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Musikjahr 1952

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1952 in music}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.

==Specific locations==
*[[1952 in British music]]
*[[1952 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1952 in country music]]
*[[1952 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 26]] – Popular American singer [[Jo Stafford]] marries bandleader/arranger [[Paul Weston]].<ref>{{cite book|title=TV Personalities: Biographical Sketch Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09gQAAAAIAAJ|year=1954|publisher=TV Personalities|page=13}}</ref>
*[[March 1]] – [[Sun Records]] records its first release in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Reagan Wilson|author2=William R. Ferris|title=Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Literature-Recreation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlWPAopfSdAC|year=1991|publisher=Anchor Books|isbn=978-0-385-41547-7|page=428}}</ref>
*[[March 21]] – First major [[rock and roll]] concert, [[Alan Freed]]'s [[Moondog Coronation Ball]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
*[[August 29]] – [[David Tudor]] gives the premiere of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[4′33″]]'', during which the performer does not play, in [[Woodstock, New York]].
*September – Bill Haley and His Saddlemen change their image to become [[Bill Haley & His Comets]].
*[[October 7]] – First edition of ''[[Bob Horn (broadcaster)|Bob Horn]]'s Bandstand'' is broadcast as a local show from station WFIL-TV in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. It is later renamed ''[[American Bandstand]]'' and syndicated.
*[[November 14]] – First [[UK Singles Chart]] published by the ''[[NME|New Musical Express]]'', with [[Al Martino]]'s "[[Here in My Heart]]" as number one.
*''date unknown''
**Jazz singer [[Ernesto Bonino]] moves from [[Italy]] to the [[United States]].
**[[Accordionist]] [[John Serry Sr.]] first performs in [[Broadway theatre]] with [[Shirley Booth]] in ''[[The Time of the Cuckoo]]''.
**Finnish composer [[Aarre Merikanto]] wins the Olympic hymn competition.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ruth-Esther Hillila|author2=Barbara Blanchard Hong|title=Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUQDFlj1ykkC&pg=PA226|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27728-3|pages=226}}</ref>

==Publications==
*[[Pierre Schaeffer]] – ''A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music)'', an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.
*[[John Serry Sr.]] – ''The Syncopated Accordionist''.<ref>Library of Congress,''The Syncopated Accordionist'', Serrapica, John (aka Serry, John). Publisher/Editor Charles Colin, New York, 1952, http://lccn.loc.gov/unk84158102</ref>

==Musical groups formed==
*[[76th Army Band (United States)|76th Army Band]]
*[[338th Army Band (United States)|338th Army Band]] (reactivated)
*[[The Duke's Men of Yale]] (''a cappella'' singing group)
* [[The Steiner Brothers (tap-dancing trio)|The Steiner Brothers]], tap-dancing trio and singing group<ref name="Steiner">{{cite work|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/tapping-into-fame-404555716.html|title=Winnipeg's Steiner Brothers didn't seek celebrity but made it big In addition to dancing; Brothers danced alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin|work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|author=John Einarson|date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>

==Albums released==
*''[[Anthology of American Folk Music]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[As You Desire Me (Jo Stafford album)|As You Desire Me]]'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
*''[[Billie Holiday Sings]]'' – [[Billie Holiday]]
*''[[Bird and Diz]]'' – [[Charlie Parker]] and [[Dizzy Gillespie]]
*''[[Christmas Day in the Morning]]'' – [[Burl Ives]]
*''Christmas with Eddie Fisher'' – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*''[[Eddie Fisher Sings]]'' – Eddie Fisher
*''Favorite Spirituals'' – [[Ames Brothers]]
*''[[Harmony Encores]]'' – [[The Chordettes]]
*''Home on the Range'' – Ames Brothers
*''[[Johnnie Ray (album)|Johnnie Ray]]'' – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*''[[I'm in the Mood for Love (Eddie Fisher album)|I'm in the Mood for Love]]'' – Eddie Fisher
*''Mr. Rhythm Sings'' – [[Frankie Laine]]
*''[[Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''[[Penthouse Serenade]]'' – [[Nat King Cole]]
*''Song Favorites By Frankie Laine'' – Frankie Laine
*''[[Tennessee Waltz (album)|Tennessee Waltz]]'' – [[Patti Page]]

==US No. 1 hit singles==
These singles reached the top of US [[Billboard magazine]]'s charts in 1952.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!First week!!Number of weeks!!Title!!Artist
|-
|March 15, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|9||"[[Wheel of Fortune (1952 song)|Wheel of Fortune]]"||[[Kay Starr]]
|-
|May 17, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|5||"[[Blue Tango]]"||[[Leroy Anderson]]
|-
|June 21, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[Here in My Heart]]"||[[Al Martino]]
|-
|July 5, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Delicado (song)|Delicado]]"||[[Percy Faith]] & his Orchestra
|-
|July 12, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|9||"[[Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart]]"||[[Vera Lynn]]
|-
|September 13, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|5||"[[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]]"||[[Jo Stafford]]
|-
|October 18, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|5||"[[I Went to Your Wedding]]"||[[Patti Page]]
|-
|November 22, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[It's in the Book]]"||[[Johnny Standley]]
|-
|November 29, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|4||"[[Why Don't You Believe Me?]]"||[[Joni James]]
|-
|December 27, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus]]"||[[Jimmy Boyd]]
|}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1952.htm |title=Songs from the Year 1952 |website=Tsort.info |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! <big>#</big>
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1 || [[Percy Faith]] || [[Delicado (song)|Delicado]] || 1952 || Canada || US 1940s 1 – Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952
|-
| 2 || [[Jo Stafford]] || [[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]] || 1952 || US || UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952
|-
| 3 || [[Al Martino]] || [[Here in My Heart]] || 1952 || US || UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952
|-
| 4 || [[Kay Starr]] || [[Wheel of Fortune (1952 song)|Wheel of Fortune]] || 1952 || US || US 1940s 1 – Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343
|-
| 5 || [[Frankie Laine]] || [[High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)]] || 1952 || US || Oscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 – Jul 1952, UK 7 – Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952
|}

==Top hits on record==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[All of Me (Ruth Etting song)|All of Me]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Anytime (1921 song)|Anytime]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart]]" – [[Vera Lynn]]
*"[[Be My Life's Companion]]" – [[The Mills Brothers]]
*"[[Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)]]" – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*"[[Christmas Roses]]" – [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jo Stafford]]
* "[[Comes A-Long A-Love]]" – [[Kay Starr]]
*"[[Day of Jubilo]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[Delicado (song)|Delicado]]" – [[Percy Faith]] & his Orchestra
*"Faith Can Move Mountains" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[The Glow-Worm]]" – [[The Mills Brothers]]
*"[[A Guy Is a Guy]]" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[Half As Much]]" – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*"[[Heart and Soul (1938 song)|Heart and Soul]]" – [[The Four Aces]] featuring [[Al Alberts]]
*"[[Here in My Heart]]" – [[Al Martino]]
*"[[High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me]]" – [[Karen Chandler]]
*"[[I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus]]" – [[Jimmy Boyd]]
*"[[I Went To Your Wedding]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[I'll Walk Alone]]" – [[Don Cornell]]
*"[[I'm Confessin']]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[I'm Just a Poor Bachelor]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[I'm Yours (1952 song)|I'm Yours]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Kiss Of Fire]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[A Kiss to Build a Dream On]]" – [[Louis Armstrong]]
*"[[Lady of Spain (song)|Lady of Spain]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Lover (Rodgers and Hart song)|Lover]]" – [[Peggy Lee]]
*"[[Maybe (Allan Flynn and Frank Madden song)|Maybe]]" – [[Perry Como]] & [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Meet Mister Callaghan]]", recorded by
**[[Les Paul]]
**[[Mitch Miller]]
**[[Carmen Cavallaro|Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra]]
*"[[My Favorite Song]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[My Song (song)|My Song]]" – [[Johnny Ace]]
*"[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (song)|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[Please, Mr. Sun]]", recorded by:
**[[Johnnie Ray]] & [[The Four Lads]]
**[[Perry Como]]
**[[Tommy Edwards]]
*"[[Ramblin' Man (Hank Williams song)|Ramblin' Man]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Rock of Gibraltar]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Settin' the Woods on Fire]]" – [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[A Sinner Am I]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Slow Poke]]" – [[Arthur Godfrey]]
*"[[So Madly in Love]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[Somewhere Along The Way]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Sugarbush (song)|Sugarbush]]" – [[Doris Day]] & [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Tell Me Why (1951 song)|Tell Me Why]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Temptation (1933 song)|Temptation]]" – [[Mario Lanza]]
*"[[Tenderly]]" – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*"[[Tiger Rag]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[Till I Waltz Again With You]]" – [[Teresa Brewer]]
*"[[Tonight You Belong to Me]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Trying (song)|Trying]]" – [[The Hilltoppers (band)|The Hilltoppers]]
*"[[Unforgettable (Irving Gordon song)|Unforgettable]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Walkin' My Baby Back Home (song)|Walkin' My Baby Back Home]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Wheel of Fortune (1952 song)|Wheel of Fortune]]" – [[Kay Starr]]
*"[[When I Fall in Love (song)|When I Fall in Love]]" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[When You're in Love (song)|When You're in Love]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Why Don't You Believe Me]]" – [[Joni James]]
*"[[Winter Wonderland]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[Wish You Were Here (1952 song)|Wish You Were Here]]" – [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]]" – [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[You'll Never Be Mine]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
}}

==Published popular music==
* "[[Blue Tango]]"   w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Leroy Anderson]]
* "[[Comes A-Long A-Love]]"   w.m. [[Al Sherman]]
* "[[Delicado (song)|Delicado]]"   w. [[Jack Lawrence]] m. Waldyr Azevedo
* "[[(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?]]"   w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Don't Laugh at Me ('Cause I'm a Fool)]]"   w.m. [[Norman Wisdom]] & June Tremayne
* "[[Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes]]"   w.m. [[Barbara Trammel]], [[Cactus Pryor]] & [[Slim Whitman]]
* "[[Faith Can Move Mountains]]"   w. Ben Raleigh m. [[Guy Wood]]
* "[[Feet Up]]"   w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[A Fool Such As I]]"   w.m. Bill Trader
* "[[Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now]]"   w.m. Milton Kellem
* "[[A Guy Is A Guy]]"   w.m. [[Oscar Brand]]
* "[[(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean]]"   w.m. Charles Singleton & J. H. Wallace
* "[[Here in My Heart]]"   w.m. [[Pat Genaro]], [[Lou Levinson]] & [[Bill Borrelli]]
* "[[High Noon (song)|High Noon]]"   w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
* "[[Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo]]"   w. [[Helen Deutsch]] m. [[Bronislau Kaper]]
* "[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me]]"   w.m. [[Harry Noble]]
* "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]"   w.m. [[Jerry Leiber]] & [[Mike Stoller]]
* "I Know a Place" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Vernon Duke]] Introduced by [[Doris Day]] & [[Ray Bolger]] in the film ''[[April in Paris (film)|April in Paris]]''
* "[[I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus]]"   w.m. [[Tommie Connor]]
* "[[I Went To Your Wedding]]"   w.m. [[Jessie Mae Robinson]]
* "[[I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive]]"   w.m. [[Hank Williams]] & [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
* "[[I'm Hans Christian Andersen]]"   w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Inchworm (song)|Inchworm]]"   w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels]]"   w.m. J. D. Miller
* "[[It's In The Book]]"   w.m. [[Johnny Standley]] & Art Thorsen
* "[[Jambalaya (song)|Jambalaya]]"   w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
* "[[Kaw-Liga (song)|Kaw-Liga]]"   w.m. [[Hank Williams]] & [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
* "[[Keep It A Secret]]"   w.m. [[Jessie Mae Robinson]]
* "[[The King's New Clothes]]"   w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]"   w.m. [[Lloyd Price]]
* "[[Lean Baby]]"   w. Roy Alfred m. [[Billy May]]
* "[[Lullaby of Birdland]]"   w. B. Y. Forster (pseudonym for [[George David Weiss]]) m. [[George Shearing]]
* "[[Luna Rossa]]"   w. (Eng) Kermit Goell (Ital) V. de Crescenzo m. A. Vian
* "[[Mister Taptoe]]"   w.m. [[Terry Gilkyson]], Richard Dehr & Frank Miller
* "[[Never Smile at a Crocodile]]"   F. Churchill, J. Lawrence
* "[[Oh Happy Day (1952)|Oh Happy Day]]"   w.m. Donald Howard Koplow & Nancy Binns Reed
* "[[The Ol' Spring Fever]]" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harry Warren]] from the film ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just For You]]''
* "[[One Mint Julep]]"   w.m. [[Rudy Toombs]]
* "[[Outside of Heaven]]" w. [[Sammy Gallop]] m. [[Chester Conn]]
* "[[Petite Fleur]]"   m. [[Sidney Bechet]]
* "[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (song)|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]"   w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]"   w.m. [[Lew Douglas]], [[Cliff Parman]] & [[Frank Levere]]
* "[[Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie]]"   [[Kay Twomey]], [[Fred Wise (lyricist)|Fred Wise]] & [[Ben Weisman]]
* "[[Raminay]] (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)" w.m. J. Lawrence, [[Sammy Fain]]
* "[[She Wears Red Feathers]]"   w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Sugar Bush (song)|Sugar Bush]]"   w.m. [[Josef Marais]]
* "[[Take These Chains from My Heart]]"   w.m. [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]] & [[Hy Heath]]
* "[[Takes Two to Tango]]"   w.m. [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Dick Manning]]
* "[[That's All (1952 song)|That's All]]"   w. Alan Brandt m. Bob Haymes
* "[[That's Entertainment! (song)|That's Entertainment!]]"   w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]]
* "[[Till I Waltz Again With You]]"   w.m. Sidney Prosen
* "[[The Ugly Duckling (song)|The Ugly Duckling]]"   w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[To Know You (Is to Love You)]]"   w. [[Allan Roberts (songwriter)|Allan Roberts]] m. [[Robert Allen (songwriter)|Robert Allen]]
* "[[Walkin' To Missouri]]"   w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Wheel of Fortune (1951 song)|Wheel Of Fortune]]"   w.m. [[Bennie Benjamin]] & [[George David Weiss]]
* "[[When I Fall in Love (song)|When I Fall in Love]]"   w. [[Edward Heyman]] m. [[Victor Young]]
* "[[Why Don't You Believe Me?]]"   w.m. [[Lew Douglas]], [[King Laney]] & [[Roy Rodde]]
* "[[Wish You Were Here (1952 song)|Wish You Were Here]]"   w.m. [[Harold Rome]]
* "[[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]]"   w.m. [[Pee Wee King]], Redd Stewart & Chilton Price
* "[[Your Cheatin' Heart]]"   w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
* "[[Zing A Little Zong]]"   w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]

