Shostakovich's 5th String Quartet
Jan 1 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet - premieres Leningrad 1953
Pal Joey
Jan 2 Revival of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Pal Joey", starring Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal, opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC; runs for 540 performances, and wins 3 Tony Awards
West Point Suite
Jan 5 Darius Milhaud's orchestral composition "West Point Suite", marking the US Military Academy's sesquicentennial, premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
- Jan 30 Paul Creston's 4th Symphony premieres by the National Symphony Orchestra
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