1952 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

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.[1]

Musical groups formed

Albums released

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.

First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtist
March 15, 19529"Wheel of Fortune"Kay Starr
May 17, 19525"Blue Tango"Leroy Anderson
June 21, 19522"Here in My Heart"Al Martino
July 5, 19521"Delicado"Percy Faith & his Orchestra
July 12, 19529"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart"Vera Lynn
September 13, 19525"You Belong to Me"Jo Stafford
October 18, 19525"I Went to Your Wedding"Patti Page
November 22, 19521"It's in the Book"Johnny Standley
November 29, 19524"Why Don't You Believe Me?"Joni James
December 27, 19522"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.[2]

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1Percy FaithDelicado1952CanadaUS 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
2Jo StaffordYou Belong to Me1952USUK 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
3Al MartinoHere in My Heart1952USUK 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
4Kay StarrWheel of Fortune1952USUS 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
5Frankie LaineHigh Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)1952USOscar 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

Top R&B and country hits on record

Classical music

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Arnold, MalcolmEnglish Dances, set 2, Op. 331952-08-05United Kingdom London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Sargent[3]
Beck, ConradHymne1952-10-11West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[4]
Berio, LucianoDue pezzi for violin and piano1952–?-?United States Lenox, MA (Tanglewood MF)Lorin Maazel (violin), Seymour Lipkin (piano)[5]
Cage, John4′33″1952-08-29United States Woodstock, NYTudor[6]
Chávez, CarlosViolin Concerto1952-02-29Mexico Mexico CityViviane Bertolami (violin), OSN – Chávez[7]
Michel Ciry[chamber-music work]1952-07-21West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)[faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][8]
Cowell, HenrySymphony No. 7, for chamber orchestra1952-11-25United States BaltimoreBaltimore Little Orchestra – Stewart[9]
Dallapiccola, LuigiTartiniana1952-03-04Switzerland Bern[10]
dall'Oglio, RenzoEspressioni (5) for orchestra1952-07-20West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[8]
Engelmann, Hans UlrichOrchester-Phantasie1952-07-20West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[8]
Wolfgang FortnerIsaacs Opferung, oratory scene1952-10-12West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)Sudock, Krebs, Rehfuss / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[11][12]
Fricker, Peter RacineConcerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra1952-07-20West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Hartung / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[8]
Ginastera, AlbertoPiano Sonata No. 11952-11-29United States Pittsburgh (ICMF)Harris[13]
Goeyvaerts, KarelViolin Concerto No. 21952-07-20West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Gertler / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[8]
Hindemith, PaulDie Harmonie der Welt Symphony1952-01-25Switzerland BaselBasel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[14]
Hummel, BertoldMissa brevis 19511952-10-12West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)Domchor Freiburg – Stemmer[12]
Husa, Karel[chamber-music work]1952-07-21West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)[faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][8]
Jolivet, AndréHarp Concerto1952-10-12West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)Laskine / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[12][15]
Klebe, GiselherNocturnes (2) for orchestra1952-07-20West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[8]
Kubik, GailSymphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer][16]1952-01-07United States New York CityThe Little Orchestra – Scherman[17]
Lokshin, AleksandrHungarian Fantasy for violin and orchestra1952–?-?Soviet Union MoscowSitkovetsky / USSR Radio Symphony – Sanderling[18]
Maderna, BrunoMusica su due dimensioni for flute, cymbals and tape1952-07-21West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Gazzelloni, Grano[8][19][20]
Malipiero, G. FrancescoSinfonia dello Zodiaco1952-01-23Switzerland LausanneOrchestre de la Suisse Romande – Sanzogno[21]
Martin, FrankViolin Concerto1952-01-24Switzerland BaselSchneeberger / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[22]
Martinů, BohuslavPiano Trio No. 31952-02-25United States New York CityMannes Trio[23]
Martinů, BohuslavSerenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio1952-01-04United States New York CityMcGinnis, Cerminara, J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, Greenhouse[23]
Martinů, BohuslavStowe Pastorals1952-05-07Switzerland BaselTrapp Family Ensemble[23]
Mennin, PeterString Quartet No. 21952-02-24United States New York CityJuilliard Quartet[24]
Messiaen, OlivierLe merle noir1952-06-?France ParisContestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + Lee[25]
Montsalvatge, XavierCuarteto indiano1952-05-04Spain MadridNational Chamber Music Association
Nono, LuigiEspaña en el corazón1952-07-21West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Dumaine, Hildebrandt / Ferienkurse, Landestheater Orchestra – Maderna1[8][26]
Panufnik, AndrzejHeroic Overture (2nd version)1952-05-16Poland WarsawWarsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki [27]
Pettersson, AllanConcerto for Strings No. 11952-04-06Sweden StockholmSwedish Radio Symphony – Mann[28]
Prokofiev, SergeiSymphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra1952-02-18Soviet Union MoscowRostropovich / Moscow Youth Orchestra – Richter[29]
Prokofiev, SergeiSymphony No. 71952-10-11Soviet Union MoscowUSSR Radio Symphony – Samosud
Rubbra, EdmundString Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 731952-05-11[30]United Kingdom London (Victoria and Albert Museum)Griller Quartet[31]
Shostakovich, DmitriPreludes and Fugues (24) for piano1952-12-23Soviet Union LeningradNikolayeva[32]
Stockhausen, KarlheinzKreuzspiel1952-07-21West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Grano, Wildgans, Sandt, Rosmann, Maderna, Trumpfheller, Geppert – Stockhausen[33]
Stockhausen, KarlheinzSpiel1952-10-11West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)2SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud[34]
Stravinsky, IgorCantata1952-11-11United States Los AngelesLos Angeles Symphony Society – Igor Stravinsky[35]
Togni, CamilloOmaggio a Bach for two pianos1952-07-21West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Gerd Kämper, Togni[36]
Wildberger, JacquesQuartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello1952-07-21West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Mertens, Rosokowsky, Stier, Huth[8][36]
Zimmermann, Bernd AloisOboe Concerto1952-10-11West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)Schneider / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[37]
  • 1 The ensemble Bruno Maderna conducted comprised both faculty and students of the Ferienkurse and members of the 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.[38]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Musical theatre

