1958 in music

- Hendrik Andriessen – ::Canzoni (3), for chorus ::*Liturgie Amienj Gospodie*, for chorus ::*Missa "Fiat voluntas tua"*, for two voices and organ ::*Uilenspiegel-variatie*, for two violins and orchestra - Jurriaan Andriessen – Duo, for two violins - Theodore Antoniou – *Aquarelles*, for piano - Louis Applebaum – ::*Cherry Tree Carol*, for SATB chorus ::*King Herod*, for SATB chorus - Hans Erich Apostel – ::*Höhe des Jahres*, for four-part male chorus, Op 28 ::Piano Concerto, Op. 30 ::*Studie*, for flute, viola, and guitar, Op. 29 - Malcolm Arnold – Sinfonietta No. 2, for orchestra, Op. 65 - Tadeusz Baird – *Four Essays* - Samuel Barber – *Wondrous Love: Variations on a Shape-note Hymn*, for organ, Op. 34 - Jürg Baur – ::*Concertante Music*, for piano and orchestra ::"Du selber bist das Rad", for mixed chorus ::*Quintetto sereno*, for wind quintet - Paul Ben-Haim – *Lamenatseah mizmor* (To the Chief Musician), for orchestra - Arthur Berger – String Quartet - William Bergsma – ::Concerto, for wind quintet ::*Praise*, for chorus and organ - Luciano Berio – *Sequenza I*, for solo flute - Lennox Berkeley – ::Concerto, for piano and double string orchestra, Op. 46 ::*Poems of W.H. Auden* (5), for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 53 - Günter Bialas – *Sonata piccola*, for violin and piano - Harrison Birtwistle – *Three Sonatas for Nine Instruments* (withdrawn) - Arthur Bliss – *The Lady of Shalott* (ballet) - Marc Blitzstein – ::*Elizabethan Songs* (6), for voice and piano ::* Lear: A Study*, for orchestra - Ernest Bloch – ::Suite for Viola Solo (fragmentary) ::Suite No. 1 for Violin Solo ::Suite No. 2 for Violin Solo - Rob du Bois – Pieces (3), for clarinet - André Boucourechliev – *Texte I*, for tape - Pierre Boulez – ::*Doubles*, for orchestra ::*Poésie pour pouvoir*, for five-channel tape and three orchestral groups ::*Le Soleil des eaux*, for soprano, tenor, bass, STB chorus, and orchestra (revised version) - Henry Brant – ::*The Children's Hour*, for six solo voices, chorus, two trumpets, two trombones, organ, and percussion ::*In Praise of Learning*, for 16 sopranos and 16 percussionists ::*Joquin*, for piccolo and six instruments ::*Mythical Beasts*, for soprano and 16 instruments - Benjamin Britten – :: *Nocturne*, for tenor, 7 obbligato instruments, and strings, Op. 60 ::*Noye's Fludde*, one-act opera, Op. 59 ::*Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente*, for voice and piano, Op. 61 - Earle Brown – *Pentathis*, for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, violin, viola, and cello - Alan Bush – ::*Ballad of Aldermarston*, for speaker, chorus, and orchestra ::*Ballads of the Sea* (2), for piano, Op. 50 ::*Mister Playford's Tunes*, for piano, Op. 49 ::*The World Is His Song*, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, Op. 51 - John Cage – ::Aria, for solo voice ::Concert, for piano and orchestra ::*Fontana Mix*, for tape ::*Haiku*, for any instruments ::*Music Walk*, for piano (one or more players, also using radio and/or recordings) ::*Solo for Voice 1* ::*TV Köln*, for piano ::Variations I, for any number of players, and any means - Cornelius Cardew – ::*Books of Study for Pianists* (2), for two pianos ::Piano Sonata No. 3 - Julián Carrillo – ::*Balbuceos*, for micro-tonal piano and chamber orchestra ::Concerto, for -tone piano and orchestra - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – ::*Endymion*, for chorus, Op. 184 ::*The Fiery Furnace* (chamber cantata), for baritone, children's voices, piano or organ and percussion, Op. 183 ::*Little Songs* (3), for voice and piano ::Pastorale and Rondo, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, Op. 185 - Niccolò Castiglioni – ::*Inizio di movimento*, for piano ::*Sequenze*, for orchestra - Carlos Chávez – *Invención*, for piano - Chou Wen-chung – ::*Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni*, for trumpet, brass, and percussion ::*To a Wayfarer*, for clarinet, harp, percussion, and strings - Aldo Clementi – *Episode*, for orchestra - Ramiro Cortés – ::*America*, cycle of four songs for soprano and strings ::Chamber Concerto, for cello and 12 wind instruments - Henry Cowell – ::*Andrée's Birthday*, for treble