Editing 1953 in music (section)

==[[European classical music|Classical music]]==

===Premieres===
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| [[Ernest Bloch|Bloch, Ernest]] || ''[[Suite Hébraïque]]'' for Viola and Orchestra || 1953-01-01 || {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago || [[Milton Preves|Preves]] / [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra|Chicago Symphony]] – [[Rafael Kubelik|Kubelik]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557151&catNum=557151&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English|title=BLOCH: America / Suite Hebraique}}</ref>
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| [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez, Pierre]] || ''[[Structures (Boulez)|Structures]]'' book 1, for two pianos || 1953-05-04 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Cologne || [[Yvette Grimaud|Grimaud]], [[Yvonne Loriod|Loriod]]<ref>Martin Iddon, ''New Music at Darmstadt: Nono, Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez'', Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press): 69. {{ISBN|9781107033290}}.</ref>
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| [[Elliott Carter|Carter, Elliott]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Carter)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1953-02-26 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York || [[Walden Quartet]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgDJKVXraE0C&q=carter+quartet+1+walden+1953&pg=PA106|title=Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook|first=Larry|last=Sitsky|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313296895|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Chávez)|''Sinfonía romántica'' (Symphony No. 4)]] || 1953-02-11 || {{flagicon|USA}} Louisville, KY || [[Louisville Orchestra]] – [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/June05/Chavez_symphonies_CDX5061.htm|title=Chavez Complete Symphonies VOXBOX CDX5061 [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- June 2005 MusicWeb-International|first=Music on the|last=Web(UK)}}</ref>
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| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Chávez)|Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5)]] || 1953-12-01 || {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles || [[Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicandhistory.com/events?date_range=0&end_day=1&end_month=January&end_year=&start_day=1&start_month=December&start_year=1953 |title=Music and History }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| [[Berthold Goldschmidt|Goldschmidt, Berthold]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Goldschmidt)|String Quartet No. 2]] || 1953-07-14 || {{flagicon|GBR}} London || [[London String Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Berthold-Goldschmidt-String-Quartet-No-2/1755|title=Berthold Goldschmidt – String Quartet No.2}}</ref>
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| [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann|Hartmann, Karl Amadeus]] || [[Concerto for piano, winds and percussion]] || 1953-10-10 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Donaueschingen <small>([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]])</small> || [[Maria Bergmann|Bergmann]] / [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/1/show,34619.html Schott Music]</ref>
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| [[Vagn Holmboe|Holmboe, Vagn]] || [[Symphony No. 8 (Holmboe)|''Sinfonia boreale'' (Symphony No. 8)]] || 1953-03-05 || {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhague || [[Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra|Danish Radio Symphony]] – [[Paul Kletzki|Kletzki]]<ref>[http://www.eclassical.com/shop/art14/BIS-618_booklet_x.pdf-6ee04c.pdf BIS Records]</ref>
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| [[Arthur Honegger|Honegger, Arthur]] || ''[[A Christmas Cantata]]'' || 1953-12-18 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Basel || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra|Basel Chamber Choir]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W12007_67688|title=Une Cantate de Noël (Honegger) – from CDA67688 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads}}</ref>
