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[10] Variazione sull'aria di Papageno was part of Divertimento für Mozart, an omnibus composition by 12 different composers.

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"Séquence, Jean Barraqué" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	Doris Day	Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)	1956	US	UK 1 – Jun 1956 (22 weeks), Flanders 1 – Dec 1956 (6 months), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 5 weeks – Sep 1956, Record Mirror 1 for 6 weeks – Aug 1956, Australia 1 for 8 weeks – Sep 1956, France 1 for 1 week – Jan 1957, Oscar in 1956 (film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'), US Billboard 2 – Jun 1956 (27 weeks), US CashBox 3 – Jun 1956 (25 weeks), Italy 4 of 1957, US CashBox 5 of 1956, Your Hit Parade 5 of 1956, Brazil 16 of 1957, US BB 23 of 1956, RYM 23 of 1956, POP 23 of 1956, Europe 27 of the 1950s (1956), UKMIX 34, AFI 48, RIAA 165
2	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	1956	US	Belgium 1 – Jun 1976 (10 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1987 (1956), US BB 2 of 1957, Holland 2 – Jun 1976 (10 weeks), POP 2 of 1957, Europe 3 of the 1950s (1956), US Billboard 4 – Sep 1956 (27 weeks), US CashBox 4 – Oct 1956 (13 weeks), RYM 5 of 1956, UK 6 – Dec 1956 (15 weeks), Flanders 7 – Mar 1957 (5 months), DDD 8 of 1956, France 10 – May 1976 (1 week), D.Marsh 17 of 1956, RIAA 18, nuTsie 31 of 1950s, US CashBox 39 of 1956, DMDB 55 (1956), Brazil 74 of 1957, Rolling Stone 81, Acclaimed 153 (1956), one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
3	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	US	US Billboard 1 – Aug 1956 (28 weeks), US CashBox 1 – Jul 1956 (21 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988 (1956), RYM 1 of 1956, DDD 1 of 1956, US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 1999), UK 2 – Sep 1956 (25 weeks), US BB 2 of 1956, POP 2 of 1956, nuTsie 8 of 1950s, D.Marsh 11 of 1956, Flanders 13 – Nov 1956 (2 months), US CashBox 15 of 1956, UKMIX 15, Brazil 17 of 1956, Rolling Stone 19, DMDB 20 (1956), Acclaimed 52 (1956), Europe 57 of the 1950s (1956), Scrobulate 60 of oldies, RIAA 68, Italy 72 of 1956, WXPN 692, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1956, Party 281 of 1999
4	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	1956	US	US Billboard 1 – Mar 1956 (27 weeks), US CashBox 1 – Mar 1956 (21 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995 (1956), D.Marsh 1 of 1956, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 1999), UK 2 – May 1956 (22 weeks), RYM 2 of 1956, 4 in 2FM list, US CashBox 6 of 1956, Your Hit Parade 6 of 1956, Europe 7 of the 1950s (1956), Scrobulate 13 of rock & roll, DDD 15 of 1956, Acclaimed 19 (1956), US BB 22 of 1956, UKMIX 22, POP 22 of 1956, DMDB 26 (1956), Brazil 37 of 1956, Rolling Stone 45, nuTsie 45 of 1950s, Italy 49 of 1956, RIAA 87, WXPN 730, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
5	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	1956	US	US Billboard 1 – Aug 1956 (27 weeks), US CashBox 1 – Aug 1956 (21 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1956, Your Hit Parade 1 of 1956, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1956), RYM 1 of 1956, DDD 4 of 1956, D.Marsh 11 of 1956, DMDB 12 (1956), Europe 14 of the 1950s (1956), nuTsie 15 of 1950s, Belgium 17 – Sep 1977 (2 weeks), US BB 19 of 1956, Brazil 19 of 1956, POP 19 of 1956, UK 24 – Jun 1978 (12 weeks), RIAA 68, Acclaimed 74 (1956), Italy 92 of 1958, Rolling Stone 197, WXPN 543

First week	Number of weeks	Title	Artist
January 14, 1956	5	"Memories Are Made of This"	Dean Martin
February 18, 1956	1	"Rock and Roll Waltz"	Kay Starr
February 25, 1956	4	"Lisbon Antigua"	Nelson Riddle
March 24, 1956	4	"The Poor People of Paris"	Les Baxter
April 21, 1956	8	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Elvis Presley
June 16, 1956	6	"The Wayward Wind"	Gogi Grant
July 28, 1956	1	"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"	Elvis Presley
August 4, 1956	2	"My Prayer"	The Platters
August 18, 1956	11	"Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog"	Elvis Presley
November 3, 1956	5	"Love Me Tender"	Elvis Presley
December 8, 1956	9	"Singing the Blues"	Guy Mitchell

