Classical Music
Welsh composer David Wynne produced his first symphony in this year. William Walton wrote a Coronation Te Deum for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The film version of The Importance of Being Earnest was released, with a score by Benjamin Frankel.
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Famous quotes containing the words classical and/or music:
“Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“How little it takes to make us happy! The sound of a bagpipe.—Without music life would be a mistake. The German even imagines God as singing songs.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)