1944 in music

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

1944 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in music (table)
Singer Bing Crosby performing in London, 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 Star1944US 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 In1944US 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 You1944US 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 You1944US 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 Believe1944US 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)1944-02-13 New York CityNBC Symphony – Stokowski [3]
Barber, SamuelCapricorn Concerto1944-10-08 New York CitySaidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg [4]
Barber, SamuelSymphony No. 21944-03-03 Symphony Hall, BostonBoston Symphony Orchestra – Koussevitzky [5]
Bartók, BélaConcerto for Orchestra1944-12-01 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [6]
Bartók, BélaSonata for Solo Violin1944-11-26 New York CityMenuhin [7]
Bernstein, LeonardJeremiah (Symphony No. 1)1944-01-28 PittsburghTourel / Pittsburgh Symphony – Bernstein [8]
Carter, ElliottSymphony No. 11944-04-27 Rochester, NYEastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [9]
Copland, AaronLetter from Home1944-10-17 New York CityPhilco Radio Hour Orchestra – Whiteman [10][11]
Copland, AaronViolin Sonata1944-01-17 New York CityPosselt, Copland [12]
Dallapiccola, LuigiLiriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei1944-11-10 RomeDanco / RAI Symphony in Rome – Previtali [13]
Ginastera, AlbertoCanciones populares argentinas1944-07-17 Buenos AiresFrías de López, Luzzatti [14]
Ginastera, AlbertoObertura para el Fausto criollo1944-05-12 Santiago de ChileChile Symphony – Castro [15]
Ginastera, AlbertoPreludios americanos1944-08-07 Buenos AiresSpivak [16]
Hindemith, PaulSymphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber1944-01-20 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [17]
Jolivet, AndréDanses rituelles1944-12-05 ParisParis Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [18]
Jolivet, AndréPoèmes intimes1944-04-04 ParisBernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [19]
Jongen, JosephPiano Concerto1944-01-06 BrusselsDel Pueyo / Brussels Philharmonic – André [20]
Khachaturian, AramSuite from Masquerade1944-08-06 MoscowUSSR Radio Symphony Orchestra – Gorchakov [21]
Moore, DouglasIn memoriam1944-04-27 Rochester, NYEastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [22]
Piston, WalterSymphony No. 21944-03-05 Washington DCUSA National Symphony – Kindler [23]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 81944-12-30 MoscowGilels [24]
Rainier, PriaulxString Quartet1944-07-03 LondonZorian Quartet [25]
Schoenberg, ArnoldOde to Napoleon Buonaparte1944-11-23 New York CityHarrel, Steuermann / New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [26]
Schoenberg, ArnoldPiano Concerto1944-02-06 New York CitySteuermann / NBC Symphony – Stokowski [27]
Schoenberg, ArnoldTheme and Variations for Orchestra1944-10-20 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [28]
Schoenberg, ArnoldVariations on a Recitative (1941)1944-04-10 New York CityWeinrich [29]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Trio No. 21944-11-14 LeningradTsiganov, Chirinsky, Shostakovich [30]
Shostakovich, DmitriString Quartet No. 21944-11-14 LeningradBeethoven Quartet [31]
Stravinsky, IgorNorwegian Moods1944-01-13 Cambridge, MABoston Symphony – Stravinsky [32]
Stravinsky, IgorScherzo à la russe (band version)1944-09-05 New York CityWhiteman Band [33]
Stravinsky, IgorSonata for Two Pianos1944-08-02 Madison, WIBoulanger, Johnston [34]
Tippett, MichaelA Child of Our Time, oratorio1944-03-19 LondonCross, MacArthur, Pears, Lloyd / Morley College Choir / London Philharmonic – Goehr [35]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1944 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

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