instrument ::*Birthday Piece*, for 2 treble instruments ::Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra ::Duet, for 2 soprano instruments ::[Duet], for 2 treble instruments ::*Henry's Hornpipe*, for treble instrument ::*Introduction and Allegro*, for viola and harpsichord or piano ::*Jim's B'day*, for piano ::*Love to Sidney*, for soprano instrument and piano:Rondo for Brass, for 3 trumpets, 2 horns, and 2 trombones ::*Lullaby for Philio*, for treble instrument:*Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 12*, for 3 horns ::*Wedding Rondo*, for unaccompanied clarinet - Ingolf Dahl – *Fanfares*, for piano - Luigi Dallapiccola – ::*Concerto per la notte di Natale dell'anno 1956*, for soprano and chamber orchestra (revised version) ::*Requiescant*, for chorus and orchestra - Mario Davidovsky – String Quartet No. 2 - Peter Maxwell Davies – ::*Prolation*, for orchestra ::Sextet, for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, violin, and cello - Norman Dello Joio – ::*O Sing unto the Lord* (Psalm 48), men's voices and organ ::*To St Cecilia*, for SATB chorus and piano or brass - David Diamond – Wind Quintet - Franco Donatoni – String Quartet No. 2 - Antal Doráti – *The Two Enchantments of Li-Tai-Po*, for baritone and chamber orchestra - Jacob Druckman – Madrigals (4), for SATB chorus - Vernon Duke – *Variations on an Old Russian Chant*, for oboe and strings - Marcel Dupré – ::Motets (2), for chorus, Op. 53 ::Quartet in D Minor, for organ, violin, viola, and cello, Op. 52 - John Eaton – ::String Quartet ::*Tertullian Overture*, for orchestra - Petr Eben – *Láska a smrt* (Love and Death), for mixed chorus - Helmut Eder – ::*Pezzo sereno*, for orchestra - Cecil Effinger – ::Little Symphony No. 2 ::Symphony No. 5 ::Wind Quintet - Gottfried von Einem – ::Lieder (5), for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 25 ::*Das Stundenlied*, for SATB chorus and orchestra, Op. 26 - Hanns Eisler – ::*Am 1. Mai*, for voice with small orchestra ::*Steht auf!*, for voice and piano - Halim El-Dabh – *Clytemnestra*, ballet - Edison Denisov - Sonata for Two Violins - Hans Ulrich Engelmann – ::*Noche da luna*, dance pantomime ::*Nocturnos*, for soprano and chamber orchestra - Donald Erb – ::Chamber Concerto, for piano and strings ::*Correlations*, for piano ::*Dialogue*, for violin and piano - Heimo Erbse – *Ruth*, ballet in two acts, Op. 16 - Rudolf George Escher – Symphony No. 2 - Alvin Etler – ::Concerto for violin and wind quintet ::"Peace Be unto You", for SATB chorus - Franco Evangelisti – *Proporzioni*, for flute solo - Ferenc Farkas – Lieder (3) - Robert Farnon – ::*City Streets*, for orchestra ::*Dominion Day*, for orchestra ::*Mr Punch*, for orchestra ::Rhapsody for violin and orchestra - David Farquhar – *In Despite of Death*, song cycle for baritone and piano - Samuil Feinberg – *Maritza*, cycle of eight songs for voice and piano, Op. 47 - Jindřich Feld – Violin Concerto - Morton Feldman – ::*Ixion (Summerspace)* (ballet), for ten instruments ::*Piano*, for piano four-hands ::*Two Instruments*, for horn and cello - Luc Ferrari – ::*Étude aux accidents*, for tape ::*Étude aux sons tendus*, for tape - Jacobo Ficher – *Mi Aldea*, cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, and chamber orchestra, Op. 91 - Irving Fine – *Romanza*, for wind quintet - Nicolas Flagello – Serenata for orchestra, Op. 58 - Wolfgang Fortner _ ::*Ballet blanc*, for two violins and string orchestra ::*Berceuse royale*, for soprano, violin, and string orchestra - Lukas Foss – ::*Ode*, for orchestra (revised version) ::*Symphony of Chorales*, for orchestra - Jean Françaix – ::*La dame dans la lune*, ballet ::Divertimento, for horn and orchestra ::*L'homme entre deux âges*, for voice, flute, and string quintet - Benjamin Frankel – Symphony No. 1 - Alberto Ginastera – ::*Hay que bañar al nene* (film score) ::*El límite* (incidental music) ::*Primavera de la vida* (film score) ::String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 - Marcel Grandjany – *Fantaisie sur un thème de J. Haydn, Op. 31*, for harp - Ferde Grofé – Concerto in D, for piano and orchestra - Alois Hába – String Quartet No. 11, Op. 87 - Paul Hindemith – ::*Pittsburgh Symphony* ::*12 