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  2. History: That year
  3. 1954

The year 1954 in classical music and in lyrical art

1954. With other artists, Dmitri Shostakovich, Arturo Toscanini and Theodor W. Adorno influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Charles Ives. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Barber of Seville” de Gioachino Rossini, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1954 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 370 of these moments for 1954.

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1954

modern & contemporary era

January


04

Peter Seiffert

Birth of Peter SeiffertThat year: 1954, Classical music, German opera singer

05

Birth of Katalin FarkasThat year: 1954, Classical music, (1954--) opera singer; voice teacher

06

Death of Albert KunzeThat year: 1954, Classical music, German author and opera singer (born in 1872)

07

Birth of José María VitierThat year: 1954, Classical music, Cuban composer

10

Death of Fred RaymondThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1900)

Birth of KimeraThat year: 1954, Classical music, South Korean singer

11

Oscar Straus

Death of Oscar StrausThat year: 1954, Classical music, Viennese composer (born in 1870)

13

Birth of Bruno CoulaisThat year: 1954, Classical music, French composer

Death of Roland DiggleThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1885)

18

Death of Herbert HeynerThat year: 1954, Classical music, British singer (born in 1881)

19

Death of Clémentine de VèreThat year: 1954, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1864)

Birth of Rémi GousseauThat year: 1954, Classical music, French conductor

20

Birth of Anders LoguinThat year: 1954, Classical music, Swedish percussionist (1954-2011) (dead in 2011)

Death of Frederick William HollowayThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)

23

Birth of Peter MikulášThat year: 1954, Classical music, Slovak bass singer

Birth of Aleksandr RyazanovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Soviet Russian oboist

24

Death of Mikhail KrasevThat year: 1954, Classical music, Soviet composer (1897-1954) (born in 1897)

25

Birth of Jan SandströmThat year: 1954, Classical music, Swedish composer

Death of Yvonne de TrévilleThat year: 1954, Classical music, American coloratura soprano singer (born in 1881)

28

Birth of Cristian CaramanThat year: 1954, Classical music, Romanian opera singer

29

Birth of Raili ViljakainenThat year: 1954, Classical music, Finnish opera singer

30

Birth of Jochen KowalskiThat year: 1954, Classical music, German opera singer

February


02

Paul O'Dette

Birth of Paul O'DetteThat year: 1954, Classical music, American lutenist

03

Death of Johanne BrunThat year: 1954, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1874)

04

Death of Václav VačkářThat year: 1954, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1881)

05

Death of Vittorio GnecchiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1876)

06

Death of Paul Shearer AlthouseThat year: 1954, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1889)

08

Death of Katinka StormThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1887)

13

Birth of Tibor KocsákThat year: 1954, Classical music, Hungarian composer

15

Death of Erik WirlThat year: 1954, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1884)

16

Birth of Gloria BanditelliThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Vjekoslav Rosenberg-RužićThat year: 1954, Classical music, Croatian music teacher and composer (born in 1870)

Birth of Pierre RoullierThat year: 1954, Classical music, French conductor

20

Death of Nancy McIntoshThat year: 1954, Classical music, American singer and actress (1866-1954) (born in 1866)

23

Birth of Benedict MasonThat year: 1954, Classical music, British composer

24

Gregory Kunde

Birth of Gregory KundeThat year: 1954, Classical music, American baritenor

Death of Leopold KovačThat year: 1954, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (born in 1887)

25

Birth of Andrew MarrinerThat year: 1954, Classical music, British musician

27

Alan Oke

Birth of Alan OkeThat year: 1954, Classical music, British opera singer

28

Birth of Suzana FrashëriThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

March


01

Birth of Lorraine Hunt LiebersonThat year: 1954, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (dead in 2006)

Birth of José Ramón EncinarThat year: 1954, Classical music, conductor, composer

Death of Kennedy RussellThat year: 1954, Classical music, British composer of film scores (born in 1883)

Death of Mabel Wood HillThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)

