1943 in music

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

1943 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in music (table)

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 Doll1943US 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 Always1943US 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' Mama1943US 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 Magic1943US 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 Before1943US 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. 11943-07-08 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron [1]
Britten, BenjaminPrelude and Fugue for Strings1943-06-23 LondonNeel String Orchestra – Neel [2]
Britten, BenjaminSerenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings1943-10-15 LondonPears, Brain / Neel String Orchestra – Britten [3]
Copland, AaronMusic for the Movies1943-02-17 New York CitySaidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg [4]
Dale, BenjaminThe Flowing Tide1943-08-06 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Boult [1]
Dunhill, ThomasWaltz Suite1943-08-05 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Dunhill [5]
Dutilleux, HenriMelodies for Voice and Orchestra1943-12-14 ParisPanzera / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Tomasi [6]
Feldman, MortonDirge in Memory of Thomas Wolfe1943-04-15 New York CityHSMA Senior Symphony – Feldman [7]
Foss, LukasThe Prairie1946-10-15 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [8]
Ginastera, AlbertoDances from Estancia1943-05-12 Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra – Calusio [9]
Gundry, InglisHeyday Freedom, orchestral suite1943-06-26 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron [1]
Hanson, HowardRequiem (Symphony No. 4)1943-12-03 BostonBoston Symphony – Hanson [10]
Harris, RoySymphony No. 51943-02-26 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [11]
Jolivet, AndréLes trois complaintes du soldat1943-02-28 ParisBernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Munch [12]
Martinu, BohuslavConcerto for Two Pianos1943-11-05 PhiladelphiaLuboshutz, Nemenoff / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [13]
Martinu, BohuslavMemorial to Lidice1943-10-28 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [14]
Martinu, BohuslavSymphony No. 21943-10-28 ClevelandCleveland Orchestra – Leinsdorf [15]
Martinu, BohuslavViolin Concerto No. 21943-12-31 BostonElman / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [16]
Messiaen, OlivierVisions de l'Amen1943-05-10 ParisLoriod, Messiaen [17]
Moeran, Ernest JohnRhapsody No. 3, for piano and orchestra1943-08-19 London (Proms)Cohen / BBC Symphony – Boult [18]
Moroi, SaburoSinfonietta for Children1943-11-05 TokyoTokyo Broadcast Orchestra – Moroi [19]
Ponce, ManuelViolin Concerto1943-08-20 México DFSzeryng / Mexico Symphony – Chávez [20]
Prokofiev, SergeiFlute Sonata1943-12-07 MoscowKharkovsky, Richter [21]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 71943-01-18 MoscowRichter [22]
Prokofiev, SergeiThe Year 19411943-01-21 SverdlovskUSSR Radio Symphony – Rabinovich [23]
Rodrigo, JoaquínConcierto heroico1943-04-03 LisbonQuerol / Spanish National Orchestra – E. Halffter [24]
Rowley, AlecBurlesque Quadrilles1943-07-13 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron [1]
Rubbra, EdmundSinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra1943-08-10 London (Proms)Rubbra / BBC Symphony – Boult [1]
Schuman, WilliamSymphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5)1943-11-12 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [25]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Sonata No. 21943-06-06 MoscowShostakovich [26]
Shostakovich, DmitriSix Romances on Verses by English Poets1943-06-06 MoscowFlachs, Shostakovich [27]
Shostakovich, DmitriSymphony No. 41943-11-04 MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Mravinsky [28]
Strauss, RichardDivertimento after pieces by Couperin1943-01-31 ViennaVienna Philharmonic – Krauss [29][30]
Stravinsky, IgorOde1943-10-08 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [31]
Tippett, MichaelBoyhood's End1943-05-24 Morley CollegeUnspecified performers [32]
Tippett, MichaelString Quartet No. 21943-03-27 LondonZorian Quartet [33]
Tubin, EduardSuite on Estonian Dance Tunes1943-10-02 TartuTurgan, Mangre [34]
Vaughan Williams, RalphSymphony No. 51943-06-24 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Vaughan Williams [35]
Villa Lobos, HeitorString Quartet No. 61943-11-30 Rio de JaneiroQuarteto Haydn [36]
Walton, WilliamViolin Concerto (2nd version)1943-11-30 WolverhamptonRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent [37]
Webern, AntonThree Lieder, Op. 231943-12-05 BaselGradmann-Lüscher, Baumgartner [38]
Webern, AntonVariations for Orchestra (1940)1943-03-03 WinterthurStadtorchester Winterthur – Scherchen [39]
Weisgall, HugoAmerican Comedy 19431943-07-29 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Weisgall [1]

Compositions
Yehudi Menuhin in 1943

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1943 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

References
  1. 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". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  37. Naxos Records
  38. IRCAM
  39. IRCAM
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