1953 in music

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Jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis Armstrong in 1953.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1953.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1953.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 Dean Martin That's Amore 1953 Template:Flagicon US BB 1 of 1953, POP 1 of 1953, UK 2 – Jan 1954, US 1940s 2 – Nov 1953, RYM 2 of 1953, Scrobulate 47 of Italian, DDD 73 of 1953, Party 101 of 2007
2 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You) 1953 Template:Flagicon US 1940s 1 – Jun 1953, US 1 for 11 weeks Aug 1953, Italy 2 of 1954, US BB 3 of 1953, POP 3 of 1953, UK 7 – Nov 1953, RYM 24 of 1953, Europe 97 of the 1950s
3 Perry Como Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 1953 Template:Flagicon UK 1 – Jan 1953, US 1940s 1 – Dec 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Jan 1953, US BB 20 of 1953, POP 20 of 1953, RYM 31 of 1953
4 Eddie Fisher I'm Walking Behind You 1953 Template:Flagicon UK 1 – May 1953, US 1940s 1 – May 1953, US 1 for 2 weeks Jul 1953, US BB 16 of 1953, POP 23 of 1953, RYM 119 of 1953
5 Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart 1953 Template:Flagicon RYM 1 of 1953, DDD 2 of 1953, US BB 4 of 1953, POP 4 of 1953, RIAA 34, Scrobulate 87 of country, Rolling Stone 213, Acclaimed 286

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1953.

First week Number of weeks Title Artist
January 10, 1953 5 "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" Perry Como
February 14, 1953 5 "Till I Waltz Again With You" Teresa Brewer
March 21, 1953 8 "The Doggie in the Window" Patti Page
May 16, 1953 10 "The Song from Moulin Rouge" Percy Faith & his Orchestra
July 25, 1953 2 "I'm Walking Behind You" Eddie Fisher
August 8, 1953 9 "Vaya con Dios" Les Paul & Mary Ford
October 10, 1953 4 "St. George and the Dragonet" Stan Freberg
November 7, 1953 2 "Vaya con Dios" Les Paul & Mary Ford
November 21, 1953 6 "Rags to Riches" Tony Bennett

Top hits on record

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Top R&B and country hits on record

