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1951 in music, 1951 in British music, 1951 in Norwegian music. Notable events: The musical The King and I first performed; Deaths of: Arnold Schoenberg; Mildred Bailey; Notable releases: Ike Turner – Rocket 88 (hailed as the first rock 'n' roll song) 1950 in music, 1950 in British music, 1950 in Norwegian music. Notable events: Deaths of ...
Timeline of music in the United States; To 1819; 1820–1849; 1850–1879; 1880–1919; 1920–1949; 1950–1969; 1970–present; Music history of the United States; Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s
Philly soul and pop-funk was also popular, while world music fusions became more commonplace and a major klezmer revival occurred among the Jewish community. Beginning in the early 1970s, hip hop arose in New York City, drawing on diverse influences from both white and black folk music, Jamaican toasting and the performance poetry of Gil Scott ...
The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel Music. Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-498-6. Darden, Robert (1996). People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1752-3. Davis, Francis (2003). The History of the Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81296-7.
February 24 – Incidental music composed by Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt premieres. May 17 – Antonín Dvořák begins composing his Moravian Duets. August 16 – Richard Wagner's Siegfried debuts in the new Bayreuth Festspielhaus. August 17 – Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung debuts in the new Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
The show is one of the major events in the early history of the extravaganza. Music was credited to Thomas Baker, author of "Transformation Polka". [138] The venue was the managed by the first female theatrical manager in the country. [139] George B. Loomis begins teaching music.
An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online
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