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==Events==
==Events==
*[[February 6]] – Contralto [[Kathleen Ferrier]], already terminally ill with cancer, leaves Covent Garden Opera House in London on a stretcher after being taken ill on the second night of her run-in Gluck's ''Orfeo ed Euridice''.<ref>{{cite book|editor-link=Christopher Fifield|editor-last=Fifield|editor-first=Christopher|title=Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier|publisher=Boydell Press|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk|year=2003|isbn=1-84383-012-4|pages=183-4}}</ref>
*[[February 6]] – Contralto [[Kathleen Ferrier]], already terminally ill with cancer, leaves Covent Garden Opera House in London on a stretcher after being taken ill on the second night of her run in Gluck's ''Orfeo ed Euridice''.<ref>{{cite book|editor-link=Christopher Fifield|editor-last=Fifield|editor-first=Christopher|title=Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier|publisher=Boydell Press|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk|year=2003|isbn=1-84383-012-4|pages=183–4}}</ref>
*[[March 12]] – [[Heinrich Sutermeister]]'s opera ''Romeo and Juliet'' receives its English première at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] in London, conducted by James Robertson.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sadler's Wells|date=25 March 1953|journal=The Tatler
*[[March 12]] – [[Heinrich Sutermeister]]'s opera ''[[Romeo und Julia (Sutermeister opera)|Romeo und Julia]]'' receives its English première at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] in London, conducted by [[James Robertson (conductor)|James Robertson]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sadler's Wells|date=25 March 1953|journal=The Tatler
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*April - [[Pat Boone]] begins his recording career at Republic Records.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-02 |title=AmericanHeritage.com / More Mr. Nice Guy |url=http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2006/1/2006_1_28.shtml |access-date=2022-03-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902150344/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2006/1/2006_1_28.shtml |archive-date=2 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*April – [[Pat Boone]] begins his recording career at Republic Records.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-02 |title=AmericanHeritage.com / More Mr. Nice Guy |url=http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2006/1/2006_1_28.shtml |access-date=2022-03-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902150344/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2006/1/2006_1_28.shtml |archive-date=2 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[May 26]] – [[Werner Meyer-Eppler]], Fritz Enkel, [[Herbert Eimert]] and Robert Beyer open a pioneering electronic music studio at the Cologne studios of the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|NWDR]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Morawska-Büngeler|first=Marietta|year=1988|title=Schwingende Elektronen: Eine Dokumentation über das Studio für Elektronische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunks in Köln 1951–1986|location=Cologne-Rodenkirchen|publisher=P. J. Tonger Verlag|pages=11–12}}</ref>
*[[May 26]] – [[Werner Meyer-Eppler]], Fritz Enkel, [[Herbert Eimert]] and Robert Beyer open a pioneering electronic music studio at the Cologne studios of the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|NWDR]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Morawska-Büngeler|first=Marietta|year=1988|title=Schwingende Elektronen: Eine Dokumentation über das Studio für Elektronische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunks in Köln 1951–1986|location=Cologne-Rodenkirchen|publisher=P. J. Tonger Verlag|pages=11–12}}</ref>
*[[May 30]] - [[Shirley Booth]], [[Dino Di Luca]] and [[John Serry Sr.]] collaborate for the last time in the final performance of ''[[The Time of the Cuckoo]]'' at the closing of the [[Empire Theatre (41st Street)|Empire Theatre]] in New York City.<ref name="article12">''New York Journal-American'' (see the photograph of Serry's signature inscribed with signatures of other members of the cast on the stage door of the Empire Theatre at the closing of the play ''[[The Time of the Cuckoo]]''), May 25, 1953, p. 15</ref><ref name="OxErAAAAIBAJ 2350, p. 12">[https://books.google.com/books?id=OxErAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22John+Serry&pg=PA12&article_id=2350,124787 "Celebrating National Music Week - Accordion Concert" : John Serry - p. 12...appearing with award winner Shirly Booth in "Time of the Cuckoo" See photograph and caption of John Serry in the "Reading Eagle" April 19, 1953 p. 12 on Google Books]</ref><ref>[https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection - Series 3: Scrapbook - contains a clipping with a photograph from the "New York Journal American" May 25, 1953 p. 15 showing the stage cast door from the Empire Theater with Shirley Booth pointing to signatures of the cast of "The Time of the Cuckoo" which includes John Serry's signatue. The John J. Serry Sr. Collection p. 17 Series 3 Scrapbook Box 3 Item 1 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music on esm.rochester.edu]</ref>
*[[July 16]]–29 – The [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik]] are held at [[Darmstadt]].