==Top R&B and country hits on record==
*"[[5-10-15 Hours]]" – [[Ruth Brown]]
*"Daddy Daddy" – [[Ruth Brown]]
*"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Big Mama Thornton]]
*"[[Jambalaya (On the Bayou)]]" – [[Hank Williams]]
*"[[Juke (song)|Juke]]" – [[Little Walter]]
*"[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]" – [[Lloyd Price]]
*"[[Midnight Special (song)|Midnight Special]]" – [[The Weavers]]
*"[[Night Train (composition)|Night Train]]" – [[Jimmy Forrest (musician)|Jimmy Forrest]]
*"[[Wimoweh]]" – [[The Weavers]]
*"Worry, Worry, Worry" – [[Joe Houston]]
*"[[It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels]]" – [[Kitty Wells]]

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Malcolm Arnold|Arnold, Malcolm]] || ''[[English Dances]]'', set 2, Op. 33 || 1952-08-05 || {{flagicon|GBR}} London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNCLqUq4F94C&q=arnold+14+april+1951+english+dances&pg=PA22 |title=Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-bibliography |author=Stewart R. Craggs |page=22 |date=1951-04-14 |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9780313292545 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Conrad Beck|Beck, Conrad]] || ''[[Hymne (Beck)|Hymne]]'' || 1952-10-11 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Donaueschingen ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]]) || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/products/show,150364,,f.html?showOldPerformances=true |title=Shop – Conrad Beck – Hymne |publisher=Schott Music |date=1952-10-11 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luciano Berio|Berio, Luciano]] || [[Due pezzi (Berio)|Due pezzi]] for violin and piano || 1952–?-? || {{flagicon|USA}} Lenox, MA ([[Tanglewood Music Festival|Tanglewood MF]]) || [[Lorin Maazel]] (violin), [[Seymour Lipkin]] (piano)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.lucianoberio.org/node/1368?2120422682=1|title = Due pezzi (nota dell'autore) {{pipe}} Centro Studi Luciano Berio – Luciano Berio's Official Website|language = it|website = Lucianoberio.org|access-date = 2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[John Cage|Cage, John]] || ''[[4′33″]]'' || 1952-08-29 || {{flagicon|USA}} Woodstock, NY || [[David Tudor|Tudor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/searching-for-silence |title=Searching for Silence |publisher=The New Yorker |date=2010-10-04 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || [[Violin Concerto (Chávez)|Violin Concerto]] || 1952-02-29 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico City || Viviane Bertolami (violin), [[National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)|OSN]] – Chávez<ref>[[Roberto García Morillo]], ''Carlos Chávez: Vida y obra'', Tierra Firme (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica): 135. {{ISBN|968-16-0222-6}}.</ref>
|-
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Michel Ciry|fr|3=Ciry, Michel}} || [chamber-music work] || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]<ref name=IMMB>Imke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), ''Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe'' (Kürten: Stockhausen Stiftung für Musik, 2001): 21. {{ISBN|3-00-007290-X}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Henry Cowell|Cowell, Henry]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Cowell)|Symphony No. 7]], for chamber orchestra || 1952-11-25 || {{flagicon|USA}} Baltimore || [[The Little Orchestra of Baltimore|Baltimore Little Orchestra]] – [[Reginald Stewart (conductor)|Stewart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=151960247&CFTOKEN=70519153 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170914214134/http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=226663596&CFTOKEN=37026095&jsessionid=8430a7891751ecddfd13227031d1114387e6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |title=Henry Cowell Web Site |website=Henrycowell.org |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Tartiniana]]'' || 1952-03-04 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Bern<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26294/04chapter4.pdf|title='N Oorsig oor Dallapiccola se Werke |website=Repository.up.ac.za |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>||
|-
| [[Renzo dall'Oglio|dall'Oglio, Renzo]] || ''[[Espressioni (dall'Oglio)|Espressioni]]'' (5) for orchestra || 1952-07-20 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
|-
| [[Hans Ulrich Engelmann|Engelmann, Hans Ulrich]] || ''[[Orchester-Phantasie]]'' || 1952-07-20 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
|-
| [[Wolfgang Fortner]] || ''[[Isaacs Opferung]]'', oratory scene || 1952-10-12 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Donaueschingen ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]]) || [[Shirley Sudock|Sudock]], [[Helmut Krebs|Krebs]], [[Heinz Rehfuss|Rehfuss]] / [[South German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,34482,cmss,3230.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207032139/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,34482,cmss,3230.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-02-07 |title=Shop – Wolfgang Fortner – Isaaks Opferung |publisher=Schott Music |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref><ref name="swr.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/donaueschingen/programme/1921-1997/1952/-/id=2136956/did=3459890/nid=2136956/1oiqexg/index.html |title=1952 {{pipe}} 1921–1997 {{pipe}} Programme seit 1921 {{pipe}} Donaueschinger Musiktage {{pipe}} Festivals |website=SWR.de |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Peter Racine Fricker|Fricker, Peter Racine]] || [[Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra (Fricker)|Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra]] || 1952-07-20 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Richard Hartung|Hartung]] / [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Ginastera)|Piano Sonata No. 1]] || 1952-11-29 || {{flagicon|USA}} Pittsburgh ([[1952 Pittsburgh International Contemporary Music Festival|ICMF]]) || [[Johana Harris|Harris]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1944936/Piano-Sonata-No-1 |title=Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 {{pipe}} work by Ginastera {{pipe}} Britannica.com |website=Global.britannica.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Karel Goeyvaerts|Goeyvaerts, Karel]] || [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Goeyvaerts)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] || 1952-07-20 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[André Gertler|Gertler]] / [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || ''[[Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony]]'' || 1952-01-25 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Basel || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schott-music.co.uk/shop/1/1001142/2660684/show,34189,s.html |title=The Schott Music Shop – Shop – Paul Hindemith – Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt" |website=Schott-music.co.uk |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162927/http://www.schott-music.co.uk/shop/1/1001142/2660684/show,34189,s.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Bertold Hummel|Hummel, Bertold]] || ''[[Missa brevis 1951]]'' || 1952-10-12 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Donaueschingen ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]]) || [[Domchor Freiburg]] – [[Franz Stemmer|Stemmer]]<ref name="swr.de"/>
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| [[Karel Husa|Husa, Karel]] || [chamber-music work] || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || [[Harp Concerto (Jolivet)|Harp Concerto]] || 1952-10-12 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Donaueschingen ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]]) || [[Lily Laskine|Laskine]] / [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref name="swr.de"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/34826/ |title=Concerto, André Jolivet |website=Brahms.ircam.fr |date=1952-10-12 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Giselher Klebe|Klebe, Giselher]] || [[Nocturnes (Klebe)|Nocturnes]] (2) for orchestra || 1952-07-20 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[Gail Kubik|Kubik, Gail]] || [[Symphony Concertante (Kubik)|Symphony Concertante]] [1952 Pulitzer]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Music |title=The Pulitzer Prizes |website=Pulitzer.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref> || 1952-01-07 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[The Little Orchestra]] – [[Thomas Scherman|Scherman]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKuT49sbJUwC&q=kubik+symphony+concertante+scherman&pg=PA47 |title=The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music: Composer Biographies, Premiere ... |page=47 |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9783631596081 |last1=Fischer |first1=Heinz Dietrich |year=2010 }}</ref>
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| [[Aleksandr Lokshin|Lokshin, Aleksandr]] || ''[[Hungarian Fantasy (Lokshin)|Hungarian Fantasy]]'' for violin and orchestra || 1952–?-? || {{flagicon|USSR}} Moscow || [[Julian Sitkovetsky|Sitkovetsky]] / [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Kurt Sanderling|Sanderling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lokshin.org/en.htm |title=Alexander L Lokshin |website=Lokshin.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna, Bruno]] || ''[[Musica su due dimensioni]]'' for flute, cymbals and tape || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Severino Gazzelloni|Gazzelloni]], [[Romolo Grano|Grano]]<ref name=IMMB /><ref>Elena Ungeheuer, ''Wie die elektronische Musik "erfunden" wurde...: Quellenstudie zu Werner Meyer-Epplers Entwurf zwischen 1949 und 1953'', Kölner Schriften zur Neuen Musik 2, edited by [[Johannes Fritsch]] and [[Dietrich Kämper]] (Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1992): 119, 134. {{ISBN|3-7957-1891-0}}.</ref><ref name=IddonC>Martin Iddon, ''New Music at Darmstadt: Nono. Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez'', Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013): xvi, 48, 69–70. {{ISBN|9781107033290}}.</ref>
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| [[Gian Francesco Malipiero|Malipiero, G. Francesco]] || ''[[Sinfonia dello Zodiaco]]'' || 1952-01-23 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Lausanne || [[Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]] – [[Nino Sanzogno|Sanzogno]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rodoni.ch/malipiero/catalogo1gfm.html |title=G. F. Malipiero – Musica Sinfonica |website=Rodoni.ch |date=1923-10-25 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Frank Martin (composer)|Martin, Frank]] || [[Violin Concerto (Martin)|Violin Concerto]] || 1952-01-24 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Basel || [[Hansheinz Schneeberger|Schneeberger]] / [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/327.html |title=Repertoire Explorer {{pipe}} Sheet Music {{pipe}} Musikproduktion Höflich |website=Musikmph.de |access-date=2016-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530164224/http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/327.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 }}</ref>
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Piano Trio No. 3 (Martinu)|Piano Trio No. 3]] || 1952-02-25 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[Mannes Trio]]<ref name=BM>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLmuAwAAQBAJ&q=martinu+piano+trio+3+new+york+1951&pg=PA24 |title=Bohuslav Martinů: A Research and Information Guide |author=Robert Simon |page=24 |date=2014-05-30 |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9781317806103 }}</ref>
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Serenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio]] || 1952-01-04 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[Robert McGinnis|McGinnis]], [[Napoleon Cerminara|Cerminara]], J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, [[Bernard Greenhouse|Greenhouse]]<ref name=BM />
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || ''[[Stowe Pastorals]]'' || 1952-05-07 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Basel || [[Trapp Family Ensemble]]<ref name=BM />
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| [[Peter Mennin|Mennin, Peter]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Mennin)|String Quartet No. 2]] || 1952-02-24 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[Juilliard Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2012choral.carlfischer.com/fischer/composers/menninworks.html |title=Peter Mennin – Works List|access-date=2015-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530161104/http://2012choral.carlfischer.com/fischer/composers/menninworks.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 }}</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Le merle noir]]'' || 1952-06-? || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || Contestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + [[Noël Lee|Lee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giraud-badin.com/fr/auction/product/95/32280/diapo/288 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530210516/http://www.giraud-badin.com/fr/auction/product/95/32280/diapo/288 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |title=Ventes |website=Giraud-badin.com |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
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| [[Xavier Montsalvatge|Montsalvatge, Xavier]] || ''[[Cuarteto indiano]]'' || 1952-05-04 || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Madrid || [[Agrupación Nacional de Música de Cámara|National Chamber Music Association]]
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| [[Luigi Nono|Nono, Luigi]] || ''[[España en el corazón]]'' || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Gabrille Dumaine|Dumaine]], [[Hans Hildebrandt|Hildebrandt]] / Ferienkurse, [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheater Orchestra]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]1<ref name=IMMB /><ref name=IddonA>Martin Iddon, ''New Music at Darmstadt: Nono. Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez'', Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013): xvi–xvii, 68. {{ISBN|9781107033290}}.</ref>
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| [[Andrzej Panufnik|Panufnik, Andrzej]] || ''[[Heroic Overture (Panufnik)|Heroic Overture]]'' (2nd version) || 1952-05-16 || {{flagicon|POL}} Warsaw || [[Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra|Warsaw Philharmonic]] – [[Witold Rowicki|Rowicki]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panufnik.polmic.pl/index.php/en/tworczosc/omowienia-utworow/35-heroic-overture |title=Heroic Overture |website=Panufnik.polmic.pl |date=1952-05-16 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Allan Pettersson|Pettersson, Allan]] || [[Concerto for Strings No. 1 (Pettersson)|Concerto for Strings No. 1]] || 1952-04-06 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm || [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra|Swedish Radio Symphony]] – [[Tor Mann|Mann]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908075423/http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2008 |title=Styrelsen |website=Allanpettersson.org |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)|Symphony-Concerto]] for cello and orchestra || 1952-02-18 || {{flagicon|URS}} Moscow || [[Mstislav Rostropovich|Rostropovich]] / [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Youth Orchestra]] – [[Sviatoslav Richter|Richter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/program_notes/prokofievSympohnyConcertoforcelloandOrcestra.pdf |title=Sergei Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra, Opus 125 |website=Bso.http.internapcdn.net |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 7]] || 1952-10-11 || {{flagicon|URS}} Moscow || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Samuil Samosud|Samosud]]{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
|-
| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Rubbra)|String Quartet No. 2]] in E-flat, Op. 73 || 1952-05-11<ref>Edmund Rubbra, "String Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 73: An Analytical Note by the Composer", ''The Music Review'' 14 (1953): 36–44. Citation on 36.</ref> || {{flagicon|GBR}} London ([[Victoria and Albert Museum]]) || [[Griller Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-may-1952/15/music-of-the-month |title=Music of the Month – from the Tablet Archive |website=Archive.thetablet.co.uk |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092137/http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-may-1952/15/music-of-the-month |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[24 Preludes and Fugues (Shostakovich)|Preludes and Fugues (24)]] for piano || 1952-12-23 || {{flagicon|URS}} Leningrad || [[Tatiana Nikolayeva|Nikolayeva]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosfina.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162736/http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosfina.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |title=Opus by Shostakovich |website=Home.online.nl |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Kreuzspiel]]'' || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Romolo Grano|Grano]], [[Friedrich Wildgans|Wildgans]], [[Irmela Sandt|Sandt]], [[Hans Rossmann|Rosmann]], [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]], [[Willy Trumpfheller|Trumpfheller]], [[Paul Geppert|Geppert]] – [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]<ref>[http://www.universaledition.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen/composers-and-works/composer/698/work/3248 Universal Edition]; ''50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt'', Vol. 1. CD recording. Col Legno WWE 1CD 31894. Munich: Col Legno, 1996. Also issued as part of 4-CD set, ''50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt''. Col Legno WWE 4CD 31893 (box); vol. 1: WWE 1 CD 31894; vol. 2: WWE 1 CD 31895; vol. 3: WWE 1 CD 31896; vol. 4: WWE 1 CD 31897. Munich: Col Legno, 1996.</ref>
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Spiel (Stockhausen)|Spiel]]'' || 1952-10-11 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Donaueschingen ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]])2 || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Radio Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUazwZH_zMwC&q=stockhausen+spiel+rosbaud+1953+orchestra&pg=PA21|title=Stockhausen: Life and Work|author=Karl Heinrich Wörner |translator=[[Bill Hopkins (composer)|Bill Hopkins]]|page=21 |date=1973 |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9780520032729 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || [[Cantata (Stravinsky)|Cantata]] || 1952-11-11 || {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles || [[Los Angeles Symphony Society]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Stravinskij/Stravinskij-Cantata89.html |title=Stravinskij – Cantata |website=Flaminioonline.it |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Camillo Togni|Togni, Camillo]] || ''[[Omaggio a Bach]]'' for two pianos || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Gerd Kämper]], [[Camillo Togni|Togni]]<ref name=IddonB>Martin Iddon, ''New Music at Darmstadt: Nono. Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez'', Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013): xvi, 68. {{ISBN|9781107033290}}.</ref>
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| [[Jacques Wildberger]] || [[Quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello (Wildberger)|Quartet]] for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Hans Mertens (musician)|Mertens]], [[Sigmar Rosokowsky|Rosokowsky]], [[Kurt Christian Stier|Stier]], [[Werner Huth|Huth]]<ref name=IMMB /><ref name=IddonB />
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| [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann|Zimmermann, Bernd Alois]] || [[Oboe Concerto (Zimmermann)|Oboe Concerto]] || 1952-10-11 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Donaueschingen ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]]) || [[Horst Schneider|Schneider]] / [[South German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/12955/ |title=Konzert für Oboe und kleines Orchester, Bernd Alois Zimmermann |website=Brahms.ircam.fr |date=1952-10-11 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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*1 The ensemble Bruno Maderna conducted comprised both faculty and students of the Ferienkurse and members of the [[Lendestheater Darmstadt|Landestheater Orchestra Darmstadt]].
*2 Only the first half of ''Spiel'' was performed at Donaueschingen in 1952. The complete score was only first performed in a radio recording made in July 1973 with the [[SWR Symphony Orchestra]], Baden-Baden, conducted by the composer. The first public performance of the complete composition was given by the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] on 14 September 1975, also under the composer's baton.<ref>Karlheinz Stockhausen, "''Spiel'' für Orchester (1952)", in his ''Texte zur Musik 1970–1977'' 4, selected and compiled by [[Christoph von Blumröder]], 52–54, DuMont Dokumente (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978): 54. {{ISBN|3-7701-1078-1}}.</ref>

