1951 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1951.

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Albums released

US No 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1951.

First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtist
March 3, 19511"If"Perry Como
March 10, 19511"Be My Love"Mario Lanza
March 17, 19515"If"Perry Como
April 21, 19519"How High the Moon"Les Paul & Mary Ford
June 23, 19515"Too Young"Nat King Cole
July 28, 19516"Come On-a My House"Rosemary Clooney
September 8, 19518"Because of You"Tony Bennett
November 3, 19516"Cold, Cold Heart"Tony Bennett
December 15, 19512"(It's No) Sin"Eddy Howard
December 29, 195111"Cry"Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1951.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1Johnnie RayCry1951United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Dec 1951, US 1 for 11 weeks Dec 1951, US BB 2 of 1951, DDD 4 of 1951, RYM 5 of 1951, POP 6 of 1952, Italy 68 of 1955, Acclaimed 1084
2Nat King ColeUnforgettable1951United StatesUS BB 1 of 1952, POP 1 of 1952, RYM 4 of 1951, US 1940s 14 – Nov 1951, DDD 25 of 1951, Europe 63 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 78 of vocal, WXPN 500
3Les Paul & Mary FordHow High the Moon1951United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Mar 1951, US 1 for 9 weeks Apr 1951, DDD 10 of 1951, US BB 12 of 1951, POP 12 of 1951, RYM 19 of 1951, RIAA 317, Acclaimed 514
4Nat King ColeToo Young1951United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Apr 1951, US 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1951, POP 1 of 1951, DDD 5 of 1951, RYM 10 of 1951
5Mario LanzaBe My Love1951United StatesUS 1940s 1 – Dec 1950, US 1 for 1 weeks Mar 1951, US BB 9 of 1951, POP 9 of 1951, Europe 79 of the 1950s, RYM 137 of 1951

Top hits on record

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Top R&B hits on record

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Arnold, MalcolmSymphony No. 1 in D minor1951-07-06United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)Hallé Orchestra – Arnold[16][17]
Bal y Gay, JesúsConcerto Grosso1951-03-30Mexico Mexico CityMexico National Symphony – Chávez[18]
Berger, ArthurDuo for violin and piano1951-10-19United States New York, Town HallLack, [pianist][19]
Blomdahl, Karl-BirgerSymphony No. 3, Facetter1951-06-25West Germany Frankfurt (ISCM Festival)Bavarian Radio Symphony – Lehmann [20]
Boulez, PierrePolyphonie X1951-10-06West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud [21]
Britten, BenjaminSix Metamorphoses after Ovid1951-06-14United Kingdom Aldeburgh (Festival)Boughton. [pianist unknown][22]
Cage, JohnImaginary Landscape No. 41951-05-10United States New York City[23]
Cooke, ArnoldViolin Sonata No. 21951-05-17United Kingdom LondonRapaport, Cross [24]
Dority, Bryan"How Sweet I Roamed", for soprano and piano1951-12-11United States New York City, Carnegie HallTurash, Garvey[25]
Dutilleux, HenriSymphony No. 11951-06-07France ParisRTF National Orchestra – Désormière[26]
Ellington, DukeHarlem1951-06-20United States New York (Lewisohn Stadium)NBC Symphony Orchestra – Ellington[27]
Ferguson, HowardPiano Concerto in D1951-06-22United Kingdom BelfastFerguson / City of Belfast Orchestra – Mulgan[28]
Foss, LukasPiano Concerto No. 21951-10-07Italy Venice (Biennale)Foss / La Fenice Philharmonic – Sanzogno[29]
Fricker, Peter RacineSymphony No. 21951-07-26United Kingdom LiverpoolLiverpool Philharmonic – Rignold[30]
Fulton, NormanSinfonia pastorale1951-06-?United Kingdom BournemouthBournemouth Municipal Orchestra – [conductor unknown][31]
Gardner, JohnSymphony No. 1, Op. 21951-07-05United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli[16][32]
Garūta, Lūcija/Skulte, BrunoGod, Thy Earth Is Aflame cantata, completed by Skulte11951-03-10United States Brooklyn (Brooklyn Academy of Music)[performers unknown][33]
Gerhard, RobertoPiano Concerto1951-06-16United Kingdom Aldeburgh (Festival)Newton-Wood / Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra – Del Mar [22][34]
Giannini, VittorioA Canticle of Christmas, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra1951-12-10United States Charlotte, NCWhite / Charlotte Symphony – Pfohl[35]
Glière, ReinholdHorn Concerto1951-05-10Soviet Union LeningradPolekh / Leningrad Radio Symphony – Glière [36]
Hartmann, Karl AmadeusSymphonie Concertante (Symphony No. 5)1951-04-21West Germany StuttgartStuttgart Radio Symphony – Müller-Kray [37]
Holst, ImogenSix Songs for women's voices and harp1951-06-[8–17]United Kingdom Aldeburgh (Festival)[performers unknown] – Holst[22]
Hovhaness, AlanSaint Vartan Symphony (Symphony No. 9, Op. 180)1951-03-?United States New York Carnegie Hall[orchestra] – Hovhaness.[38]
Ibert, JacquesSymphonie Concertante for Oboe and Strings1951-02-23Switzerland BaselShann / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [39]
