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This is a summary of 1958 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. ==Events== *5 February - Michael Tippett's Symphony No. 2 is first performed in London.〔Kendall, Alan. ''The Chronicle of Classical Music''. Thames & Hudson, 2000: p. 243〕 *2 April - Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 9 is premiered in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent. *10 April - Singer Cleo Laine and bandleader John Dankworth marry. *July - Pete Seeger begins performing his new song "The Bells of Rhymney", based on a lyric by Welsh poet Idris Davies. * 2-9 December - Decca makes the first complete recording of ''Peter Grimes'', conducted by the composer Benjamin Britten.〔Reed, Philip & Cooke, Mervyn (eds). ''Letters From a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 5 1958-1965''. The Boydell Press (2010). p. 67〕 *''Other events'' - The UK decides not to compete in the third annual Eurovision Song Contest, after coming 7th in the previous year's contest. It is the second of the only two occasions in the contest's history that the UK fails to enter. 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「1958 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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