===Compositions===
*[[Jean Barraqué]]
**[[Piano Sonata (Barraqué)|Piano Sonata]]
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Canticles (Britten)|Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac]]'', Op. 51
*[[John Cage]]
**''[[4′33″]]''
*[[Carlos Chávez]]
**[[Symphony No. 4 (Chávez)|''Sinfonía romántica'' (Symphony No. 4)]]
*[[George Crumb]]
**String Trio
**''[[Three Pastoral Pieces]]''
*[[Luigi Dallapiccola]]
**''Quaderno musicale di Annalibera'', solo piano
*[[Alberto Ginastera]]
**[[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Ginastera)|Piano Sonata No. 1]]
*[[Carlos Guastavino]]
**''Suite argentina'', ballet
*[[Dmitry Kabalevsky]]
**[[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Kabalevsky)|Piano Concerto No. 3]]
*[[Wojciech Kilar]]
**''Conjured'' for baritone and seven instruments
**Quintet for woodwind instruments
**''Suite No. 2'' for piano
**''Sonata No. 1'' for piano
*[[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
**[[Symphony in F-sharp major (Korngold)|Symphony]]
*[[Otto Luening]]
**''Fantasy in Space'' for flute and tape
**''Invention in Twelve Notes'' for flute and tape
**''Low Speed'' for flute and tape
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]]
**Harpsichord Concerto
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**[[Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola (Martinu)|Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola]] and Orchestra
*[[Olivier Messiaen]]
**''[[Le Merle noir]]''
*[[Wilhelm Peterson-Berger]]
**''[[Canzone for Violin and Piano (Peterson-Berger)|Canzone]]'' for Violin and Piano
*[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]]
**[[Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 7]]
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo]]
**[[Concierto serenata|Concierto Serenata]] for Harp and Orchestra
*[[Edmund Rubbra]]
**[[Viola Concerto (Rubbra)|Viola Concerto]]
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
**[[String Quartet No. 5 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 5]]
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]
**''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)|Klavierstücke I–IV]]''
**''[[Punkte]]'' [withdrawn, revised in 1962]
**''[[Schlagtrio|Schlagquartett]]''
**''[[Spiel]]''
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
**[[Cantata (Stravinsky)|Cantata]]
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams, Ralph]]
**''[[Sinfonia antartica]]'' (Symphony No. 7)
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
** [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Villa-Lobos)|Piano Concerto No. 4]]
** [[Symphony No. 9 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 9]]

==Opera==
*[[Franco Alfano]] – ''[[Sakùntala]]'' (revision of his 1921 opera ''La leggenda di Sakùntala'')
*[[Leonard Bernstein]] – ''[[Trouble in Tahiti]]''
*[[Raymond Chevreuille]] – ''Atta Troll''
*[[Camargo Guarnieri|Mozart Camargo Guarnieri]] – ''Pedro Malazarte'' (comic opera in one act, libretto by [[Mario de Andrade]], premiered in May at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro)

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1952 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Bet Your Life]]'' London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on [[February 18]] and ran for 362 performances
* ''[[Curtain Going Up]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[The Globe Revue]]'' London [[revue]] opened on [[July 10]] at the [[Globe Theatre]]
* ''[[Love from Judy]]'' London production opened at the [[Saville Theatre]] on [[September 25]] and ran for 594 performances
* ''[[New Faces of 1952]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Lorenz Hart]]) – Broadway revival of original 1940 production
* ''[[Ring Out the Bells]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Victoria Palace Theatre]] on [[November 12]]
* ''[[Three Wishes for Jamie]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] on [[March 21]] and moved to the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]] on [[May 27]] for a total run of 92 performances
* ''[[Two's Company (musical)|Two's Company]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Wish You Were Here (musical)|Wish You Were Here]]'' Broadway production

==[[Musical film]]s==
[[File:Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Road to Bali.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] ''On the Road to Bali'']]
* ''[[Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick]]'' starring [[Alan Young]], [[Dinah Shore]], [[Robert Merrill]] and [[Adele Jergens]]. Directed by [[Claude Binyon]].
*''[[Affair in Trinidad]]'' starring [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Glenn Ford]]
* ''[[April in Paris (film)|April in Paris]]'' starring [[Doris Day]] and [[Ray Bolger]]
*''[[Because You're Mine]]'' starring [[Mario Lanza]] and [[Doretta Morrow]]
* ''[[Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 film)|Bloodhounds of Broadway]]'' starring [[Mitzi Gaynor]], [[Scott Brady]] and [[Mitzi Green]]
* ''[[Everything I Have Is Yours (film)|Everything I Have Is Yours]]'' starring [[Marge Champion]], [[Gower Champion]] and [[Monica Lewis]]
* ''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian Andersen]]'' starring [[Danny Kaye]] and [[Jane Wyman]]
* ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Jane Wyman]]
* ''[[The Las Vegas Story (film)|The Las Vegas Story]]'' starring [[Jane Russell]], [[Victor Mature]] and [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* ''[[Lovely to Look At]]'' starring [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[Red Skelton]], [[Howard Keel]], [[Marge Champion]], [[Gower Champion]] and [[Ann Miller]]
* ''[[Meet Danny Wilson (film)|Meet Danny Wilson]]'' starring [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Shelley Winters]]
* ''[[The Merry Widow (1952 film)|The Merry Widow]]'' starring [[Lana Turner]], [[Fernando Lamas]] and [[Una Merkel]]
* ''[[Road to Bali]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Bob Hope]] and [[Dorothy Lamour]]
* ''[[She's Working Her Way Through College]]'' starring [[Virginia Mayo]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]
* ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]], [[Donald O'Connor]] and [[Debbie Reynolds]]
* ''[[Skirts Ahoy!]]'' starring [[Esther Williams]], [[Joan Evans (actress)|Joan Evans]], [[Vivian Blaine]] and [[Keefe Brasselle]], and featuring [[Billy Eckstine]], [[The DeMarco Sisters]], [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Bobby Van]].
* ''[[Son of Paleface]]'' starring [[Bob Hope]], [[Jane Russell]], [[Roy Rogers]] and [[Trigger (horse)|Trigger]]
* ''[[Where's Charley? (film)|Where's Charley?]]'' starring [[Ray Bolger]] and [[Allyn Ann McLerie]]
* ''[[With A Song In My Heart (film)|With A Song In My Heart]]'' starring [[Susan Hayward]] and [[Rory Calhoun]]

