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Mary Martin
Mary Martin 1913-90, American musical comedy star, b. Weatherford, Tex. From Martin's first stage appearance in Leave It to Me (1938), she starred in several enormously successful musicals, including One Touch of Venus (1943), South Pacific (1949); Peter Pan (1954), and The Sound of Music ... Read more
Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson 1896-1989, American composer, critic, and organist, b. Kansas City, Mo. Thomson studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger . Until about 1926 he wrote in a dissonant, neoclassic style, but after his 16-minute quintet Sonata da chiesa (1926) he began to employ a highly simplified style ... Read more
Jewish liturgical music
Jewish liturgical music the music used in the religious services of the Jews. The Bible and the Talmud record that spontaneous music making was common among the ancient Jews on all important occasions, religious and secular. Hebrew music was both instrumental and vocal. Singing was marked by r... Read more
Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt 1916-, American composer, b. Philadelphia. Babbitt turned to music after studying mathematics. He was a composition pupil of Roger Sessions at Princeton. Babbitt has attempted to apply twelve-tone principles to all the elements of composition: dynamics, timbre, and rhythm, as well as... Read more
Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna , 1920-73, Italian composer and conductor, b. Venice. Maderna studied composing with Gian Francesco Malipiero and conducting with Hermann Scherchen. As a conductor he introduced many avant-garde works to Italy. Maderna's music at times employed serialism and aleatoricism, while always ... Read more
David Merrick
David Merrick 1912-2000, American theatrical producer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as David Margulois. Merrick began his remarkably successful series of theatrical productions in 1954 with Fanny, his first Broadway musical. Thereafter he presented more than 80 plays and musicals, including Gypsy (1959),... Read more
music
music For information on types of music see such articles as absolute music ; aleatory music ; chamber music ; church music ; computer music ; electronic music ; jazz ; program music ; rock music ; serial music ; and spiritual . In addition, see entries on the music of various nations an... Read more
rock music
rock music type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. Origins of Rock Essentially hybrid in origin, rock music includes elements of several black and white American music styles: black guitar-accompanied blues; bl... Read more
rock music
rock music type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. Origins of Rock Essentially hybrid in origin, rock music includes elements of several black and white American music styles: black guitar-accompanied blues; bl... Read more
absolute music
absolute music term used for music dependent on its structure alone for comprehension. It is the antithesis of program music . It is not associated with extramusical ideas or with a pictorial or narrative scheme of emotions, nor does it attempt to reproduce sounds in nature. Hence it is always ins... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "1954 in music"

Arriola, Pepito (1896-1954)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Arriola, Pepito (1896-1954) A Spanish musical prodigy who, in 1900, at the age of three years and three months...later the boy exhibited the gift of automatic writing. (See also Rosemary Brown ; Music (Paranormal) ; Jesse Shepard )
rock music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...for saxophone solos; black and white gospel music ; white country and western music ; and the songs of white popular crooners and harmony groups. Emerging in 1954-55, rock music was initially referred to as "rock 'n' roll...
Jewish liturgical music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Bibliography: See A. Z. Idelsohn, Jewish Music in its Historical Development (1967); A. M. Rothmüller, The Music of the Jews (tr. 1954, rev. ed. 1967); A. Sendrey, Music in Ancient Israel (1969); E. Werner...
Personal Music Players
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...mobile device that reproduces music mainly for an audience of one...times. Hand-sized personal music systems did not become possible...easily. The first personal music player, Texas Instruments...appeared on the market in late 1954. Retailing at $49.95 (about...
Henry Mancini
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...major figure in American music from 1954 until his death. He spear...pan alley, and popular music. Henry Mancini composed...arranged or part-scored music for over 100 films. Notable...The Glenn Miller Story (1954), which incorporated...
Pierre Boulez
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...follow. In aleatoric music no two performances...xEE; tre (1952-1954) is a setting of three...associated with serial music are used in the piece...concerts of avant-garde music in Paris, the Domaine Musica, in 1954. Further opportunities...
