156 (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Aaron Copland (age 53)
    • Arrangement of Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (Work for soloist)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (age 47)
    • Greek Songs (Song, lied)
    • Concertino for 2 pianos in A minor, Op. 94 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Suite from The Unforgettable Year 1919, Op. 89a (Work for orchestra)
  • Samuel Barber (age 43)
    • Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a (Work for orchestra), published in 1955
    • Hermit Songs, Opp. 29 (Song, lied)
  • Henri Dutilleux (age 37)
    • Le Loup (Ballet)
  • Iannis Xenakis (age 31)
    • Anastenaria: Procession aux eaux claires (Work for choir), published in 1954
    • Anastenaria: Le sacrifice (Work for orchestra)
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 25)
    • Study I, Op. 3/I (Electroacoustic music)
    • Counter-Points, Op. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1952

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