*[[July 16]]–[[July 29|29]] – The [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik]] are held at [[Darmstadt]].
*[[July 18]] – [[Elvis Presley's Sun recordings]]: [[Elvis Presley]] makes his first recordings (a copy of which is owned by [[Jack White]] when he wins an auction on eBay in January 2015).
*[[July 18]] – [[Elvis Presley's Sun recordings]]: [[Elvis Presley]] makes his first recordings (a copy of which is owned by [[Jack White]] when he wins an auction on eBay in January 2015).
*[[September 27]] – [[Helen Traubel]] ends her long association with the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City after having appeared in Chicago as a night-club singer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soprano Leaves New York Opera: Night Club Engagement|work=The Times|issue=52738|date=1953-09-27|page=6}}</ref>
*[[September 27]] – [[Helen Traubel]] ends her long association with the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City after having appeared in Chicago as a night-club singer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soprano Leaves New York Opera: Night Club Engagement|work=The Times|issue=52738|date=1953-09-27|page=6}}</ref>
*October – Sir [[Arthur Bliss]] replaces Sir [[Arnold Bax]] as [[Master of the Queen's Music]] in the United Kingdom.
*October – Sir [[Arthur Bliss]] replaces Sir [[Arnold Bax]] as [[Master of the Queen's Music]] in the United Kingdom.
* [[October 5]] – [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] and the soloist's in the [[Vienna State Opera]]'s production of ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' publicly protest the suspension of [[Egon Hilbert]] as administrator of the Burg Theater and State Opera.
* [[October 5]] – [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] and the soloists in the [[Vienna State Opera]]'s production of ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' publicly protest against the suspension of [[Egon Hilbert]] as administrator of the Burg Theater and State Opera.
* [[October 19]] – Opening of the Covent Garden opera season in London, with a production of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]'s ''[[Die Walküre]]''.
* [[October 19]] – Opening of the Covent Garden opera season in London, with a production of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]'s ''[[Die Walküre]]''.
* [[October 30]] – [[Ernst Marboe]] is announced as the new administrator of the Vienna State Opera and Burg Theater, replacing Egon Hilbert.
* [[October 30]] – [[Ernst Marboe]] is announced as the new administrator of the Vienna State Opera and Burg Theater, replacing Egon Hilbert.
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*"[[Crazy Man, Crazy]]", recorded by [[Bill Haley & His Comets]], becomes the first [[rock and roll]] single to make the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' national American musical charts.
*"[[Crazy Man, Crazy]]", recorded by [[Bill Haley & His Comets]], becomes the first [[rock and roll]] single to make the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' national American musical charts.
*American singer [[Frankie Laine]] sets the all-time [[United Kingdom]] record for weeks at [[List of Number 1 singles from the 1950s (UK)|Number One]] in a given year on the [[UK Singles Chart]], when his hit singles "Answer Me," "Hey Joe!" and "I Believe" hold the top slot for 27 weeks: a little over half a year. "I Believe", Number One for 18 weeks, also holds the all-time record for a single. Over 50 years later, both records will still hold.
*American singer [[Frankie Laine]] sets the all-time [[United Kingdom]] record for weeks at [[List of Number 1 singles from the 1950s (UK)|Number One]] in a given year on the [[UK Singles Chart]], when his hit singles "Answer Me," "Hey Joe!" and "I Believe" hold the top slot for 27 weeks: a little over half a year. "I Believe", Number One for 18 weeks, also holds the all-time record for a single. Over 50 years later, both records will still hold.
*[[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] becomes "The Coca-Cola Kid" on the television show, ''[[Coke Time]]'' at a salary of one million dollars a year.
*[[Eddie Fisher]] becomes "The Coca-Cola Kid" on the television show ''[[Coke Time]]'' at a salary of one million dollars a year.
*The [[Allegri Quartet]] is formed in the United Kingdom.
*[[The Platters]] form in Los Angeles.
*[[The Platters]] form in Los Angeles.
