1945 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Publications

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1945.

Title Artist Song title Year Country Chart Entries
1Les Brown & Doris Day"Sentimental Journey"1945United StatesUS BB 1 of 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks May 1945, POP 1 of 1945, Europe 37 of the 1940s, RYM 69 of 1945, RIAA 77, Acclaimed 818
2The Andrews Sisters"Rum & Coca-Cola"1945United StatesUS 1940s 1 – January 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks February 1945, US BB 2 of 1945, POP 2 of 1945, RYM 3 of 1944, Europe 6 of the 1940s
3Perry Como"Till the End of Time"1945United StatesUS 1940s 1 – August 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks September 1945, US BB 12 of 1945, POP 23 of 1945, Europe 30 of the 1940s, RYM 85 of 1945
4Johnny Mercer"On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe"1945United StatesUS 1940s 1 – July 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks July 1945, US BB 4 of 1945, POP 11 of 1945, RYM 89 of 1945
5Les Brown& Doris Day"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time"1945United StatesUS 1940s 1 – March 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks April 1945, US BB 7 of 1945, POP 13 of 1945, RYM 70 of 1945

Top hit records

Singer Betty Hutton in 1945

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Boulez, PierreThree Psalmodies for Piano1945-02-12France ParisGrimaud [1]
Britten, BenjaminFour Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes1945-06-13United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)London Philharmonic – Britten [2]
Britten, BenjaminPassacaglia from Peter Grimes1945-08-29United Kingdom LondonBBC Symphony – Boult [3]
Britten, BenjaminString Quartet No. 21945-11-21United Kingdom LondonZorian Quartet [4]
Carpenter, John AldenThe Seven Ages1945-12-02United States New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [5]
Copland, AaronJubilee Variation on a Theme of Goossens1945-03-23United States CincinnatiCincinnati Symphony – Goossens [6]
Finzi, GeraldEarth and Air and Rain (1935)1945-07-02United Kingdom LondonFalkner, Ferguson [7]
Ginastera, AlbertoLas horas de una estancia1945-06-11Uruguay MontevideoBaridon, Satalia de Perna [8]
Ginastera, AlbertoPsalm 1501945-04-07Argentina Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra and Chorus – Wolff [9]
Jolivet, AndréLe chant de Linos (quintet version)1945-06-01France ParisJamet Quintet [10]
Jolivet, AndréTrois chansons de ménestrels1945-02-10France ParisDyonis, Soulage [11]
Khachaturian, AramFantasy on Russian Themes1945-11-06Soviet Union MoscowUSSR State Radio Symphony – Gorchakov [12]
Kodály, ZoltánMissa brevis1945-02-11Hungary Budapest[unknown performers] [13]
Lutoslawski, WitoldWind Trio1945-09-??Poland KrákowSnieckowski, Rudnicki, Orlow [14]
Malipiero, Gian FrancescoSinfonia delle campane (Symphony No. 3)1945-11-04Italy Florence[unknown orchestra] – Markevitch [15]
Martinu, BohuslavSymphony No. 31945-10-12United States BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [16]
Messiaen, OlivierTrois petites liturgies de la présence divine1945-04-21France ParisLoriod, Martenot / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Désormière [17]
Messiaen, OlivierVingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus1945-03-23France ParisLoriod [18]
Novák, VitezslavMay Symphony1945-12-05Czechoslovakia Prague[unknown performers] [19]
Piston, WalterSonatina for Violin and Harpsichord1945-11-30United States New York CitySchneider, Kirkpatrick [20]
Prokofiev, SergeiSymphony No. 51945-01-13Soviet Union MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Prokofiev [21]
Shostakovich, DmitriSymphony No. 91945-11-03Soviet Union LeningradLeningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [22]
Stravinsky, IgorElegy for Viola1945-01-26United States Washington DCPrévost [23]
Tippett, MichaelSymphony No. 11945-11-10United Kingdom LiverpoolRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent [24]
Tubin, EduardCapriccio for Violin and Piano No. 21945-09-25Sweden StockholmAumere, Roots [25]
Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Milhaud / Schoenberg / Shilkret / Stravinsky / Tansman / TochGenesis Suite1945-11-18United States Los AngelesJanssen Symphony – Janssen [26]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ IRCAM
  2. ↑ The Making of Peter Grimes: Notes and Commentaries
  3. ↑ Oregon Symphony
  4. ↑ IRCAM
  5. ↑ New York Philharmonic
  6. ↑ IRCAM
  7. ↑ Boosey & Hawkes
  8. ↑ IRCAM
  9. ↑ IRCAM
  10. ↑ IRCAM
  11. ↑ IRCAM
  12. ↑ Soviet Composers
  13. ↑ Kodály Institute
  14. ↑ IRCAM
  15. ↑ Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  16. ↑ All Music
  17. ↑ IRCAM
  18. ↑ IRCAM
  19. ↑ Klassika
  20. ↑ Association for Recorded Sound Collections
  21. ↑ New York Philharmonic
  22. ↑ Naxos Records
  23. ↑ IRCAM
  24. ↑ Schott Music
  25. ↑ ERP Music
  26. ↑ Milken Archive of Jewish Music
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