The year 1955 in classical music and in lyrical art
1955. With other artists, Aram Khachaturian, Pau Casals and Arturo Toscanini influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Yo-Yo Ma, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77” 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 1955 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 320 of these moments for 1955.
1955, from day to day
January
01
Death of Joseph DisclezThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1888)
04
Birth of Kazuoki FujiiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese composer and pianist
Death of François RasseThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)
05
Birth of Kazuki SawaThat year: 1955, Classical music, violinist, concertmaster
06
Death of Grigori Abramowitsch KreinThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)
Birth of Virginia DavidsThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer
09
Birth of Jan JirásekThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech composer
Birth of Ragnhild GrovenThat year: 1955, Classical music, Norwegian singer and teacher
11
Death of Minpei SonoyamaThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1887)
14
Death of Miroslav KubíčekThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1919)
15
Birth of Joel QuarringtonThat year: 1955, Classical music, Canadian musician
19
Birth of Simon RattleThat year: 1955, Classical music, British conductor
23
Birth of John Graham-HallThat year: 1955, Classical music, musician, singer, performing artist
Death of Giuseppe PrestiniThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)
27
Death of Peter LordmannThat year: 1955, Classical music, German singer (born in 1874)
28
Birth of Mark van PlatenThat year: 1955, Classical music, Dutch composer, conductor and pianist
29
Death of Sakari AbeThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1905)
February
06
Death of Aryeh Friedman-LvovThat year: 1955, Classical music, Israeli singer (born in 1884)
10
Birth of Shigeki NishiokaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese choir director
12
Birth of Paata BurchuladzeThat year: 1955, Classical music, Georgian bass
13
Death of Viktor DalnokiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Hungarian singer and director (1866-1955) (born in 1866)
Death of Wacław BrzezińskiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1878)
Birth of Luis Ignacio Marín GarcíaThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
14
Death of Charles CuvillierThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer (born in 1877)
15
Birth of Donna BrownThat year: 1955, Classical music, French/Canadian opera soprano
20
Birth of Karmella TsepkolenkoThat year: 1955, Classical music, Ukrainian composer
22
Death of Maria CapuanaThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1891)
25
Birth of Irina Viktorovna TseslukevichThat year: 1955, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer, music educator (dead in 2015)
26
Birth of Michael BöhmThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer
March
02
Birth of Oliver von DohnányiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech conductor
05
Birth of Sarah RiceThat year: 1955, Classical music, American actress
07
Birth of Michael ChanceThat year: 1955, Classical music, British opera singer
08
Death of Wilhelm BirrenkovenThat year: 1955, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1865)
09
Death of Louie RenéThat year: 1955, Classical music, British opera singer and actress (born in 1872)
11
Birth of Frances GinsbergThat year: 1955, Classical music, American opera soprano (dead in 2010)
13
Birth of John HackettThat year: 1955, Classical music, British musician
Birth of Felix Joseph CeunenThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
16
Birth of Atie BernetThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
23
Birth of Bożena KiełbińskaThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer
24
Birth of Charlotte MargionoThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer
Birth of Thierry AllaThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer, musicologist, professeur des universités
26
Birth of János TóthThat year: 1955, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
Death of Ossian FrumerieThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1896)
30
Death of Alfredo CuscinàThat year: 1955, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1881)
31
Birth of Robert GambillThat year: 1955, Classical music, American singer
April
06
Death of Jane VieuThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer (born in 1871)
08
Death of Al PiantadosiThat year: 1955, Classical music, American musician (born in 1884)
09
Birth of Uli SchauerteThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
Death of Anna RichtrováThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1904)
10
Death of Oskar LindbergThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swedish composer, church musician, teacher and professor (born in 1887)
11
Death of Leo SchrattenholzThat year: 1955, Classical music, German composer and music educator (born in 1872)