03

Birth of Arturo RodasThat year: 1954, Classical music, Ecuadorian composer

Death of Léo LèmpèrsThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

04

Noel Gay

Death of Noel GayThat year: 1954, Classical music, British composer (born in 1898)

Birth of Bjørn Norvall HoemsnesThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

05

Birth of Jack StampThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer

06

Death of Louis ZimmermanThat year: 1954, Classical music, Dutch concertmaster (1873-1954) (born in 1873)

11

Birth of David NewmanThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

Death of Gino VisonàThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1880)

12

Premiere of Moses and AaronThat year: 1954, Classical music (Opera), Arnold Schoenberg

Birth of Inese GalanteThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer

Birth of Marit SauramoThat year: 1954, Classical music, Finnish singer and opera singer

Birth of Aage DedekamThat year: 1954, Classical music, Norwegian scenographer

14

Death of Zdenka HanfstaenglThat year: 1954, Classical music, German opera singer and singer (born in 1879)

Birth of Jean-Marc SingierThat year: 1954, Classical music, French composer

Birth of Phillip JollThat year: 1954, Classical music, Welsh operatic baritone

15

Birth of Isobel BuchananThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer

16

Death of Tenna KraftThat year: 1954, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1885)

17

Birth of Norbert Walter PetersThat year: 1954, Classical music, German composer

Birth of Michael HovakimyanThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Ignác HändlThat year: 1954, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1889)

19

Walter Braunfels

Death of Walter BraunfelsThat year: 1954, Classical music, German composer, pianist, and music educator (born in 1882)

21

J. Stuart Archer

Death of J. Stuart ArcherThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)

24

Death of Harry Lawrence FreemanThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer (born in 1869)

26

Louis Silvers

Death of Louis SilversThat year: 1954, Classical music, Film composer (born in 1889)

Birth of Antonio LottiThat year: 1954, Classical music, lyric singing, opera singer (dead in 2006)

27

Death of George Herbert FaircloughThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

31

Birth of Dénes GulyásThat year: 1954, Classical music, Hungarian politician

Also in March

Birth of Marc GiaconeThat year: 1954, Classical music, Monegasque composer . Death of Jean Joseph Jacques JemainThat year: 1954, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1864) .

April


01

Birth of Armando GamaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Portuguese singer

Birth of Marc GrauwelsThat year: 1954, Classical music, Belgian musician

02

Birth of Agnes HaberederThat year: 1954, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator

05

Death of Claude DelvincourtThat year: 1954, Classical music, French composer (born in 1888)

08

Death of Fritzi ScheffThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian-American opera singer and actress (1879-1954) (born in 1879)

Death of Edwin GrasseThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician (born in 1884)

13

Birth of Aleksandr TitovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Russian conductor

14

Death of Artur de Udaeta i CàrdenasThat year: 1954, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1876-1954) (born in 1876)

15

Death of Arthur FickenscherThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer (born in 1871)

Ernesto Ferreri

Birth of Ernesto FerreriThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

16

Birth of Lidiya SizenyovaThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Wolfgang MillgrammThat year: 1954, Classical music, German singer

18

Birth of Robert GreenbergThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer

19

Birth of Aleksandr MorozovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer

21

Death of Elvira GalassiThat year: 1954, Classical music, sopran (1883 - 1954) (born in 1883)

24

Death of Mikhail StarokadomskyThat year: 1954, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator (1901-1954) (born in 1901)

26

Nikolaĭ Putilin

Birth of Nikolaĭ PutilinThat year: 1954, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer

27

Death of Torsten RalfThat year: 1954, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1901)

Birth of Julio A. BuenoThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

Death of Cedric Wilmot LemontThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)

28

Birth of Michael DaughertyThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer, pianist, and teacher

29

Masaaki Suzuki

Birth of Masaaki SuzukiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Japanese organist, harpsichordist and conductor

30

Birth of Wiesław ChorosińskiThat year: 1954, Classical music, conductor, violist

May


02

Elliot Goldenthal

Birth of Elliot GoldenthalThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer

04

Birth of Ryan CayabyabThat year: 1954, Classical music, Filipino musician

09

Birth of Lawrence DuttonThat year: 1954, Classical music, American music educator and violist

Birth of Gabriela KrčkováThat year: 1954, Classical music, oboist, music pedagogue, illustrator

Birth of Fortunat FrölichThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer, music arranger, instrumentalist, singer

10

Carroll Gibbons

Death of Carroll GibbonsThat year: 1954, Classical music, American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer who made his career primarily in England (born in 1903)

11

Judith Weir

Birth of Judith WeirThat year: 1954, Classical music, British composer

14

Birth of Virginia KerrThat year: 1954, Classical music, Irish opera singer

16

Clemens Krauss

Death of Clemens KraussThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian conductor (born in 1893)

19

Charles Ives

Death of Charles IvesThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer (born in 1874)

21

Death of Noël DarrosThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)

23

Birth of Paolo OlmiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian musician and conductor

28

Birth of Youri EgorovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 1988)

Death of Achille LongoThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1900)

29

Birth of Elisabeth von MagnusThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian classical singer

Birth of Robert BeaserThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician

30

Birth of Marco TutinoThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian composer

Death of Anna El-TourThat year: 1954, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1886)

June


10

Death of Léonce de Saint-MartinThat year: 1954, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1886)

Death of Will RossiterThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

13

Death of Nikolai ObukhovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1892)

Death of Nikolay ObukhovThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1892)

14

Death of Roberta Dodd CrawfordThat year: 1954, Classical music, American opera singer (1897-1954) (born in 1897)

Birth of Yosif FeigelsonThat year: 1954, Classical music, Concert cellist

19

Birth of Anders AnderssonThat year: 1954, Classical music, Swedish singer

22

Birth of Joseph-François KremerThat year: 1954, Classical music, French musician

25

Death of Ina BourskayaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Ukrainian-born American opera singer (born in 1886)

26

Birth of Dominique PreschezThat year: 1954, Classical music, French organist, pianist, composer, poet and writer

27

Francis Casadesus

Death of Francis CasadesusThat year: 1954, Classical music, French conductor, composer, music critic and music educator (born in 1870)

Death of Ferenc SzékelyhidyThat year: 1954, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1885)

28

Death of Miguel VillabellaThat year: 1954, Classical music, b. 1892-01-01 d. 1954-06-28 Fach: ["Lyric"] (born in 1892)

29

Birth of Marcello ViottiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1954-2005) (dead in 2005)

30

Stephen Barlow

Birth of Stephen BarlowThat year: 1954, Classical music, British musician

July


02

Birth of Martin RennertThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician

06

Death of Adelina AgostinelliThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1882)

07

Death of Louis de SandeThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1887)

11

Birth of Nancy AllenThat year: 1954, Classical music, American harpist

13

Death of Anton ArnoldThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1881)

16

Birth of Miquel Roger CasamadaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Spanish music producer, teaching and composer (dead in 2017)

Death of Lucien MuratoreThat year: 1954, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1876)

18

Tobias Picker

Birth of Tobias PickerThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer

19

Jean Roger-Ducasse

Death of Jean Roger-DucasseThat year: 1954, Classical music, French composer (born in 1873)

21

Birth of Gaetane ProuvostThat year: 1954, Classical music, French violinist

22

Death of Konstantin SaradzhevThat year: 1954, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1877)

23

Birth of Susan DunnThat year: 1954, Classical music, American singer

24

Death of Lambert MurphyThat year: 1954, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1885)

25

Birth of Cornelius HirschThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

27

Diran Alexanian

Death of Diran AlexanianThat year: 1954, Classical music, Armenian cello teacher (born in 1881)

31

Death of Erkki EirtoThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1907)

August


01

Conrad Thibault

Death of Conrad ThibaultThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer (born in 1903)

02

René Amengual

Death of René AmengualThat year: 1954, Classical music, Chilean composer (born in 1911)

06

Birth of Sigurður BragasonThat year: 1954, Classical music, Icelandic baritone

Birth of José Candela CastilloThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

