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Fifield, Christopher, ed. (2003). Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN 1-84383-012-4.

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"Sadler's Wells". The Tatler: 17. 25 March 1953.

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"AmericanHeritage.com / More Mr. Nice Guy". 2010-09-02. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

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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.

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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

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"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

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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

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"Soprano Leaves New York Opera: Night Club Engagement". The Times. No. 52738. 1953-09-27. p. 6.

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"BLOCH: America / Suite Hebraique".

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Martin Iddon, New Music at Darmstadt: Nono, Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez, Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press): 69. ISBN 9781107033290.

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Sitsky, Larry (1 January 2002). Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313296895 – via Google Books.

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Web(UK), Music on the. "Chavez Complete Symphonies VOXBOX CDX5061 [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- June 2005 MusicWeb-International".

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"Music and History".^{[permanent dead link]}

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"Berthold Goldschmidt – String Quartet No.2".

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Schott Music

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BIS Records

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"Une Cantate de Noël (Honegger) – from CDA67688 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads".

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Forgotten Books

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"Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto".

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"Martinů: Rhapsody-Concerto, Viola Sonata, Duo... – Bohuslav Martinu par Maxim Rysanov".

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"1953". 18 September 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014.

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"Xavier Montsalvatge Compositor".

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"Viola Concerto in A major, Op 75 (Rubbra) – from CDA67587 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads".

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Kuhn, Judith (1 January 2010). Shostakovich in Dialogue: Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1–7. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9780754664062 – via Google Books.

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Fay, Laurel E. (1 January 2005). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195182514 – via Google Books.

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AG, Universal Edition. "Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontra-Punkte".

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AG, Universal Edition. "Universal Edition: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Schlagtrio".

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"Sinfonia Antartica/Scott Of The Antarctic – CD41".

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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).

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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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#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart entries
1	Dean Martin	That's Amore	1953	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	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	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	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	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

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

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

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