Birth of Anders LorentzsonThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer
12
Death of W. H. AndersonThat year: 1955, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1882)
13
Death of Davida Afzelius-BohlinThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1866)
19
Death of Suleyman MansurovThat year: 1955, Classical music, researcher (born in 1872)
21
Birth of Ken TakasekiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese conductor
Birth of Rolf NykmarkThat year: 1955, Classical music, Norwegian singer and conductor
22
Birth of Gérard PapeThat year: 1955, Classical music, American composer
26
Birth of Gisele Ben-DorThat year: 1955, Classical music, American conductor
28
Death of Otakar ZítekThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech composer and director (born in 1892)
29
Birth of Mikhaïl FaermanThat year: 1955, Classical music, Russian musician
Birth of Gino QuilicoThat year: 1955, Classical music, Canadian opera singer
30
Birth of Vladimir TarnopolskyThat year: 1955, Classical music, Russian composer
May
02
Death of Tadeusz JareckiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1889)
03
Birth of Stefan DahlbergThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swedish opera singer
04
Death of George EnescuThat year: 1955, Classical music, Romanian composer (born in 1881)
05
Birth of Emil KleinThat year: 1955, Classical music, Romanian conductor (dead in 2004)
08
Birth of Denys BoulianeThat year: 1955, Classical music, Canadian composer
Death of Aline SandenThat year: 1955, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1879)
09
Birth of Anne Sofie von OtterThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swedish mezzo-soprano
Birth of Juan Antonio PedrosaThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
10
Birth of Shōji TakashimaThat year: 1955, Classical music, choir director, conductor
12
Death of Nicholas DoutyThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
17
Death of Francesco Balilla PratellaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1880)
Birth of Pat IrwinThat year: 1955, Classical music, American musician
Death of Juozas BieliūnasThat year: 1955, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1890)
19
Death of Tadeusz SygietyńskiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1896)
20
Birth of Zbigniew PreisnerThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish composer
21
Birth of Juha KotilainenThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer, musician
25
Death of Conrad ArnesenThat year: 1955, Classical music, Norwegian actor and opera singer (born in 1891)
27
Birth of Dieter LehnhoffThat year: 1955, Classical music, Guatemalan composer
Birth of Thorsten SchmidtThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
29
Birth of Pascal DusapinThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer
31
Birth of Naomi MunakataThat year: 1955, Classical music, Brazilian conductor (dead in 2020)
Death of Raoul GunsbourgThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera director, impresario, composer and writer (born in 1859)
Birth of Bruce AdolpheThat year: 1955, Classical music, Composer, author, scholar
June
02
Birth of Michel DalbertoThat year: 1955, Classical music, French pianist
Death of Federico Casal MartínezThat year: 1955, Classical music, historian, procurador de los tribunales, composer (born in 1867)
03
Death of Marcel WittrischThat year: 1955, Classical music, German operatic tenor (born in 1901)
05
Birth of Shinobu SatoThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese classical musician
08
Birth of Yuri KasparovThat year: 1955, Classical music, Armenian composer
Death of Franz OsbornThat year: 1955, Classical music, German pianist (1905-1955) (born in 1905)
11
Death of Marcel Samuel-RousseauThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer, organist and opera director (1882-1955) (born in 1882)
Birth of Milagro VargasThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer
14
Birth of Boiko ZvetanovThat year: 1955, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer
17
Death of John Lionel GoldenThat year: 1955, Classical music, American playwright (1874-1955) (born in 1874)
18
Death of Willy BurkhardThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swiss composer (1900-1955) (born in 1900)
Premiere of Le Marteau sans maîtreThat year: 1955, Classical music (Work for choir), Pierre Boulez
Birth of Albin FriesThat year: 1955, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist
20
Death of Janina Korolewicz-WaydowaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1876)
22
Birth of Egidijus MažintasThat year: 1955, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
28
Birth of Thomas HampsonThat year: 1955, Classical music, American lyric baritone
Death of Göta LjungbergThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swedish soprano (born in 1893)
Death of Alexandr PodaševskýThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (born in 1884)
Also in June
Birth of Nigel KeayThat year: 1955, Classical music, New Zealand musician .