Fünfstimmige Madrigale* for mixed chorus ::Octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, two violas, cello, and double bass - Dmitri Kabalevsky – *In the Magic Forest* - Mauricio Kagel – *Anagrama*, for soprano, alto, baritone, bass, speaking chorus, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 percussionists, celesta, 2 pianos, and 2 harps - Leon Kirchner – String Quartet No. 2 - György Ligeti – *Artikulation* - Witold Lutosławski – *Funeral music* - Bohuslav Martinů – ::Piano Concerto No. 5, H. 366 ::*The Parables* H. 367 ::*Estampes* ::Duo No. 2 for Violin and Cello - Peter Mennin – Piano Concerto - Darius Milhaud – String Sextet, Op. 368 - José Pablo Moncayo – ::*Pequeño nocturno*, for piano ::Symphony No. 2 (unfinished) ::*Tierra* (ballet), for orchestra - Thea Musgrave – String Quartet - Luigi Nono ::*Cori di Didone*, for chorus and percussion ::*Piccola gala notturna veneziana in onore dei 60 anni di Heinrich Strobel*, for 14 instruments ::*La terra e la compagna*, for soprano, tenor, chorus, and instruments - Per Nørgård – *Constellations*, for strings - Harry Partch – *Windsong*, film score for ensemble of original instruments - Arvo Pärt - *Partita*, Op. 2 for piano - Goffredo Petrassi – ::*Saluto augurale*, for orchestra ::Serenata, for flute, harpsichord, percussion, viola, and contrabass ::String Quartet - George Rochberg – *Cheltenham Concerto*, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and strings - Ned Rorem – Symphony No. 3 - Edmund Rubbra – *Pezzo Ostinato* ([Rubbra collections page with description](https://web.archive.org/web/20051113083316/http://www.bl.uk/collections/music/rubbra1.html)) and *Violin Concerto*, Opp. 102 and 103. - Carl Ruggles – *Exaltation* - Giacinto Scelsi – ::String Trio ::*I presagi* for 11 players: 9 brass and 2 percussion ::*Tre canti popolari* for four-voice mixed choir ::*Tre canti sacri* for eight-voice mixed choir - Dieter Schnebel – ::*für stimmen ( ... missa est): dt 31,6*, for 12 vocal ensembles ::*Raum-Zeit Y*, for instruments - Alfred Schnittke – Oratorio *Nagasaki* - Humphrey Searle – Symphony No. 2, Op. 33 (1956–8); *Variations and Finale*, Op. 34 - Roger Sessions – ::String Quintet ::Symphony No. 4 - Dmitri Shostakovich – *Moskva, Cheryomushki*, operetta, Op. 105 - Toru Takemitsu – ::*Kamitsukareta kaoyaku* [A Boss Who was Bitten] (film score) ::*Kokusen'ya*, incidental music ::*Pananpe no omoigakenai shōri no hanashi* [The Story of Panape's Unexpected Victory], for tenor, baritone, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, guitar, and percussion ::*Solitude sonore*, for orchestra ::*Sora, uma, soshite shi* [Sky, Horse and Death], for tape ::*Tableau noir*, for speaker and chamber orchestra ::*Yume no hoshi* [A Star in a Dream] (television music) ::*Utau dake*, for chorus - Eduard Tubin – Symphony No. 7 - Edgard Varèse – *Poème électronique* (1957–58) - Anatol Vieru – ::Concerto for Flute and Orchestra ::Eight Miniatures, for piano - Heitor Villa-Lobos – ::*Bendita sabedoria*, for six-part choir ::Fantasia, for wind orchestra ::Fantasia concertante, for orchestra of cellos (at least 32 instruments) ::*Green Mansions* (film score, concert arrangement as *Forest of the Amazon*) ::*Magnificat alleluia*, solo voice, chorus, and orchestra ::*A menina das nuvens*, musical adventure in three acts - Leó Weiner – Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D major - Stefan Wolpe – ::*Dust of Sorrow*, for SATB choir ::*The Hour Glass* (dramatic scene) ::*The Way a Crow*, for SATB choir - Iannis Xenakis – ::*Analogique A*, for string ensemble ::*Concret PH*, for 2-track tape - Bernd Alois Zimmermann – ::*Impromptu*, for orchestra ::*Omnia tempus habent*, canatata for soprano and 17 instruments ## Opera - Samuel Barber – *Vanessa* - Carlisle Floyd – *Wuthering Heights* - Jakov Gotovac – *Dalmaro* - Gian Carlo Menotti – *Maria Golovin* - Ildebrando Pizzetti – *Assassinio nella cattedrale* - Humphrey Searle – *The Diary of a Madman* ## Film - William Alwyn - *A Night to Remember* - Georges Auric - *Bonjour Tristesse* - James Bernard - *Dracula* - Miles Davis - *Elevator to the Gallows* - Bernard Herrmann - *The 7th Voyage of Sinbad* - Bernard Herrmann - *Vertigo* - Henry