1940 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1940.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1940.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1Glenn MillerIn the Mood1940United StatesEurope 1 of the 1940s, US BB 2 of 1940, POP 2 of 1940, RYM 4 of 1939, Scrobulate 4 of swing, RIAA 11, UK 13 – Jan 1976, Netherlands 15 – Aug 1972, Party 45 of 1999, Acclaimed 477
2Artie ShawFrenesi1940United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Aug 1940, US 1 for 13 weeks Dec 1940, US BB 6 of 1940, POP 6 of 1940, Scrobulate 48 of swing, Europe 71 of the 1940s
3Bing CrosbyOnly Forever1940United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Sep 1940, US 1 for 9 weeks Oct 1940, US BB 15 of 1940, POP 15 of 1940, Europe 24 of the 1940s, RYM 87 of 1940
4Tommy DorseyI'll Never Smile Again1940United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Jul 1940, US 1 for 12 weeks Jul 1940, US BB 8 of 1940, POP 8 of 1940, Europe 17 of the 1940s
5Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)When You Wish Upon a Star1940United StatesOscar in 1940, AFI 7, RYM 20 of 1940, RIAA 55, Acclaimed 1090

Top hit records

Clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw in 1940

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Britten, BenjaminLes Illuminations1940-01-30United Kingdom LondonWyss / Neel String Orchestra – Neel [3]
Britten, BenjaminViolin Concerto1940-03-29United States New York CityBrosa / New York PhilharmonicBarbirolli [4]
Carpenter, John AldenSymphony No. 1 (2nd version)1940-10-24United States ChicagoChicago SymphonyStock [5]
Chávez, CarlosXochipilli-Macuilxóchitl1940-05-16United States Museum of Modern Art, New York CityEnsemble – Chávez
Creston, PaulSymphony No. 11940-02-22United States New York CityNYA Symphony – Mahler [6]
Ginastera, AlbertoMalambo for piano1940-09-11Uruguay MontevideoBalzo [7]
Ginastera, AlbertoThree Pieces for Piano1940-10-16Uruguay MontevideoBalzo [8]
Hartmann, Karl AmadeusConcerto funebre1940-02-29Switzerland St. GallenNeracher / St. Gallen Chamber Orchestra – Klug [9]
Khachaturian, AramViolin Concerto1940-11-16Soviet Union MoscowOistrakh / USSR State SymphonyGauk [10]
Krenek, ErnstLittle Concerto for Piano, Organ and Chamber Orchestra1940-05-23United States Poughkeepsie, NYWilliams, Geer / Vassar Orchestra – Krenek [11]
Krenek, ErnstSymphonisches Stück1940-06-11Switzerland BaselBasel Chamber OrchestraSacher [12]
Larsson, Lars-ErikGod in Disguise1940-04-01Sweden StockholmTorlind, Hasslo, Molander / Swedish Radio Symphony – Larsson [13]
Lilburn, DouglasAotearoa, overture1940-04-15United Kingdom LondonSadler's Welles OrchestraBraithwaite [14]
Milhaud, DariusSymphony No. 11940-10-17United States ChicagoChicago Symphony – Milhaud [15]
Myaskovsky, NikolaiSymphony No. 201940-11-28Soviet Union MoscowUSSR Radio SymphonyGolovanov [16]
Piston, WalterViolin Concerto No. 11940-03-18United States New York CityPosselt / National Orchestral Association – Barzin [17]
Price, FlorenceSymphony No. 3 (Price)1940-11-06United States Little RockDetroit Civic Orchestra – Valter Poole[18]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 61940-04-08Soviet Union MoscowProkofiev[19]
Rodrigo, JoaquínConcierto de Aranjuez1940-11-09Francoist Spain BarcelonaSaenz de la Maza / Barcelona Philharmonic – Mendoza-Lasalle [20]
Schoenberg, ArnoldChamber Symphony No. 21940-12-15United States New York CityFriends of New Music Orchestra – Stiedry [21]
Schoenberg, ArnoldViolin Concerto1940-12-06United States PhiladelphiaKrasner / Philadelphia OrchestraStokowski [22]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Quintet1940-11-23Soviet Union MoscowShostakovich, Beethoven Quartet [23]
Shostakovich, DmitriFour Romances on Verses by Pushkin1940-12-08Soviet Union MoscowBaturin, Shostakovich [24]
Strauss, RichardJapanese Festival Music1940-12-14Japan TokyoTokyo Broadcast Orchestra – Fellmer [25]
Stravinsky, IgorSymphony in C1940-11-07United States ChicagoChicago Symphony – Stravinsky [26]
Tippett, MichaelConcerto for Double String Orchestra1940-04-21United Kingdom LondonSouth London Orchestra – Tippett [27]
Webern, AntonFünf Lieder, Op. 4 (1909)1940-02-10Switzerland BaselGradmann-Lüscher, Schmid [28]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 2 1939–45. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-160581. pp. 628, 657
  2. Mitchell (1991): p. 629
  3. "Les Illuminations, Benjamin Britten". brahms.ircam.fr.
  4. "Violin Concerto, Benjamin Britten". brahms.ircam.fr.
  5. "CARPENTER: Adventures in a Perambulator / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2". www.naxos.com.
  6. "Paul Creston: A Bio-bibliography". Greenwood Publishing Group. February 9, 1994 via Google Books.
  7. "Malambo, Alberto Evaristo Ginastera". brahms.ircam.fr.
  8. "Tres Piezas, Alberto Evaristo Ginastera". brahms.ircam.fr.
  9. "Hartmann: Concerto funebre". Hyperion Records.
  10. "Los Angeles Philharmonic".
  11. "Little Concerto, Ernst Krenek". brahms.ircam.fr.
  12. "Symphonisches Stück, Ernst Krenek". brahms.ircam.fr.
  13. "Norlands Operan".
  14. SouNZ
  15. "Chicago Symphony Orchestra" (PDF).
  16. "N. Myaskovsky » Works". www.myaskovsky.ru.
  17. "PISTON, W.: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra (Buswell, Ukraine National Symphony, T. Kuchar)". www.naxos.com.
  18. Price, Florence (January 1, 2008) [1932]. Brown, Rae Linda; Shirley, Wayne D., eds. Symphonies nos. 1 and 3. A-R Editions. pp. xlvi–lii. ISBN 0895796384.
  19. Espinosa, Olivia. "An Evening with Yefim Bronfman – La Jolla Music Society".
  20. Joaquín Rodrigo official website
  21. "Zweite Kammersymphonie op. 38, Arnold Schoenberg". brahms.ircam.fr.
  22. "Concerto pour violon et orchestre op. 36, Arnold Schoenberg". brahms.ircam.fr.
  23. "Quintette avec piano, Dimitri Chostakovitch". brahms.ircam.fr.
  24. "Quatre romances sur des vers de Pouchkine, Dimitri Chostakovitch". brahms.ircam.fr.
  25. Jones, Barrie (June 3, 2014). "The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music". Routledge via Google Books.
  26. "Chicago Symphony Orchestra" (PDF).
  27. "Concerto pour double orchestre à cordes, Sir Michael Tippett". brahms.ircam.fr.
  28. "Fünf Lieder Op. 4, Anton Webern". brahms.ircam.fr.
  29. http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/London%20Musicals%201940-1944.pub.pdf
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