July
01
Birth of Nikolai DemidenkoThat year: 1955, Classical music, Russian musician
04
Death of Ruth VincentThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1877)
05
Death of Thomas James CrawfordThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)
08
Birth of Otto WeiterThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer
17
Birth of Marie Luise NeuneckerThat year: 1955, Classical music, German hornist
Death of Vincenzo ReschiglianThat year: 1955, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1874)
18
Death of Mathilde AuguezThat year: 1955, Classical music, French soprano (born in 1868)
Death of Rudolf WünschThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1880)
Birth of Atsuko TenmaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese violinist
21
Birth of Jukka LinkolaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Finnish jazz pianist, conductor and composer
22
Death of Hermann KromeThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1888)
23
Birth of Vytautas KurnickasThat year: 1955, Classical music, Lithuanian singer
24
Birth of Philippe HurelThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer
25
Death of Isaak DunayevskyThat year: 1955, Classical music, Soviet composer (born in 1900)
Death of Ilmari HannikainenThat year: 1955, Classical music, Finnish composer and pianist (born in 1892)
29
Birth of Felix CarrascoThat year: 1955, Classical music, conductor
30
Birth of Christopher Warren-GreenThat year: 1955, Classical music, British conductor
August
03
Death of Fernand FaniardThat year: 1955, Classical music, Belgian singer (born in 1894)
04
Birth of Guy de MeyThat year: 1955, Classical music, Belgian opera singer
05
Death of Coenraad V. BosThat year: 1955, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1875)
06
Death of Yuri Kiporenko-DamanskiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1888-1955) (born in 1888)
08
Birth of DiddúThat year: 1955, Classical music, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
09
Death of Marion BauerThat year: 1955, Classical music, American composer (born in 1882)
Death of Sigurd HoffThat year: 1955, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1889)
11
Death of Andrew B. SterlingThat year: 1955, Classical music, American lyricist (born in 1874)
13
Death of Florence EastonThat year: 1955, Classical music, English singer (born in 1882)
15
Birth of Petr KofroňThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech composer
16
Birth of Alexandru AgacheThat year: 1955, Classical music, Operatic baritone
18
Birth of Shivko ShelevThat year: 1955, Classical music, Bulgarian singer and opera singer
Death of George RosenkransThat year: 1955, Classical music, Composer and bandleader (born in 1881)
29
Birth of Diamanda GalásThat year: 1955, Classical music, American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter
Birth of Bernarda FinkThat year: 1955, Classical music, Argentine mezzo-soprano
30
Birth of Dominique VisseThat year: 1955, Classical music, French opera singer
Birth of Hüseyin SermetThat year: 1955, Classical music, Turkish pianist and composer
Also in August
Death of Walter SoomerThat year: 1955, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1878) .
