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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1958.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1958.htm chart positions]

in the charts for the longest time in 1958, in their respective countries.

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1Domenico ModugnoVolare1958{{flagicon|Italy}}US BB 1 – Aug 1958, US CashBox 1 of 1958, Italy 1 of 1958, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1958, Grammy in 1958, Canada 2 – Jul 1958, Norway 2 – Oct 1958, South Africa 5 of 1958, Australia 6 of 1958, UK 10 – Sep 1958, RYM 29 of 1958, Europe 34 of the 1950s, DDD 56 of 1958
2The Kingston TrioTom Dooley1958{{flagicon|US}}US BB 1 – Oct 1958, Canada 1 – Oct 1958, Norway 1 – Jan 1959, Australia 1 for 10 weeks May 1958, UK 5 – Nov 1958, Australia 5 of 1958, Italy 5 of 1959, South Africa 8 of 1958, Europe 18 of the 1950s, US CashBox 20 of 1958, US BB 37 of 1958, POP 37 of 1958, RYM 89 of 1958, DDD 94 of 1958, RIAA 197, Acclaimed 1001
3The Everly BrothersAll I Have to Do is Dream1958{{flagicon|US}}UK 1 – May 1958 (7 weeks at No.1), US Billboard 1 – Apr 1958 (17 weeks), Canada 1 – Apr 1958 (15 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 9 weeks – Jun 1958, South Africa 1 of 1958, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1958), US BB 2 of 1958, US CashBox 4 of 1958, Your Hit Parade 4 of 1958, DDD 14 of 1958, US invalid BB 26 of 1958, POP 26 of 1958, Europe 28 of the 1950s (1958), UKMIX 45, nuTsie 89 of 1950s, DMDB 98 (1958), Rolling Stone 141, Acclaimed 160 (1958), RYM 5 of 1958, NY Daily Love list 13, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
4The Everly BrothersBird Dog1958{{flagicon|US}}Canada 1 – Aug 1958 (13 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 3 weeks – Nov 1958, Australia 1 for 3 weeks – Oct 1958, UK 2 – Sep 1958 (16 weeks), US Billboard 2 – Aug 1958 (18 weeks), Australia 2 of 1958, US CashBox 5 of 1958, Your Hit Parade 5 of 1958, Norway 5 – Oct 1965 (3 weeks), Flanders 12 – Dec 1958 (3 months), US BB 13 of 1958, US invalid BB 25 of 1958, POP 25 of 1958, Europe 33 of the 1950s (1958), DDD 35 of 1958, D.Marsh 40 of 1958, Italy 88 of 1959, UKMIX 341, Acclaimed 1925 (1958), RYM 30 of 1958

Top Hits on record

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{{See also|List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1958 (U.S.)}}

