1943 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1943.

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 1943.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1The Mills BrothersPaper Doll1943United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Aug 1943, US 1 for 12 weeks Nov 1943, US BB 3 of 1943, Europe 3 of the 1940s, POP 4 of 1943, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1943, RYM 42 of 1942, RIAA 272, Acclaimed 1486
2Bing CrosbySunday, Monday or Always1943United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Aug 1943, US 1 for 7 weeks Sep 1943, Europe 13 of the 1940s, US BB 14 of 1943, POP 14 of 1943, RYM 28 of 1943
3Al Dexter & His TroopersPistol Packin' Mama1943United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Aug 1943, US 1 for 1 weeks Oct 1943, US BB 15 of 1943, POP 15 of 1943, Europe 86 of the 1940s, Acclaimed 1658
4Glenn MillerThat Old Black Magic1943United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Mar 1943, US 1 for 1 weeks May 1943, US BB 8 of 1943, POP 8 of 1943, RYM 11 of 1943
5Harry JamesI've Heard That Song Before1943United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Dec 1942, US 1 for 13 weeks Mar 1943, US BB 7 of 1943, POP 7 of 1943, RYM 29 of 1943

Top hit records

Clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman in 1943
Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James, 1943

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Berkeley, LennoxSymphony No. 11943-07-08United Kingdom London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron [1]
Britten, BenjaminPrelude and Fugue for Strings1943-06-23United Kingdom LondonNeel String Orchestra – Neel [2]
Britten, BenjaminSerenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings1943-10-15United Kingdom LondonPears, Brain / Neel String Orchestra – Britten [3]
Copland, AaronMusic for the Movies1943-02-17United States New York CitySaidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg [4]
Dale, BenjaminThe Flowing Tide1943-08-06United Kingdom London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Boult [1]
Dunhill, ThomasWaltz Suite1943-08-05United Kingdom London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Dunhill [5]
Dutilleux, HenriMelodies for Voice and Orchestra1943-12-14France ParisPanzera / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Tomasi [6]
Feldman, MortonDirge in Memory of Thomas Wolfe1943-04-15United States New York CityHSMA Senior Symphony – Feldman [7]
Foss, LukasThe Prairie1946-10-15United States BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [8]
Ginastera, AlbertoDances from Estancia1943-05-12Argentina Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra – Calusio [9]
Gundry, InglisHeyday Freedom, orchestral suite1943-06-26United Kingdom London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron [1]
Hanson, HowardRequiem (Symphony No. 4)1943-12-03United States BostonBoston Symphony – Hanson [10]
Harris, RoySymphony No. 51943-02-26United States BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [11]
Jolivet, AndréLes trois complaintes du soldat1943-02-28France ParisBernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Munch [12]
Martinu, BohuslavConcerto for Two Pianos1943-11-05United States PhiladelphiaLuboshutz, Nemenoff / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [13]
Martinu, BohuslavMemorial to Lidice1943-10-28United States New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [14]
Martinu, BohuslavSymphony No. 21943-10-28United States ClevelandCleveland Orchestra – Leinsdorf [15]
Martinu, BohuslavViolin Concerto No. 21943-12-31United States BostonElman / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [16]
Messiaen, OlivierVisions de l'Amen1943-05-10France ParisLoriod, Messiaen [17]
Moeran, Ernest JohnRhapsody No. 3, for piano and orchestra1943-08-19United Kingdom London (Proms)Cohen / BBC Symphony – Boult [18]
Moroi, SaburoSinfonietta for Children1943-11-05Japan TokyoTokyo Broadcast Orchestra – Moroi [19]
Ponce, ManuelViolin Concerto1943-08-20Mexico México DFSzeryng / Mexico Symphony – Chávez [20]
Prokofiev, SergeiFlute Sonata1943-12-07Soviet Union MoscowKharkovsky, Richter [21]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 71943-01-18Soviet Union MoscowRichter [22]
Prokofiev, SergeiThe Year 19411943-01-21Soviet Union SverdlovskUSSR Radio Symphony – Rabinovich [23]
Rodrigo, JoaquínConcierto heroico1943-04-03Portugal LisbonQuerol / Spanish National Orchestra – E. Halffter [24]
Rowley, AlecBurlesque Quadrilles1943-07-13United Kingdom London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron [1]
Rubbra, EdmundSinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra1943-08-10United Kingdom London (Proms)Rubbra / BBC Symphony – Boult [1]
Schuman, WilliamSymphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5)1943-11-12United States BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [25]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Sonata No. 21943-06-06Soviet Union MoscowShostakovich [26]
Shostakovich, DmitriSix Romances on Verses by English Poets1943-06-06Soviet Union MoscowFlachs, Shostakovich [27]
Shostakovich, DmitriSymphony No. 41943-11-04Soviet Union MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Mravinsky [28]
Strauss, RichardDivertimento after pieces by Couperin1943-01-31Nazi Germany ViennaVienna Philharmonic – Krauss [29][30]
Stravinsky, IgorOde1943-10-08United States BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [31]
Tippett, MichaelBoyhood's End1943-05-24United Kingdom Morley CollegeUnspecified performers [32]
Tippett, MichaelString Quartet No. 21943-03-27United Kingdom LondonZorian Quartet [33]
Tubin, EduardSuite on Estonian Dance Tunes1943-10-02Nazi Germany TartuTurgan, Mangre [34]
Vaughan Williams, RalphSymphony No. 51943-06-24United Kingdom London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Vaughan Williams [35]
Villa Lobos, HeitorString Quartet No. 61943-11-30Brazil Rio de JaneiroQuarteto Haydn [36]
Walton, WilliamViolin Concerto (2nd version)1943-11-30United Kingdom WolverhamptonRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent [37]
Webern, AntonThree Lieder, Op. 231943-12-05Switzerland BaselGradmann-Lüscher, Baumgartner [38]
Webern, AntonVariations for Orchestra (1940)1943-03-03Switzerland WinterthurStadtorchester Winterthur – Scherchen [39]
Weisgall, HugoAmerican Comedy 19431943-07-29United Kingdom London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Weisgall [1]