*The [[Erato Records]] label is founded to promote French classical music.
*The [[Erato Records]] label is founded to promote French classical music.
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*''Kay Starr Style'' – [[Kay Starr]]
*''Kay Starr Style'' – [[Kay Starr]]
*''[[Let There Be Love (1953 Joni James album)|Let There Be Love]]''&nbsp;– [[Joni James]]
*''[[Let There Be Love (1953 Joni James album)|Let There Be Love]]''&nbsp;– [[Joni James]]
*''May I Sing To You'' – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*''May I Sing To You'' – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*''[[New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm]]'' – [[Stan Kenton]]
*''[[New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm]]'' – [[Stan Kenton]]
*''Portrait Of New Orleans'' – Jo Stafford and [[Frankie Laine]]
*''Portrait Of New Orleans'' – Jo Stafford and [[Frankie Laine]]
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| 3 || [[Perry Como]] || [[Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes]] || 1953 || {{flagicon|US}} || 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
| 3 || [[Perry Como]] || [[Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes]] || 1953 || {{flagicon|US}} || 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
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| 4 || [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] || [[I'm Walking Behind You]] || 1953 || {{flagicon|US}} || 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
| 4 || [[Eddie Fisher]] || [[I'm Walking Behind You]] || 1953 || {{flagicon|US}} || 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
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| 5 || [[Hank Williams]] || [[Your Cheatin' Heart]] || 1953 || {{flagicon|US}} || 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
| 5 || [[Hank Williams]] || [[Your Cheatin' Heart]] || 1953 || {{flagicon|US}} || 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
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|May 16, 1953||align="center"|10||"[[The Song from Moulin Rouge|The Song from ''Moulin Rouge'']]"||[[Percy Faith]] & his Orchestra
|May 16, 1953||align="center"|10||"[[The Song from Moulin Rouge|The Song from ''Moulin Rouge'']]"||[[Percy Faith]] & his Orchestra
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|July 25, 1953||align="center"|2||"[[I'm Walking Behind You]]"||[[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
|July 25, 1953||align="center"|2||"[[I'm Walking Behind You]]"||[[Eddie Fisher]]
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|August 8, 1953||align="center"|9||"[[Vaya con Dios (song)|Vaya con Dios]]"||[[Les Paul]] & [[Mary Ford]]
|August 8, 1953||align="center"|9||"[[Vaya con Dios (song)|Vaya con Dios]]"||[[Les Paul]] & [[Mary Ford]]
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|November 7, 1953||align="center"|2||"[[Vaya con Dios (song)|Vaya con Dios]]"||[[Les Paul]] & [[Mary Ford]]
|November 7, 1953||align="center"|2||"[[Vaya con Dios (song)|Vaya con Dios]]"||[[Les Paul]] & [[Mary Ford]]
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|November 21, 1953||align="center"|6||"[[Rags to Riches (song)|Rags to Riches]]"||[[Tony Bennett]]
|November 21, 1953||align="center"|6||"[[Rags to Riches (1953 song)|Rags to Riches]]"||[[Tony Bennett]]
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**[[Vic Damone]]
**[[Vic Damone]]
*"[[Bye Bye Blues (song)|Bye Bye Blues]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[Bye Bye Blues (song)|Bye Bye Blues]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[Candy Lips]]" - [[Doris Day]] and [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Changing Partners]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[Changing Partners]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[Choo Choo Train (Ch-Ch-Foo)]]" - [[Doris Day]]
*"[[The Doggie in the Window]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[The Doggie in the Window]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes]]" – [[Perry Como]]
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*"[[Floatin' Down To Cotton Town]]" – [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[Floatin' Down To Cotton Town]]" – [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart]]" – [[The Four Aces]] featuring [[Al Alberts]]
*"[[The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart]]" – [[The Four Aces]] featuring [[Al Alberts]]
*"[[Going to the River]]" - [[Fats Domino]]
*"[[Granada (song)|Granada]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Granada (song)|Granada]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Half a Photograph]]" – [[Kay Starr]]
*"[[Half a Photograph]]" – [[Kay Starr]]
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*"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Big Mama Thornton]]
*"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Big Mama Thornton]]
*"[[I Believe (1953 song)|I Believe]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[I Believe (1953 song)|I Believe]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[I'm Walking Behind You]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[I'm Walking Behind You]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]]" – [[The Four Lads]]
*"[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]]" – [[The Four Lads]]