08

Death of Gino TagliapietraThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer (born in 1887)

10

Birth of Eliot FiskThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician

12

Death of Marcel CourtonneThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)

13

Death of Hermann Wolfgang von WaltershausenThat year: 1954, Classical music, German composer (born in 1882)

Death of Dimitrios Constantine DounisThat year: 1954, Classical music, Greek violinist (born in 1886)

Death of Pauline JoranThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer (1870-1954) (born in 1870)

Constantin Nicholas Shvedoff

Death of Constantin Nicholas ShvedoffThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)

22

Birth of Gary KuleshaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Canadian composer

24

Death of Robert TalbotThat year: 1954, Classical music, Canadian conductor, violinist and composer (born in 1893)

25

Birth of Șerban NichiforThat year: 1954, Classical music, Romanian composer, cellist and music educator

31

Birth of Juan VasleThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

September


03

Birth of Bernard SoustrotThat year: 1954, Classical music, French trumpeter

04

Death of Hubert MoutonThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)

07

Birth of Sergio RendineThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian composer

Birth of Robert AldridgeThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer

09

Alfred Gradstein

Death of Alfred GradsteinThat year: 1954, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1904)

10

Death of Peter AndersThat year: 1954, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1908)

11

Licinio Refice

Death of Licinio ReficeThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian composer and priest (born in 1883)

12

Birth of Zbigniew MaciasThat year: 1954, Classical music, Polish actor and singer

14

Premiere of The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54That year: 1954, Classical music (Opera), Benjamin Britten

15

Birth of Daniela OpravilováThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

16

Birth of Masahiko EnkōjiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Japanese conductor

Death of Sheung Hoi-MuiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Cantonese opera actor (born in 1909)

17

Birth of Joël-François DurandThat year: 1954, Classical music, French composer

19

Tibor Harsányi

Death of Tibor HarsányiThat year: 1954, Classical music, French musician and composer; born in Hungary (born in 1898)

Birth of Mikel DeanThat year: 1954, Classical music, American baritone (dead in 2008)

Birth of Carter BreyThat year: 1954, Classical music, American cello virtuoso

24

Death of Arthur SizemoreThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1891)

26

Birth of Shigenori KudōThat year: 1954, Classical music, flautist

27

Dmitry Sitkovetsky

Birth of Dmitry SitkovetskyThat year: 1954, Classical music, Soviet-Russian born classical violinist and conductor, born 1954.

Birth of Gilles GobeilThat year: 1954, Classical music, Canadian composer

Birth of Bernadette Manca di NissaThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Sigmund MatuszewskiThat year: 1954, Classical music, German singer (born in 1888)

29

Birth of Tito Marcos CrehuetThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

October


01

Ronald Brautigam

Birth of Ronald BrautigamThat year: 1954, Classical music, Dutch musician

Birth of Alan HolleyThat year: 1954, Classical music, Australian composer

Death of Josef TurnauThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1888)

02

Birth of Shizuka IshikawaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Japanese violinist

03

En Shao

Birth of En ShaoThat year: 1954, Classical music, Chinese conductor

05

Flor Alpaerts

Death of Flor AlpaertsThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer, conductor, pedagogue (born in 1876)

Death of Rose FéartThat year: 1954, Classical music, French singer (born in 1878)

06

Death of Hakon BørresenThat year: 1954, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1876)

07

Birth of Merja WirkkalaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Finnish opera singer

08

Birth of Carl VineThat year: 1954, Classical music, Australian composer

Birth of David SnowThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer

10

Birth of Kim Hong-jaeThat year: 1954, Classical music, Korean musician

13

Death of František BabušekThat year: 1954, Classical music, conductor, composer (born in 1905)

19

Angela Feeney

Birth of Angela FeeneyThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer

23

Birth of Hedwig FassbenderThat year: 1954, Classical music, German opera singer and academic voice teacher

27

Franco Alfano

Death of Franco AlfanoThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian composer and pianist (born in 1875)

