1963 in British music

This is a summary of 1963 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Events 3 Charts 4 Classical music 4.1 New works 4.2 Opera 5 Musical theatre 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths

Summary

Events

• The recording of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem wins the composer three Grammy awards.

Charts

• See UK No.1 Hits of 1963

Classical music

New works

• Arwel Hughes - Pantycelyn (oratorio)
• Grace Williams - Trumpet Concerto

Opera

• Richard Rodney Bennett - The Mines of Sulphur
• Daniel Jones - The Knife
• Malcolm Williamson - Our Man in Havana

Musical theatre

• July 4 - Première of Pickwick, with music by Cyril Ornadel and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, starring Harry Secombe in the title role.

Musical films

• Summer Holiday, starring Cliff Richard

Births

• February 19 - Seal, singer
• April 8 - Julian Lennon, musician son of John Lennon
• June 25 - George Michael, singer and songwriter
• July 6 - Stuart Garrard, guitarist
• September 19 - Jarvis Cocker, singer and songwriter (Pulp)
• November 1 - Rick Allen, drummer (Def Leppard)

Deaths

• 11 December - Anthony Collins, conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 26 December - Gwynn Parry Jones, singer (b. 1891)
• date unknown - Anthony Bernard, organist, pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1891)

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