Ifukube, AkiraDrumming of Japan1951-11-17Japan TokyoTokyo Symphony – Ueda [40]
Ives, CharlesSymphony No. 2 (1901)1951-02-22United States New York Carnegie HallNew York Philharmonic – Bernstein[41]
Jacobson, MauriceSymphonic Suite for strings1951-07-04United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli[16][42]
Jolivet, AndréPiano Concerto1951-06-19France Strasbourg (Festival)Descaves / Strasbourg Radio Orchestra – Jolivet [43]
Jacob, GordonFlute Concerto1951-08-05United Kingdom LondonMorris / New London Orchestra – Sherman [44]
Jirak, KarelSymphony No. 51951-08-26United Kingdom Edinburgh (Festival)Scottish National Orchestra – Susskind[45]
Kay, UlyssesShort Suite for concert band1951-05-08United States Waco (Baylor University)Baylor University Golden Wave Band – Moore[46][47]
Kay, UlyssesSinfonia in E (a.k.a. Symphony in E)1951-05-02United States Rochester, NYEastman-Rochester Orchestra – Hanson[46][48]
Koechlin, CharlesPrélude sur le nom de Fauré for strings1951-03-02United Kingdom London (French Institute)["a string orchestra"][49]
Landré, GuillaumeSymphony No. 31951-06-17Kingdom of the Netherlands AmsterdamConcertgebouw Orchestra – Kubelik[50]
Lutosławski, WitoldSilesian Tryptich1951-12-02Poland WarsawPolish National Radio Symphony – Fitelberg
Martinu, BohuslavConcerto for Two Violins and Orchestra No. 2 (1950)1951-01-14United States DallasG. Beal, W. Beal / [unknown orchestra and conductor] [51]
Murrill, HerbertConcerto for cello and orchestra1951-03-03United Kingdom London (Royal Albert Hall)Canning / BBC Symphony Orchestra – Cameron[52]
Oldham, ArthurThe Commandment of Love song cycle1951-06-[8–17]United Kingdom Aldeburgh (Festival)Pears, Britten[22]
Pettersson, AllanConcerto for Violin and String Quartet1951-03-10Sweden StockholmFrydén / Ridderstad, Nihlman, Jonsson, Ericson [53]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 9 (1947)1951-04-21Soviet Union MoscowRichter [54]
Rawsthorne, AlanPiano Concerto No. 21951-06-17United Kingdom London (Festival of Britain)Curzon / London Symphony – Sargent [55]
Reizenstein, FranzSerenade for Winds1951-07-[9–14]United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)The London Wind Players[16]
Rodrigo, JoaquínSonatas de Castilla1951-11-08Spain MadridRodrigo [56]
Rubbra, EdmundFestival Te Deum1951-06-30United Kingdom London Royal Festival Hall[unknown performers][57]
Rubbra, EdmundString Quartet [No. 1?]1951-07-[9–14]United Kingdom Cheltenham (FestivalGriller String Quartet[16]
Sainton, PhilipSerenade Fantastique for oboe and strings1951-07-08United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)Goosens / Boyd Neel Orchestra – Neel[58][59]
Schoenberg, Arnold"The Dance around the Golden Calf" from Moses und Aron1951-07-02West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse)Orchester und Chor des Landestheaters Darmstadt – Scherchen[60]
Shebalin, VissarionSinfonietta1951-11-12Soviet Union MoscowUSSR Radio Symphony – Gauk [61]
Stevens, BernardSinfonietta1951-07-06United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)[unknown oboist] / Boyd Neel Orchestra – Barbirolli[17][58]
Stockhausen, KarlheinzSonatine for violin and piano1951-08-242West Germany CologneMarschner, Stockhausen[62]
Talma, LouiseThe Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo, choral dialogue1951-12-14United States New York, Juilliard Concert HallJuilliard Chorus – Hufstader[63]
Villa-Lobos, HeitorFantasia for saxophone, three horns, and strings1951-11-17Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Auditório do Palácio de Cultura,Waldemar Szpilman, Orquestra de Câmara do Ministério da Educação e Cultura – Villa-Lobos[64]
van Wyk, ArnoldSymphony No. 1 in A minor1951-07-033United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival)Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli[65][66]
Wigglesworth, FrankSummer Scenes for flute, oboe, and strings1951-11-05United States New York, Town HallLittle Orchestra – Scherman[67]
  • 1 "The cantata was written in 1944 by poet Andrejs Eglitis and composer Lucija Garuta. During the Nazi occupation of the Baltic state [Latvia] only small portions of the work could be performed. Eglitis later escaped to Sweden, but of Garuta nothing was ever heard. A new musical score was written by Bruno Skulte while he was in a German displaced persons camp."[33]
  • 2 Broadcast date of radio recording, NWDR Cologne. First public performance did not occur until 22 October 1971, by Saschko Gawriloff and Aloys Kontarsky at a concert of the SMIP in Paris.[68]
  • 3 Although previously performed in a radio broadcast in 1943, this was the first public performance.[65]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Anon. "Riviera Dei Fiori"; Anon. "Sanremo 1951 Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.", Sanremo Festival Website (Accessed November 30, 2009).