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Graeme Strachan]], Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
*[[January 10]] – [[Scott Thurston]], American guitarist and songwriter
*[[January 15]] – [[Melvyn Gale]], cellist ([[Electric Light Orchestra]])
*[[January 17]] – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese musician and composer
*[[January 20]] – [[Paul Stanley]], rock guitarist and singer ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]])
*[[January 21]] – [[Cyril and Libbye Hellier]], American operatic sopranos
*[[January 22]] – Teddy Gentry ([[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]])
*[[January 25]] – [[Timothy White (editor)|Timothy White]], American rock journalist (died [[2002 in music|2002]])
*[[January 29]] – [[Tommy Ramone]] ([[The Ramones]])
*[[January 30]] – [[Steve Bartek]] ([[Oingo Boingo]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Jenő Jandó]] (Hungarian pianist)
*[[February 4]] – [[Jerry Shirley]] ([[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]] ([[The Doobie Brothers]])
*[[February 16]] – [[James Ingram]], American R&B singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2019)
*[[February 13]] – Edward John Gagliardi ([[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]])
*[[February 18]] – [[Juice Newton]], pop and country singer, songwriter and guitarist
*[[February 20]]
**Halvor Haug, Norwegian composer
**[[Matti Rantanen (accordionist)|Matti Rantanen]], Finnish accordionist
*[[February 21]] – [[Jean-Jacques Burnel]] ([[The Stranglers]])
*[[February 23]] – [[Brad Whitford]] ([[Aerosmith]])
*[[March 11]] – [[Vince Giordano]], bass saxophonist and band leader for the [[Nighthawks Orchestra]]
*[[March 13]] – [[Wolfgang Rihm]], composer
*[[March 15]] – [[Howard Devoto]], punk rock singer-songwriter ([[Buzzcocks]], [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]], [[Luxuria (band)|Luxuria]], [[ShelleyDevoto]])
*[[March 22]] – [[Jay Dee Daugherty]] ([[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]])
*[[April 2]] – [[Leon Wilkeson]] ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]])
*[[April 4]] – [[Gary Moore]], blues guitarist and singer (died 2011)
*[[April 13]] – [[Rosa Passos]], Brazilian Bossa Nova singer
*[[April 17]] – [[Jerry Knight]], vocalist, bassist, songwriter and producer (d. 1996)
*[[May 11]] – [[Renaud]], composer
*[[May 14]] – [[David Byrne]], singer-songwriter ([[Talking Heads]])
*[[May 18]] – [[George Strait]], country singer, actor and music producer
*[[May 19]] – [[Barbara Joyce Lomas]] ([[B. T. Express]])
*[[May 23]] – [[Dillie Keane]], cabaret performer
*[[May 30]] – [[Zoltán Kocsis|Zoltan Kocsis]], composer and pianist (died 2016)
*[[June 5]] – [[Nicko McBrain]] ([[Iron Maiden]], [[Trust (French band)|Trust]], etc.)
*[[June 7]] – [[Royce Campbell]], American guitarist, composer and producer
*[[June 11]] – [[Donnie Van Zant]] rock guitarist and vocalist ([[38 Special (band)|38 Special]])
*[[June 12]]
**[[Junior Brown]], country guitarist and singer
**[[Oliver Knussen]], composer (d. 2018)
*[[June 16]] – [[Gino Vannelli]], Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer
*[[June 25]] – [[Tim Finn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter
*[[July 1]]
**[[Dan Aykroyd]], actor (''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'')
**[[Timothy J. Tobias]], American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
*[[July 2]] – [[Johnny Colla]] ([[Huey Lewis and the News]])
*[[July 3]] – [[Laura Branigan]] American singer (Gloria) and actress (d. 2004)
*[[July 12]] – [[Philip Taylor Kramer]], American bass player ([[Iron Butterfly]]) (d. 1995)
*[[July 14]] – [[Bob Casale]], American guitarist, keyboard player and producer ([[Devo]]) (d. 2014)
*[[July 15]] – [[David Pack]], frontman, vocalist and guitarist with rock group Ambrosia
*[[July 16]] – [[Stewart Copeland]], drummer ([[The Police]])
*[[July 17]]
**[[Nicolette Larson]], singer (died 1997)
**[[Phoebe Snow]], singer-songwriter (died 2011)
*[[July 19]] – [[Allen Collins]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Rossington Collins Band]] and [[Allen Collins Band]]) (d. 1990)
*[[July 22]]
**[[John Rutsey]], Canadian drummer ([[Rush (band)|Rush]]) (d. 2008)
**[[Janis Siegel]], American singer ([[The Manhattan Transfer]])
*[[July 28]] – [[Glenn A. Baker]], Australian music journalist
*[[July 31]] – [[Reinhard Goebel]], German early music conductor and violinist
*[[August 4]] – [[Moya Brennan]], Irish folk harpist and singer ([[Clannad]])
*[[August 6]] – [[Pat MacDonald (musician)|Pat MacDonald]], American new wave musician ([[Timbuk 3]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Gianna Rolandi]], American soprano (died 2021)
*[[August 20]] – [[John Hiatt]], guitarist, pianist and singer
*[[August 21]] – [[Joe Strummer]], singer and songwriter ([[The Clash]]) (d. 2002)
*[[August 26]] – [[Billy Rush (musician)|Billy Rush]], [[Asbury Jukes]]
*[[August 27]] – [[Laurie Wisefield]], guitarist for [[Wishbone Ash]]
*[[September 4]] – [[Martin Chambers]], [[The Pretenders]]
*[[September 9]] – [[David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart]], English musician, songwriter and record producer, [[Eurythmics]]
*[[September 12]]
**[[Gerry Beckley]], rock singer-songwriter ([[America (band)|America]])
**[[Neil Peart]], rock drummer & songwriter ([[Rush (band)|Rush]]) (d. 2020)
*[[September 13]] – [[Randy Jones (singer)|Randy Jones]], singer ([[Village People]])
*[[September 18]] – [[Dee Dee Ramone]], bassist ([[Ramones|The Ramones]]) (d. 2002)
*[[September 19]] – [[Nile Rodgers]], American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist ([[The Honeydrippers]], [[Chic (band)|Chic]])
*[[September 22]] – [[Oliver Mtukudzi]] ("Tuku"), Zimbabwean Afro jazz singer-guitarist (d. 2019)
*[[September 30]] – [[John Lombardo]], American musician ([[10,000 Maniacs]], [[John & Mary]])
*[[October 21]] – [[Miroslav Žbirka]], Slovak singer-songwriter
*[[November 2]]
**[[Maxine Nightingale]], singer
**[[Alan Winstanley]], producer
*[[November 11]] – [[Paul Cowsill]] ([[The Cowsills]])
*[[November 14]] – [[Johnny A.]], guitarist and songwriter
*[[November 20]] – [[Semyon Bychkov (conductor)|Semyon Bychkov]], conductor
*[[November 27]] – [[Bappi Lahiri]], Indian film composer
*[[December 3]] – [[Don Barnes]] ([[38 Special (band)|38 Special]])
*[[December 23]] – [[Hans Abrahamsen]], Danish composer
*[[December 27]] – [[David Knopfler]] ([[Dire Straits]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 9]] – [[Midge Williams]], singer
*[[January 14]] – [[Artur Kapp]], Estonian composer (b. 1878)
*[[January 16]] – [[René Voisin]], trumpeter
*[[January 20]] – [[Arthur Farwell]], composer and conductor
*[[February 13]] – [[Alfred Einstein]], musicologist
*[[March 17]] – [[Percy Wenrich]], ragtime composer
*[[March 22]] – [[Uncle Dave Macon]], musician
*[[April 19]] – [[Steve Conway (singer)|Steve Conway]], British singer (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-conway-mn0000032317/biography|access-date=2021-09-23|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
*[[April 23]] – [[Elisabeth Schumann]], operatic soprano
*[[May 23]] – [[Georg Schumann (composer)|Georg Schumann]], German composer (b. 1866)
*[[May 15]] – [[Italo Montemezzi]], composer
*[[June 9]] – [[Adolf Busch]], violinist and composer
*[[June 13]] – [[Emma Eames]], operatic soprano
*[[June 14]] – [[John Kirby (musician)|John Kirby]], jazz musician
*[[June 25]] – [[Luke Jordan]], blues musician
*[[July 2]] – [[Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans]], Dutch composer and pianist (b. 1895)
*[[July 10]] – [[Rued Langgaard]], Danish composer and organist (b. 1893)
*[[September 6]] – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], English actress, singer, dancer
*[[September 16]] – [[Vesta Tilley]], music hall entertainer
*[[September 18]] – [[Frances Alda]], operatic soprano
*[[September 19]] – [[Nat Ayer]], composer
*[[October 25]] – [[Sergei Bortkiewicz]], pianist and composer
*[[October 26]] – [[Hattie McDaniel]]
*[[November 1]] – [[Dixie Lee]], singer, dancer and actress, wife of [[Bing Crosby]]
*[[November 4]] – [[Max Adler (1866–1952)|Max Adler]], violinist
*[[November 17]] – [[Charles Penrose (entertainer)|Charles Penrose]], music hall performer
*[[December 25]] – [[Bernardino Molinari]], arranger and conductor (born 1880)
*[[December 26]] – [[Paul Breisach]], conductor
*[[December 28]] – [[Fletcher Henderson]], jazz musician
*[[December 30]]
**[[Willie Brown (musician)|Willie Brown]], blues musician
**[[Nakayama Shimpei]], songwriter
*''date unknown''
**[[Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller]], singer
**[[Georgette Harvey]], actress and singer

==References==
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1949.

==Specific locations==
*[[1949 in British music]]
*[[1949 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1949 in country music]]
*[[1949 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 12]] – [[Maro Ajemian]], to whom the work is dedicated, gives one of the first performances of the complete cycle of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[Sonatas and Interludes]]'' at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>{{cite news
|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]
|date=January 24, 1949
|title=Sonata for Bolt & Screw
|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799692,00.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527041743/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799692,00.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=May 27, 2009
|access-date=2007-12-15}}</ref>
*[[February 4]] – [[Ljuba Welitsch]] makes her [[Metropolitan Opera]] début in ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]''.
*[[February 11]] – [[London Mozart Players]] makes debut concert at Wigmore Hall
*[[April]] – [[Goree Carter]] records "Rock Awhile", which is considered to be the [[first rock and roll record]].<ref>{{Citation |title=The Church of the Sonic Guitar |date=2020-12-31 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780822382225-003 |work=Present Tense |pages=13–38 |publisher=Duke University Press |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref>
*[[June 25]] – The [[Philharmonic Piano Quartet]] make their New York City debut at [[Lewisohn Stadium]]<ref name = "NYT1">''[[The New York Times]]'' (27 June 1949). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/06/27/84571308.pdf "Piano Unit Makes Debut at Stadium"], p. 19.</ref>
*[[September 5]] – Wagnerian tenor [[Walter Widdop]] appears at [[The Proms]], singing "Lohengrin's Farewell", the day before his sudden death at the age of 51.<ref>"Mr. Walter Widdop – A Fine English Tenor", ''[[The Times]]'', 7 September 1949, p. 7</ref>
*[[December 15]] – [[Birdland (jazz club)|Birdland jazz club]] opens in [[New York City]].
*[[December 24]] – At the start of the Holy Year, [[Charles Gounod]]'s ''[[Inno e Marcia Pontificale]]'' is adopted as the new papal anthem.
*[[December 29]] – [[Les Paul]] and [[Mary Ford]] marry.
*The [[Boccherini Quintet]] is formed in Rome.
*[[Ravi Shankar]] becomes music director of [[All India Radio]].
*[[Mitch Miller]] begins his career as one of the 20th century's most successful record producers at Mercury
*[[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] is "discovered" by [[Eddie Cantor]] and signs with RCA.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kanfer|first=Stefan|title=A summer world : the attempt to build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills from the days of the ghetto to the rise and decline of the Borscht Belt|year=1989|publisher=Farrar, Straus & Giroux|location=New York|isbn=978-0374271800|pages=205–209|edition=1st}}</ref>
*[[Bob Hope]] suggests that Anthony Benedetto change his stage name from "Joe Bari" to "[[Tony Bennett]]"
*[[Frankie Laine]] records "[[Mule Train]]", considered by some critics as marking the beginning of the rock era.
*[[Teresa Brewer]] makes her first recording on the London label.
*The [[Ames Brothers]] become the first artists to record for [[Coral Records]], a subsidiary of Decca.
*[[Johnnie Ray]] performs at the Flame Showbar in Detroit.
*The legendary [[Al Jolson]] records the soundtrack to "Jolson Sings Again," the sequel to his hugely successful biopic "The Jolson Story" (1946)
*45 rpm discs are introduced
*[[Gorni Kramer]] starts working for musical impresarios [[Garinei and Giovannini]].
*Country singer [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]] enters into a partnership with musicians [[Johnny Grande]] and [[Billy Williamson (guitarist)|Billy Williamson]] to form Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; in 1952 the group is renamed [[Bill Haley & His Comets]].
*The [[International Rostrum of Composers]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imc-cim.org/about-imc-separator/who-we-are.html|title=Who we are – International Music Council|first=IMC|last=Silja|website=www.imc-cim.org}}</ref>

==Albums released==
* ''Der Bingle'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''Jerome Kern Songs'' – Bing Crosby
* ''Merry Christmas'' – Bing Crosby
* ''Stephen Foster Songs'' – Bing Crosby
* ''Lights, Cameras, Action'' – [[Doris Day]]
* ''[[You're My Thrill (Doris Day album)|You're My Thrill]]'' – Doris Day
* ''[[Frankie Laine (1949 album)|Frankie Laine]]'' – [[Frankie Laine]]
* ''Frankie Laine Favorites'' – Frankie Laine
* ''Songs from the Heart'' – Frankie Laine
* ''[[The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger]]'' – [[Burl Ives]]
* ''Dinah Shore'' – [[Dinah Shore]]
* ''Jo Stafford with Gordon MacRae'' – [[Jo Stafford]] & [[Gordon MacRae]]

==US No. 1 hit singles==
These singles reached the top of the US charts in 1949.

{| class="wikitable"
!First week!!Number of weeks!!Title!!Artist
|-
|January 8, 1949||align="center"|1||"[[All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth]]"||[[Spike Jones]]
|-
|January 15, 1949||align="center"|1||"[[Buttons and Bows]]"||[[Dinah Shore]]
|-
|January 22, 1949||align="center"|7||"[[A Little Bird Told Me]]"||[[Evelyn Knight (singer)|Evelyn Knight]]
|-
|March 12, 1949||align="center"|2||"[[Cruising Down the River]]"||[[Blue Barron]]
|-
|March 26, 1949||align="center"|7||"[[Cruising Down the River]]"||[[Russ Morgan]]
|-
|May 14, 1949||align="center"|11||"[[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend]]"||[[Vaughn Monroe]]
|-
|July 30, 1949||align="center"|5||"[[Some Enchanted Evening (song)|Some Enchanted Evening]]"||[[Perry Como]]
|-
|September 3, 1949||align="center"|4||"[[You're Breaking My Heart]]"||[[Vic Damone]]
|-
|October 1, 1949||align="center"|8||"[[That Lucky Old Sun]]"||[[Frankie Laine]]
|-
|November 26, 1949||align="center"|6||"[[Mule Train]]"||[[Frankie Laine]]
|}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest in the limited set of charts available for 1949.<ref>[http://tsort.info/music/yr1949.htm Chart positions for 1949]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1 || [[Vaughn Monroe]] || [[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Ghost Riders In The Sky]] || 1949 || {{flagicon|US}} || US BB 1 of 1949, US 1 for 11 weeks May 1949, POP 1 of 1949, Europe 33 of the 1940s, RIAA 297, Acclaimed 1303
|-
| 2 || [[Frankie Laine]] || [[Mule Train]] || 1949 || {{flagicon|US}} || US 1940s 1 – Nov 1949, US 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1949, US BB 7 of 1949, POP 12 of 1949, RYM 38 of 1949, Europe 51 of the 1940s, Italy 73 of 1955
|-
| 3 || [[Frankie Laine]] || [[That Lucky Old Sun]] || 1949 || {{flagicon|US}} || US 1940s 1 – Sep 1949, US 1 for 8 weeks Oct 1949, US BB 2 of 1949, POP 10 of 1949, Europe 40 of the 1940s, RYM 57 of 1949
|-
| 4 || [[The Andrews Sisters]] || [[I Can Dream, Can't I?]] || 1949 || {{flagicon|US}} || US 1940s 1 – Oct 1949, US 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1950, Europe 4 of the 1940s, US BB 11 of 1950, POP 23 of 1950, RYM 69 of 1949
|-
| 5 || [[Gene Autry]] || [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]] || 1949 || {{flagicon|US}} || US 1940s 1 – Dec 1949, US 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1950, RYM 4 of 1949, RIAA 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1949, Acclaimed 1051
|}

