1942 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1942.

1942 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in music (table)
The Andrew Sisters performing "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" in 1942.

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 1942.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1Bing CrosbyWhite Christmas1942US 1940s 1 – Oct 1942, US BB 1 of 1942, US 1 for 11 weeks Oct 1942, Global 1 (50 M sold) – 1942, Oscar in 1942, RYM 1 of 1942, POP 1 of 1942, Europe 2 of the 1940s, RIAA 2, Scrobulate 2 of Christmas, UK 5 – Dec 1977, AFI 5, Norway 6 – Dec 1959, US BB 7 – Dec 1955, Acclaimed 306
2Glenn MillerMoonlight Cocktail1942US 1940s 1 – Feb 1942, US 1 for 10 weeks Feb 1942, US BB 6 of 1942, POP 6 of 1942, RYM 18 of 1942, Europe 55 of the 1940s
3Glenn Miller(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo1942US 1940s 1 – Aug 1942, US 1 for 7 weeks Sep 1942, US BB 10 of 1942, POP 10 of 1942, RYM 41 of 1942, Europe 44 of the 1940s
4Jimmy DorseyTangerine1942US 1940s 1 – Apr 1942, US 1 for 6 weeks May 1942, US BB 4 of 1942, POP 4 of 1942, Europe 82 of the 1940s
5Kay KyserJingle Jangle Jingle1942US 1940s 1 – Jul 1942, US 1 for 8 weeks Jul 1942, US BB 13 of 1942, POP 21 of 1942, Europe 66 of the 1940s

Top hit records

Classical music

Premieres
Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Barber, SamuelSecond Essay for Orchestra1942-04-16 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Walter [3]
Britten, BenjaminA Ceremony of Carols1942-12-05 NorwichMason / The Fleet Street Choir – Lawrence [4]
Britten, BenjaminDiversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra1942-01-16 PhiladelphiaWittgenstein / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [5]
Carpenter, John AldenSymphony No. 21942-10-22 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Walter [6]
Chávez, CarlosPiano Concerto1942-01-01 New York CityEugene List (piano) New York Philharmonic – Mitropoulos[7]
Copland, AaronStatements1942-01-07 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Bernstein [8]
Casella, AlfredoPaganiniana1942-04-14 ViennaVienna Philharmonic – Böhm [9]
Finzi, GeraldLet Us Garlands Bring1942-10-12 LondonIrvin, Ferguson [10]
Guarnieri, CamargoAbertura concertante1942-06-02 São PauloArtistic Culture Society Orchestra – De Souza Lima [11]
Jolivet, AndréCosmogonie1942-03-04 NiceFrench National Symphony – D'Auriol [12]
Krenek, ErnstI Wonder as I Wander1942-12-11 MinneapolisMinneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos [13]
Maderna, BrunoPiano Concerto1942-06-22 VeniceGorini / Marcello Conservatory Orchestra – Gracis [14]
Martin, FrankSonata da chiesa for flute and organ1942-06-11 LausanneM. Martin, Faller [15]
Martinů, BohuslavSymphony No. 11942-11-13 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [16]
Myaskovsky, NikolaiSymphonic Ballade (Symphony No. 22)1942-01-12 Tbilisi[unknown orchestra] – Stasevich [17]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Symphony No. 23 1942-06-05 Moscow
Prokofiev, SergeiString Quartet No. 21942-04-07 MoscowBeethoven Quartet [18]
Shostakovich, DmitriLeningrad Symphony (Symphony No. 7)1942-03-05 KuibyshevBolshoi Theatre Orchestra – Samosud [19]
Stravinsky, IgorDanses concertantes1942-02-08 Los AngelesJanssen Symphony – Stravinsky [20]
Tippett, MichaelFantasia on a Theme of Handel1942-03-07 LondonSellick / Goehr Orchestra – Goehr [21]
Villa-Lobos, HeitorRudepoêma1942-07-15 Rio de JaneiroMunicipal Theatre Symphony – Villa-Lobos [22]
Villa-Lobos, HeitorFive Preludes for guitar1942-12-11 MontevideoAbel Carlevaro – Villa-Lobos [23]

Compositions

Opera
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky – In the Fire

Jazz
Main article: 1942 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References
  1. "H. Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy : iMEGA Tour and Travel: Tour operator in Armenia". www.imegaservice.com.
  2. "Images for Harry James And His Orchestra – Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home". www.discogs.com.
  3. "Atlanta Symphony".
  4. "A Ceremony of Carols, Benjamin Britten". brahms.ircam.fr.
  5. "Diversions, Benjamin Britten". brahms.ircam.fr.
  6. "CARPENTER: Adventures in a Perambulator / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2". www.naxos.com.
  7. Noel Straus, "Chavez Concerto by Philharmonic", The New York Times (2 January 1942): 24.
  8. "Statements, Aaron Copland". brahms.ircam.fr.
  9. "Casella – Paganiniana for orchestra – Universal Edition". Universal Edition.
  10. "FINZI: I Said to Love / Let Us Garlands Bring / Before and After Summer (English Song, Vol. 12)". www.naxos.com.
  11. Martinez, Emanuel (8 April 2011). "REPERTÓRIO: CAMARGO GUARNIERI – Abertura Concertante (1942) & Abertura Festiva (1971)".
  12. "Cosmogonie, André Jolivet". brahms.ircam.fr.
  13. "I wonder as I wander, Ernst Krenek". brahms.ircam.fr.
  14. "Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, Bruno Maderna". brahms.ircam.fr.
  15. "Martin – Sonata da chiesa for flute and organ – Universal Edition". Universal Edition.
  16. "World Premieres: The 1900s". www.bso.org. Boston Symphony Orchestra.
  17. "Le Chant du Monde" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  18. "PROKOFIEV: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Sonata". www.naxos.com.
  19. "The Story Behind Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony".
  20. "Danses concertantes, Igor Stravinsky". brahms.ircam.fr.
  21. "Fantaisie sur une thème de Haendel, Sir Michael Tippett". brahms.ircam.fr.
  22. "Indiana University". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  23. Villa-Lobos, sua obra, Version 1.0. MinC. ([Rio de Janeiro]: IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009): 153. Based on the third edition, 1989.
  24. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2013-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  25. "BFI | Film & TV Database | WE'LL SMILE AGAIN (1942)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
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