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| [[Andrew Imbrie|Imbrie, Andrew]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Imbrie)|String Quartet No. 2]] || 1953-12-05 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[Kroll String Quaret|Kroll Quartet]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150531031841/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Portrait_of_a_Contemporary_Composer_1000071236/273 Forgotten Books]</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Kabalevsky|Kabalevsky, Dmitri]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Kabalevsky)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] || 1953-??-?? || {{flagicon|USSR}} Moscow || [[Vladimir Ashkenazy|Ashkenazy]] / [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Philharmonic]] – ?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557794&catNum=557794&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English|title=Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto}}</ref>
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola (Martinu)|Rhapsody-Concerto]] for Viola and Orchestra || 1953-02-19 || {{flagicon|USA}} Cleveland || [[Jasha Veissi|Veissi]] / [[Cleveland Orchestra]] – [[George Szell|Szell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/martinu-rhapsody-concerto-viola-sonata-3-madrigals-duo-no-2-maxim-rysanov/7318599920306|title=Martinů: Rhapsody-Concerto, Viola Sonata, Duo... – Bohuslav Martinu par Maxim Rysanov}}</ref>
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| [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud, Darius]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Milhaud)|Symphony No. 5]] || 1953-10-16 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Turin || [[RAI National Symphony Orchestra|RAI National Symphony]] – [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music-timeline.net/20th-c/1953a/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615030327/http://music-timeline.net/20th-c/1953a/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2014|title=1953|date=18 September 2009}}</ref>
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| [[Xavier Montsalvatge|Montsalvatge, Xavier]] || ''[[Concierto breve]]'' for piano and orchestra || 1953-12-20 || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Barcelona || [[Alicia de Larrocha|de Larrocha]] / [[Barcelona Philharmonic Orchestra|Barcelona Philharmonic]] – [[Louis de Froment|de Froment]]<ref>[http://www.montsalvatgecompositor.com/fitxa_obra.php?codi=31 Montsalvatgecompositor.com]</ref>
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| [[Xavier Montsalvatge|Montsalvatge, Xavier]] || ''[[Poema Concertante]]'' for violin and orchestra || 1953-05-25 || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Barcelona || [[Henryk Szeryng|Szeryng]] / [[Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra|Barcelona Municipal Orchestra]] – [[Eduard Toldrà|Toldrà]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montsalvatgecompositor.com/fitxa_obra.php?codi=32|title=Xavier Montsalvatge Compositor}}</ref>
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| [[Peter Racine Fricker|Racine Fricker, Peter]] || [[Viola Concerto (Racine Fricker)|Viola Concerto]] || 1953-09-03 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edinburgh <small>([[Edinburgh International Festival|Festival]])</small> || [[William Primrose|Primrose]] / [[Philharmonia Orchestra|London Philharmonia]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/Hire_Material/orchestra/concerto/1261469/show,151873.html Schott Music]</ref>
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| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[Viola Concerto (Rubbra)|Viola Concerto]] || 1953-04-15 || {{flagicon|GBR}} London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W9972_67587|title=Viola Concerto in A major, Op 75 (Rubbra) – from CDA67587 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[String Quartet No. 5 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 5]] || 1953-11-13 || {{flagicon|URS}} Moscow || [[Beethoven Quartet]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4W3fy2jTuzIC&q=quartet+5+shostakovich+beethoven+quartet+moscow+conservatory&pg=PA173|title=Shostakovich in Dialogue: Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1–7|first=Judith|last=Kuhn|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=9780754664062|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 10]] || 1953-12-17 || {{flagicon|URS}} Leningrad || [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Yevgeny Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbBAFDCmeEQC&q=shostakovich+symphony+10+mravinsky+december+1953&pg=PA352|title=Shostakovich: A Life|first=Laurel E.|last=Fay|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195182514|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] || ''[[Kontra-Punkte (Stockhausen)|Kontra-Punkte]]'' || 1953-05-26 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Cologne <small>([[ISCM World Music Days]])</small> || members of the [[WDR Symphony Orchestra|WDR Symphony]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen/composers-and-works/composer/698/work/3136|title=Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontra-Punkte|first=Universal Edition|last=AG}}</ref>