31

Death of Josef František MunclingerThat year: 1954, Classical music, Czech music educator, opera singer and director (born in 1888)

Death of Armando BiniThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1887)

November


02

Birth of Marie McLaughlinThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer

03

Death of Jean PérierThat year: 1954, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1869)

Siegfried Mauser

Birth of Siegfried MauserThat year: 1954, Classical music, German musician

04

Death of Vincenzo BettoniThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1881)

05

Premiere of The Fiery Angel, Op. 37That year: 1954, Classical music (Opera), Sergei Prokofiev

Birth of Geoffrey TozerThat year: 1954, Classical music, Australian pianist (dead in 2009)

06

Birth of Youngmi KimThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer

08

Birth of Pedro VilarroigThat year: 1954, Classical music, Spanish composer and mining engineer

Birth of Jadwiga Teresa StępieńThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer, opera singer

09

Birth of Mette EjsingThat year: 1954, Classical music, Danish opera singer

10

Premiere of Die stumme Serenade, Op. 36That year: 1954, Classical music (Opera), Erich Wolfgang Korngold

11

J. Rosamond Johnson

Death of J. Rosamond JohnsonThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician (born in 1873)

12

Death of Madame RasimiThat year: 1954, Classical music, French actor (born in 1874)

15

Birth of Kim Jung-sookThat year: 1954, Classical music, Classical singer, First Lady of South Korea

16

Donald Runnicles

Birth of Donald RunniclesThat year: 1954, Classical music, Scottish conductor

21

Karol Rathaus

Death of Karol RathausThat year: 1954, Classical music, German-Austrian composer (born in 1895)

22

Birth of Louis OteyThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer, singer

23

Martin Haselböck

Birth of Martin HaselböckThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian musical director

24

Death of Israel AmterThat year: 1954, Classical music, Marxist politician and founding member of the Communist Party USA (born in 1881)

27

Steven Banks

Birth of Steven BanksThat year: 1954, Classical music, American actor

30

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Death of Wilhelm FurtwänglerThat year: 1954, Classical music, German conductor and composer (born in 1886)

Birth of Juandalynn R. AbernathyThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Also in November

Birth of Wei SongThat year: 1954, Classical music, Chinese opera singer .

December


03

Enrique Soro Barriga

Death of Enrique Soro BarrigaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Chilean composer (born in 1884)

04

Frank Frysinger

Death of Frank FrysingerThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

06

Beat Furrer

Birth of Beat FurrerThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor

07

Birth of Mohammad ShamsThat year: 1954, Classical music, Iranian musician

Birth of Francesco NicolosiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian musician

13

Death of Raymond HubbellThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer (born in 1879)

14

Death of Sergei ProtopopovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Russian avant-garde composer and music theorist (born in 1893)

Birth of Nina PavlovskiThat year: 1954, Classical music, Danish opera singer

15

Patrick Bismuth

Birth of Patrick BismuthThat year: 1954, Classical music, French violinist, conductor

16

Birth of Marco FrisinaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian priest and composer

Birth of Timothy SullivanThat year: 1954, Classical music, Canadian composer

Birth of Nikolaj GiljovThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer

17

Death of Georg OegglThat year: 1954, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1900)

19

Birth of Nikolaj AnoshkinThat year: 1954, Classical music, musician, teacher, artist

20

Birth of Trond Halstein MoeThat year: 1954, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer

Birth of Milena MoračaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Slovene opera singer

21

Death of Hermann WunschThat year: 1954, Classical music, German composer (born in 1884)

22

Birth of Jean RigbyThat year: 1954, Classical music, English mezzo-soprano

24

Birth of Pino De VittorioThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian actor

Karla Burns

Birth of Karla BurnsThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer

25

Death of Rosario ScaleroThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1870)

Birth of Hasan Hüseyin YılmazThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer

26

Patrick Fournillier

Birth of Patrick FournillierThat year: 1954, Classical music, French conductor

29

Death of Bolesław Fotygo-FolańskiThat year: 1954, Classical music, director, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1883)

