1960s Timeline

Mar. 3, 1964 - Composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured right in 1962) is writing a work for solo voice and instruments in memory of President...

Aug. 30, 1963 - Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic made their first appearance at the Hollywood Bowl last night since 1960,...

Apr. 22, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks of welcome today to the Berea College dance troupe and the Central Kentucky Youth...

Jan. 30, 1963 - Francis Poulenc (pictured in 1952), one of the most important French contemporary composers, died of a heart attack at...

Sept. 24, 1962 - A new epoch in New York’s concert life began last night with the opening of Philharmonic Hall, the first unit of the...

Aug. 6, 1962 - President Kennedy told an audience of young concertgoers today that symphonic music had a great hold on the affections of...

Aug. 6, 1962 - Here is a clip of President Kennedy’s remarks today at a concert by the National High School Symphony Orchestra of the...

Aug. 6, 1962 - Here is a clip of President Kennedy’s remarks today at a concert by the National High School Symphony Orchestra of the...

July 5, 1962 - Negotiations are under way for the continuation next season of a series of eight telecasts with Leonard Bernstein...

Apr. 16, 1962 - President Kennedy and his wife entertained nearly 600 young people today at a musicale on the south lawn of the White...

Feb. 20, 1962 - A funeral service was held in Beverly Hills, Calif., today for Bruno Walter (pictured in 1935), the noted conductor who...

Dec. 27, 1961 - Van Cliburn’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 has become the first classical long-playing album to...

Nov. 13, 1961 - Cellist Pablo Casals, violinist Alexander Schneider, and pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski played the chamber music of...

Oct. 17, 1961 - President and Mrs. Kennedy tonight attended half the opening performance of the National Symphony Orchestra’s concert...

July 25, 1961 - Grace Bumbry, American Negro singer, was hailed today in Bayreuth for her performance as Venus in Wagner's "Tannhäuser"...

July 22, 1961 - Richard Wagner's grandson today angrily rejected protests against the choice of Grace Bumbry (pictured), a Negro...