  2. ↑ Henry Cowell, "Current Chronicle: New York" (Subscription Access), The Musical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (July): 396–402. Citation is on pp. 399–400.
  3. ↑ Everett Helm, "Current Chronicle: Berlin" (Subscription Access), The Musical Quarterly 37, no. 4 (October): 590–97.
  4. ↑ "Queen Elisabeth Competition 1951–2008", p. 3.
  5. ↑ Anonymous, 'First Performance of a Haydn Opera', The Times, issue 52024 (Monday, June 10, 1951): p. 4, col G.
  6. ↑ A. J., "Cheltenham Festival", The Musical Times 92, no. 1303 (Sep., 1951): 416–17.
  7. ↑ Anon., "The Haslemere Festival", The Musical Times 92, no. 1301 (July 1951): 312.
  8. ↑ Adolf Aber, "Tradition and Revolution at Bayreuth", The Musical Times 92, no. 1304 (October 1951): 453–57.
  9. ↑ David Cherniavsky, "The Salzburg Festival", The Musical Times 92, no. 1305 (November 1951): 517–18.
  10. ↑ Anonymous, 'Berlin Festival of the Arts: Turn of Western Culture', The Times, issue 52091 (Tuesday, August 28, 1951): p. 3, col G.
  11. ↑ Margaret Reece-Evans, "The Swansea Festival", Musical Times 92, no. 1305 (November): 516.
  12. ↑ Donaueschinger Musiktage: Programme seit 1921 Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine..
  13. ↑ Anonymous, 'Royal Opera House: "Turandot"', The Times, issue 52139 (Tuesday, October 23, 1951): p. 6, col F.
  14. ↑ Anonymous, 'Visit of Hamburg Radio Orchestra: Series of Concerts', The Times, issue 52164 (Wednesday, November 21, 1951): p. 2, col F.
  15. ↑ Anonymous, 'Opening of the Season at La Scala: Two First Performances', The Times, issue 52179 (Saturday, December 8, 1951): p. 5, col C.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Anon., "Contemporary Music: Cheltenham Festival of British Works", Times(6 March 1951): 7.
  17. 1 2 Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: Arnold's Symphony", Times 7 July 1951: 8.
  18. ↑ La Quinta de Mahler
  19. ↑ H[arold] C S[chonberg], "Miss Lack Heard in Violin Recital: Saint-Saens Concerto Is Chief Work on Town Hall Program—Berger Duo Presented", The New York Times (20 October): 23.
  20. ↑ Svensk Musik
  21. ↑ To Boulez and Beyond, page 149
  22. 1 2 3 4 Anon., "Aldeburgh Festival: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas" Times (28 February 1951): 8.
  23. ↑ John Cage official website
  24. ↑ Musicweb International
  25. ↑ Anon., "Turash, Soprano, Bows: Otto Luening's Emily Dickinson Song Cycle on Her Program", The New York Times (12 December): 50.
  26. ↑ Radio France
  27. ↑ Anon., "Runyon Fund Concert: Ellington and N.B.C. Symphony to Appear at Stadium June 20", The New York Times (9 June): 12.
  28. ↑ Boosey & Hawkes
  29. ↑ "Venice Bienna official website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  30. ↑ University of California, Santa Barbara
  31. ↑ Anon., "Music Proze Awarded", Times (23 February 1951): 8.
  32. ↑ Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: An Adventurous Symphony", Times (6 July 1951): 2.
  33. 1 2 Anon., "Ex-D.P.s to Give Cantata", The New York Times (3 March): 14.
  34. ↑ http://sites.google.com/site/robertgerhardvalls18961970/
  35. ↑ Anon., "Giannini Canticle Bows: Work by New York Professor Introduced in Charlotte, N.C.", New York Times (10 December): 32.
  36. ↑ Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  37. ↑ Schott Music
  38. ↑ Henry Cowell," Current Chronicle: New York" (subscription required), The Musical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (July 1951): 396–402. Citation is on p. 396.
