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Overview of the events of 1955 in British music
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This is a summary of 1955 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom .
Events [ ] 2 January – Michael Tippett 's 50th birthday is celebrated in a concert held at Morley College , in which Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears perform.[1] 27 January – Premiere of Michael Tippett's opera The Midsummer Marriage Royal Opera House , Covent Garden in London, conducted by John Pritchard , with designs by Barbara Hepworth and choreography by John Cranko ;[2] [3] May – The Ivor Novello Awards are launched.
4 May – The bass-baritone Peter Dawson records Albert Arlen 's song Clancy of the Overflow Banjo Paterson 's poem) with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras .[4] 11 May – Arthur Bliss 's Violin Concerto receives its first performance in London.[5] July – Steuart Wilson , a retired singer and musical administrator, launches an outspoken campaign against "homosexuality in British music", saying: "The influence of perverts in the world of music has grown beyond all measure. If it is not curbed soon, Covent Garden and other precious musical heritages could suffer irreparable harm."[6]
29 November – Juan José Castro conducts the UK premiere of Carlos Chávez 's Third Symphony at the Maida Vale Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra .Late November – Lonnie Donegan 's 1954 skiffle recording of Rock Island Line
December – The Temperance Seven is founded, with three members.
8 December – Sir Thomas Beecham is presented with the Order of the White Rose of Finland .[7] 13 December – Sir Arthur Bliss 's orchestral Meditations on a Theme by John Blow is premiered in Birmingham Town Hall .[8] Charts [ ] Classical music: new works [ ] Opera [ ] Film and Incidental music [ ] Musical theatre [ ] Musical films [ ] Births [ ] 3 January – Helen O'Hara , vocalist4 January – Mark Hollis , singer-songwriter19 January
25 January – Terry Chimes , drummer (The Clash )23 February – Howard Jones , singer-songwriter[11] 27 February – Peter Christopherson , musician, songwriter, and director (died 2010 )[12] 19 March – Paul Edwards , composer of choral music5 April – Janice Long , radio disc jockey9 April – Bob Chilcott , choral composer, conductor, and singer10 April – Lesley Garrett , operatic soprano17 April – Pete Shelley , guitarist and vocalist (Buzzcocks )16 May – Hazel O'Connor , singer22 May – Jerry Dammers , ska musician and songwriter30 May – Topper Headon (The Clash )26 June – Mick Jones , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Clash , Big Audio Dynamite , General Public , Carbon/Silicon , and London SS )18 July – Terry Chambers , English drummer (XTC and Dragon )20 July – Jem Finer , English banjo player and songwriter (The Pogues )30 July – Christopher Warren-Green , violinist and conductor30 August – Andy Pask , English bass player and composer1 September – Bruce Foxton , guitarist (The Jam )3 September – Steve Jones , guitarist (Sex Pistols )14 September – William Jackson , harpist and composer30 September – Frankie Kennedy , folk musician (died 1994 )2 October – Philip Oakey , singer-songwriter12 November – Les McKeown , singer (Bay City Rollers ) (died 2021 )17 November – Peter Cox , English singer-songwriter (Go West )30 November – Billy Idol , singer6 December – Edward Tudor-Pole , singer and TV presenter15 December – Paul Simonon , bassist (The Clash )31 December – Tom Morton , musician, broadcaster and writerDeaths [ ] 10 January – Annette Mills , partner of "Muffin the Mule", 609 March – Louie René , singer and actress, 8312 April – W. H. Anderson , composer, 724 July – Ruth Vincent , operatic soprano, 7813 August – Florence Easton , soprano, 7214 October – Harry Parr-Davies , composer and songwriter, 41 (perforated ulcer)[13] 30 October – Harry Dean , British-born Canadian conductor, pianist, organist and music educator, 7614 November – Carl Denton , Yorkshire-born American conductor, 8021 December – Gladys Ripley , operatic contralto, 47See also [ ] References [ ]
^ Reed (2008): p. 304.
^ Reed (2008): p. 287.
^ Gloag, Kenneth (2013). "Tippett's operatic world: from The Midsummer Marriage to New Year ". In Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett . Cambridge University Press. pp. 230–31. ISBN 978-1-107-60613-5 ^ optus net ^ Kendall, Alan (2000). The Chronicle of Classical Music . London: Thames & Hudson. p. 240. ^ The People ^ Lucas, John (2008). Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-402-1 . p. 330.
^ Burn, Andrew (2004). "Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond (1891–1975)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/30827 . Retrieved 2015-01-06 . (subscription or UK public library membership required) ^ "Eric Coates" . Boosey & Hawkes.^ "Cranks" . The Guide to Musical Theatre . 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26 .^ "Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine" . AllMusic . Retrieved 14 May 2009 .^ Petridis, Alexis (28 November 2010). "Peter Christopherson obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 15 December 2013 . ^ Walford, Rex (2004). "Davies, Harry Parr (1914–1955)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/75739 . Retrieved 2011-08-21 .
Sources [ ] Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds) (2004). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 3, 1946–1951 . London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 057122282X Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds) (2008). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 4, 1952–1957 . Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843833826
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