==Top hit records==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[['A' You're Adorable]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[Again (1949 song)|Again]]", recorded by
**[[Gordon Jenkins]] ([[Joe Graydon]], vocal)
**[[Vic Damone]]
**[[Doris Day]] (Major hit version)
**[[Tommy Dorsey]]
**[[Vera Lynn]]
**[[Art Mooney]]
**[[Mel Tormé]]
*"At The End Of The Road" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Baby, I Need You" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Baby, It's Cold Outside]]" – [[Dinah Shore]] & [[Buddy Clark]]
*"Baby, Just For Me" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Bali Ha'i]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"Bamboo" – [[Vaughn Monroe]]
*"Bebop Spoken Here" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Blow the Wind Southerly]]" – [[Kathleen Ferrier]]
*"[[Carry Me Back To Old Virginny]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Coquette" – [[Guy Lombardo]] & [[Jimmy Brown (musician)|Jimmy Brown]]
*"[[Cruising Down the River]]", recorded by
**[[Blue Barron]]
**[[Russ Morgan]]
*"[[Dear Hearts and Gentle People]]", recorded by
**[[Bing Crosby]]
**[[Ralph Flanagan]]
*"[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]" – [[Bing Crosby]], [[Woody Herman]] & His Woodchoppers
*"Don't Cry Little Children" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[A Dreamer's Holiday]]", recorded by
**[[Perry Como]]
**[[Buddy Clark]]
*"[[Far Away Places]]", recorded by
**[[Bing Crosby]]
**[[Margaret Whiting]]
*"Forever and Ever" – [[Russ Morgan]]
*"[[Georgia on My Mind]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend]]" – [[Vaughn Monroe]]
*"God Bless The Child" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Jealous Heart]]" – Al Morgan
*"[[Lavender Blue|Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)]]" – [[Dinah Shore]]
*"[[A Little Bird Told Me]]" – [[Evelyn Knight]]
*"My Hero" – [[Ralph Flanagan]]
*"[[Mule Train]]", recorded by
**[[Bing Crosby]]
**[[Tennessee Ernie Ford]]
**[[Frankie Laine]]
**[[Vaughn Monroe]]
*"No Orchids For My Lady" – [[The Ink Spots]]
*"[['O Sole Mio]]" – [[Mario Lanza]]
*"On The Alamo" – [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[Powder Your Face with Sunshine]]" – [[Evelyn Knight]] [[Doris Day & Buddy Clark]]
*"Rockin' Chair" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Satan Wears A Satin Gown" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Slap 'Er Down Agin, Paw" – [[Arthur Godfrey]]
*"Slippin' Around" – [[Margaret Whiting]] & [[Jimmy Wakely]]
*"[[Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)]]" – [[Mills Brothers|The Mills Brothers]]
*"[[Some Enchanted Evening (song)|Some Enchanted Evening]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"Swamp Girl" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*The Huckle-Buck", recorded by
**[[Frank Sinatra]]
**[[Paul Williams (saxophonist)|Paul Williams]] and His Hucklebuckers
**[[Tommy Dorsey]]
*"[[That Lucky Old Sun]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[They Didn't Believe Me]]" – [[Mario Lanza]]
*"[[You're Breaking My Heart]]", recorded by
**[[Buddy Clark]]
**[[Vic Damone]]
**[[The Ink Spots]]
**[[Jan Garber]]
}}

==Top R&B and country hit records==
*''[[Don't Rob Another Man's Castle]]'' performed by [[Eddy Arnold]]; w.m. by [[Jenny Lou Carson]]
*[[The Fat Man (song)|The Fat Man]], by [[Fats Domino]], first record with [[beat (music)|back beat]] all the way through
*''[[My Bucket's Got a Hole in It]]'' by [[Hank Williams]] and later by [[T. Texas Tyler]]
*"When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too)" by [[Tampa Red]], later covered by [[Elmore James]] among others