*"[[The Kid's Last Fight]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[The Kid's Last Fight]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Let's Walk That-a-Way]]" - [[Doris Day]] and [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Look At That Girl]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[Look At That Girl]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[Make Love to Me (1954 song)|Make Love to Me]]" – [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[Make Love to Me (1954 song)|Make Love to Me]]" – [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[Mister Tap Toe]]" - [[Doris Day]]
*"[[No Other Love (1953 song)|No Other Love]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[No Other Love (1953 song)|No Other Love]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[O (Oh!)|Oh!]]" – [[Pee Wee Hunt|Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra]]
*"[[O (Oh!)|Oh!]]" – [[Pee Wee Hunt|Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra]]
*"[[Oh! My Pa-Pa]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Oh! My Pa-Pa]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Outside of Heaven]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Outside of Heaven]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Rags to Riches (song)|Rags to Riches]]" – [[Tony Bennett]]
*"[[Rags to Riches (1953 song)|Rags to Riches]]" – [[Tony Bennett]]
*"[[Ricochet (Teresa Brewer song)|Ricochet]]" – [[Teresa Brewer]]
*"[[Ricochet (Teresa Brewer song)|Ricochet]]" – [[Teresa Brewer]]
*"[[Say You're Mine Again]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[Say You're Mine Again]]" – [[Perry Como]]
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*"[[Vaya con Dios (song)|Vaya con Dios]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[Vaya con Dios (song)|Vaya con Dios]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[Wishing Ring]]" – [[Joni James]]
*"[[Wishing Ring]]" – [[Joni James]]
*"[[With These Hands (song)|With These Hands]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[With These Hands (song)|With These Hands]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song)|Young at Heart]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]]
*"[[Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song)|Young at Heart]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]]
*"[[Your Cheatin' Heart]]", recorded by
*"[[Your Cheatin' Heart]]", recorded by
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* "[[Oh! My Pa-Pa]]" w. [[John Turner (lyricist)|John Turner]] & [[Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)|Geoffrey Parsons]] m. [[Paul Burkhard]]
* "[[Oh! My Pa-Pa]]" w. [[John Turner (lyricist)|John Turner]] & [[Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)|Geoffrey Parsons]] m. [[Paul Burkhard]]
* "[[Kismet (musical)#Act 2|The Olive Tree]]" w. & m. adapt [[Robert Wright (writer)|Robert Wright]] & [[George Forrest (author)|George Forrest]] from music by [[Alexander Borodin]]
* "[[Kismet (musical)#Act 2|The Olive Tree]]" w. & m. adapt [[Robert Wright (writer)|Robert Wright]] & [[George Forrest (author)|George Forrest]] from music by [[Alexander Borodin]]
* "[[Rags to Riches (song)|Rags to Riches]]" w.m. [[Richard Adler]] & [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]]
* "[[Rags to Riches (1953 song)|Rags to Riches]]" w.m. [[Richard Adler]] & [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]]
* "[[Ricochet (Teresa Brewer song)|Ricochet]]" w.m. [[Larry Coleman (composer)|Larry Coleman]], [[Joe Darion]] & [[Norman Gimbel]]
* "[[Ricochet (Teresa Brewer song)|Ricochet]]" w.m. [[Larry Coleman (composer)|Larry Coleman]], [[Joe Darion]] & [[Norman Gimbel]]
* "[[Rock Around the Clock]]" w.m. Jimmy De Knight & Max C. Freedman
* "[[Rock Around the Clock]]" w.m. Jimmy De Knight & Max C. Freedman
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* "[[Wanted (Perry Como song)|Wanted]]" w.m. [[Jack Fulton (singer)|Jack Fulton]] & [[Lois Steele]]
* "[[Wanted (Perry Como song)|Wanted]]" w.m. [[Jack Fulton (singer)|Jack Fulton]] & [[Lois Steele]]
* "[[When Love Goes Wrong]]" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] from the film ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''
* "[[When Love Goes Wrong]]" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] from the film ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''
*"[[You Won't Forget Me]]" w. Kermit Goell m. Fred Spielman Introduced by [[India Adams]] dubbing for [[Joan Crawford]] in the film ''[[Torch Song (1953 film)|Torch Song]]''
*"You Won't Forget Me" w. Kermit Goell m. [[Fritz Spielmann (composer)|Fred Spielman]] Introduced by [[India Adams]] dubbing for [[Joan Crawford]] in the film ''[[Torch Song (1953 film)|Torch Song]]''
* "[[You, You, You]]" w.(Eng) [[Robert Mellin]] (Ger) [[Walter Rothenberg]] m. [[Lotar Olias]]
* "[[You, You, You]]" w.(Eng) [[Robert Mellin]] (Ger) [[Walter Rothenberg]] m. [[Lotar Olias]]
* "[[Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song)|Young at Heart]]" w. [[Carolyn Leigh]] m. [[Johnny Richards]]
* "[[Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song)|Young at Heart]]" w. [[Carolyn Leigh]] m. [[Johnny Richards]]
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* ''Three's Company'' ([[Antony Hopkins]]), premiered 21 November 1953 at the Guildhall School, London, by the Intimate Opera Company.