30

Roberto Abbado

Birth of Roberto AbbadoThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian conductor

Birth of Sebastião TeixeiraThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer, opera singer

31

Death of Peter van AnrooyThat year: 1954, Classical music, Dutch composer and conductor (born in 1879)


This was also in 1954

Death of Olive Dame CampbellThat year: 1954, Classical music, American folklorist (born in 1882). Inauguration: Camden FestivalThat year: 1954, Classical music (London, United Kingdom). Death of Edward MatthewsThat year: 1954, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1904). Inception: Gächinger KantoreiThat year: 1954, Classical music (Germany). Birth of David GarnerThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer . Birth of Michael Barry WolfThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Paul BeierThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Lutz GlandienThat year: 1954, Classical music, German musician, composer . Inception: Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard UniversityThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Juliette Simon-GirardThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer (born in 1859). Birth of Pascale CritonThat year: 1954, Classical music, French composer . Birth of Marc GrivelThat year: 1954, Classical music, French composer . Inception: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São PauloThat year: 1954, Classical music (Brazil). Birth of Jonathan BergerThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer . Birth of Tamás Gyarmati TóthThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer . Death of Paul HungarThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1887). Dissolution: NBC Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Thomas JennefeltThat year: 1954, Classical music, Swedish composer . Birth of John MustoThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer . Death of Ernesto DominiciThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1893). Birth of Colette MoureyThat year: 1954, Classical music, French musician . Death of John T. HallThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1875). Birth of Ronald ThomasThat year: 1954, Classical music, American cellist . Birth of Leo van DoeselaarThat year: 1954, Classical music, Dutch classical organist and conductor . Birth of Michel MichalakakosThat year: 1954, Classical music, violist . Birth of Hee Cheol KimThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (dead in 2018). Death of Lydia UlukhanovaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (born in 1879). Birth of Evelyn TubbThat year: 1954, Classical music, singer . Birth of Tamás DarócziThat year: 1954, Classical music, Hungarian singer . Death of Emil Václav MüllerThat year: 1954, Classical music, Czech Esperantist and composer (born in 1887). Birth of Marietta SimpsonThat year: 1954, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1954-) . Birth of Maroochy BarambahThat year: 1954, Classical music, Australian Aboriginal mezzo-soprano singer . Inception: Pirin Folk EnsembleThat year: 1954, Classical music. Death of Antonio ModarelliThat year: 1954, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1894). Inception: Cappella ColoniensisThat year: 1954, Classical music. Birth of Iosefa EnariThat year: 1954, Classical music, New Zealand singer (dead in 2000). Birth of Mikhail PetukhovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Soviet composer and pianist . Inception: UgnelėThat year: 1954, Classical music. Birth of Jeffrey GriceThat year: 1954, Classical music, New Zealand musician . Birth of Frederick BianchiThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer . Inception: Boston CamerataThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Hiroko NodaThat year: 1954, Classical music, Japanese opera singer . Inception: Lyric Opera of ChicagoThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Missoula Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Janáček Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1954, Classical music. Death of Alessandro DolciThat year: 1954, Classical music, Italian tenor (born in 1887). Death of Frederick KeelThat year: 1954, Classical music, British singer-songwriter (born in 1871). Birth of Nikolay GorbunovThat year: 1954, Classical music, musician . Death of Margarita Rioli-SlovtsovaThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1892). Death of Henri Maurice JacquetThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1885). Birth of Hannu NiemeläThat year: 1954, Classical music, Finnish opera singer . Birth of Clare ShoreThat year: 1954, Classical music, Mezzo-soprano, conductor and composer . Inception: Brevard Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Rose Fenimore GaynorThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1884). Birth of Valentin JarThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer, musician . Death of Harold Osborn SmithThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1880). Death of Nat OsborneThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1878). Death of Harry DouglasThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1882). Birth of Tatyana BulgakovaThat year: 1954, Classical music, conductor, music pedagogue, choir director, singer . Death of Henry SarlyThat year: 1954, Classical music, Belgian composer (1883-1954) (born in 1883). Inauguration: Lyric Opera of ChicagoThat year: 1954, Classical music (Chicago, United States of America). Birth of Gail SteinerThat year: 1954, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1999). Birth of Paul DirmeikisThat year: 1954, Classical music, American composer . Birth of Peter KooyThat year: 1954, Classical music, Dutch bass singer . Inception: Brooklyn PhilharmonicThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of David DaviesThat year: 1954, Classical music, British flautist, conductor and composer, born 1954 . Death of Arthur L. BrownThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1877). Birth of Jassi ZahharovThat year: 1954, Classical music, Estonian opera singer . Death of Paula von HentkeThat year: 1954, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1900). Inception: Augusta Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of James MaddalenaThat year: 1954, Classical music, American opera singer . Inception: Symphony of Northwest ArkansasThat year: 1954, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Steve DukeThat year: 1954, Classical music, American musician . Inauguration: Cork International Choral FestivalThat year: 1954, Classical music (Cork, Ireland). Inauguration: Opera KrakowskaThat year: 1954, Classical music (Kraków, Poland). Birth of Niels EjeThat year: 1954, Classical music, Danish musician . Birth of Rolf-Peter WilleThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer . Death of André Coedès-MonginThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1871). Death of André IlliashenkoThat year: 1954, Classical music, composer (born in 1884). Inception: Festival Singers of CanadaThat year: 1954, Classical music.