==Published popular music==
* "[[Again (1949 song)|Again]]" w. [[Dorcas Cochran]] m. [[Lionel Newman]]
* "[[Bali Ha'i]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by [[Juanita Hall]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''
* "Bamboo" w. Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon
* "[[Beyond the Reef]]" w.m. Jack Pitman
* "Blame My Absent-Minded Heart" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "Bloody Mary" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] from the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''
* "Blue Ribbon Gal" [[Irwin Dash]] & Ross Parker
* "Bluebird on Your Windowsill" w.m. Elizabeth Clarke & [[Robert Mellin]]
* "[[Bonaparte's Retreat (Pee Wee King song)|Bonaparte's Retreat]]" w.m. [[Pee Wee King]]
* "Bye Bye Baby" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Jule Styne]] introduced by [[Carol Channing]] and Jack McCauley in the musical ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''. Performed in the film version by [[Marilyn Monroe]].
* "Cafe Mozart Waltz" m. [[Anton Karas]] played by Karas on the soundtrack of the film ''[[The Third Man]]''.
* "Clopin Clopant" [[Bruno Coquatrix]], Pierre Dudan & Kermit Goell
* "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by [[Mary Martin]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''. [[Mitzi Gaynor]] sang it in the film version.
* "[[Count Every Star]]" w. [[Sammy Gallop]] m. [[Bruno Coquatrix]]
* "[[Crazy He Calls Me|Crazy, He Calls Me]]" w. [[Bob Russell (songwriter)|Bob Russell]] m. [[Carl Sigman]]
* "Daddy's Little Girl" w.m. Bobby Burke & [[Horace Gerlach]]
* "[[Dear Hearts and Gentle People]]" w. [[Bob Hilliard]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "[[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend|Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend]]" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Jule Styne]]. Introduced by [[Carol Channing]] in the musical ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''. [[Marilyn Monroe]] performed the number in [[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|the film version]].
* "Did You See [[Jackie Robinson]] Hit That Ball?" w.m. [[Buddy Johnson]]
* "[[Dirty Old Town]]" w.m. [[Ewan MacColl]]
* "Dites-Moi" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by Michael de Leon and Barbara Luna in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''
* "[[Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)]]" w.m. Joe Marsala
* "[[A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes|A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes]]" w.m. [[Mack David]], [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Jerry Livingston]]. [[Ilene Woods]] provided the vocal for the animated film ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''.
* "Dreamer With A Penny" w.m. Allan Roberts & Lester Lee
* "[[A Dreamer's Holiday]]" w. Kim Gannon m. Mabel Wayne
* "[[Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)]]" w. [[Herb Magidson]] m. [[Carl Sigman]]
* "The Fat Man" w. [[Fats Domino|Antoine Domino]] m. Dave Bartholomew
* "The Four Winds And The Seven Seas" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Don Rodney]]
* "[[Happy Talk (song)|Happy Talk]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by [[Juanita Hall]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''.
* "He's a Real Gone Guy" w.m. [[Nellie Lutcher]]
* "Homework" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Honey Bun" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Mary Martin]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''. Performed in the 1958 film version by [[Mitzi Gaynor]].
* "[[Hop-Scotch Polka]]" w.m. [[William "Billy" Whitlock]], [[Carl Sigman]] & [[Gene Rayburn]]
* "The Horse Told Me" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] introduced by [[Bing Crosby]] in the film ''[[Riding High (1950 film)|Riding High]]''.
* "The Hot Canary" m. [[Paul Nero]]
* "How Can You Buy Killarney?" Hamilton Kennedy, Ted Steels, Freddie Grant (Grundland) & Gerard Morrison
* "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. Sonny Burke
* "[[The Hucklebuck]]" w. Roy Alfred m. Andy Gibson
* "[[Hymne à l'amour]]" w. [[Édith Piaf]] m. [[Marguerite Monnot]]
* "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded" w.m. [[Hank Fort]] & Herb Leighton
* "[[I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore]]" w.m. [[Bennie Benjamin]] & [[George David Weiss]]
* "[[I Love You Because (song)|I Love You Because]]" w.m. [[Leon Payne]]
* "[[I Said My Pajamas (and Put on My Pray'rs)|I Said My Pajamas]]" w.m. [[Edward Pola]] & [[George Wyle]]
* "I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas" w.m. Harry Stewart
* "I'll Never Slip Around Again" Floyd Tillman
* "[[I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair|I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by [[Mary Martin]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''.
* "[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]" w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
* "[[It's a Great Feeling]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]] introduced by [[Doris Day]] in the film ''[[It's a Great Feeling]]''
* "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around The House" w. [[John Elliot (songwriter)|John Elliot]] m. [[Harold Spina]]
* "Just One Way to Say I Love You" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] introduced by [[Eddie Albert]] and [[Allyn Ann McLerie]] in the musical ''[[Miss Liberty]]''.
* "[[Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (Irving Berlin song)|Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] introduced by [[Eddie Albert]] and [[Allyn Ann McLerie]] in the musical ''[[Miss Liberty]]''
* "A Little Girl from Little Rock" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Jule Styne]] introduced by [[Carol Channing]] in the musical ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''. [[Jane Russell]] and [[Marilyn Monroe]] were just two little girls in the film version.
* "[[Lush Life (jazz song)|Lush Life]]" w.m. [[Billy Strayhorn]]
* "Maybe It's Because" w. [[Harry Ruby]] m. Johnnie Scott
* "[[Melodie d'Amour]]" w.(Eng) Leo Johns m. [[Henri Salvador]]
* "[[Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song)|Mona Lisa]]" w.m. [[Ray Evans]] & [[Jay Livingston]]
* "[[Mule Train]]" w.m. [[Johnny Lange]], Hy Heath & Fred Glickman
* "[[Music! Music! Music!]]" w.m. [[Stephen Weiss (songwriter)|Stephen Weiss]] & [[Bernie Baum]]
* "My Bolero" Kennedy, Simon
* "[[My Foolish Heart (song)|My Foolish Heart]]" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Victor Young]] introduced by [[Susan Hayward]] in the film ''[[My Foolish Heart (1949 film)|My Foolish Heart]]''
* "My One and Only Highland Fling" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Harry Warren]] introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]] in the film ''[[The Barkleys of Broadway]]''.
* "Now That I Need You" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]] introduced by [[Betty Hutton]] in the film ''[[Red, Hot and Blue (film)|Red, Hot and Blue]]''.
* "[[The Old Master Painter]]" w. Haven Gillespie m. Beasley Smith
* "Paris Wakes up and Smiles" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] introduced by Johnny V. R. Thompson and [[Allyn Ann McLerie]] in the musical ''[[Miss Liberty]]''
* "[[Peter Cottontail (song)|Peter Cottontail]]" w.m. [[Walter E. Rollins|Jack Rollins]] & Steve Nelson
* "Pigalle" w.m. Georges Konyn, [[Charles Newman (songwriter)|Charles Newman]] & Georges Ulmer
* "Portrait of Jennie" w. Gordon Burge m. [[J. Russell Robinson]]
* "Put Your Shoes on, Lucy" w.m. Hank Fort
* "Quicksilver" w.m. [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]], George Wyle & [[Edward Pola]]
* "[[Rag Mop]]" w.m. Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson
* "[[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend]]" w.m. Stan Jones
* "The Right Girl for Me" w. [[Betty Comden]] & [[Adolph Green]] m. [[Roger Edens]] introduced by [[Frank Sinatra]] in the film ''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]''
* "The River Seine" w. (Eng) Allan Roberts & Alan Holt m. Guy La Forge
* "Room Full Of Roses" w.m. Tim Spencer
* "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer]]" w.m. [[Johnny Marks]]
* "Saturday Night Fish Fry" w.m. [[Louis Jordan]], Ellis Walsh & Al Carters
* "[[Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)|Scarlet Ribbons]]" w. [[Jack Segal]] m. [[Evelyn Danzig]]
* "La Seine" w. [[Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)|Geoffrey Parsons]] m. Berkeley Fase
* "[[Sentimental Me]]" w.m. [[James T. Morehead (songwriter)|James T. Morehead]] & [[James Cassin]]
* "Sing Soft, Sing Sweet, Sing Gentle" w.m. [[Jimmy Durante]] & Jack Barnett
* "[[Slippin' Around]]" w.m. [[Floyd Tillman]]
* "Some Day My Heart Will Awake" w. [[Christopher Hassall]] m. [[Ivor Novello]]. Introduced by [[Vanessa Lee]] in the musical ''[[King's Rhapsody]]''.
* "[[Some Enchanted Evening (song)|Some Enchanted Evening]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by [[Ezio Pinza]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''. [[Giorgio Tozzi]] dubbed for [[Rossano Brazzi]] in the film.
* "A Strawberry Moon (In A Blueberry Sky)" Bob Hilliard & Sammy Mysels
* "Sunshine Cake" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "Swamp Girl" w.m. Michael Brown
* "[[That Lucky Old Sun]]" w. [[Haven Gillespie]] m. [[Beasley Smith]]
* "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] from the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''.
* "[[The Third Man Theme|Third Man Theme]]" m. [[Anton Karas]] played by Karas on the soundtrack of the film ''[[The Third Man]]''. Also known as "The Harry Lime Theme".
* "This Nearly Was Mine" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by [[Ezio Pinza]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''. [[Giorgio Tozzi]] dubbed for [[Rossano Brazzi]] in the film.
* "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
* "Too-Whit! Too-Whoo!" [[Billy Reid (British songwriter)|Billy Reid]]
* "Twenty-Four Hours of Sunshine" w. [[Carl Sigman]] m. Peter De Rose
* "[[Up Above My Head]]" w.m. [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]]
* "The Wedding Of Lili Marlene" w.m. [[Tommie Connor]] & [[Johnny Reine]]
* "When the Wind Was Green" w.m. Don Hunt
* "[[I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy|A Wonderful Guy]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by [[Mary Martin]] in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''
* "Yingle Bells" adapt. Harry Stewart
* "You Can Have Him" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] from the musical ''[[Miss Liberty]]''
* "[[Younger Than Springtime]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by William Tabbert in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''
* "[[You've Got to Be Carefully Taught]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] introduced by William Tabbert in the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sortable table
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
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| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || [[Piano Sonata (Barber)|Piano Sonata]] || 1949-12-09 || {{flagicon|CUB}} Havana || [[Vladimir Horowitz|Horowitz]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9jUHHwH24QC&q=barber+piano+sonata+horowitz+first+performance+1949&pg=PA81|title=Samuel Barber: A Guide to Research|first=Wayne Clifford|last=Wentzel|date=February 9, 2018|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780815334965|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[Viola Concerto (Bartók)|Viola Concerto]] (1945) || 1949-12-02 || {{flagicon|USA}} Minneapolis || [[William Primrose|Primrose]] / [[Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra|Minneapolis Symphony]] – [[Antál Dorati|Dorati]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/B-la-Bart-k-Viola-Concerto-op-posth/7423|title=Béla Bartók – Viola Concerto op.posth|website=www.boosey.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein, Leonard]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein)|''The Age of Anxiety'' (Symphony No. 2)]] || 1949-04-08 || {{flagicon|USA}} Boston || Bernstein / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leonardbernstein.com/works_anxiety.htm|title=Works – Works – Leonard Bernstein|website=www.leonardbernstein.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Spring Symphony]]'' || 1949-07-09 || {{flagicon|NED}} Amsterdam ([[Holland Festival]]) || [[Jo Vincent|Vincent]], [[Kathleen Ferrier|Ferrier]], [[Peter Pears|Pears]] / [[Radio Filharmonisch Orkest|Netherlands Radio Choir]], [[Concertgebouw Orchestra]] – [[Eduard van Beinum|Van Beinum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/22791/|title=Spring Symphony, Benjamin Britten|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alan Bush|Bush, Alan]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Bush)|''Nottingham Symphony'' (Symphony No. 2)]] || 1949-06-27 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Nottingham || [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – [[David Ellenberg|Ellenberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alanbushtrust.org.uk/music/compositions/OR.asp?room=Music|title=Alan Bush Music Trust – Music – Orchestral Work|website=www.alanbushtrust.org.uk}}</ref>
|-
| [[Elliott Carter|Carter, Elliott]] || [[Woodwind Quintet (Carter)|Wind Quintet]] || 1949-02-27 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[Martin Orenstein|Orenstein]], [[David Abosch|Abosch]], [[Louis Paul (clarinetist)|Paul]], [[Pinson Bobo|Bobo]], [[Mark Popkin|Popkin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/7216/|title=Woodwind Quintet, Elliott Carter|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Preamble for a Solemn Occasion]]'' || 1949-12-19 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[Laurence Olivier|Olivier]] / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/33951/|title=Preamble for a Solemn Occasion, Aaron Copland|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Henry Cowell|Cowell, Henry]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Cowell)|Symphony No. 5]] (1948) || 1949-01-05 || {{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC || [[National Symphony Orchestra|USA National Symphony]] – [[Hans Kindler|Kindler]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp226.cfm?CFID=154989355&CFTOKEN=58878681|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170914215545/http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp226.cfm?CFID=226664394&CFTOKEN=38167357&jsessionid=84301cb7818fdd815aea774a2b497f11265f|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2017|title=Henry Cowell Web Site|website=www.henrycowell.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[Frederick Delius|Delius, Frederick]] || ''Summer Evening''; ''Winter Night''; ''Spring Morning'' (1890) || 1949-01-02 || {{flagicon|GBR}} London || [unknown orchestra] – [[Thomas Beecham|Beecham]]<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=02-01-1949|match=Delius|label=''Summer Evening'', ''Winter Night'' and ''Spring Morning''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Norman Dello Joio|Dello Joio, Norman]] || ''[[Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra]]'' || 1949-05-22 || {{flagicon|USA}} Chautauqua, NY || [[Artie Shaw|Shaw]] / [[Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra|Chautauqua Symphony]] – [[Franco Autori|Autori]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6dz0703|title=Dello Joio, Norman @ SNAC|website=socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Klaus Egge|Egge, Klaus]] || ''Sinfonia giocosa'' (Symphony No. 2) (1947) || 1949-07-09 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo || [unknown orchestra] – {{ill|Odd Grüner-Hegge|no|lt=Grüner-Hegge}}<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=09-12-1949|match=Giocosa}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gottfried von Einem|Einem, Gottfried von]] || [[Dantons Tod|Orchestral Suite from ''Dantons Tod'']] || 1949-02-09 || {{flagicon|Allied-occupied Germany}} Baden-Baden || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.einem.org/de/komp_wv.htm|title=Gottfried von Einem – Musik Privatstiftung – Offiziele Homepage|website=www.einem.org|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414110956/http://www.einem.org/de/komp_wv.htm|archive-date=April 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || ''[[Ouverture de concert sur des thèmes dans le caractère populaire roumain|Romanian Concert Overture]]'' (1948) || 1949-01-23 || {{flagicon|USA}} Washington DC || [[National Symphony Orchestra|USA National Symphony]] – Enescu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patachonf.free.fr/musique/enesco/discographie.php?p=32|title=Georges Enesco – Ouverture de concert, opus 32 (1948) – oeuvre & discographie – George Enescu Discography|website=patachonf.free.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Giorgio Federico Ghedini|Ghedini, Giorgio Federico]] || ''[[Concerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti]]'' (1948) || 1949-03-02 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Rome || [[Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia|Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra]] – [[Mario Rossi (conductor)|Rossi]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJkYr9gdGNYC&q=ghedini+concerto+funebre+1949+prima+esecuzione&pg=PA135|title=Le muse del popolo: storia dell'Arci a Torino, 1957–1967|first=Vincenzo|last=Santangelo|date=February 9, 2018|publisher=FrancoAngeli|isbn=9788846484413|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Ollantay (Ginastera)|Ollantay]]'' (1947) || 1949-10-29 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires || [[Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón|Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra]] – [[Erich Kleiber|E. Kleiber]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OCXGBQAAQBAJ&q=ollantay+teatro+colon+ginastera+1949&pg=PA1950|title=Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide|first=Deborah|last=Schwartz-Kates|date=May 3, 2011|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136981159|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Ginastera)|String Quartet No. 1]] (1948) || 1949-10-24 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires || [[Mozart String Quartet|Mozart Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/31613/|title=Quatuor à cordes n° 1, Alberto Evaristo Ginastera|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mikhail Glinka|Glinka, Mikhail]] || String Quartet (1824) || 1949-02-27 || {{flagicon|URS}} Moscow || [[Beethoven Quartet]]<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=27-02-1949|match=Glinka|label=String Quartet}}</ref>
|-
| [[Roy Harris|Harris, Roy]] || ''[[Kentucky Spring]]'' || 1949-04-05 || {{flagicon|USA}} Louisville || [[Louisville Orchestra|Louisville Philharmonic]] – [[Robert Whitney (conductor)|Whitney]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w64q7t1b|title=Harris, Roy, 1898–1979 @ SNAC|website=socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || ''[[Apollo und Hyazintus]]'' || 1949-06-26 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Frankfurt || [[Hetty Plümacher|Plümacher]], [[Edith Picht-Axenfeld|Picht-Axenfeld]] / Members of the [[hr-Sinfonieorchester|HR Symphony]] – Henze<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/24264/|title=Apollo et Hyazinthus, Hans Werner Henze|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || ''[[Ballett-Variationen]]'' || 1949-09-26 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Düsseldorf || [[WDR Symphony Orchestra|NWDR Symphony]] – [[Ljubomir Romansky|Romansky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/24091/|title=Ballett-Varationen, Hans Werner Henze|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || ''[[Chor gefangener Trojer]]'' (1948) || 1949-02-06 || {{flagicon|Allied-occupied Germany}} Bielefeld || [[Bieleld Musikverein Choir]], [[Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra|Stadtorchester Bielefeld]] – [[Hans Hoffmann (conductor)|Hoffmann]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hans-werner-henze-stiftung.de/hans-werner-henze/werkverzeichnis/detail/news/detail/News/chor-gefangener-trojer/|title=Hans-Werner-Henze-Stiftung – Werkverzeichnis|website=www.hans-werner-henze-stiftung.de}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Henze)|Symphony No. 2]] || 1949-12-01 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Stuttgart || [[Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra|SDR Radio Symphony]] – [[Hans Müller-Kray|Müller-Kray]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/24104/|title=2. Sinfonie, Hans Werner Henze|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || [[Variations for Piano (Henze)|Variations for Piano]] || 1949-06-17 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Frankfurt || [[Alexander Kaul|Kaul]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/24248/|title=Variationen für Klavier, Hans Werner Henze|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || [[Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra (Hindemith)|Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra]] || 1949-05-15 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[CBS Symphony Orchestra|CBS Symphony]] – [[Thor Johnson|Johnson]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/products/show,152726,,f.html?showOldPerformances=true#show_performances Schott Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Arthur Honegger|Honegger, Arthur]] || ''[[Concerto da camera (Honegger)|Concerto da camera]]'' || 1949-05-06 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Zurich || [[André Jaunet|Jaunet]], [[Marcel Saillet|Saillet]] / [[Collegium Musicum Zürich]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmt3F29LYzEC&q=jaunet+sacher+honegger+1949&pg=PA576|title=The Music of Arthur Honegger|first=Geoffrey K.|last=Spratt|date=February 9, 1987|publisher=Cork University Press|isbn=9780902561342|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Herbert Howells|Howells, Herbert]] || ''[[Music for a Prince]]'' (1948) || 1949-01-23 || {{flagicon|GBR}} London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref>[http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/6116358.pdf The Career and Reputation of Herbert Howells (page 116)]</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Étude sur les modes antiques]]'' (1944) || 1949-06-09 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || [[Janine Haloua|Haloua]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/34901/|title=Étude sur les modes antiques, André Jolivet|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || Symphonic Suite from ''Guignol et Pandore'' (1943) || 1949-12-11 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || [[Concerts Colonne|Colonne Orchestra]] – [[Louis Fourestier|Fourestier]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/35238/|title=Guignol et Pandore. Suite symphonique, André Jolivet|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Marcel Landowski|Landowski, Marcel]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Landowski)|''Jean de la Peur'' (Symphony No. 1)]] || 1949-04-03 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || [[Pasdeloup Orchestra]] – [[Albert Wolff (conductor)|Wolff]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jDNyD2JiksC&q=landowski+jean+de+la+peur+1949+wolff&pg=PT574|title=Guide de la musique symphonique|first=François-René|last=Tranchefort|date=November 26, 1986|publisher=Fayard|isbn=9782213640754|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Witold Lutosławski|Lutosławski, Witold]] || [[Overture for Strings (Lutoslawski)|Overture for Strings]] || 1949-11-09 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Prague || [[Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra|Prague Radio Symphony]] – [[Grzegorz Fitelberg|Fitelberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/10299/|title=Overture for Strings, Witold Lutosławski|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gian Francesco Malipiero|Malipiero, Gian Francesco]] || ''Mondi celesti'' (1947) || 1949-02-03 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Capri || [unknown ensemble] – [[Carlo Maria Giulini|Giulini]]<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=03-02-1949|match=Mondi celesti}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gian Francesco Malipiero|Malipiero, Gian Francesco]] || [[Symphony No. 6 (Malipiero)|''Sinfonia degli archi'' (Symphony No. 6)]] || 1949-02-11 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Basel || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://conductingmasterclass.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/list-of-sacher-commissions/|title=List of Sacher commissions|date=June 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Martinu)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] || 1949-11-20 || {{flagicon|USA}} Dallas || [[Rudolf Firkusny|Firkusny]] / [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra|Dallas Symphony]] – [[Walter Hendl|Hendl]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572206&catNum=572206&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=Martinů, B.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 – Nos. 3, 5 / Concertino (Koukl, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, Fagen)|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Peter Mennin|Mennin, Peter]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Mennin)|''The Cycle'' (Symphony No. 4)]] || 1949-03-18 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[Collegiate Chorale]], [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Shaw]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eroica.com/phoenix/jdt107.html|title=Peter Mennin, SYMPHONY NO.4, Alberto Ginastera MILENA|website=www.eroica.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Turangalîla-Symphonie]]'' (1948) || 1949-12-02 || {{flagicon|USA}} Boston || [[Yvonne Loriod|Loriod]], [[Ginette Martenot|Martenot]] / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/10621/|title=Turangalîla-Symphonie, Olivier Messiaen|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud, Darius]] || [[Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone (Milhaud)|Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone]] || 1949-02-12 || {{flagicon|USA}} St. Louis || [[Jack Connor (percussionist)|Connor]] / [[St. Louis Symphony]] – [[Vladimir Golschmann|Golschmann]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pas.org/docs/default-source/thesisdissertations/Kastner.pdf?sfvrsn=2|title=The Emergence and Evolution of a Generalized Marimba Technique}}</ref>
|-
| [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud, Darius]] || ''[[Kentuckiana (Milhaud)|Kentuckiana]]'' (1948) || 1949-01-04 || {{flagicon|USA}} Louisville || [[Louisville Orchestra]] – [[Robert Whitney (conductor)|Whitney]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://numulu.org/blog/1949/01/|title=NuMuLu|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922224338/http://numulu.org/blog/1949/01/|archive-date=September 22, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || [[Cello Sonata No. 2 (Myaskovsky)|Cello Sonata No. 2]] || 1949-03-05 || {{flagicon|URS}} Moscow || [[Mstislav Rostropovich|Rostropovich]], [[Alexander Dedyukhin|Dedyukhin]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQmLAwAAQBAJ&q=myaskovsky+cello+sonata+2+rostropovich&pg=PA295|title=Nikolay Myaskovsky: The Conscience of Russian Music|first=Gregor|last=Tassie|date=May 5, 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442231337|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/6/BATMiaskoDef1.pdf|title=Le Chant du Monde|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913034724/http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/6/BATMiaskoDef1.pdf|archive-date=September 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gösta Nystroem|Nystroem, Gösta]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Nystroem)|''Sinfonia del mare'' (Symphony No. 3)]] (1948) || 1949-03-24 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg || [[Ingrid Eksell|Eksell]] / [[Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra|Gothenburg Symphony]] – [[Sixten Eckerberg|Eckerberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gehrmans.se/en/shop/hire/orkester-scen/sinfonia-del-mare|title=Sinfonia del mare|website=Open graph site name &}}</ref>
|-
| [[Maurice Ohana|Ohana, Maurice]] || ''[[La venta encantada]]'' (1940) || 1949-04-29 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || [[Orchestra André Girard|Girard Orchestra]] – [[André Girard (conductor)|Girard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/35735/|title=La Venta encantada, Maurice Ohana|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Andrzej Panufnik|Panufnik, Andrzej]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Panufnik)|''Sinfonia rustica'' (Symphony No. 1)]] (1948) || 1949-05-13 || {{flagicon|POL}} Warsaw || [[Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra|Warsaw Philharmonic]] – Panufnik<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panufnik.polmic.pl/index.php/en/tworczosc/omowienia-utworow/32-sinfonia-rustica|title=Sinfonia Rustica|last=Grazynka|website=www.panufnik.polmic.pl}}</ref>
|-
| [[Francis Poulenc|Poulenc, Francis]] || [[Cello Sonata (Poulenc)|Cello Sonata]] (1948) || 1949-05-18 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || [[Pierre Fournier|Fournier]], Poulenc<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W5408_67255|title=Sonata for cello and piano (Poulenc) – from CDA67255/6 – Hyperion Records – MP3 and Lossless downloads|website=www.hyperion-records.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Rubbra)|Symphony No. 5]] (1947) || 1949-01-26 || {{flagicon|GBR}} London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbirollisociety.co.uk/latest|title=Barbirolli Society|website=www.barbirollisociety.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
| [[Giacinto Scelsi|Scelsi, Giacinto]] || ''[[La nascita del Verbo]]'' || 1949-10-28 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || [[Orchestre National de France|RTF National Orchestra and Chorus]] – [[Roger Desormière|Desormière]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://1.static.e-corpus.org/download/notice_file/2125915/DI%20GIACOMO.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210003034/http://1.static.e-corpus.org/download/notice_file/2125915/DI%20GIACOMO.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2018|title=Hors de l'avant garde: Son, musique et composition chez Giacinto Scelsi dans la production de sa maturité (page 23)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg, Arnold]] || [[Phantasy for Violin and Piano]] || 1949-09-13 || {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles || [[Adolf Koldofsky|Koldofsky]], [[Leonard Steinb|Stein]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/11845/|title=Fantaisie op. 47, Arnold Schoenberg|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[William Schuman|Schuman, William]] || [[Symphony No. 6 (Schuman)|Symphony No. 6]] (1948) || 1949-02-26 || {{flagicon|USA}} Dallas || [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra|Dallas Symphony]] – [[Antál Dorati|Dorati]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559625&catNum=559625&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=Schuman, W.: Symphony No. 6 / Prayer in a Time of War / New England Triptych (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Matyás Seiber|Seiber, Matyás]] || ''[[Ulysses (Seiber)|Ulysses]]'' || 1949-05-27 || {{flagicon|GBR}} London || [[Richard Lewis (tenor)|Lewis]] / [[Morley College Choir]], [[Kalmar Orchestra]] – [[Walter Goehr|Goehr]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/June10/Seiber_Joyce.htm|title=Matyas SEIBER Joyce Cantatas by Alan Gibbs – June 2010 MusicWeb-International|first=MusicWeb|last=International|website=www.musicweb-international.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || ''[[Song of the Forests]]'' || 1949-12-11 || {{flagicon|URS}} Leningrad || [unknown chorus], [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ub6Q2PtZEBAC&q=song+of+the+forests+shostakovich+leningrad+1949+mravinsky&pg=PT188|title=Shostakovich: A Life Remembered|first=Elizabeth|last=Wilson|date=March 3, 2011|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=9780571261154|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alexandre Tansman|Tansman, Alexandre]] || ''[[Music for Strings (Tansman)|Music for Strings]]'' (1947) || 1949-01-24 || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Barcelona || [[Barcelona Chamber Orchestra]] – Tansman<ref>[http://www.musimem.com/Tansman_Catalogue_pratique.pdf L'oeuvre de Alexandra Tansman: Catalogue practique]</ref>
|-
| [[Randall Thompson|Thompson, Randall]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Thompson)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1949-05-15 || {{flagicon|USA}} New York City || [[CBS Symphony Orchestra|CBS Symphony]] – [[Thor Johnson|Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourclassical.org/programs/composers-datebook/episodes/2015/05/15|title=YourClassical from American Public Media|website=www.yourclassical.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[Galina Ustvolskaya|Ustvolskaya, Galina]] || ''[[The Dream of Stepan Razin]]'' || 1949-10-08 || {{flagicon|URS}} Leningrad || [unknown baritone] / [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/34480/|title=Le Rêve de Stepan Razine, Galina Ustvolskaïa|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mieczysław Weinberg|Weinberg, Mieczysław]] || ''[[Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes|Moldavian Rhapsody]]'' || 1949-11-30 || {{flagicon|URS}} Moscow ([[Union of Soviet Composers|USC]] Plenum) || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Alexander Gauk|Gauk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/encoreatlanta/docs/april12_aso3|title=April 2012: Mendelssohn & Schubert at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann|Zimmermann, Bernd Alois]] || [[Concerto for Strings (Zimmermann)|Concerto for Strings]] || 1949-07-25 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Cologne || [[WDR Symphony Orchestra|NWDR Symphony]] – [[Jean Meylan|Meylan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/23258/|title=Konzert für Streichorchester, Bernd Alois Zimmermann|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
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| [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann|Zimmermann, Bernd Alois]] || [[Symphonic Variations and Fugue on In dulci jubilo|Symphonic Variations and Fugue on ''In dulci jubilo'']] || 1949-12-10 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Coblenz || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|Southwest German Radio Symphony]] – [[Otto Gerdes|Gerdes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/23259/|title=Symphonische Variationen und Fuge über "In dulci jubilo", Bernd Alois Zimmermann|website=brahms.ircam.fr}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Malcolm Arnold]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 1]]
*[[Aaron Avshalomov]] – Second Symphony
*[[Henk Badings]] – Symphony No. 5
*[[Marcel Bitsch]] – ''Six Esquisses symphoniques''
*[[Havergal Brian]] – Symphony No. 8 in B-flat Minor
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Spring Symphony]]''
*[[Jani Christou|Jani Christou ]]– ''Phoenix Music'', for orchestra
*[[George Crumb]] – Sonata for violin and piano
*[[Ferenc Farkas]] – ''Finnish Popular Dances''
*[[André Jolivet]] – Flute Concerto
* [[Hans Werner Henze]] – Symphony No. 2
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – Sonata for Double Bass and Piano
*[[Vagn Holmboe]]
**String Quartet No. 2
**Cantata No. 7
*[[Dmitry Kabalevsky]] – Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 (1948–9)
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Suite'' for piano
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – "[[Quatre études de rythme#"Neumes rythmiques"|Neumes rythmiques]]" and "[[Quatre études de rythme#"Mode de valeurs et d'intensités"|Mode de valeurs et d'intensités]]", for piano (later incorporated as two of the ''[[Quatre études de rythme]]'')
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]]
**Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 81 (1948–9)
**Piano Sonatas 7–9, Opp. 82–4
**Symphony No. 27 in C Minor, Op. 85
**String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 86
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 119
*[[Othmar Schoeck]] – Vision, Op. 63 for Men's Chorus and Orchestra
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (second version)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''[[Song of the Forests]]'' (oratorio)
*[[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]] – [[Sequentia cyclica|''Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis'']]
*[[Galina Ustvolskaya]]
**Piano Sonata No. 2
**Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
*[[Fartein Valen]] – Symphony No.4, Op. 43
*[[Edgard Varèse]] – ''Dance for Burgess''
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
**''Guia prático'', for piano
**''Homenagem a Chopin'', for piano
*[[Mieczysław Weinberg]] – ''Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes'', Op. 47 No. 1
*[[Stefan Wolpe]] – Sonata for Violin and Piano