* ''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.
* ''The Tinners of Cornwall'' ([[Inglis Gundry]]), premiered 30 September 1953 at Rudolf Steiner Hall, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett.

==Film==
* [[Georges Auric]] - ''[[Roman Holiday]]''
* [[Karl-Birger Blomdahl]] - ''[[Sawdust and Tinsel]]''
* [[George Duning]] - ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''
* [[Bronisław Kaper|Bronislau Kaper]] - ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]''
* [[Alfred Newman]] - ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]''
* [[Miklós Rózsa]] - ''[[Julius Caesar (1953 film)|Julius Caesar]]''
* [[Leith Stevens]] - ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|War of the Worlds]]''
* [[Victor Young]] - ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''


==[[Jazz]]==
==[[Jazz]]==
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* ''[[The Jazz Singer (1952 film)|The Jazz Singer]]''
* ''[[The Jazz Singer (1952 film)|The Jazz Singer]]''
* ''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]'' starring [[Howard Keel]], [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[Ann Miller]], [[Keenan Wynn]] and [[James Whitmore]]
* ''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]'' starring [[Howard Keel]], [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[Ann Miller]], [[Keenan Wynn]] and [[James Whitmore]]
* ''[[Lili]]''
* ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]''
* ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' animated feature
* ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' animated feature
* ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]], [[Donald O'Connor]] and [[Debbie Reynolds]]
* ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]], [[Donald O'Connor]] and [[Debbie Reynolds]]
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*[[March 3]] – [[Robyn Hitchcock]], singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[March 3]] – [[Robyn Hitchcock]], singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[March 12]] – [[Ryan Paris]], singer
*[[March 12]] – [[Ryan Paris]], singer
*[[March 19]] – [[Ricky Wilson (American musician)|Ricky Wilson]] ([[The B-52s]])
*[[March 19]] – [[Ricky Wilson (American musician)|Ricky Wilson]] ([[The B-52s]]) (d. 1985)
*[[March 23]] – [[Chaka Khan]], singer
*[[March 23]] – [[Chaka Khan]], singer
*[[March 31]]
*[[March 31]]
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**Greg Martin ([[The Kentucky Headhunters]])
**Greg Martin ([[The Kentucky Headhunters]])
*[[April 4]] – [[Chen Yi (composer)|Chen Yi]], Chinese classical composer and violinist
*[[April 4]] – [[Chen Yi (composer)|Chen Yi]], Chinese classical composer and violinist
*[[April 16]] – [[Peter Garrett]], Activist and Lead vocalist ([[Midnight Oil]])
*[[April 21]] – [[Todd Phillips (musician)|Todd Phillips]], American bassist and composer ([[David Grisman Quintet]])
*[[April 21]] – [[Todd Phillips (musician)|Todd Phillips]], American bassist and composer ([[David Grisman Quintet]])
*[[April 28]]
*[[April 28]]
** [[Pat Donohue]], guitarist ([[The Guys All-Star Shoe Band]] on ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'')
**[[Pat Donohue]], guitarist ([[The Guys All-Star Shoe Band]] on ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'')
** [[Kim Gordon]], American musician, songwriter and visual artist
**[[Kim Gordon]], American musician, songwriter and visual artist
*[[May 4]] – [[Oleta Adams]], American soul and jazz singer
*[[May 4]] – [[Oleta Adams]], American soul and jazz singer
*[[May 8]]
*[[May 8]]
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*[[May 16]] – [[Richard Page (musician)|Richard Page]] ([[Mr. Mister]])
*[[May 16]] – [[Richard Page (musician)|Richard Page]] ([[Mr. Mister]])
*[[May 17]] – George Johnson ([[The Brothers Johnson]])
*[[May 17]] – George Johnson ([[The Brothers Johnson]])
*[[May 29]] - [[Danny Elfman]], singer, songwriter, film composer ([[Oingo Boingo]])
*[[June 6]] – [[June Yamagishi]], Japanese-American guitarist ([[Papa Grows Funk]] and [[The Wild Magnolias]])
*[[June 6]] – [[June Yamagishi]], Japanese-American guitarist ([[Papa Grows Funk]] and [[The Wild Magnolias]])
