|
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.〔Reed (2008): p. 304.〕 *27 January - Premiere of Michael Tippett's opera ''The Midsummer Marriage'' at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, conducted by John Pritchard, with designs by Barbara Hepworth and choreography by John Cranko;〔Reed (2008): p. 287.〕 it arouses controversy. *May - The Ivor Novello Awards are launched. *4 May - The bass-baritone Peter Dawson records Albert Arlen's song ''Clancy of the Overflow'' (to Banjo Paterson's poem) with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras.〔(optus net )〕 It is 73-year-old Dawson's last recording. *11 May - Arthur Bliss's Violin Concerto receives its first performance in London. *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."〔''The People'', 24 July 1955, cited in Mitchell (2004), p. 7.〕 *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'' is released: it becomes a major hit in 1956. *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.〔Lucas, John (2008). Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-402-1. p. 330.〕 *13 December - Sir Arthur Bliss's orchestral ''Meditations on a Theme by John Blow'' is premiered in Birmingham Town Hall.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1955 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|