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1955 in British music

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

Events

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Charts

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Classical music: new works

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Opera

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Film and Incidental music

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Musical theatre

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Musical films

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  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.
  4. ^ optus net
  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. ^ "Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  12. ^ Petridis, Alexis (28 November 2010). "Peter Christopherson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  13. ^ 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

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  • Britten, Benjamin (2004). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 3, 1946–1951. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571299300.
  • Britten, Benjamin (2008). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 4, 1952–1957. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843833826.