Published popular music

Other notable songs

Classical music

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ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Archer, VioletPiano Trio No. 21958-04-20{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)Balsam, Gottlieb, Klein[http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199919994/pdf/Hess_Figures_Chapter_6.pdf Ginastera and the Inter-American Festivals: Programs, 1958–65], Oxford University Press
Ardévol, JoséMusic for Little Orchestra1958-04-19{{flagicon|USA}} Washington FC (IAFCM)Mexico National Symphony – Herrera de la Fuente
Brian, HavergalSymphony No. 101958-11-03{{flagicon|GBR}} LondonLondon Philharmonia – Pope{{cite web|url=http://www.havergalbrian.org/download.htm|title=Havergal Brian – the official website}}
Caamaño, RobertoPiano Concerto1958-04-18{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)Caamaño / USA National Symphony – Mitchell
Eisler, HannsLenin Requiem1958-11-22{{flagicon|GDR}} East Berlin {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKHiwNqBUdoC&q=eisler+lenin+requiem+1958&pg=PA317|title=Hanns Eisler Political Musician|first=Albrecht|last=Betz|date=June 10, 1982|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521240222|via=Google Books}}[Unknown performers]
Ginastera, AlbertoString Quartet No. 21958-04-19{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)Juilliard Quartet
Guarnieri, CamargoChôro for Clarinet and Orchestra1958-04-20{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)Wright / USA National Symphony – Mitchell
Imbrie, AndrewViolin Concerto1958-04-22{{flagicon|USA}} Berkeley, CARobert Gross / San Francisco Symphony – Jordá[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Portrait_of_a_Contemporary_Composer_1000071236/273 Forgotten Books]
Lajtha, LászloRevolution Symphony (Symphony No. 7)1958-04-26{{flagicon|FRA}} ParisHungarian Radio Orchestra – Lehel{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.223667&catNum=223667&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English|title=LAJTHA: Symphony No. 7 / Suite No. 3 / Hortobagy}}
Larsson, Lars-ErikConcertini: No. 5, for Horn1958-01-24{{flagicon|SWE}} MalmöLanzky-Otto / Malmö Symphony – Axelsson[http://www.gehrmans.se/en/shop/orchestra-scene/concertino-for-horn-och-strakorkester Lars-Erik Larsson, Concertino No. 5], Gehrmans Musikforläg
Larsson, Lars-ErikConcertini: No. 8, for Violin1958-03-13{{flagicon|SWE}} GothenburgBerlin / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg[http://www.gehrmans.se/en/shop/instruments-ensemble/concertino-for-violin-och-strakorkester Lars-Erik Larsson, Concertino No. 8], Gehrmans Musikförlag
Ligeti, GyörgyMétamorphoses nocturnes (String Quartet No. 1)1958-05-08{{flagicon|AUT}} ViennaRamor Quartet{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g90j-4aTPuwC&q=ligeti+1958+ramor+quartet&pg=PA6|title=György Ligeti: Of Foreign Lands and Strange Sounds|first1=Louise|last1=Duchesneau|first2=Wolfgang|last2=Marx|date=January 1, 2011|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=9781843835509|via=Google Books}}
Martinu, BohuslavThe Epic of Gilgamesh, oratorio1958-01-24{{flagicon|SUI}} BaselBasel Chamber Orchestra and Choir – Sacher{{cite web|url=http://www.takte-online.de/en/complete-ed/detail/artikel/lange-ueberfaelliges-projekt-die-gesamtausgabe-der-werke-martinus-geht-an-den-start/index.htm?tx_ttnews[backPid]=517&cHash=efd2ba77685518a9edd53153cf68e78e|title=[t]akte: A long-overdue project. Launch of the Complete Edition of Bohuslav Martinů's works}}
Orrego-Salas, JuanString Quartet No. 11958-04-19{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)Juilliard Quartet
Pettersson, AllanConcerto for Strings No. 31958-03-14{{flagicon|SWE}} StockholmSwedish Radio Symphony – Mann{{cite web|url=http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908075423/http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2008|title=Styrelsen}}
Porter, QuincyNew England Episodes1958-04-18{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)USA National Symphony – Mitchell
Shchedrin, RodionSymphony No. 11958-12-06{{flagicon|URS}} MoscowMoscow Philharmonic – Rakhlin{{cite web|url=http://home.online.nl/ovar/shched.htm|title=Shchedrin}}
Stockhausen, KarlheinzGruppen for three orchestras1958-03-24{{flagicon|FRG}} Cologne-Deutz (Koelnmesse, Musik der Zeit)Cologne Radio Symphony – Stockhausen, Maderna, BoulezKarlheinz Stockhausen, "Gruppen und Carré", in his Texte zur Musik 3, edited by Dieter Schnebel, 22–24, DuMont Dokumente (Cologne: Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, 1971): 22. {{ISBN|3-7701-0493-5}}.
Vaughan Williams, RalphSymphony No. 91958-04-02{{flagicon|UK}}LondonRPO – SargentJenny Doctor, "Vaughan Williams, Boult, and the BBC", in The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams, edited by Alain Frogley and Aidan J. Thomson, 249–73 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press): 265.
Vega, Aurelio de laString Quartet1958-04-20{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)Claremont Quartet
Villa-Lobos, HeitorString Quartet No. 151958-04-19{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)Juilliard Quartet
Villa-Lobos, HeitorSymphony No. 121958-04-20{{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC (IAFCM)USA National Symphony – Mitchell