Bernstein, Leonard
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Strings, and Harp (1954), perhaps his finest...became the first American music director of the New York...enduringly championed the music of Charles Ives and Gustav...x201D; beginning in 1954, he invigorated the Philharmonic...nationally televised medium for music education. Breaking with...
Virgil Thomson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...until his retirement in 1954. During those years his...The Art of Judging Music (1948), and Music Right...organ. In 1967 his book Music Reviewed, 1940-1954 appeared. In the course...wrote many songs and piano music. He received international...
David Diamond
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Buffalo as Slee Professor of Music. The years in Italy proved...in the large amount of music written, including...sonatas for solo violin (1954) and for cello (1956); Sinfonia Concertante (1954-1956); The World of...the Manhattan School of Music; he resigned in 1967...
Benjamin Britten
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...amount of solo and ensemble music for instruments, among...British tradition, though, music employing voices far outweighs...Still Falls the Rain (1954); and The Poet's Echo...The Turn of the Screw (1954); A Midsummer Night...Purcell. With so much music to his credit, Britten...

Dictionary entries related to "1954 in music"

Music Festivals
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History MUSIC FESTIVALS MUSIC FESTIVALS commemorate...organized around other types of music, including folk, bluegrass...Kool Jazz Festival, founded in 1954 as the Newport Jazz Festival...and Madison, Wisconsin. Rock music promoters staged big events...
The Music Box
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers THE MUSIC BOX USA, 1932 Director: James...London), July-September 1954. Barnes, P., "Cuckoo...May-June 1984. "The Music Box, " in Pratfall (Universal...the 1932 Oscar winner, The Music Box, evolved. This three...
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Largest and...5th edn. ed. Eric Blom (1954, 9 vols. + suppl.); 6th...The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ). Always pubd...1984), Dictionary of American Music (4 vols., 1986), Concise...
Music and Letters
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Music and Letters. Eng. mus. quarterly founded 1920 by A. H. Fox Strangways...by Eric Blom 1937–50, Richard Capell 1950–4, Blom 1954–9, J. A. Westrup 1959–76, Denis Arnold and Edward...
Bernstein, Leonard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Infinite Variety of Music (1966), The Unanswered...1952); Candide (1954–6, rev...for 7 dancers (1954); Dybbuk (1974).INCIDENTAL MUSIC: Peter Pan (Barrie...On the Waterfront (1954).ORCH.: syms...
La Strada
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...2,800 meters. Released 1954, Venice Film Festival. Filmed December 1953-May 1954 in Ponti-De Laurentiis studios...assisted by: Paolo Nuzzi; music: Nino Rota; special effects...Festival, Silver Prize, 1954; New York Critics Award...
Cage, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Interludes (1946–8); Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947); 34...776″ for a pianist (1954); 31′57.9864″ for a pianist (1954).MISCELLANEOUS: Music for Carillon Nos. 1–5...
Mathieson, Muir
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...film units; after the war, music director for Rank Organisation...Oxford, 2 August 1975. Films as Music Director (selected list...of the King (R. Boulting) 1954 The Sea Shall Not Have Them...x2014; "Aspects of Film Music," in Tempo (London), no...
Joubert, John (Pierre Herman)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Prelude (1953); vn. conc. (1954); syms.: No.1 (1955...VOICES: There Is No Rose (1954); Welcome Yule (1958...Lord of Lords , ch., org. (1954); Missa beata Ioannis , ch...org. (1972, rev. 1974); Music for a Pied Piper , ch., rec...
Sculthorpe, Peter (Joshua)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...str. (1989).CHAMBER MUSIC: 12 str. qts. (1947...solo vn. sonata (1954); The Loneliness of...VOCAL & CHORAL: Sun Music II, vv., perc. (1966...PIANO: Sonatina (1954); Left Bank Waltz...recorded tape (1971); Koto Music I and II , amplified pf...