Mancini - *Touch of Evil* - Jerome Moross - *The Big Country* ## [[Jazz]] *Main article: [1958 in jazz](1958-in-jazz)* ## [[Musical theatre]] - *The Body Beautiful* Broadway production, opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 60 performances - *The Boy Friend* (Sandy Wilson) – off-Broadway revival - *Expresso Bongo* London production - *Flower Drum Song* (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) Broadway production, opened at the St. James Theatre and ran for 600 performances - *Irma La Douce* London production - *Lola Montez*, Brisbane production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane on October 1 - *Oh, Captain!* Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on February 4 and ran for 192 performances. - *Salad Days* (Julian Slade) New York production ran for 80 performances - *Valmouth* London production - *West Side Story* (Leonard Bernstein) – London production - *Where's Charley?* London production ## [[Musical film]]s - *April Love* starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones - *Damn Yankees* starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston - *The Duke Wore Jeans* British film starring Tommy Steele - *Gigi* starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold - *King Creole* starring Elvis Presley - *Mardi Gras* starring Pat Boone - *Música de Siempre*, featuring Édith Piaf - *Senior Prom* starring Jill Corey - *South Pacific* starring Mitzi Gaynor - *The Tunnel of Love* ## Musical television - *Aladdin* (Cole Porter) televised on February 21 starring Cyril Ritchard, Basil Rathbone, Dennis King, Sal Mineo, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Una Merkel. - *Hansel and Gretel* (William Engvick and Alec Wilder) televised on April 27 starring Barbara Cook and Red Buttons - *Kiss Me, Kate* starring Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Julie Wilson, Bill Hayes and Jack Klugman ## Births - January 1 - Grandmaster Flash, rapper - Renn Woods, singer (Hair) - January 2 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist - January 8 – Steve Garvey, bass guitarist (Buzzcocks, The Teardrops and Bok Bok) - January 9 – Hillevi Martinpelto, Swedish operatic soprano - January 10 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer - January 11 - Vicki Peterson, rock guitarist and songwriter (The Bangles and Psycho Sisters) - Trevor Taylor, Jamaican-German singer and musician - January 21 – Frank Ticheli, American composer and academic - January 24 – Jools Holland, R&B pianist and singer, TV music presenter - January 29 – Vlatka Oršanić, opera singer - February 10 – Michael Weiss, jazz pianist and composer - February 12 – Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens and Jack Frost) (died 2006) - February 16 – Ice-T, American musician, rapper, songwriter, actor, record executive, record producer and author - February 21 - Jake Burns, punk rock frontman (Stiff Little Fingers) - Mary Chapin Carpenter, American country/folk singer-songwriter - February 23 – David Sylvian, new wave singer-songwriter (Japan) - February 25 – Eva Johansson, Danish operatic soprano - March 1 – Nik Kershaw, English pop singer-songwriter - March 5 – Andy Gibb, English pop singer-songwriter, performer and teen idol (Bee Gees) (died 1988) - March 8 – Gary Numan, English new wave synth-pop singer - March 9 – Martin Fry, English pop singer-songwriter (ABC) - March 10 – Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican salsa singer (died 1998) - March 28 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer (died 2025) - April 10 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist - Errollyn Wallen, Belize-born composer - April 11 – Stuart Adamson, rock singer and guitarist (Big Country) (died 2001) - April 12 – Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen) - April 14 – Aprile Millo, American operatic soprano of Italian and Irish ancestry - April 18 – Les Pattinson, rock bassist and songwriter (Echo & the Bunnymen) - April 21 – Andranik Madadian, Armenian/Iranian singer-songwriter - April 25 – Fish, Scottish singer (Marillion) - May 2 – Mayumi Horikawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and model - May 6 – Lolita