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Bloch, Ernest Suite Hébraïque for Viola and Orchestra 1953-01-01 Template:Flagicon Chicago Preves / Chicago Symphony – Kubelik<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Boulez, Pierre Structures book 1, for two pianos 1953-05-04 Template:Flagicon Cologne Grimaud, Loriod<ref>Martin Iddon, New Music at Darmstadt: Nono, Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez, Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press): 69. Template:ISBN.</ref>
Carter, Elliott String Quartet No. 1 1953-02-26 Template:Flagicon New York Walden Quartet<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Chávez, Carlos Sinfonía romántica (Symphony No. 4) 1953-02-11 Template:Flagicon Louisville, KY Louisville Orchestra – Chávez<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Chávez, Carlos Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5) 1953-12-01 Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra – Chávez<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
Goldschmidt, Berthold String Quartet No. 2 1953-07-14 Template:Flagicon London London String Quartet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus Concerto for piano, winds and percussion 1953-10-10 Template:Flagicon Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Bergmann / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud<ref>Schott Music</ref>
Holmboe, Vagn Sinfonia boreale (Symphony No. 8) 1953-03-05 Template:Flagicon Copenhague Danish Radio Symphony – Kletzki<ref>BIS Records</ref>
Honegger, Arthur A Christmas Cantata 1953-12-18 Template:Flagicon Basel Basel Chamber Choir – Sacher<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Imbrie, Andrew String Quartet No. 2 1953-12-05 Template:Flagicon New York City Kroll Quartet<ref>Forgotten Books</ref>
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Piano Concerto No. 3 1953-??-?? Template:Flagicon Moscow Ashkenazy / Moscow Philharmonic – ?<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Martinů, Bohuslav Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra 1953-02-19 Template:Flagicon Cleveland Veissi / Cleveland Orchestra – Szell<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Milhaud, Darius Symphony No. 5 1953-10-16 Template:Flagicon Turin RAI National Symphony – Milhaud<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Montsalvatge, Xavier Concierto breve for piano and orchestra 1953-12-20 Template:Flagicon Barcelona de Larrocha / Barcelona Philharmonic – de Froment<ref>Montsalvatgecompositor.com</ref>
Montsalvatge, Xavier Poema Concertante for violin and orchestra 1953-05-25 Template:Flagicon Barcelona Szeryng / Barcelona Municipal Orchestra – Toldrà<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Racine Fricker, Peter Viola Concerto 1953-09-03 Template:Flagicon Edinburgh (Festival) Primrose / London Philharmonia – Boult<ref>Schott Music</ref>
Rubbra, Edmund Viola Concerto 1953-04-15 Template:Flagicon London BBC Symphony – Sargent<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 5 1953-11-13 Template:Flagicon Moscow Beethoven Quartet<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 10 1953-12-17 Template:Flagicon Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Karlheinz Stockhausen Kontra-Punkte 1953-05-26 Template:Flagicon Cologne (ISCM World Music Days) members of the WDR Symphony – Scherchen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Schlagquartett 1953-03-23 Template:Flagicon Munich (Musica Viva) Porth, Gschwendner, Peinkofer, Kaul<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No. 7) 1953-01-14 Template:Flagicon Manchester Ritchie / Hallé Orchestra – John Barbirolli<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Alvorada na Floresta Tropical for orchestra 1953-??-?? Template:Flagicon Louisville, KY Louisville Orchestra – Whitney<ref>David P. Appleby, Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Bio-Bibliography, Bio-Bibliographies in Music 9 (New York, Westport, London: Greenwood Press, 1988): 114. However, Lisa Peppercorn, "Villa-Lobos's Last Years", translated from the German by Robert L. Jacobs, The Music Review 40, no. 4 (November 1979): 285–99, reprinted with corrigenda/addenda in Villa-Lobos: Collected Studies (Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1992): 89–105, gives the date of the first performance as 23 January 1954, by the Louisville Orchestra and Whitney, but for the recording later issued by First Edition Records and not in a public concert (pp. 293 / 97, respectively, and corrigenda 105).</ref>
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Piano Concerto No. 4 1953-01-09 Template:Flagicon Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA Segall / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Villa-Lobos<ref>Villa-Lobos, sua obra Template:Webarchive, Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009, based on the third edition, 1989): 58.</ref>

Compositions

Opera

  • The Decembrists (Yuri Shaporin) first staged 23 June 1953 at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.
  • The Dumb Wife (Joseph Horovitz), premiered 21 November 1953 at the Guildhall School, London, by the Intimate Opera Company.
  • Gloriana (Benjamin Britten) composed 1953, first performed on 8 July 1953 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in the presence of Elizabeth II.
  • Irmelin (Frederick Delius) composed 1890–92; first produced Oxford, 4 May 1953.
  • Lenora 40/50 (Rolf Liebermann) first produced in Berlin on 12 February 1953 at the State Opera House in the British sector.
  • Man of Enterprise (Denis Bloodworth) first produced on 8 December 1953 at Tiffin School, Kingston, Surrey, by the school operatic society.
  • Menna (Arwel Hughes) premiered by the Welsh National Opera at the Pavilion in Cardiff on 9 November, with the composer conducting.
  • Nelson (Lennox Berkeley), premiered in a concert performance 14 February 1953 by the English Opera Group at Wigmore Hall, London.
  • Sevil (Fikrat Amirov)
  • Three's Company (Antony Hopkins), premiered 21 November 1953 at the Guildhall School, London, by the Intimate Opera Company.
  • The Tinners of Cornwall (Inglis Gundry), premiered 30 September 1953 at Rudolf Steiner Hall, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett.

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