*[[June 7]] – [[Johnny Clegg]], mbaqanga and Afro-pop musician and musical anthropologist (d. 2019)
*[[June 7]] – [[Johnny Clegg]], South African mbaqanga and Afro-pop musician and musical anthropologist (d. 2019)
*[[June 12]] – [[Rocky Burnette]], rock singer
*[[June 12]] – [[Rocky Burnette]], American rock singer
*[[June 19]] – [[Larry Dunn]], rock keyboardist ([[Earth Wind & Fire]])
*[[June 13]] – [[Baaba Maal]], Senegalese singer and guitarist
*[[June 20]] - [[Dušan Rapoš]], composer
*[[June 19]] – [[Larry Dunn]], American rock keyboardist ([[Earth Wind & Fire]])
*[[June 22]] – [[Cyndi Lauper]], singer-songwriter
*[[June 20]] - [[Dušan Rapoš]], Slovak composer
*[[June 29]] – [[Colin Hay]], rock singer-songwriter ([[Men at Work]])
*[[June 22]] – [[Cyndi Lauper]], American singer-songwriter
*[[June 29]] – [[Colin Hay]], Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter ([[Men at Work]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Mark Hart]], American guitarist and keyboard player ([[Crowded House]] and [[Supertramp]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Mark Hart]], American guitarist and keyboard player ([[Crowded House]] and [[Supertramp]])
*[[July 6]] – [[Nanci Griffith]], American country folk singer-songwriter (Blue Moon Orchestra) (d. 2021)
*[[July 6]] – [[Nanci Griffith]], American country folk singer-songwriter (Blue Moon Orchestra) (d. 2021)
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*[[October 26]] – [[Keith Strickland]] ([[The B-52s]])
*[[October 26]] – [[Keith Strickland]] ([[The B-52s]])
*[[October 28]] – [[Desmond Child]], American songwriter and producer
*[[October 28]] – [[Desmond Child]], American songwriter and producer
*[[October 31]] – [[Johnny Clegg]], singer and instrumentalist
*[[November 8]] – [[Denyse Plummer]], Trinidadian singer (d. 2023)
*[[November 11]] – [[Andy Partridge]] ([[XTC]])
*[[November 11]] – [[Andy Partridge]], English musician ([[XTC]])
*[[November 13]]
*[[November 13]]
**[[Keith Green]], gospel singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
**[[Keith Green]], gospel singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
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*[[November 22]] – [[Urmas Alender]], singer ([[Ruja]], [[Propeller (band)|Propeller]])
*[[November 22]] – [[Urmas Alender]], singer ([[Ruja]], [[Propeller (band)|Propeller]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Francis Cabrel]], folk singer/songwriter
*[[November 23]] – [[Francis Cabrel]], folk singer/songwriter
*[[November 28]] – [[Taeko Onuki]], japanese singer and songwriter
*[[December 12]]
*[[December 12]]
**[[Bruce Kulick]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Grand Funk Railroad]], [[Blackjack (American band)|Blackjack]], [[Union (band)|Union]] and [[Eric Singer Project]])
**[[Bruce Kulick]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Grand Funk Railroad]], [[Blackjack (American band)|Blackjack]], [[Union (band)|Union]] and [[Eric Singer Project]])
**[[Dave Meniketti]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Y&T]])
**[[Dave Meniketti]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Y&T]])
*[[December 15]] – [[Hossam Ramzy]], Egyptian percussionist (d. 2019)
*[[December 15]] – [[Hossam Ramzy]], Egyptian percussionist (d. 2019)
*[[December 21]] – [[András Schiff]], Hungarian-born British pianist and conductor
*[[December 26]] – [[Harry Christophers]], English choral conductor
*[[December 26]] – [[Harry Christophers]], English choral conductor
*[[December 30]] – [[Graham Vick]], English opera director (d. 2021)
*[[December 30]] – [[Graham Vick]], English opera director (d. 2021)
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*[[April 29]] – [[Alice Prin|Kiki]], "The Queen of [[Montparnasse]]", 51 (drug- and alcohol-related)
*[[April 29]] – [[Alice Prin|Kiki]], "The Queen of [[Montparnasse]]", 51 (drug- and alcohol-related)
*[[April 30]] – [[Lily Brayton]], musical theatre star, 76
*[[April 30]] – [[Lily Brayton]], musical theatre star, 76
*[[May 10]] – [[Marie Kunkel Zimmerman]], soprano, 88
*[[May 15]] – [[Mabel Love]], dancer, 78
*[[May 15]] – [[Mabel Love]], dancer, 78
*[[May 16]] – [[Django Reinhardt]], jazz guitarist, 43 (brain hemorrhage)
