Events in Music History in October 1956

String Quartet No. 6

Oct 6 Dmitri Shostakovich's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad

Music History

Oct 14 Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning" premieres in NYC

Maria Callas Debuts

Oct 29 Greek-American soprano Maria Callas makes her Metropolitan Opera debut, in the title role of Bellini's "Norma"