1945 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945.

1945 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in music (table)

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Publications

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1945.

Title Artist Song title Year Country Chart Entries
1Les Brown & Doris Day"Sentimental Journey"1945US BB 1 of 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks May 1945, POP 1 of 1945, Europe 37 of the 1940s, RYM 69 of 1945, RIAA 77, Acclaimed 818
2The Andrews Sisters"Rum & Coca-Cola"1945US 1940s 1 – January 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks February 1945, US BB 2 of 1945, POP 2 of 1945, RYM 3 of 1944, Europe 6 of the 1940s
3Perry Como"Till the End of Time"1945US 1940s 1 – August 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks September 1945, US BB 12 of 1945, POP 23 of 1945, Europe 30 of the 1940s, RYM 85 of 1945
4Johnny Mercer"On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe"1945US 1940s 1 – July 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks July 1945, US BB 4 of 1945, POP 11 of 1945, RYM 89 of 1945
5Les Brown& Doris Day"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time"1945US 1940s 1 – March 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks April 1945, US BB 7 of 1945, POP 13 of 1945, RYM 70 of 1945

Top hit records
Singer Betty Hutton in 1945

Classical music

Premieres
Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Boulez, PierreThree Psalmodies for Piano1945-02-12 ParisGrimaud [1]
Britten, BenjaminFour Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes1945-06-13 Cheltenham (Festival)London Philharmonic – Britten [2]
Britten, BenjaminPassacaglia from Peter Grimes1945-08-29 LondonBBC Symphony – Boult [3]
Britten, BenjaminString Quartet No. 21945-11-21 LondonZorian Quartet [4]
Carpenter, John AldenThe Seven Ages1945-12-02 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [5]
Copland, AaronJubilee Variation on a Theme of Goossens1945-03-23 CincinnatiCincinnati Symphony – Goossens [6]
Finzi, GeraldEarth and Air and Rain (1935)1945-07-02 LondonFalkner, Ferguson [7]
Ginastera, AlbertoLas horas de una estancia1945-06-11 MontevideoBaridon, Satalia de Perna [8]
Ginastera, AlbertoPsalm 1501945-04-07 Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra and Chorus – Wolff [9]
Jolivet, AndréLe chant de Linos (quintet version)1945-06-01 ParisJamet Quintet [10]
Jolivet, AndréTrois chansons de ménestrels1945-02-10 ParisDyonis, Soulage [11]
Khachaturian, AramFantasy on Russian Themes1945-11-06 MoscowUSSR State Radio Symphony – Gorchakov [12]
Kodály, ZoltánMissa brevis1945-02-11 Budapest[unknown performers] [13]
Lutoslawski, WitoldWind Trio1945-09-?? KrákowSnieckowski, Rudnicki, Orlow [14]
Malipiero, Gian FrancescoSinfonia delle campane (Symphony No. 3)1945-11-04 Florence[unknown orchestra] – Markevitch [15]
Martinu, BohuslavSymphony No. 31945-10-12 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [16]
Messiaen, OlivierTrois petites liturgies de la présence divine1945-04-21 ParisLoriod, Martenot / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Désormière [17]
Messiaen, OlivierVingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus1945-03-23 ParisLoriod [18]
Novák, VitezslavMay Symphony1945-12-05 Prague[unknown performers] [19]
Piston, WalterSonatina for Violin and Harpsichord1945-11-30 New York CitySchneider, Kirkpatrick [20]
Prokofiev, SergeiSymphony No. 51945-01-13 MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Prokofiev [21]
Shostakovich, DmitriSymphony No. 91945-11-03 LeningradLeningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [22]
Stravinsky, IgorElegy for Viola1945-01-26 Washington DCPrévost [23]
Tippett, MichaelSymphony No. 11945-11-10 LiverpoolRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent [24]
Tubin, EduardCapriccio for Violin and Piano No. 21945-09-25 StockholmAumere, Roots [25]
Villa-Lobos, HeitorString Quartet No. 71945-05-30 Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)Quarteto Borgerth[26]
Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Milhaud / Schoenberg / Shilkret / Stravinsky / Tansman / TochGenesis Suite1945-11-18 Los AngelesJanssen Symphony – Janssen [27]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1945 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References
  1. IRCAM
  2. The Making of Peter Grimes: Notes and Commentaries
  3. Oregon Symphony
  4. IRCAM
  5. New York Philharmonic
  6. IRCAM
  7. Boosey & Hawkes
  8. IRCAM
  9. IRCAM
  10. IRCAM
  11. IRCAM
  12. Soviet Composers
  13. "Kodály Institute". Archived from the original on 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  14. IRCAM
  15. Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  16. All Music
  17. IRCAM
  18. IRCAM
  19. Klassika
  20. Association for Recorded Sound Collections
  21. New York Philharmonic
  22. Naxos Records
  23. IRCAM
  24. Schott Music
  25. ERP Music
  26. Villa-Lobos, sua obra: Programa de Ação Cultural, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: MEC, DAC, Museu Villa-Lobos, 1972): 86.
  27. Milken Archive of Jewish Music
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