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`Jazz is like jumping off a cliff' Artie Shaw was one of the great jazz clarinettists of his time, yet he hasn't played a note of music since 1954. He talks to Michael Freedland
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/4/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...he hasn't played a note of music for almost half a century. It was in 1954 that the man who must rank as...and write the same kind of music over and over again. I'm...When he names names - the music men whom he thinks deserve his...
A portal into Benjy Stone's memory of 1954 gives rise to comedy, music and a bit.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Correspondent A portal into Benjy Stones memory of 1954 gives rise to comedy, music and a bit of pathos in My Favorite Year...character, she said, and didnt feature music. I fell in love with the music before ever seeing the show, she said...
The incidence of the word "roll" in American folk music (AHEM).(Appleseeds: since 1954 Pete Seeger has used this column to spread ideas so that some of them can grow)
Magazine article from: Sing Out!; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...collect material for a research paper on symbols in American folk music like tree, or bird, or rock--as they appear in songs...compile my paper on the incidence of the word in American folk music. Incidence is a good word, too, for researchers. Well sir...
Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954
Magazine article from: Arkansas Historical Quarterly; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954, By Jeffrey J. Lange...created modern country music did not view these impulses...Lange says, "Country music not only captures the...cuts that story off in 1954-with the rise of Elvis...
Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954. By Jeffrey J. Lange. (Athens...held fast to their regions and music. After reveille, feuding portable...volume. What became country music accompanied English and Irish...
DEANGELIS HAS TAUGHT GENERATIONS A LOVE OF MUSIC; HE HAS BROUGHT HIS PASSION TO THE LYNCOURT SCHOOL SINCE 1954.(Neighbors Syracuse)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 6/2/2005; 700+ words ; ...children to play band instruments. "Music is a great way to spend a lifetime...university. After earning a degree in music education, DeAngelis taught for...moved to Lyncourt to start their music program in 1954. The district had 25 brand-new...
DEANGELIS HAS TAUGHT GENERATIONS A LOVE OF MUSIC; HE HAS BROUGHT HIS PASSION TO THE LYNCOURT SCHOOL SINCE 1954.(Neighbors East)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 5/26/2005; 700+ words ; ...children to play band instruments. "Music is a great way to spend a lifetime...university. After earning a degree in music education, DeAngelis taught for...moved to Lyncourt to start their music program in 1954. The district had 25 brand-new...
MUSIC, ART & POLITICS: A History of the St Pancras & Camden Festivals 1954-87
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 1/1/2005; ; 672 words ; MUSIC, ART & POLITICS: A History...Paneras & Camden Festivals 1954-87 By Helen Lawrence Camden...wants to be involved in pop music, sport, everything. The Camden...with forays into film, World Music and pop. In an era when a plethora...
GRAVEYARD SHRINES FOR MUSIC LOVERS.(EXPLORE)(TRAVEL WISE\ CORRECTION: The Horse The nickname of running back Alan Ameche, the 1954 Heisman trophy winner from the University of Wisconsin, was "The Horse." He was referred to as "The Galloping Ghost" in an item in Sunday's Explore section.\ (correction published 11-25-03))(Column)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 11/23/2003; 700+ words ; ...CORRECTION: The Horse The nickname of running back Alan Ameche, the 1954 Heisman trophy winner from the University of Wisconsin, was...Tombstone Tourist," by Scott Stanton (Pocket Books, $15) is a music-lover's guide to gravestones and shrines. It runs the gamut...
Scandinavian favourites Music by Alfven, Svendsen, Grieg, Nielsen and Sibelius Royal Opera House Orchestra / Hollingsworth; LPO / Cameron CDEA 5500; recorded 1954 - 1955
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/12/1997; ; 446 words ; ...Masquerade) raises the curtain on a Sibelius sequence where Proms maestro Basil Cameron conducts the London Philharmonic - music from Karelia ("Intermezzo" and "Alla Marcia"), King Christian II ("Musette") and Kuolema (the celebrated "Valse...