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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.

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Specific genres

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Events

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Albums released

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Biggest hit singles

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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

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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

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Classical music

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Premieres

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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

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Opera

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  • 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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