==Opera==
{{Empty section|date=December 2015}}
*[[:Category:1949 operas]]

==Film==
*[[Aaron Copland]] - ''[[The Heiress]]''
*[[Aaron Copland]] - ''[[The Red Pony (1949 film)]]''
*[[Aram Khachaturian]] - ''[[The Battle of Stalingrad (film)]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1949 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Belinda Fair]]'' London production opened at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] on June 30 and ran for 131 performances. Starring [[Adele Dixon]]
* ''[[Brigadoon (musical)|Brigadoon]]'' London production opened at [[Her Majesty's Theatre|His Majesty's Theatre]] on April 14 and ran for 685 performances
* ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]] on December 8 and ran for 740 performances
* ''[[Her Excellency (musical)|Her Excellency]]'' London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome]] on 22 June and ran for 252 performances. Starring [[Cicely Courtneidge]]
* ''[[King's Rhapsody]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on September 15 and ran for 838 performances
* ''[[Lost in the Stars]]'' ([[Maxwell Anderson]] and [[Kurt Weill]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Music Box Theatre]] on October 30 and ran for 273 performances
* ''[[Miss Liberty]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on July 15 and ran for 308 performances. Starring [[Eddie Albert]], [[Allyn Ann McLerie]] and [[Personal name|Mary McCarty]]
* ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on April 7 and ran for 1925 performances

==Musical films==
* ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'' animated film
* ''[[The Barkleys of Broadway]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]]
* ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Rhonda Fleming]], [[Cedric Hardwicke]] and [[William Bendix]]
* ''[[Dancing in the Dark (1949 film)|Dancing in the Dark]]''
* ''[[Holiday in Havana]]'' starring [[Desi Arnaz]] and [[Mary Hatcher]].
* ''[[In the Good Old Summertime]]'' starring [[Judy Garland]], [[Van Johnson]], [[S. Z. Sakall]] and [[Buster Keaton]].
* ''[[The Inspector General (1949 film)|The Inspector General]]'' starring [[Danny Kaye]]
* ''[[It's a Wonderful Day]]''
* ''[[Look for the Silver Lining (film)|Look for the Silver Lining]]'' starring [[June Haver]], [[Ray Bolger]] and [[Gordon MacRae]]
* ''[[Make Believe Ballroom]]'' starring [[Jerome Courtland]] and [[Ruth Warrick]] and featuring the [[Nat King Cole|King Cole Trio]] and [[Frankie Carle]] & His Orchestra. Directed by [[Joseph Santley]].
* ''[[Make Mine Laughs]]'' starring [[Ray Bolger]], [[Anne Shirley (actress)|Anne Shirley]], [[Dennis Day]], [[Joan Davis]], [[Jack Haley]], [[Leon Errol]], [[Frances Langford]] and [[Frankie Carle]] & his Orchestra. Directed by [[Richard Fleischer]].
* ''[[Maytime in Mayfair]]'' starring [[Anna Neagle]] and [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]].
* ''[[My Dream Is Yours]]'' starring [[Jack Carson]] and [[Doris Day]] and featuring [[Bugs Bunny]]. Directed by [[Michael Curtiz]].
* ''[[Neptune's Daughter (1949 film)|Neptune's Daughter]]'' starring [[Esther Williams]], [[Red Skelton]], [[Ricardo Montalbán]] and [[Betty Garrett]]. Directed by [[Eddie Buzzell]].
* ''Oh, You Beautiful Doll'' starring [[June Haver]], [[Mark Stevens (actor)|Mark Stevens]] and [[S. Z. Sakall]].
* ''[[An Old-Fashioned Girl (film)|An Old-Fashioned Girl]]'' starring [[Gloria Jean]] and [[Jimmy Lydon]]. Directed by [[Arthur Dreifuss]].
* ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Betty Garrett]], [[Ann Miller]], [[Jules Munshin]] and [[Vera-Ellen]].
* ''[[Red, Hot and Blue (film)|Red, Hot and Blue]]'' starring [[Betty Hutton]], [[Victor Mature]], [[William Demarest]], [[June Havoc]] and [[Frank Loesser]].
* ''[[Slightly French]]'' starring [[Dorothy Lamour]] and [[Don Ameche]].
* ''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]'' starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Gene Kelly]], [[Betty Garrett]], [[Esther Williams]] and [[Jules Munshin]].
* ''[[That Midnight Kiss]]'' starring [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[José Iturbi]], [[Ethel Barrymore]], [[Mario Lanza]] and [[Jules Munshin]].
* ''[[Top o' the Morning (1949 film)|Top o' the Morning]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Ann Blyth]], [[Barry Fitzgerald]] and [[Hume Cronyn]]. Directed by [[David Miller (director)|David Miller]].