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Arnold, Malcolm	A Grand, Grand Overture, Op. 57	1956-11-13	London, Hoffnung Music Festival	Morley College Symphony – Arnold^[6]
Baird, Tadeusz	Cassazione	1956-10-21	Warsaw Autumn	Warsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki^[7]
Barber, Samuel	Summer Music	1956-03-20	Detroit, Chamber Music Society of Detroit	Members of the Detroit Symphony^[8]
Barraqué, Jean	Séquence	1956-03-10	Paris	Semser / Domaine musical – Albert^[9]
Berio, Luciano	Variazione sull'aria di Papageno^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1956-10-21	Donaueschingen Festival, Germany	Lemser, Meiser / SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud^[10]
Bliss, Arthur	Edinburgh Overture	1956-08-20	Edinburgh International Festival	Royal Philharmonic – Bliss^[11]^[12]
Cage, John	Radio Music	1956-05-30	New York City	Ajemain, Cage, Sultan, Tudor, Juilliard Quartet^[13]
Cowell, Henry	Lines from the Dead Sea Scrolls	1956-07-07	Lenox, Massachusetts	Yale Glee Club, Boston Symphony – Boss^[14]
Cowell, Henry	String Quartet No. 5	1956-10-05	Cleveland	Juilliard Quartet^[15]
Cowell, Henry	Variations for Orchestra	1956-11-23	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Symphony – Johnson^[15]
Dallapiccola, Luigi	Cinque canti per baritono e alcuni strumenti	1956-11-30	Washington DC	Fuller / [unknown ensemble and conductor]^[16]
Guridi, Jesús	Homenaje a Walt Disney	1956-10-03	Alicante, Spain	Bayona / Barcelona Municipal Orchestra – Toldrà^[17]
Henze, Hans Werner	Concerto per il Marigny	1956-03-10	Paris	Loriod / Domaine Musical – Albert, Rudolf^[18]
Henze, Hans Werner	Symphonic Studies	1956-02-14	Hamburg	NDR Symphony – Martinon^[19]
Hovhaness, Alan	Symphony No. 3	1956-10-14	New York City	Symphony of the Air – Stokowski^[20]
Ives, Charles	Robert Browning Overture	1956-10-14	New York City	Symphony of the Air – Stokowski^[21]
Jacob, Gordon	Oboe Concerto No. 2	1956-04-25	Leningrad	Goossens / [unknown orchestra] – Raybould^[22]^[23]
Khachaturian, Aram	Spartacus	1956-12-27	Leningrad^[24]
Leimer, Kurt	Piano Concerto No. 4	1956-10-14	New York City	Symphony of the Air – Stokowski^[25]
Martin, Frank	Etudes for Strings	1956-11-23	Basel	Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher^[26]
Martinů, Bohuslav	Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra	1956-08-08	Melbourne, Cultural Olympiad^[27]	Tancibudek / Sydney Symphony – Schmidt-Isserstedt^[28]
Martinů, Bohuslav	Piano Concerto No. 4, Incantation	1956-10-04	New York City	Firkusny / Symphony of the Air – Stokowski^[29]
Martinů, Bohuslav	The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca	1956-08-26	Salzburg Festival	Vienna Philharmonic – Kubelik^[30]
Messiaen, Olivier	Oiseaux exotiques	1956-03-10	Paris	Loriod / Domaine Musical – Albert^[31]^[32]
Nono, Luigi	Il canto sospeso	1956-10-24	Cologne, WDR Musik der Zeit	Cologne Radio Symphony – Scherchen^[33]
Pettersson, Allan	Symphony No. 3	1956-11-19	Gothenburg, Sweden	Gothenburg Symphony – Mann^[34]
Piston, Walter	Symphony No. 5	1956-02-24	New York City	Juilliard Orchestra – Morel^[35]
Rainier, Priaulx	Requiem	1956-04-15	London	Pears / Purcell Singers – Holst^[36]
Rodrigo, Joaquín	Concierto serenata for harp and orchestra	1956-09-11	Madrid	Zabaleta / Spanish National Orchestra – Kletzki^[37]
Rubbra, Edmund	Piano Concerto	1956-03-21	London	Matthews / BBC Symphony – Sargent^[38]
Schoenberg, Arnold	O Du mein Gott, alle Völker preisen Dich (Modern Psalm, Op. 50c)	1956-05-30	Cologne, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Musik der Zeit	WDR Choir – [conductor not known]^[39]
Sessions, Roger	Idyll of Theocritus	1956-01-14	Louisville, Kentucky	Nossaman / Louisville Orchestra – Whitney^[40]
Sessions, Roger	Piano Concerto	1956-02-10	New York City	Webster / Juilliard Orchestra – Morel^[41]
Shebalin, Vissarion	Viola Sonata	1956-10-26	Moscow	D. Shebalin, Edlina^[42]
Shostakovich, Dmitri	String Quartet No. 6	1956-10-07	Leningrad	Beethoven Quartet^[43]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz	Gesang der Jünglinge	1956-05-30	Cologne, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Musik der Zeit	electronic music^[39]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz	Zeitmaße for 5 woodwinds (revised version)	1956-12-15	Paris	Domaine musical – Boulez^[44]
Tippett, Michael	Piano Concerto	1956-10-30	Birmingham, UK	Kentner / City of Birmingham Symphony – Schwarz^[45]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph	Symphony No. 8	1956-05-02	Manchester, UK	Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli^[46]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Guitar Concerto	1956-02-06	Houston	Segovia / Houston Symphony – Villa-Lobos^[47]
Walton, William	Johannesburg Festival Overture	1956-09-25	Johannesburg	SABC Symphony – Sargent^[48]

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