Flores, Spanish actress and singer - May 9 - Kim Hye-ok, South Korean actress - May 10 – Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Idoli and Apartchiks) (died 2015) - May 11 – Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter - May 12 – Eric Singer, American drummer and songwriter - May 16 – Glenn Gregory, English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Heaven 17) - May 18 – Toyah Willcox, English singer and actress - May 21 – Mike Barson (Madness) - May 23 – Shelly West, American country singer - May 25 – Paul Weller, singer-songwriter The Jam, Style Council - May 26 – Wayne Hussey, English rock guitarist (The Sisters of Mercy) and singer (The Mission) - May 27 – Neil Finn, singer-songwriter, Split Enz, Crowded House - May 30 – Marie Fredriksson, pop singer-songwriter (Roxette) (died 2019) - June 2 – Karl Gottfried Brunotte, German composer and music philosopher - June 3 – Roger Redgate, British composer-conductor - June 7 – Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist, record executive, record producer, musician and film maker (died 2016) - June 12 – Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist - June 17 – Jello Biafra, American singer (Dead Kennedys) - June 21 - Jennifer Larmore, American operatic mezzo-soprano - Steve Lieberman, American punk musician (Gangsta Rabbi) - June 22 – Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress - June 24 - Levi Roots, Jamaican reggae musician - Kathy Troccoli, American singer and author - June 27 - Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OP8 and Eels) - Brian Helicopter, English bass player (The Shapes, HellsBelles and Rogue Male) - Magnus Lindberg, Finnish pianist and composer - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (died 1996) - June 28 – Félix Gray, French singer-songwriter - June 29 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor and singer - Mark Radcliffe, English radio host and folk rock singer (Shirehorses and The Family Mahone) - June 30 - Kalevi Kiviniemi, Finnish concert organist (died [2024](2024-in-music)) - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish composer-conductor - July 3 – Aaron Tippin, country singer - July 5 – Paul Daniel, operatic and orchestral conductor - July 7 – Michala Petri, recorder virtuoso - July 18 – Bent Sørensen, composer - July 25 – Thurston Moore, rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Sonic Youth) - July 26 – Angela Hewitt, classical pianist - July 27 – Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composer - July 30 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer - July 31 - Bill Berry, alternative rock drummer (R.E.M.) - Deborah Riedel, operatic soprano (died 2009) - August 3 – Rob Buck, alternative rock guitarist and songwriter ([10,000 Maniacs](10-000-maniacs)) - August 4 – Ian Broudie, English musician and singer-songwriter (The Lightning Seeds) - August 6 – Randy DeBarge, soul singer and guitarist - August 7 – Bruce Dickinson, singer (Iron Maiden) - August 16 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, actress, activist and businesswoman - August 17 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter. - August 22 - Ian Mitchell, British pop bassist (Bay City Rollers) - Vernon Reid, British-born rock guitarist and songwriter (Living Colour) - August 29 – Michael Jackson, American performer, pop singer-songwriter (died 2009) - September 3 – Radoslav Lorković, Croatian pianist and accordionist - September 6 – Buster Bloodvessel, vocalist (Bad Manners) - September 7 – Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor - September 10 – Siobhan Fahey, Irish pop singer-songwriter (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister) - September 13 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor - September 14 – Rachid Taha, Algerian-born singer and activist (died 2018) - September 19 - Lita Ford, English-born American rock guitarist, actress, vocalist and songwriter (The Runaways) - Lucky Ali, singer, composer and actor - September 22 - Andrea Bocelli, operatic tenor - Joan Jett, American alternative rock singer-songwriter, composer, musician, record producer and occasional actress (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) - October 