September
02
Death of Rudolf KattniggThat year: 1955, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and conductor (born in 1895)
03
Birth of Ivar Anton WaagaardThat year: 1955, Classical music, Norwegian musician
05
Birth of Ewa IżykowskaThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer, opera singer
Birth of Eric HoeprichThat year: 1955, Classical music, Dutch clarinetist
07
Birth of Henry de RouvilleThat year: 1955, Classical music, French countertenor (dead in 1988)
09
Death of Carl FriedbergThat year: 1955, Classical music, German pianist (born in 1872)
Death of Jaime OvalleThat year: 1955, Classical music, Brazilian composer and poet (born in 1894)
Death of Mindszenti ÖdönThat year: 1955, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1908)
13
Birth of Andreas StaierThat year: 1955, Classical music, German musician
Birth of Donald GeorgeThat year: 1955, Classical music, American singer
16
Birth of Nicholas ClaptonThat year: 1955, Classical music, British singer
18
Birth of Louis SauterThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
21
Birth of Andrei GavrilovThat year: 1955, Classical music, Russian musician
23
Birth of Ye XiaogangThat year: 1955, Classical music, Chinese composer
26
Birth of Uwe WarnekeThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
October
01
Death of Wilhelm NagelThat year: 1955, Classical music, organist (born in 1871)
02
Birth of Jutta BokorThat year: 1955, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
Birth of Melvin Clive BirdThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
05
Birth of Ernst OttensamerThat year: 1955, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 2017)
Birth of Andrzej KosendiakThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish conductor
07
Birth of Yo-Yo MaThat year: 1955, Classical music, American cellist
Death of Frieda HempelThat year: 1955, Classical music, German soprano singer (born in 1885)
Birth of Sergio La StellaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Italian conductor
08
Birth of Jeanne GalwayThat year: 1955, Classical music, American musician (flute musician)
Death of René de CastéraThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer (1873-1955) (born in 1873)
10
Death of Riccardo StracciariThat year: 1955, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1875)
12
Death of Ladislav Prokop ProcházkaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech politician, composer and doctor (born in 1872)
15
Death of Fumio HayasakaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1914)
16
Birth of Leonid DesyatnikovThat year: 1955, Classical music, Russian composer
17
Death of Maria FarnetiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Italian soprano and opera singer (1877-1955) (born in 1877)
Birth of Frédéric RapinThat year: 1955, Classical music, instrumentalist
18
Birth of Jean-Marc SavelliThat year: 1955, Classical music, French musician (born 1955)
19
Birth of Roland DyensThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2016)
20
Death of Adolf MišekThat year: 1955, Classical music, Czech composer, contrabassist and choirmaster (born in 1875)
23
Birth of Toshio HosokawaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese composer of contemporary classical music
Birth of Martin BurlasThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
24
Birth of Cheryl StuderThat year: 1955, Classical music, American dramatic soprano
Death of Heinrich SthamerThat year: 1955, Classical music, German composer and music educator (born in 1885)
26
Birth of Christine BrewerThat year: 1955, Classical music, American soprano opera singer (1955-)
27
Death of Bernardo de MuroThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1881)
Death of Vladimir DeshevovThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer, film score composer (born in 1889)
Death of Léonard GautierThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer (born in 1866)
29
Premiere of Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77That year: 1955, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Dmitri Shostakovich
30
Birth of François le RouxThat year: 1955, Classical music, French opera singer
31
Birth of Naji HakimThat year: 1955, Classical music, Lebanese-French composer, organist and improviser
November
05
Birth of Branko RobinšakThat year: 1955, Classical music, Slovene opera singer
10
Birth of Jacques BurtinThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer
11
Birth of Radosław ŻukowskiThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer, opera singer
16
Birth of Andrzej BiegunThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish singer
19
Death of Josef HerrmannThat year: 1955, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1903)
21
Birth of Kyle GannThat year: 1955, Classical music, American composer
22
Death of Guy RopartzThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer (born in 1864)
23
Birth of Ludovico EinaudiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Italian composer and pianist
Birth of Harolyn BlackwellThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer
24
Death of Simon BucharoffThat year: 1955, Classical music, American musician (born in 1881)
27
Death of Arthur HoneggerThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swiss composer (1892-1955) (born in 1892)
Death of Luís de Freitas BrancoThat year: 1955, Classical music, Portuguese composer, musicologist, and professor of music (born in 1890)
Death of Eugenie SendreyThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1884)
30
Death of Josip Štolcer-SlavenskiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Croatian composer (born in 1896)
Also in November
Birth of Vivian Dettbarn-SlaughterThat year: 1955, Classical music, American singer, pianist, composer and music pedagogue .