  39. ↑ All the conducting masterclasses
  40. ↑ Akira Ifukube official website
  41. ↑ Henry Cowell," Current Chronicle: New York" (subscription required), The Musical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (July 1951): 396–402. Citation is on p. 399–400.
  42. ↑ Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: Maurice Jacobson", Times (5 July 1951): 8.
  43. ↑ Guide de la Musique Symphonique, page 387.
  44. ↑ Gordon Jacob official website
  45. ↑ Howard Taubman, "Edinburgh Hears Jirak's Symphony: Prize-Winning Work by Chicago Music Teacher Has World Premiere at Festival", New York Times (27 August): 15.
  46. 1 2 Aaron Horne, Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996): 160. ISBN 0-313-29826-2
  47. ↑ Constance Tibbs Hobson and Deborra A. Richardson, Ulysses Kay: A Bio-Bibliography, Bio-Bibliographies in Music 53 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994): 43. ISBN 978-0-313-25546-5.
  48. ↑ Constance Tibbs Hobson and Deborra A. Richardson, Ulysses Kay: A Bio-Bibliography, Bio-Bibliographies in Music 53 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994): 44. ISBN 978-0-313-25546-5.
  49. ↑ "French Institute Concert: Fugues and Concertos", Times (3 March 1951): 8.
  50. ↑ Daniel L.Schorr, "The Hague Opens Fifth Music Fete: Royal Court, Diplomatic Corps Represented a Concert in Medieval Hall of Knights", The New York Times (15 June): 27.
  51. ↑ Hyperion Records
  52. ↑ Anon., "Henry Wood Birthday Concert: New Cello Concerto", Times (5 March 1951): 2.
  53. ↑ Allan Pettersson Society
  54. ↑ Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas
  55. ↑ BBC
  56. ↑ Joaquín Rodrigo official website
  57. ↑ W[ilfred] H. Mellers, "Current Chronicle: England", The Musical Quarterly 37, no. 4 (October 1951): 580–85. Citation on 582.
  58. 1 2 Paul Hamburger, "Cheltenham Festival". The Music Review 12 (1951): 317–19. Citation on 317 and 319.
  59. ↑ Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: Three Serenades", Times (9 July 1951): 2.
  60. ↑ 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): 9. ISBN 3-00-007290-X.
  61. ↑ Le Chant du Monde
  62. ↑ Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Sonatine für Violine und Klavier (1951)", in his Texte zur Musik 4 (1970–1977), edited by Christoph von Blumröder, 46–47, DuMont Dokumente (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978), 46, ISBN 3-7701-1078-1; Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 31. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth); ISBN 0-571-17146-X (pbk).
  63. ↑ Anon., "Choral to Have Premiere", The New York Times (14 December): 28.
  64. ↑ Villa-Lobos, sua obra, Version 1.0. MinC (Rio de Janeiro: IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009): 63.
  65. 1 2 Anon., "Cheltenham Festival", Times (4 July 1951): 8.
  66. ↑ Paul Hamburger, "Cheltenham Festival". The Music Review 12 (1951): 317–19. Citation on 317–18.
  67. ↑ Olin Downes, "Little Orchestra Gives 3 Premieres: Concertos by Martinu and Vivaldi and a Novelty by Wigglesworth Offered", The New York Times (5 November): 34
  68. ↑ Rudolf Frisius, Karlheinz Stockhausen II: Die Werke 1950–1977; Gespräch mit Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Es geht aufwärts" (Mainz, London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Toronto: Schott Musik International, 2008): 30.
  69. ↑ Stephen Williams, "Premiere of Britten's Billy Budd Stirs London", New York Times (Sunday, 9 December): 133.
  70. ↑ Everett Helm, "Current Chronicle: Berlin", The Musical Quarterly 37, no. 4 (October): 590–97. Citation on p. 594.
  71. ↑ Anon., "Holland Hears 2 French Operas: Premiere of 'L'Apostrophe' Is Given in Amsterdam—Work by Milhaud on Program" (2 July): 15.
  72. ↑ Howard Taubman, "Florence Stages Haydn's Orpheus: World Premiere of 160-year-old Opera Is Presented at Music Festival in Italy", The New York Times (10 June): 22.
  73. ↑ Anon., "New American Opera Unveiled in Detroit", New York Times (17 November): 10.
  74. ↑ Olin Downes, "Menotti Opera, the First for TV, Has Its Premiere; Boy, 12, Is Star", The New York Times (25 December): 1.
  75. ↑ Anon., "Hardy Novel As An Opera", Times (16 January 1951): 6.
  76. ↑ Wilfrid H. Mellers, "Current Chronicle:London" (Subscription Access), The Musical Quarterly 37, no. 4 (October): 580–8.
  77. ↑ Andrew Porter, "New Wellesz Opera: 'Incognita,' Based on Congreve Story, Has Its First Performance at Oxford", New York Times (16 December): 117.
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