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[9] The Threnody was first performed in May 1961 by the Polish Radio Symphony conducted by Jan Krenz for a radio recording.

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Benjamin, Philip (May 2, 1961). "'All Way Home' Pulitzer Play; Novel Is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'". The New York Times. pp. 1, 40.

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Kynaston, David (2014). Modernity Britain: A Shake of the Dice, 1959–62. London: Bloomsbury. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-4088-4439-7.

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"Live: Palais Ballroom, Aldershot". The Beatles Bible. December 9, 1961. Retrieved April 2, 2017.

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Haydn, Joseph (2007). Konzert in C für Violoncello und Orchester. Clément, Roger (trans.). Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. pp. V–VI. ISMN M-006-20254-6.

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Anon., "Serial Technique of Young Composers", The Times, no. 54974 (9 January 1961): 3.

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White, Eric Walter (January 1, 1983). Benjamin Britten, His Life and Operas. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520048942 – via Google Books.

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Carlos Chávez, untitled liner notes to Chávez Conducted by Carlos Chávez: Soli I, Soli II, Soli IV, LP recording. Odyssey Y31534 (New York: Columbia Records, 1972).

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Oxford University Press

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Sarahwallinhuff.com

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"New Music Box" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

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Choeur Proclassica Archived August 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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Fay, Laurel E. (January 1, 2000). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-19-513438-4 – via Internet Archive. symphony 4 shostakovich kondrashin 30 december 1961.

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Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 116, 252. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-571-17146-0 (pbk).

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Onno van Rijen's Levitin Page.

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"Classical Composers Database: William James Mathias". Retrieved May 15, 2009.

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"Classical Composers Database:Alan Rawsthorne". October 17, 2005. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

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Notes to Recording of Third String Quartet on cpo.

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#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Ben E King	Stand By Me	1961	US	UK 1 – Feb 1987, Ireland 1 – Feb 1987, DDD 1 of 1961, RYM 2 of 1961, Switzerland 3 – Mar 1987, US BB 4 – May 1961, Germany 4 – Mar 1987, US BB 7 of 1961, Netherlands 7 – Mar 1987, POP 7 of 1961, Norway 9 – Apr 1987, Scrobulate 14 of soul, Canada 16 – May 1961, Austria 17 – Apr 1987, RIAA 25, US CashBox 43 of 1961, Acclaimed 53, 95 in 2FM list, Italy 96 of 1962, Rolling Stone 121, Germany 235 of the 1980s, Party 269 of 1999, WXPN 746
2	Del Shannon	Runaway	1961	US	UK 1 – Apr 1961, US BB 1 – Mar 1961, Canada 1 – Mar 1961, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Oct 1960, RYM 1 of 1961, Norway 4 – Jun 1961, DDD 7 of 1961, US CashBox 9 of 1961, Australia Goset 12 – Oct 1967, Australia 15 of 1961, US BB 5 of 1961, POP 17 of 1961, South Africa 18 of 1961, Acclaimed 66, Scrobulate 96 of oldies, Rolling Stone 466
3	Chubby Checker	Let's Twist Again	1961	US	UK 2 – Dec 1961, Canada 2 – Jul 1961, Norway 2 – Feb 1962, US BB 3 of 1961, Netherlands 3 – Jan 1976, POP 3 of 1961, South Africa 6 of 1962, US BB 8 – Jul 1961, Sweden (alt) 10 – Feb 1976, Austria 11 – Apr 1976, Germany 12 – Mar 1962, RYM 16 of 1961, Italy 17 of 1962, Party 23 of 1999, US CashBox 62 of 1961, DDD 67 of 1961, Scrobulate 95 of oldies, Germany 396 of the 1960s
4	Elvis Presley	Surrender	1961	US	UK 1 – May 1961, US BB 1 – Feb 1961, Canada 1 – Mar 1961, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1960, Norway 2 – Apr 1961, Germany 6 – May 1961, South Africa 10 of 1961, US CashBox 32 of 1961, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1961, RYM 33 of 1961
5	The Marcels	Blue Moon	1961	US	UK 1 – Apr 1961, US BB 1 – Mar 1961, Canada 1 – Mar 1961, Norway 4 – May 1961, US CashBox 11 of 1961, South Africa 11 of 1961, Germany 13 – Jun 1961, US BB 14 of 1961, DDD 14 of 1961, POP 14 of 1961, RYM 26 of 1961, Acclaimed 1034

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Bennett, Richard Rodney	Winter Music, for flute and piano	1961-01-08	London Drawing Room of the Arts Council (Park Lane Group)	W. Bennett, Bradshaw^[5]
Britten, Benjamin	Cello Sonata	1961-07-07	Aldeburgh, UK (Festival)	Rostropovich, Britten ^[6]
Chávez, Carlos	Soli II	1961-04-23	Washington, D.C., Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress (IA Festival)	Philadelphia Wind Quintet^[7]
Davidovsky, Mario	Choreographic Suite for El payaso	1961-04-29	Washington, D.C., Howard University (IA Festival)	Mexico National Symphony – Herrera de la Fuente^[8]
Musgrave, Thea	Trio for flute, oboe, and piano	1961-01-08	London Drawing Room of the Arts Council (Park Lane Group)	Mabillon Trio^[5]
Penderecki, Krzysztof	Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima	1961-09-22	Warsaw, Poland (Autumn)	Kraków Philharmonic – Markowski^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[9]
Piston, Walter	Symphony No. 7	1961-02-10	Philadelphia	Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy^[10]
Poulenc, Francis	Gloria	1961-01-20	Boston	Addison / Chorus Pro Musica, Boston Symphony – Munch^[11]
Shostakovich, Dmitri	Symphony No. 4	1961-12-30	Moscow	Moscow Philharmonic – Kondrashin^[12]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz	Originale, music theatre with Kontakte	1961-10-26	Cologne, Germany (Theater am Dom)	Caspari, Tudor, Caskel, Kobayashi, Paik, Helms, Bauermeister, Sommer, Ramsbott, Koch, Knobelsdorff, et al.^[13]

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