9 – Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American industrial rock singer-songwriter and producer (Ministry) - October 10 – Tanya Tucker, country singer - October 13 – Derri Daugherty, American alternative rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (The Choir, The Lost Dogs) - October 14 – Thomas Dolby, English rock musician - October 20 - Mark King, bassist and singer (Level 42) - October 24 - Mathilde Santing, Dutch singer - October 27 – Simon Le Bon, vocalist (Duran Duran) - November 1 – Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer and producer - November 10 – Frank Maudsley (A Flock of Seagulls) - November 22 – Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) - November 27 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese songwriter and music producer - December 7 – Timothy Butler (The Psychedelic Furs) - December 9 – Nick Seymour, bassist (Crowded House) - December 11 – Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) - December 12 – Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kids and TNT) - December 14 - Mike Scott (The Waterboys) - Spider Stacy, folk musician (The Pogues) - December 17 – Mike Mills (R.E.M.) - December 23 – Victoria Williams, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist - December 25 - Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter - Juancho Rois, Colombian vallenato accordionist and composer (died 1994) - *probable* – Fortuna, Brazilian singer ## Deaths - January 20 – Ataúlfo Argenta, conductor, 44 (carbon monoxide poisoning) - February 5 – Lew Brown, lyricist, 64 - March 24 – John Harvey Gahan, violinist, songwriter and actor, 69 - March 25 - Tom Brown, jazz trombonist, 69 - Emerson Whithorne, composer and historian, 73 - March 28 – W. C. Handy, blues composer, 84 - April 1 - Břetislav Bakala, pianist, conductor and composer, 61 - Alfred Bryan, songwriter, 86 - April 2 – Tudor Davies, operatic tenor, 65 - April 10 – Chuck Willis, singer, 30 (during surgery for stomach ulcer) - April 16 – Margaret Burke Sheridan, operatic soprano, 68 - May 20 – Irma Baltuttis, singer, 37 (suspected murder) - June 1 – Henri Pensis, violinist, conductor and composer, 57 - June 3 - Georges Boulanger, violinist, 65 - Maude Nugent, songwriter, 81 - June 15 – José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican percussionist and composer, 45 - June 20 – Elfriede Trötschel, operatic soprano, 44 - June 21 – Eduard Erdmann, pianist and composer, 62 - June 23 – Armas Järnefelt, composer, 88 - June 27 – Marie Sundelius, operatic soprano, 74 - July 10 – Karl Erb, operatic tenor and lieder singer, 81 - July 31 - Eugène Goossens, fils, violinist and conductor, 91 - Percy Scholes, musicologist, 81 - August 5 – Joseph Holbrooke, composer, 80 - August 15 – Big Bill Broonzy, blues musician and composer, 60 - August 17 – Florent Schmitt, composer, 87 - August 21 – Stevan Hristić, composer, 73 - August 26 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer, 85 - September 20 – Yvonne Arnaud, pianist, singer and actress, 65 - September 23 – Alfred Piccaver, British-born American operatic tenor, 74 - October 13 – Alexander Veprik, composer, 59 - October 24 – Martin Shaw, composer, 83 - October 25 – Artie Matthews, ragtime composer and songwriter, 69 - October 27 – John Wooldridge, film composer, 39 (car accident) - October 29 – Vassili Nebolsin, conductor, 60 - November 3 – Harry Revel, composer of musicals, 52 - November 26 – Tiny Bradshaw, jazz and blues musician, 53 (stroke) - November 27 – Artur Rodziński, conductor, 66 - December 1 – Boots Mallory, dancer, 45 (chronic throat disease) - December 8 – Julia Lee, blues singer, 56 (heart attack) - December 11 – Paul Bazelaire, cellist, 72 - December 20 – Éva Gauthier, operatic soprano, 73 - December 29 – Doris Humphrey, dancer and choreographer, 63 - *date unknown* - Samuel Antek, violinist and conductor - John Strachan, ballad singer ## Awards ### [[Eurovision Song Contest]] - Eurovision Song Contest 1958 ### [[International Tchaikovsky Competition|Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition]] - Van Cliburn ## References ## References 1. 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