Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet
Dec 3 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet in Leningrad
- Dec 3 Webb Pierce records single "In the Jailhouse Now" (Billboard Song of the Year, 1955)
John Murray Anderson's Almanac
Dec 10 Musical revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", starring Harry Belafonte, Hermione Gingold, and Orson Bean, opens at Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 229 performances, with Belafonte earning a Tony Award
- Dec 17 Dmitri Shostakovich's 10th Symphony premieres in Leningrad
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