*[[May 16]] – [[Django Reinhardt]], jazz guitarist, 43 (brain hemorrhage)
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*[[November 21]] – [[Larry Shields]], jazz musician, 60
*[[November 21]] – [[Larry Shields]], jazz musician, 60
*[[November 26]] – [[Ivor Atkins]], organist and choirmaster, 83
*[[November 26]] – [[Ivor Atkins]], organist and choirmaster, 83
*[[November 30]] – [[Norman Cocker]], organist and composer, 63
*[[December 5]]
*[[December 5]]
**[[Noel Mewton-Wood]], pianist, 31 (suicide by poisoning)
**[[Noel Mewton-Wood]], pianist, 31 (suicide by poisoning)

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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.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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

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

Top R&B and country hits on record

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Bloch, Ernest Suite hébraïque for Viola and Orchestra 1953-01-01 United States Chicago Preves / Chicago Symphony – Kubelik[9]
Boulez, Pierre Structures book 1, for two pianos 1953-05-04 West Germany Cologne Grimaud, Loriod[10]
Carter, Elliott String Quartet No. 1 1953-02-26 United States New York Walden Quartet[11]
Chávez, Carlos Sinfonía romántica (Symphony No. 4) 1953-02-11 United States Louisville, KY Louisville Orchestra – Chávez[12]
Chávez, Carlos Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5) 1953-12-01 United States Los Angeles Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra – Chávez[13]
Goldschmidt, Berthold String Quartet No. 2 1953-07-14 United Kingdom London London String Quartet[14]
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus Concerto for piano, winds and percussion 1953-10-10 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Bergmann / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[15]
Holmboe, Vagn Sinfonia boreale (Symphony No. 8) 1953-03-05 Denmark Copenhague Danish Radio Symphony – Kletzki[16]
Honegger, Arthur A Christmas Cantata 1953-12-18 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber Choir – Sacher[17]
Imbrie, Andrew String Quartet No. 2 1953-12-05 United States New York City Kroll Quartet[18]
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Piano Concerto No. 3 1953-??-?? Soviet Union Moscow Ashkenazy / Moscow Philharmonic – ?[19]
Martinů, Bohuslav Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra 1953-02-19 United States Cleveland Veissi / Cleveland Orchestra – Szell[20]
Milhaud, Darius Symphony No. 5 1953-10-16 Italy Turin RAI National Symphony – Milhaud[21]
Montsalvatge, Xavier Concierto breve for piano and orchestra 1953-12-20 Spain Barcelona de Larrocha / Barcelona Philharmonic – de Froment[22]
Montsalvatge, Xavier Poema Concertante for violin and orchestra 1953-05-25 Spain Barcelona Szeryng / Barcelona Municipal Orchestra – Toldrà[23]
Racine Fricker, Peter Viola Concerto 1953-09-03 United Kingdom Edinburgh (Festival) Primrose / London Philharmonia – Boult[24]
Rubbra, Edmund Viola Concerto 1953-04-15 United Kingdom London BBC Symphony – Sargent[25]
Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 5 1953-11-13 Soviet Union Moscow Beethoven Quartet[26]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 10 1953-12-17 Soviet Union Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky[27]
Karlheinz Stockhausen Kontra-Punkte 1953-05-26 West Germany Cologne (ISCM World Music Days) members of the WDR Symphony – Scherchen[28]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Schlagquartett 1953-03-23 West Germany Munich (Musica Viva) Porth, Gschwendner, Peinkofer, Kaul[29]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No. 7) 1953-01-14 United Kingdom Manchester Ritchie / Hallé Orchestra – John Barbirolli[30]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Alvorada na Floresta Tropical for orchestra 1953-??-?? United States Louisville, KY Louisville Orchestra – Whitney[31]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Piano Concerto No. 4 1953-01-09 United States Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA Segall / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Villa-Lobos[32]

Compositions

Opera

  • 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.