Compositions

Yehudi Menuhin in 1943

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 BBC
  2. ↑ IRCAM
  3. ↑ Good Morning Britten
  4. ↑ IRCAM
  5. ↑ BBC}
  6. ↑ Centre de Documentation de la Musique Contemporaine
  7. ↑ IRCAM
  8. ↑ Boston Symphony Orchestra
  9. ↑ IRCAM
  10. ↑ Carl Fischer Music
  11. ↑ Anon. "Symphony by Harris in Boston Premiere: Work, Dedicated to Russia, Is Feature of Special Program", New York Times (27 February 1943): 11.
  12. ↑ IRCAM
  13. ↑ Your Classical
  14. ↑ Martinu and the Symphony
  15. ↑ Bohuslav Martinu: A Research and Information Guide
  16. ↑ Hyperion Records
  17. ↑ IRCAM
  18. ↑ BBC Symphony
  19. ↑ Naxos Records
  20. ↑ Apreciación Musical
  21. ↑ Kimmel Center
  22. ↑ Classical Connect
  23. ↑ The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years
  24. ↑ Joaquín Rodrigo website
  25. ↑ Boston Symphony
  26. ↑ Naxos Records
  27. ↑ IRCAM
  28. ↑ New York Philharmonic
  29. ↑ Encore Arts Seattle
  30. ↑ Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  31. ↑ Schott Music
  32. ↑ Schuttenhelm, Thomas (2014). The orchestral music of Michael Tippett : creative development and the compositional process, p. 76, at Google Books. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 864788386.
  33. ↑ IRCAM
  34. ↑ ERP Music
  35. ↑ London Philharmonic
  36. ↑ Villalobos.iu.edu
  37. ↑ Naxos Records
  38. ↑ IRCAM
  39. ↑ IRCAM
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