1955 in British music

This is a summary of 1955 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom.

List of years in British music

Events

Charts

Classical music: new works

Opera

Film and Incidental music

Musical theatre

Musical films

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Reed (2008): p. 304.
  2. Reed (2008): p. 287.
  3. 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.
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  5. Kendall, Alan (2000). The Chronicle of Classical Music. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 240.
  6. The People, 24 July 1955, cited in Mitchell (2004), p. 7.
  7. Lucas, John (2008). Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-402-1. p. 330.
  8. Burn, Andrew (2004). "Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond (1891–1975)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30827. Retrieved 2015-01-06. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  9. "Eric Coates". Boosey & Hawkes.
  10. "Cranks". The Guide to Musical Theatre. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  11. Petridis, Alexis (28 November 2010). "Peter Christopherson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  12. 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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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