Wikipedia. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1. January 2. 9 Nilla Pizzi wins the first annual Sanremo Music Festival with Grazie dei fiori. February The first complete performance of Charles Ivess Second Symphony is given in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. March 3 5 Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats actually Ike Turners Kings of Rhythm record Rocket 8. Sam Phillips Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, a candidate for the first rock and roll record released in April. April 1. 8 An article entitled The Fight Against Formalism in Art and Literature, for a Progressive German Culture appeared in the Tgliche Rundschau, official daily of the Soviet Government in Germany, promulgating the new cultural policy of the DDR. May 92. The Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin is held for the first time under that name in Brussels, Belgium. Leonid Kogan is awarded first prize. June 9 Joseph Haydns opera Orpheus and Eurydice given its world premiere at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. June 1. Bill Haley and His Saddlemen record their version of Rocket 8. March by Jackie Brentson with country music trappings. June 2. 2 July 1. Darmstdter Internationale Ferienkurse held in Darmstadt. July 21. 4 The seventh annual Cheltenham Music Festival is held in Cheltenham, England, with a performance of Brian Easdales opera, The Sleeping Children, premieres of the first symphonies of Malcolm Arnold, John Gardner, and Arnold van Wyk, Franz Reizensteins Serenade for Winds, and Maurice Jacobsons Symphonic Suite, as well as performances of works by Humphrey Searle, Robert Masters, Benjamin Frankel, and Philip Sainton. July 1. Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in Cleveland, Ohio. Freed uses the term rock and roll to describe R B, in an effort to introduce the music to a broader white audience. July 1. 42. 1 The Haslemere Music Festival, consisting of six concerts of early music, takes place in Haslemere, England. July 2. The annual Bayreuth Festival resumes for the first time since the Second World War, now under the general direction of Wieland Wagner, with an opening concert of Beethovens. Ninth Symphony conducted by Wilhelm Furtwngler, followed by productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Parsifal, and Die Meistersinger. August The annual Salzburg Festival takes place in Salzburg, Austria, featuring four opera productions from the Vienna State Opera Mozarts. Idomeneo and Die Zauberflte, and Verdis. Otello, all conducted by Wilhelm Furtwngler, and Bergs. Wozzeck, conducted by Karl Bhm, as well as seven orchestral concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra two conducted by Wilhelm Furtwngler and one each by Edwin Fischer, Rafael Kubelk, Eugen Jochum, Karl Bhm, and Leopold Stokowski, six choral concerts, four chamber music concerts, three solo recitals, and a number of smaller events. September 5 Opening of the month long Berlin Festival of the Arts, with a performance in the New Schillertheater of Beethovens. Ninth Symphony by the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwngler. Subsequent musical events included performances of Gian Carlo Menottis The Consul, Benjamin Brittens Lets Make an Opera, and the first German performance of Oklahoma1. September 1. 1 The Rakes Progress, an opera by Igor Stravinsky with libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, premieres in Venice, conducted by the composer. September 1. 