Film

Jazz

Main article: 1953 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Fifield, Christopher, ed. (2003). Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN 1-84383-012-4.
  2. ^ "Sadler's Wells". The Tatler: 17. 25 March 1953.
  3. ^ "AmericanHeritage.com / More Mr. Nice Guy". 2010-09-02. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  4. ^ Morawska-Büngeler, Marietta (1988). Schwingende Elektronen: Eine Dokumentation über das Studio für Elektronische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunks in Köln 1951–1986. Cologne-Rodenkirchen: P. J. Tonger Verlag. pp. 11–12.
  5. ^ New York Journal-American (see the photograph of Serry's signature inscribed with signatures of other members of the cast on the stage door of the Empire Theatre at the closing of the play The Time of the Cuckoo), May 25, 1953, p. 15
  6. ^ "Celebrating National Music Week - Accordion Concert" : John Serry - p. 12...appearing with award winner Shirly Booth in "Time of the Cuckoo" See photograph and caption of John Serry in the "Reading Eagle" April 19, 1953 p. 12 on Google Books
  7. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection - Series 3: Scrapbook - contains a clipping with a photograph from the "New York Journal American" May 25, 1953 p. 15 showing the stage cast door from the Empire Theater with Shirley Booth pointing to signatures of the cast of "The Time of the Cuckoo" which includes John Serry's signatue. The John J. Serry Sr. Collection p. 17 Series 3 Scrapbook Box 3 Item 1 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music on esm.rochester.edu
  8. ^ "Soprano Leaves New York Opera: Night Club Engagement". The Times. No. 52738. 1953-09-27. p. 6.
  9. ^ "BLOCH: America / Suite Hebraique".
  10. ^ Martin Iddon, New Music at Darmstadt: Nono, Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez, Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press): 69. ISBN 9781107033290.
  11. ^ Sitsky, Larry (1 January 2002). Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313296895 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Web(UK), Music on the. "Chavez Complete Symphonies VOXBOX CDX5061 [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- June 2005 MusicWeb-International".
  13. ^ "Music and History".[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Berthold Goldschmidt – String Quartet No.2".
  15. ^ Schott Music
  16. ^ BIS Records
  17. ^ "Une Cantate de Noël (Honegger) – from CDA67688 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads".
  18. ^ Forgotten Books
  19. ^ "Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto".
  20. ^ "Martinů: Rhapsody-Concerto, Viola Sonata, Duo... – Bohuslav Martinu par Maxim Rysanov".
  21. ^ "1953". 18 September 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014.
  22. ^ Montsalvatgecompositor.com
  23. ^ "Xavier Montsalvatge Compositor".
  24. ^ Schott Music
  25. ^ "Viola Concerto in A major, Op 75 (Rubbra) – from CDA67587 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads".
  26. ^ Kuhn, Judith (1 January 2010). Shostakovich in Dialogue: Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1–7. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9780754664062 – via Google Books.
  27. ^ Fay, Laurel E. (1 January 2005). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195182514 – via Google Books.
  28. ^ AG, Universal Edition. "Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontra-Punkte".
  29. ^ AG, Universal Edition. "Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Schlagtrio".
  30. ^ "Sinfonia Antartica/Scott Of The Antarctic – CD41".
  31. ^ 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).
  32. ^ Villa-Lobos, sua obra Archived 2016-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009, based on the third edition, 1989): 58.
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