Works (composition or publishing)
  • Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
    • The Barber of SevilleThat year: 1954, Classical music (Opera), published in 1815
  • Igor Stravinsky (age 72)
    • In Memoriam Dylan Thomas (Song, lied)
  • Darius Milhaud (age 62)
    • Quintet No. 3, Op. 325 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Sonatina for oboe and piano, Op. 337 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Ils étaient tous des volontaires, Op. 336 (Film score)
    • La rivière endormie (Electroacoustic music)
    • Saül, Op. 334 (Incidental music)
    • Étude poétique, Op. 333 (Electroacoustic music)
    • Musique de théâtre, Op. 334b (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Hymne de glorification, Op. 331 (Work for soloist)
    • Caprice, Danse, Églogue, Op. 335 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Le château de feu, Op. 338 (Work for choir)
    • 3 Psaumes de David, Opp. 339 (Work for choir)
    • West Point Suite, Op. 313 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Suite cisalpine sur des airs populaires piémontais, Op. 332 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
  • Carl Orff (age 59)
    • Orff SchulwerkThat year: 1954, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Francis Poulenc (age 55)
    • Bucolique, Op. 160 (Work for orchestra)
    • Parisiana, Opp. 157 (Song, lied)
    • Rosemonde, Op. 158 (Song, lied)
  • Aaron Copland (age 54)
    • The Tender Land (Opera)
    • Dirge in the Woods (Song, lied)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (age 48)
    • Festive Overture, Op. 96That year: 1954, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
    • Hamlet (Incidental music)
    • Song of the Great Rivers, Op. 95 (Film score)
    • October Dawn (Song, lied)
    • Pendozalis, Greek Song (Song, lied)
    • There Were Kisses, Op. 98a (Song, lied)
    • 5 Romances, Opp. 98 (Song, lied)
  • Olivier Messiaen (age 46)
    • CantéyodjayâThat year: 1954, Classical music (Work for soloist)
  • Samuel Osborne Barber (age 44)
    • Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30 (Work for choir)
  • Benjamin Britten (age 41)
    • Still Falls the Rain (Canticle III), Op. 55 (Song, lied), published in 1956
    • Symphonic Suite, Op. 53a, “Gloriana” (Work for orchestra)
  • Henri Dutilleux (age 38)
    • Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou (Song, lied)
  • Iannis Xenakis (age 32)
    • Metastaseis (Work for orchestra)
    • Anastenaria: Procession aux eaux claires (Work for choir), composed in 1953
  • Pierre Boulez (age 29)
    • Le Marteau sans maître (Work for choir)
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 26)
    • Study II, Op. 3/II (Electroacoustic music)

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