December
05
Death of Lucien DurosoirThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)
06
Birth of Bright ShengThat year: 1955, Classical music, Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist
08
Death of Paul van KempenThat year: 1955, Classical music, Dutch conductor (born in 1893)
11
Death of Franz SybergThat year: 1955, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1904)
14
Birth of Lene FunderThat year: 1955, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1994)
16
Birth of Magda NadorThat year: 1955, Classical music, Hungarian singer, opera singer and music educator
18
Death of Marguerite DevalThat year: 1955, Classical music, French film actress (born in 1866)
21
Birth of Peter OundjianThat year: 1955, Classical music, Canadian violinist and conductor
Death of Gladys RipleyThat year: 1955, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1908)
22
Birth of Mária ArdóThat year: 1955, Classical music, (1955-) opera singer
23
Birth of Cecilia FrankeThat year: 1955, Classical music, organist, composer
Death of Ernst SchmidtThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)
24
Birth of Janusz KohutThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
26
Inauguration: Piccola ScalaThat year: 1955, Classical music (Milan, Italy)
28
Birth of Małgorzata JaworskaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Polish pianist
Birth of Jeffrey Michael HarringtonThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer
29
Birth of Claudi ArimanyThat year: 1955, Classical music, Spanish musician
Death of Alexander WundererThat year: 1955, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1877)
30
Death of Heinrich BensingThat year: 1955, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1911)
31
Birth of Göran SöllscherThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swedish award-winning virtuoso classical guitarist
Also in December
Death of Maud Perceval AllenThat year: 1955, Classical music, English soprano (born in 1880) .
This was also in 1955
Death of Albert ArchdeaconThat year: 1955, Classical music, English baritone and theater manager (born in 1870). Birth of Lori LaitmanThat year: 1955, Classical music, American composer . Birth of Peter AppenzellerThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer, choir director . Birth of Eitan SteinbergThat year: 1955, Classical music, classical composer, composer . Birth of Nicolas PanagopoulosThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer . Birth of Daniel WashingtonThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher . Birth of Slavčo DimovskiThat year: 1955, Classical music, Macedonian opera singer (dead in 2016). Death of Walter CarrollThat year: 1955, Classical music, British composer (born in 1869). Inception: Transylvania State Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music. Inception: RTV Slovenia Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music. Inauguration: Houston Grand OperaThat year: 1955, Classical music (Houston, United States of America). Inauguration: Hamburg State OperaThat year: 1955, Classical music (Hamburg-Mitte, Germany). Death of Charles WillebyThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Inception: Sinfonia of LondonThat year: 1955, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Horace HollinrakeThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1904). Inception: Houston Grand OperaThat year: 1955, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Kristin TheisenThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher . Birth of Janet HarbisonThat year: 1955, Classical music, Irish musician . Birth of Bashkim PaçukuThat year: 1955, Classical music, singer, pianist, opera singer . Birth of Satoshi MinamiThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer, musicologist . Birth of Furugh Karimi Djafar-ZadehThat year: 1955, Classical music, musician, flautist . Inauguration: Musical Theatre of the Republic of KareliaThat year: 1955, Classical music (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Birth of Hiroshi AoshimaThat year: 1955, Classical music, Japanese composer, conductor and musicologist . Inception: Beaux Arts TrioThat year: 1955, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Tong Suet-HingThat year: 1955, Classical music, Cantonese opera performer (born in 1908). Death of Léon DelafosseThat year: 1955, Classical music, French composer and pianist (born in 1874). Death of F. Melius ChristiansenThat year: 1955, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1871). Inception: The Colombo Philharmonic ChoirThat year: 1955, Classical music. Inception: Leonhardt-ConsortThat year: 1955, Classical music. Birth of Michael LewinThat year: 1955, Classical music, American pianist . Inception: Huntsville Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Musical Theatre of the Republic of KareliaThat year: 1955, Classical music (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Inception: Monteverdi-Chor HamburgThat year: 1955, Classical music (Germany). Death of Johann Baptist BauerThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Birth of Keiichi MorigakiThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer . Birth of Helene SchneidermanThat year: 1955, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano