This is a summary of 1964 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

List of years in British music
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Events

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Charts

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Classical music

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New works

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  • William Alwyn – Concerto Grosso No. 3
  • Malcolm Arnold
    • Pieces (5), for violin and piano, Op. 84
    • Sinfonietta No. 3, for orchestra, Op. 81
    • A Sunshine Overture, for orchestra, Op. 83
    • Water Music, for winds and percussion, Op. 82
  • Harrison Birtwistle
    • Entr’actes and Sappho Fragments, for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, viola, harp, and percussion
    • Three Movements with Fanfares, for chamber orchestra
  • Peter Maxwell Davies
    • Little Pieces (5), for piano
    • Second Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine, for orchestra
    • Shakespeare Music, for 11 instruments

Opera

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Film and Incidental music

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Musical theatre

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Musical films

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC Television – 1 January 1964 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ^ Simpson, Jeff (2002). Top of the Pops: 1964–2002. BBC Worldwide. p. 1955. ISBN 978-0-563-53476-1. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  3. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC Studios (Rusholme)". www.manchesterbeat.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. ^ Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. St Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
  5. ^ Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn, eds. (2010). Letters From A Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 5 1958–1965. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-591-2., p. 570
  6. ^ Reed & Cooke (2010): p. 118.
  7. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-102715-9.
  8. ^ "Radio Sutch & City in Pictures & Audio Part 1". Bob Le-Roi. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  9. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. NAL.
  10. ^ McLean, Ralph. "Stories Behind the Song: 'House of the Rising Sun'". BBC. Archived from the original on 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  11. ^ Paytress, Mark (15 December 2009). Rolling Stones: Off The Record. Omnibus Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-85712-113-4.
  12. ^ ArkivMusik
  13. ^ Prom 49 – Last Night of the Proms 1964. Accessed 9 June 2013
  14. ^ Loker, B. (2009). History With The Beatles. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-60844-039-9.
  15. ^ "The Beatles U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones". JPGR. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  16. ^ Farach Colton, Andrew, "Vision of the Hereafter", Gramophone, February 2003, p. 36