Musical films

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby On the Road to Bali

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Library of Congress,The Syncopated Accordionist, Serrapica, John (aka Serry, John). Publisher/Editor Charles Colin, New York, NY, 1952, http://lccn.loc.gov/unk84158102
  2. ↑ "Songs from the Year 1952". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  3. ↑ Stewart R. Craggs (1951-04-14). "Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-bibliography". Books.google.es. p. 22. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  4. ↑ "Shop – Conrad Beck – Hymne". Schott Music. 1952-10-11. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  5. ↑ "Due pezzi (nota dell'autore) | Centro Studi Luciano Berio – Luciano Berio's Official Website". Lucianoberio.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  6. ↑ "Searching for Silence". The New Yorker. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  7. ↑ Roberto García Morillo, Carlos Chávez: Vida y obra, Tierra Firme (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica): 135. ISBN 968-16-0222-6.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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.
  9. ↑ "Henry Cowell Web Site". Henrycowell.org. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  10. ↑ "'N OORSIG OOR DALLAPICCOLA SE WERKE" (PDF). Repository.up.ac.za. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  11. ↑ "Shop – Wolfgang Fortner – Isaaks Opferung". Schott Music. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  12. 1 2 3 "1952 | 1921–1997 | Programme seit 1921 | Donaueschinger Musiktage | Festivals". SWR.de. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  13. ↑ "Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 | work by Ginastera | Britannica.com". Global.britannica.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  14. ↑ "The Schott Music Shop – Shop – Paul Hindemith – Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt"". Schott-music.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  15. ↑ "Concerto, André Jolivet". Brahms.ircam.fr. 1952-10-12. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  16. ↑ "The Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  17. ↑ "The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music: Composer Biographies, Premiere ..." Books.google.es. p. 47. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  18. ↑ "Alexander L Lokshin". Lokshin.org. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ "G.F. Malipiero – Musica Sinfonica". Rodoni.ch. 1923-10-25. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  22. ↑ "Repertoire Explorer | Sheet Music | Musikproduktion Höflich". Musikmph.de. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  23. 1 2 3 Robert Simon (2014-05-30). "Bohuslav Martinů: A Research and Information Guide". Books.google.es. p. 24. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  24. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  25. ↑ "Ventes". Giraud-badin.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ "Heroic Overture". Panufnik.polmic.pl. 1952-05-16. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  28. ↑ "Styrelsen". Allanpettersson.org. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  29. ↑ "Sergei Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra, Opus 125" (PDF). Bso.http.internapcdn.net. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  30. ↑ 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.
  31. ↑ "Music Of The Month – from the Tablet Archive". Archive.thetablet.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  32. ↑ "Opus by Shostakovich". Home.online.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  33. ↑ 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.
  34. ↑ Karl Heinz Wörner (1973). "Stockhausen". Books.google.es. Translated by Bill Hopkins. p. 21. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  35. ↑ "Stravinskij – Cantata". Flaminioonline.it. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  36. 1 2 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.
  37. ↑ "Konzert für Oboe und kleines Orchester, Bernd Alois Zimmermann". Brahms.ircam.fr. 1952-10-11. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  38. ↑ 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.
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