=Compositions=

::Burlesque, for oboe and piano, Op. 100

::Danse rustique, for piano

::Fantaisie concertante, for violin and orchestra, Op. 99

::"Heure de grâce", for soprano (or tenor) and piano, Op. 98

::Silhouettes, for flute and piano, Op. 97

::Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion, for orchestra

::Preludes (12), for piano

::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

::Cherry Tree Carol, for SATB chorus

::King Herod, for SATB chorus

::Höhe des Jahres, for four-part male chorus, Op 28

::Piano Concerto, Op. 30

::Studie, for flute, viola, and guitar, Op. 29

::Concertante Music, for piano and orchestra

::"Du selber bist das Rad", for mixed chorus

::Quintetto sereno, for wind quintet

::Concerto, for wind quintet

::Praise, for chorus and organ

::Concerto, for piano and double string orchestra, Op. 46

::Poems of W.H. Auden (5), for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 53

::Elizabethan Songs (6), for voice and piano

:: Lear: A Study, for orchestra

::Suite for Viola Solo (fragmentary)

::Suite No. 1 for Violin Solo

::Suite No. 2 for Violin Solo

::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)

::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

:: 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

::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

::Books of Study for Pianists (2), for two pianos

::Piano Sonata No. 3

::Balbuceos, for micro-tonal piano and chamber orchestra

::Concerto, for {{frac|1|3}}-tone piano and orchestra

::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

::Inizio di movimento, for piano

::Sequenze, for orchestra

::Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni, for trumpet, brass, and percussion

::To a Wayfarer, for clarinet, harp, percussion, and strings

::America, cycle of four songs for soprano and strings

::Chamber Concerto, for cello and 12 wind instruments

::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

::Concerto per la notte di Natale dell'anno 1956, for soprano and chamber orchestra (revised version)

::Requiescant, for chorus and orchestra

::Prolation, for orchestra

::Sextet, for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, violin, and cello

::O Sing unto the Lord (Psalm 48), men's voices and organ

::To St Cecilia, for SATB chorus and piano or brass

::Motets (2), for chorus, Op. 53

::Quartet in D Minor, for organ, violin, viola, and cello, Op. 52

::String Quartet

::Tertullian Overture, for orchestra

::Pezzo sereno, for orchestra

::Little Symphony No. 2

::Symphony No. 5

::Wind Quintet

::Lieder (5), for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 25

::Das Stundenlied, for SATB chorus and orchestra, Op. 26

::Am 1. Mai, for voice with small orchestra

::Steht auf!, for voice and piano

::Noche da luna, dance pantomime

::Nocturnos, for soprano and chamber orchestra

::Chamber Concerto, for piano and strings

::Correlations, for piano

::Dialogue, for violin and piano

::Concerto for violin and wind quintet

::"Peace Be unto You", for SATB chorus

::City Streets, for orchestra

::Dominion Day, for orchestra

::Mr Punch, for orchestra

::Rhapsody for violin and orchestra

::Ixion (Summerspace) (ballet), for ten instruments

::Piano, for piano four-hands

::Two Instruments, for horn and cello

::Étude aux accidents, for tape

::Étude aux sons tendus, for tape

::Ballet blanc, for two violins and string orchestra

::Berceuse royale, for soprano, violin, and string orchestra

::Ode, for orchestra (revised version)

::Symphony of Chorales, for orchestra

::La dame dans la lune, ballet

::Divertimento, for horn and orchestra

::L'homme entre deux âges, for voice, flute, and string quintet

::Hay que bañar al nene (film score)

::El límite (incidental music)

::Primavera de la vida (film score)

::String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26

::Pittsburgh Symphony

::12 Fünfstimmige Madrigale for mixed chorus

::Octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, two violas, cello, and double bass

::Piano Concerto No. 5, H. 366

::The Parables H. 367

::Estampes

::Duo No. 2 for Violin and Cello

::Pequeño nocturno, for piano

::Symphony No. 2 (unfinished)

::Tierra (ballet), for orchestra

::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

::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 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20051113083316/http://www.bl.uk/collections/music/rubbra1.html Rubbra collections page with description]) 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

::für stimmen ( ... missa est): dt 31,6, for 12 vocal ensembles

::Raum-Zeit Y, for instruments

::String Quintet

::Symphony No. 4

::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

::Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

::Eight Miniatures, for piano

::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

::Dust of Sorrow, for SATB choir

::The Hour Glass (dramatic scene)

::The Way a Crow, for SATB choir

::Analogique A, for string ensemble

::Concret PH, for 2-track tape

::Impromptu, for orchestra

::Omnia tempus habent, canatata for soprano and 17 instruments

Opera

Film

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Births

Deaths

Awards

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