1944 in music

List of years in music (table)
Singer Bing Crosby performing in London, 1944

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1944.

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 1944.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1Bing CrosbySwinging On a Star1944United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Jun 1944, US 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1944, Oscar in 1944, US BB 3 of 1944, POP 3 of 1944, Europe 14 of the 1940s, AFI 37, RYM 44 of 1944, Acclaimed 1619
2Bing Crosby & The Andrews SistersDon't Fence Me In1944United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Nov 1944, US 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1944, US BB 4 of 1944, Europe 5 of the 1940s, POP 9 of 1944, Acclaimed 1699
3Bing CrosbyI'll Be Seeing You1944United StatesUS 1940s 1 – May 1944, US 1 for 4 weeks Jul 1944, US BB 15 of 1944, Europe 15 of the 1940s, POP 15 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944
4Bing CrosbyI Love You1944United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Apr 1944, US 1 for 5 weeks May 1944, US BB 19 of 1944, Europe 21 of the 1940s, POP 23 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944
5Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink SpotsI'm Making Believe1944United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Nov 1944, US 1 for 2 weeks Dec 1944, US BB 14 of 1944, POP 14 of 1944, RYM 23 of 1944

Top hit records

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Antheil, George1942 (Symphony No. 4)1944-02-13United States New York CityNBC Symphony – Stokowski [2]
Barber, SamuelCapricorn Concerto1944-10-08United States New York CitySaidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg [3]
Barber, SamuelSymphony No. 21944-03-03United States Symphony Hall, BostonBoston Symphony Orchestra – Koussevitzky [4]
Bartók, BélaConcerto for Orchestra1944-12-01United States BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [5]
Bartók, BélaSonata for Solo Violin1944-11-26United States New York CityMenuhin [6]
Bernstein, LeonardJeremiah (Symphony No. 1)1944-01-28United States PittsburghTourel / Pittsburgh Symphony – Bernstein [7]
Carter, ElliottSymphony No. 11944-04-27United States Rochester, NYEastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [8]
Copland, AaronLetter from Home1944-10-17United States New York CityPhilco Radio Hour Orchestra – Whiteman [9][10]
Copland, AaronViolin Sonata1944-01-17United States New York CityPosselt, Copland [11]
Dallapiccola, LuigiLiriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei1944-11-10Italy RomeDanco / RAI Symphony in Rome – Previtali [12]
Ginastera, AlbertoCanciones populares argentinas1944-07-17Argentina Buenos AiresFrías de López, Luzzatti [13]
Ginastera, AlbertoObertura para el Fausto criollo1944-05-12Chile Santiago de ChileChile Symphony – Castro [14]
Ginastera, AlbertoPreludios americanos1944-08-07Argentina Buenos AiresSpivak [15]
Hindemith, PaulSymphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber1944-01-20United States New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [16]
Jolivet, AndréDanses rituelles1944-12-05France ParisParis Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [17]
Jolivet, AndréPoèmes intimes1944-04-04France ParisBernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [18]
Jongen, JosephPiano Concerto1944-01-06Belgium BrusselsDel Pueyo / Brussels Philharmonic – André [19]
Khachaturian, AramSuite from Masquerade1944-08-06Soviet Union MoscowUSSR Radio Symphony Orchestra – Gorchakov [20]
Moore, DouglasIn memoriam1944-04-27United States Rochester, NYEastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [21]
Piston, WalterSymphony No. 21944-03-05United States Washington DCUSA National Symphony – Kindler [22]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 81944-12-30Soviet Union MoscowGilels [23]
Rainier, PriaulxString Quartet1944-07-03United Kingdom LondonZorian Quartet [24]
Schoenberg, ArnoldOde to Napoleon Buonaparte1944-11-23United States New York CityHarrel, Steuermann / New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [25]
Schoenberg, ArnoldPiano Concerto1944-02-06United States New York CitySteuermann / NBC Symphony – Stokowski [26]
Schoenberg, ArnoldTheme and Variations for Orchestra1944-10-20United States BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [27]
Schoenberg, ArnoldVariations on a Recitative (1941)1944-04-10United States New York CityWeinrich [28]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Trio No. 21944-11-14Soviet Union LeningradTsiganov, Chirinsky, Shostakovich [29]
Shostakovich, DmitriString Quartet No. 21944-11-14Soviet Union LeningradBeethoven Quartet [30]
Stravinsky, IgorNorwegian Moods1944-01-13United States Cambridge, MABoston Symphony – Stravinsky [31]
Stravinsky, IgorScherzo à la russe (band version)1944-09-05United States New York CityWhiteman Band [32]
Stravinsky, IgorSonata for Two Pianos1944-08-02United States Madison, WIBoulanger, Johnston [33]
Tippett, MichaelA Child of Our Time, oratorio1944-03-19United Kingdom LondonCross, MacArthur, Pears, Lloyd / Morley College Choir / London Philharmonic – Goehr [34]

Compositions

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Prose, Francine (2015). Peggy Guggenheim: the shock of the new. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-300-20348-6.
  2. ↑ Musicweb International
  3. ↑ Redlands Symphony
  4. ↑ Barbara B. Heyman, Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music (Oxford and New Yoirk: Oxford University Press, 1992): 220–21.
  5. ↑ Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
  6. ↑ Bartók's Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of his Swansong
  7. ↑ IRCAM
  8. ↑ IRCAM
  9. ↑ IRCAM
  10. ↑ Library of Congress
  11. ↑ IRCAM
  12. ↑ IRCAM
  13. ↑ IRCAM
  14. ↑ IRCAM
  15. ↑ IRCAM
  16. ↑ Schott Music
  17. ↑ IRCAM
  18. ↑ IRCAM
  19. ↑ Joseph Jongen and his Organ Music
  20. ↑ Soviet Composers
  21. ↑ Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography
  22. ↑ American Symphony Orchestra
  23. ↑ Los Angeles Philharmonic
  24. ↑ SA Composers
  25. ↑ IRCAM
  26. ↑ IRCAM
  27. ↑ IRCAM
  28. ↑ IRCAM
  29. ↑ IRCAM
  30. ↑ IRCAM
  31. ↑ IRCAM
  32. ↑ IRCAM
  33. ↑ IRCAM
  34. ↑ IRCAM
  35. ↑ Oliver Leaman (16 December 2003). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-1-134-66252-4.
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