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Schlagtrio|Schlagquartett]]'' || 1953-03-23 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Munich <small>([[Musica Viva (Germany)|Musica Viva]])</small> || [[Ludwig Porth|Porth]], [[Hermann Gschwendner|Gschwendner]], [[Karl Peinkofer|Peinkofer]], [[Hans-Alexander Kaul|Kaul]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen/komponisten-und-werke/komponist/698/werk/4547|title=Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Schlagtrio|first=Universal Edition|last=AG}}</ref>
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| [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams, Ralph]] || [[Sinfonia antarctica|''Sinfonia antartica'' (Symphony No. 7)]] || 1953-01-14 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Manchester || [[Margaret Ritchie (soprano)|Ritchie]] / [[The Hallé|Hallé Orchestra]] – [[John Barbirolli]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cd41recordings.com/sinfoniaantarticainfo.html|title=Sinfonia Antartica/Scott Of The Antarctic – CD41}}</ref>
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| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || ''[[Alvorada na Floresta Tropical]]'' for orchestra || 1953-??-?? || {{flagicon|USA}} Louisville, KY || [[Louisville Orchestra]] – [[Robert Whitney (conductor)|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>
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| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Villa-Lobos)|Piano Concerto No. 4]] || 1953-01-09 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Syria Mosque]], Pittsburgh, PA || [[Bernardo Segall|Segall]] / [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]] – [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos]]<ref>''[http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf Villa-Lobos, sua obra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf |date=2016-10-16 }}'', Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009, based on the third edition, 1989): 58.</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Malcolm Arnold]]
**[[Symphony No. 2 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[Carlos Chávez]]
**[[Symphony No. 5 (Chávez)|Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5)]] 
*[[George Crumb]] 
**[[Viola Sonata (Crumb)|Sonata]], for viola and piano 
*[[Ernő Dohnányi]] 
**''[[American Rhapsody (Dohnányi)|American Rhapsody]]'' 
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]] 
**''[[Nummer 5]]''
*[[Cristóbal Halffter]] 
**[[Piano Concerto (C. Halffter)|Piano Concerto]] 
*[[Ernesto Halffter]] 
**[[Fantasia española]] for cello and piano
*[[Rodolfo Halffter]] 
**[[Hojas de album]] (3) for piano, Op. 22 
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] 
**[[Concerto for piano, winds and percussion]] 
*[[Arthur Honegger]] 
**''[[A Christmas Cantata]]'' 
*[[Karel Husa]]
**[[String Quartet No. 2(Husa)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[Andrew Imbrie]] 
**[[String Quartet No. 2 (Imbrie)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[György Ligeti]] 
**[[Sonata for Solo Cello (Ligeti)|Sonata for Solo Cello]] 
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]] 
**[[Concerto for violin, piano, and orchestra (Martinů)|Concerto for violin, piano, and orchestra]] 
**[[Overture (Martinů)|Overture]]
**[[Symphony No. 6 (Martinů)|''Fantaisies symphoniques'' (Symphony No. 6)]]
*[[Peter Racine Fricker]] 
**[[Viola Concerto (Racine Fricker)|Viola Concerto]] 
*[[Giacinto Scelsi]] 
**''[[Five Incantations (Scelsi)|Five Incantations]]'' for piano
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] 
**Ballet Suite No. 4 
**[[Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 10]] 
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] 
**''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)#Klavierstücke I–IV: from point to group composition|Klavierstücke I–IV]]'' (revised version)
**''[[Kontra-Punkte (Stockhausen)|Kontra-Punkte]]'' 
**''[[Studie I]]'' 
*[[Eugen Suchoň]] – ''Metamorphosis'' for orchestra
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] 
**''[[Alvorada na Floresta Tropical]]'' for orchestra 
**[[Cello Concerto No. 2 (Villa-Lobos)|Cello Concerto No. 2]]
**[[Fantaisie concertante]] for piano, clarinet and bassoon 
**[[Harp Concerto (Villa-Lobos)|Harp Concerto]] 
**''[[Odisseia de uma raça]]'', symphonic poem 
**[[String Quartet No. 14 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 14]]
**[[Symphony No. 10 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 10]], ''Sumé Pater Patrium (Sinfonia ameríndia)'' (Sumé, Father of Fathers [Amerindian Symphony])