72. The fourth annual Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts opens in Swansea, Wales, with a controversial speech by one of Waless leading composers, Daniel Jones. The festival was the final component in the Festival of Britain and consisted of seven programmes, featuring Welsh composer Arwel Hughess new oratorio St. David and appearances by Victoria de los ngeles, Zino Francescatti, Andr Navarra, Walter Susskind, and Jean Martinon. October 67 The Donaueschinger Musiktage features the world premieres of Ernst Kreneks Double Concerto for viola, piano, and small orchestra, Rolf Liebermanns Piano Sonata, Pierre Boulezs Polyphonie X for 1. Hermann Reutters Der himmlische Vagant, lyrische Portrait des F. Villon von Klabund for alto and baritone voices and instrumental ensemble, and Marcel Mihalovicis tude en deux parties for piano and ensemble, as well as German first performances of works by Messiaen, Guido Turchi, Harsnyi, Jelinek, and Honegger, and a performance of Henzes Third Symphony. October 2. 1 Opening of a Festival of Music and the Arts at Wexford in Ireland, the forerunner of Wexford Festival Opera. October 2. 2 Reopening of the Royal Opera House, London, with a production of Puccinis Turandot, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli and with Gertrude Grob Prandl in the title role. November 2. 9 December 3 The Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hans Schmidt Isserstedt, plays four concerts in London as part of a thirteen concert tour of England and Ireland. November Dinah Shore begins her first TV series, The Dinah Shore Show, which will run for 5 years. December 7 Opening of the opera season at La Scala in Milan, three weeks earlier than the traditional date of December 2. Verdis. I vespri siciliani and Stravinskys. The Rakes Progress. Teresa Brewer leaves the London label for Coral. Georgia Gibbs leaves Coral to sign with Mercury, where she will experience all of her biggest hits. Frankie Laine is signed by Columbia Records, becoming the highest paid vocalist of his day. He immediately justifies his new contract with the double sided megahit JezebelRose, Rose, I Love You. The Suk Trio is founded, consisting of Josef Suk, Julius Katchen and Janos Starker. Albums releasededitUS No 1 hit singleseditThese singles reached the top of US Billboard magazines charts in 1. First week. Number of weeks. Title. Artist. March 3, 1. IfPerry Como. March 1. Be My LoveMario Lanza. March 1. 7, 1. 95. IfPerry Como. April 2. How High the MoonLes Paul Mary Ford. June 2. 3, 1. 95. Too YoungNat King Cole. July 2. 8, 1. 95. Come On a My HouseRosemary Clooney. September 8, 1. 95. Because of YouTony Bennett. November 3, 1. 95. Cold, Cold HeartTony Bennett. December 1. 5, 1. Its No SinEddy Howard. December 2. 9, 1. CryJohnnie Ray The Four Lads. Biggest hit singleseditThe following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1. Artist. Title. Year. Country. Chart Entries. Johnnie Ray. Cry. US 1. 94. 0s 1 Dec 1. US 1 for 1. 1 weeks Dec 1. US BB 2 of 1. 95. DDD 4 of 1. 95. 1, RYM 5 of 1. Xtractor Crack here. POP 6 of 1. 95. 2, Italy 6. Acclaimed 1. 08. 42. Nat King Cole. Unforgettable. US BB 1 of 1. 95. POP 1 of 1. 95. 2, RYM 4 of 1. US 1. 94. 0s 1. 4 Nov 1. DDD 2. 5 of 1. 95. Europe 6. 3 of the 1. Scrobulate 7. 8 of vocal, WXPN 5. Les Paul Mary Ford. How High the Moon. US 1. 94. 0s 1 Mar 1. US 1 for 9 weeks Apr 1. DDD 1. 0 of 1. 95. US BB 1. 2 of 1. 95. POP 1. 2 of 1. 95. RYM 1. 9 of 1. 95. RIAA 3. 17, Acclaimed 5. Nat King Cole. Too Young. US 1. 94. 0s 1 Apr 1. US 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1. POP 1 of 1. 95. 1, DDD 5 of 1. RYM 1. 0 of 1. 95. Mario Lanza. Be My Love. US 1. 94. 0s 1 Dec 1. US 1 for 1 weeks Mar 1. US BB 9 of 1. 95. POP 9 of 1. 95. 1, Europe 7. RYM 1. 37 of 1. 95. Top hits on recordeditAba Daba Honeymoon Debbie Reynolds Carleton CarpenterBecause Mario LanzaBecause Of You Tony BennettBelle, Belle, My Liberty Belle Guy MitchellBlue Tango Leroy Anderson his OrchestraCharmaine Mantovani his OrchestraCold, Cold Heart Tony BennettCome On A My House Rosemary ClooneyCry Johnnie Ray The Four LadsDetour Patti PageDown The Trail Of Achin Hearts Patti PageDown Yonder recorded by. Ibert Flute Concerto Program Notes Haydn© 2017