singer . Birth of Janika VanderveldeThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer . Birth of Ivanka BoljkovacThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Francis Stanley Breville-SmithThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1884). Inception: West Bay OperaThat year: 1955, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Nacif FarahThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1902). Inception: Pro Arte OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Cowichan Symphony SocietyThat year: 1955, Classical music (Canada). Birth of Douglas BostockThat year: 1955, Classical music, English conductor . Birth of Alexis GalpérineThat year: 1955, Classical music, French violinist . Birth of Edward GaunttThat year: 1955, Classical music, American musician and opera singer . Birth of Piotr GrajterThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer . Inception: Bachchor MainzThat year: 1955, Classical music. Death of Angelo Francis PintoThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1877). Inception: Netherlands Chamber OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music. Death of Mario GubianiThat year: 1955, Classical music, baritone, opera singer (born in 1885). Birth of Monika FrimmerThat year: 1955, Classical music, German soprano . Birth of David RoachThat year: 1955, Classical music, British musician . Inception: Moscow Chamber OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music. Birth of Susanne Erding-SwiridoffThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer . Birth of Christian-Friedrich DallmannThat year: 1955, Classical music, German professor and hornist . Birth of Lars MagnussonThat year: 1955, Classical music, Swedish singer . Birth of Douglas YeoThat year: 1955, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Wolfram ChristThat year: 1955, Classical music, German conductor . Birth of Anne-Marie OwensThat year: 1955, Classical music, opera singer, singer . Inception: Dorset Bach Cantata ClubThat year: 1955, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Calgary Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music (Canada). Birth of Gabriele SchreckenbachThat year: 1955, Classical music, German contralto . Inception: Albuquerque Youth SymphonyThat year: 1955, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Hallische MusiktageThat year: 1955, Classical music (Halle (Saale), Germany). Inception: Gregg Smith SingersThat year: 1955, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: The Marsh Ladies ChoirThat year: 1955, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert HallThat year: 1955, Classical music (Warsaw, Poland). Birth of David ConteThat year: 1955, Classical music, American composer . Inception: Helena Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Martin PetzoldThat year: 1955, Classical music, German operatic and concert tenor . Inception: London Festival OrchestraThat year: 1955, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Edinburgh Grand OperaThat year: 1955, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Jane Byrd Radcliffe-WhiteheadThat year: 1955, Classical music, composer (born in 1861).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) - Waltz in A minor (Work for soloist), composed in 1843
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Igor Stravinsky (age 73) - Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis (Work for choir)
- Greeting Prelude (Work for orchestra)
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Darius Milhaud (age 63) - Symphony No. 6, Op. 343 (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 7, Op. 344 (Work for orchestra)
- Juanito, Op. 349 (Incidental music)
- Protée, Op. 341 (Incidental music)
- Pensée amicale, Op. 342 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 2 Poems, Opp. 347 (Work for choir)
- Service pour la veille du sabbat, Op. 345 (Work for choir)
- Concerto No. 2, Op. 340 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Concerto No. 5, Op. 346 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Short Suite, Op. 348 (Work for soloist)
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Aaron Copland (age 55) - Canticle of Freedom (Work for choir)
- Fantasy (Work for soloist)
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Dmitri Shostakovich (age 49) - Suite from The Gadfly, Op. 97a (Work for orchestra)
- The Gadfly, Op. 97 (Film score)
- 3 Violin Duets (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 4 Waltzes, Opp. 97c (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Samuel Osborne Barber (age 45) - Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a (Work for orchestra), composed in 1953
- Summer Music, Op. 31 (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1956
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Benjamin Britten (age 42) - Antiphon, Op. 56b (Work for choir)
- Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a (Work for choir)
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Henri Dutilleux (age 39) - Symphony No. 2, “Le Double” (Work for orchestra)
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Pierre Boulez (age 30) - L'Orestie (Work for choir)
- La Symphonie mécanique (Electroacoustic music)