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Chick Churchill]] ([[Ten Years After]] and the Jaybirds)
*[[January 11]] – [[Frederick Dennis Greene]] ([[Sha Na Na]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Andrzej Zaucha (singer)|Andrzej Zaucha]], singer
*[[January 15]] – [[Kool & the Gang|George Brown (Kool and the Gang)]]
*[[January 17]] – [[Mick Taylor]] ([[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers|John Mayall's Bluesbreakers]]) ([[The Rolling Stones]])
*[[January 19]] – [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], singer (d. 2003)
*[[January 22]]
**[[Joseph Hill (musician)|Joseph Hill]], reggae singer (d. 2006)
**[[Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry]] ([[Journey (band)|Journey]])
**[[Mike Westhues]], American-Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
*[[January 24]] – [[John Belushi]], comedian, actor and singer (d. 1982)
*[[January 27]] – [[Djavan]], Brazilian singer
*[[January 29]] – [[Leroy Sibbles]] ([[The Heptones]])
*[[February 3]] – [[Arthur Kane]], American bass player ([[New York Dolls]]) (d. 2004)
*[[February 5]] – [[Nigel Olsson]], drummer
*[[February 7]]
**[[Joe English (musician)|Joe English]], American drummer ([[Wings (band)|Wings]] and [[Sea Level (band)|Sea Level]])
**[[Alan Lancaster]], English bass player and songwriter
*[[February 12]]
**Stanley Knight ([[Black Oak Arkansas]])
**[[Joaquín Sabina]], singer-songwriter and poet
*[[February 21]] – [[Jerry Harrison]] ([[Talking Heads]])
*[[February 22]] – [[Joseph Hill (musician)|Joseph Hill]] ([[Culture (band)|Culture]]) (d. 2006)
*[[February 23]] – [[Terry Comer]] ([[Ace (band)|Ace]])
*[[February 25]] – [[Esmeray]], singer (d. 2002)
*[[March 6]] – [[Mariko Takahashi (singer)|Mariko Takahashi]], pop singer
*[[March 8]] – [[Antonello Venditti]], singer-songwriter
*[[March 9]] – [[Kalevi Aho]], Finnish composer
*[[March 13]]
**[[Julia Migenes]], operatic soprano
**[[Donald York]] ([[Sha Na Na]])
*[[March 17]] – [[Daniel Lavoie]], singer-songwriter
*[[March 19]] – [[Valery Leontiev]], singer
*[[March 20]] – [[Carl Palmer]], drummer ([[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]])
*[[March 21]]
**[[Åge Aleksandersen]], singer-songwriter and guitarist
**[[Eddie Money]], guitarist, Saxophonist and singer-songwriter
*[[March 24]]
**[[Nick Lowe]], singer-songwriter
**[[Carl Rütti]], composer
*[[March 26]]
**[[Vicki Lawrence]], comic performer and pop singer
** Fran Sheehan, rock bassist ([[Boston (band)|Boston]])
*[[March 27]] – [[Poul Ruders]], composer, songwriter, singer
*[[March 29]] – [[Dave Greenfield]], rock keyboard player ([[The Stranglers]])
*[[March 30]] – [[Lene Lovich]], singer
*[[April 1]] – [[Gil Scott-Heron]], poet, musician and author (d. 2011)
*[[April 3]] – [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], folk musician
*[[April 15]] – [[Alla Pugacheva]], Soviet and Russian singer
*[[April 21]] – [[Patti LuPone]], singer
*[[April 23]] - [[John Miles (musician)|John Miles]], rock music vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist
*[[May 9]] – [[Billy Joel]], pianist and singer-songwriter
*[[May 17]] – [[Bill Bruford]], drummer ([[Yes (band)|Yes]] and [[King Crimson]])
*[[May 18]]
**[[Rick Wakeman]], multi-instrumentalist and composer
**[[Bill Wallace (musician)|Bill Wallace]], Canadian bass player ([[The Guess Who]] and [[Brother (Canadian band)|Brother]])
*[[May 19]] – [[Dusty Hill]], blues rock bass guitarist and singer-songwriter ([[ZZ Top]]) (d. 2021)
*[[May 26]] – [[Hank Williams, Jr.]], country musician (Monday Night Football theme)
*[[May 29]] – [[Francis Rossi]], guitarist and singer ([[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]])
*[[June 7]] – [[Holly Near]], American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
*[[June 11]] – [[Frank Beard (musician)|Frank Beard]], drummer ([[ZZ Top]])
*[[June 13]] – [[Dennis Locorriere]], singer-guitarist ([[Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show]])
*[[June 14]]
**[[Papa Wemba]] (Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba), [[soukous]] musician (d. 2016)
**[[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]], drummer ([[Plastic Ono Band]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]]) (d. 2022)
*[[June 15]]
**[[Russell Hitchcock]], singer ([[Air Supply]])
**Mike Lut, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer ([[Brownsville Station (band)|Brownsville Station]])
*[[June 20]] – [[Lionel Richie]], singer
*[[June 22]]
**[[Jaroslav Filip]], polymath (d. 2000)
**[[Larry Junstrom]] ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]]) (d. 2019)
**[[Alan Osmond]] ([[The Osmonds]])
*[[June 26]]
**[[John Illsley]] ([[Dire Straits]])
**[[Larry Taylor]] ([[Canned Heat]])
*[[June 30]] – Andrew Scott ([[The Sweet|Sweet]])
*[[July 2]]
**[[Roy Bittan]], American keyboard player and songwriter ([[E Street Band]])
**[[Greg Brown (folk musician)|Greg Brown]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[July 3]]
**[[Fontella Bass]], singer
**[[John Verity]], [[Argent (band)|Argent]]
*[[July 6]]
**[[Phyllis Hyman]], soul singer (d. 1995)
**[[Michael Shrieve]], drummer ([[Santana (band)|Santana]])
*[[July 10]] – [[Dave Smalley (pop musician)|Dave Smalley]], guitarist (The Raspberries)
*[[July 11]] – [[Liona Boyd]], English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[July 12]] – [[John Wetton]], bass guitarist (King Crimson, Roxy Music)
*[[July 15]] – [[Trevor Horn]], producer
*[[July 16]] – Ray Major, lead guitarist ([[Mott the Hoople]])
*[[July 17]] – [[Geezer Butler]], bass guitarist and songwriter ([[Black Sabbath]])
*[[July 18]] – [[Wally Bryson]], guitarist (The Raspberries)
*[[July 26]] – [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]], drummer ([[Queen (band)|Queen]])
*[[July 27]]
**[[Maureen McGovern]], singer and actress
**Henry "H Bomb" Weck, drummer ([[Brownsville Station (band)|Brownsville Station]])
*[[July 28]]
**[[Simon Kirke]] ([[Free (band)|Free]], [[Bad Company]])
**[[Steve Peregrin Took]] ([[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]) (d. 1980)
*[[August 3]] – [[B. B. Dickerson]] ([[War (U.S. band)|War]])
*[[August 11]] – [[Eric Carmen]], singer-songwriter
*[[August 12]] – [[Mark Knopfler]], guitarist and singer ([[Dire Straits]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Bill Spooner]] ([[The Tubes]])
*[[August 17]] – [[Sib Hashian]] ([[Boston (band)|Boston]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Phil Lynott]], singer ([[Thin Lizzy]], [[Grand Slam (band)|Grand Slam]] (d. 1986)
*[[August 23]]
**[[Rick Springfield]], singer-songwriter and actor
**[[Vicky Leandros]], Greek singer
*[[August 25]]
**[[Fariborz Lachini]], film score composer
**[[Gene Simmons]] ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]])
*[[August 26]] – [[Bob Cowsill]] ([[The Cowsills]])
*[[August 27]] – [[Jeff Cook]] (Alabama)
*[[August 28]] – [[Hugh Cornwell]] ([[The Stranglers]])
*[[September 1]] – [[Greg Errico]] ([[Sly & the Family Stone]])
*[[September 5]] – [[Clem Clempson]] ([[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]])
*[[September 7]] – [[Gloria Gaynor]], singer
*[[September 9]] – [[John Reid (music manager)|John Reid]], manager
*[[September 10]] – [[Barriemore Barlow]], drummer ([[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]])
*[[September 14]]
**[[Steve Gaines]] ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]) (d. 1977)
**[[Fred "Sonic" Smith]] ([[MC5]])
*[[September 18]] – [[Kerry Livgren]] ([[Kansas (band)|Kansas]])
*[[September 20]] – [[Chuck Panozzo]] and [[John Panozzo]] ([[Styx (band)|Styx]])
*[[September 23]] – [[Bruce Springsteen]], singer-songwriter
*[[September 26]] – [[Wendy Saddington]] (Gandharvika Dasi), blues, soul and jazz singer (d. 2013)
*[[September 27]] – [[Jahn Teigen]], singer
*[[September 30]] – [[Eleanor Alberga]], Jamaican-British composer
*[[October 1]] – [[André Rieu]], violinist, conductor and composer
*[[October 3]] – [[Lindsey Buckingham]], guitarist, singer, composer and producer
*[[October 5]] – [[B. W. Stevenson]], progressive country musician (d. 1988)
*[[October 6]] – [[Thomas McClary (musician)|Thomas McClary]] ([[Commodores|The Commodores]])
*[[October 8]] – Michael Rosen ([[Average White Band]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Gary Richrath]] ([[REO Speedwagon]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Bill Hudson (singer)|Bill Hudson]], singer ([[Hudson Brothers]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Würzel]] ([[Motörhead]]) (d. 2011)
*[[October 27]] – [[Garry Tallent]] ([[E Street Band]])
*[[November 6]] – [[Arturo Sandoval]], jazz performer
*[[November 8]] – [[Bonnie Raitt]], blues singer-songwriter
*[[November 12]] – [[Cândida Branca Flor]], Portuguese traditional singer and entertainer (d. 2001)
*[[November 13]] – [[Terry Reid]], singer, guitarist
*[[November 14]] – [[James Young (American musician)|James Young]] ([[Styx (band)|Styx]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Marcia Griffiths]], reggae singer
*[[November 28]] – [[Paul Shaffer]], bandleader, composer and actor (''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'')
*[[December 7]] – [[Tom Waits]], singer, composer, actor
*[[December 8]] – [[Ray Shulman]] ([[Gentle Giant]])
*[[December 13]] – [[Tom Verlaine]] ([[Television (band)|Television]])
*[[December 14]]
**[[Ronnie McNeir]], singer
**[[Randy Owen]] ([[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]])
**[[Cliff Williams]] ([[Home (UK band)|Home]], [[AC/DC]])
*[[December 16]] – [[Billy Gibbons]] ([[ZZ Top]])
*[[December 17]] – [[Paul Rodgers]], vocalist ([[Free (band)|Free]], [[Bad Company]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]])
*[[December 22]] – [[Robin Gibb]] and [[Maurice Gibb]] (d. 2003) ([[Bee Gees]])
*[[December 23]]
**[[Adrian Belew]], guitarist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
**[[Luther Grosvenor]] ([[Spooky Tooth]], [[Mott the Hoople]])
*''date unknown''
**[[Jang Sa-ik]], singer
**[[Eduardo Gatti]], singer-songwriter
**[[Anup Ghoshal]], playback singer

==Deaths==
*[[January 14]] – [[Joaquín Turina]], composer, 66
*[[January 19]] – [[Charles Price Jones]], hymn-writer, 83
*[[February 1]] – [[Herbert Stothart]], conductor and composer, 63
*[[February 1]] – [[George Botsford]], composer, 74
*[[February 11]] – [[Giovanni Zenatello]], opera tenor, 73
*[[March 7]] – [[Sol Bloom]], music industry entrepreneur, 78
*[[March 20]] – [[Irving Fazola]], jazz clarinetist, 36 (heart attack)
*[[March 28]] – [[Grigoraş Dinicu]], violinist and composer, 59
*[[April 3]] – [[Basil Harwood]], organist and composer, 89
*[[May 6]] – [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], translator and lyricist, 86
*[[May 10]] – [[Emilio de Gogorza]], operatic baritone, 74
*[[May 22]] – [[Hans Pfitzner]], German composer (born 1869)
*[[June 2]] – [[Dynam-Victor Fumet]], organist and composer, 82
*[[June 4]] – [[Erwin Lendvai]], composer and conductor, 66
*[[June 9]] – [[Maria Cebotari]], operatic soprano, 39 (cancer)
*[[June 20]] – [[Ramón Montoya]], flamenco guitarist, 69
*[[July 7]] – [[Bunk Johnson]], jazz trumpeter, exact age unknown
*[[July 9]] – [[Fritz Hart]], composer, 75
*[[July 18]] – [[Vítězslav Novák]], composer, 78
*[[August 30]] – [[Hans Kindler]], cellist, 57
*[[September 5]] – [[Walter Widdop]], operatic tenor, 51
*[[September 8]] – [[Richard Strauss]], composer, 85
*[[September 11]] – [[Michael Hayvoronsky]], violinist, conductor and composer (born 1892)
*[[September 12]] – [[Harry Burleigh|Harry T. Burleigh]], composer and singer
*[[September 19]] – [[Nikos Skalkottas]], Greek composer, student of [[Arnold Schoenberg]]
*[[September 24]] – [[Pierre de Bréville]], composer, 88
*[[September 28]] – [[Nancy Dalberg]], Danish composer, 68
*[[October 1]] – [[Buddy Clark]], American singer, 38 (plane crash)
*[[October 4]]
**[[Edmund Eysler]], Austrian composer, 75
**[[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]], composer, 69
*[[October 20]] – [[Sam Collins (musician)|Sam Collins]], blues singer and guitarist, 62
*[[October 27]] – [[Ginette Neveu]], violin virtuoso, 30 (plane crash)
*[[October 28]] – [[Rosalie Housman]], composer, 61
*[[November 25]] – [[Bill Robinson|Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]], American tap dancer, singer and actor
*[[December 6]] – [[Lead Belly]], folk and blues musician, 61
*[[December 11]] – [[Fiddlin' John Carson]], country musician, 81
*[[December 17]] – [[David Stanley Smith (composer)|David Stanley Smith]], composer and arranger (born 1877)
*[[December 28]] – [[Ivie Anderson]], jazz singer, 44 (asthma)
*''date unknown''
**[[Alice Cucini]], operatic contralto (born 1870)
**[[King Solomon Hill]] (Joe Holmes), blues musician (born 1897)
**[[Lee S. Roberts]], composer and pianist (born 1885)
**[[Hooper Brewster-Jones]] composer and pianist

==References==
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