1949 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1949.

1949 in music
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Albums released

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of the US charts in 1949.

First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtist
January 8, 19491"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"Spike Jones
January 15, 19491"Buttons and Bows"Dinah Shore
January 22, 19497"A Little Bird Told Me"Evelyn Knight
March 12, 19492"Cruising Down the River"Blue Barron
March 26, 19497"Cruising Down the River"Russ Morgan
May 14, 194911"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend"Vaughn Monroe
July 30, 19495"Some Enchanted Evening"Perry Como
September 3, 19494"You're Breaking My Heart"Vic Damone
October 1, 19498"That Lucky Old Sun"Frankie Laine
November 26, 19496"Mule Train"Frankie Laine

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1949.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1Vaughn MonroeGhost Riders In The Sky1949US BB 1 of 1949, US 1 for 11 weeks May 1949, POP 1 of 1949, Europe 33 of the 1940s, RIAA 297, Acclaimed 1303
2Frankie LaineMule Train1949US 1940s 1 – Nov 1949, US 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1949, US BB 7 of 1949, POP 12 of 1949, RYM 38 of 1949, Europe 51 of the 1940s, Italy 73 of 1955
3Frankie LaineThat Lucky Old Sun1949US 1940s 1 – Sep 1949, US 1 for 8 weeks Oct 1949, US BB 2 of 1949, POP 10 of 1949, Europe 40 of the 1940s, RYM 57 of 1949
4The Andrews SistersI Can Dream, Can't I?1949US 1940s 1 – Oct 1949, US 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1950, Europe 4 of the 1940s, US BB 11 of 1950, POP 23 of 1950, RYM 69 of 1949
5Gene AutryRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer1949US 1940s 1 – Dec 1949, US 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1950, RYM 4 of 1949, RIAA 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1949, Acclaimed 1051

Top hit records

Top R&B and country hit records

Classical music

Premieres
Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Barber, SamuelPiano Sonata1949-12-09 HavanaHorowitz [6]
Bartók, BélaViola Concerto (1945)1949-12-02 MinneapolisPrimrose / Minneapolis Symphony – Dorati [7]
Bernstein, LeonardThe Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2)1949-04-08 BostonBernstein / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [8]
Britten, BenjaminSpring Symphony1949-07-09 Amsterdam (Holland Festival)Vincent, Ferrier, Pears / Netherlands Radio Choir, Concertgebouw Orchestra – Van Beinum [9]
Bush, AlanNottingham Symphony (Symphony No. 2)1949-06-27 NottinghamLondon Philharmonic – Ellenberg [10]
Carter, ElliottWind Quintet1949-02-27 New York CityOrenstein, Abosch, Paul, Bobo, Popkin [11]
Copland, AaronPreamble for a Solemn Occasion1949-12-19 New York CityOlivier / Boston Symphony – Bernstein [12]
Cowell, HenrySymphony No. 5 (1948)1949-01-05 Washington DCUSA National Symphony – Kindler [13]
Delius, FrederickSummer Evening, Winter Night and Spring Morning (1890)1949-01-02 London[unknown orchestra] – Beecham [14]
Dello Joio, NormanConcertante for Clarinet and Orchestra1949-05-22 Chautauqua, NYShaw / Chautauqua Symphony – Autori [15]
Egge, KlausSinfonia giocosa (Symphony No. 2) (1947)1949-07-09 Oslo[unknown orchestra] – Grüner-Hegge [16]
Einem, Gottfried vonOrchestral Suite from Dantons Tod1949-02-09 Baden-BadenSWF Symphony – Rosbaud [17]
Enescu, GeorgeRomanian Concert Overture (1948)1949-01-23 Washington DCUSA National Symphony – Enescu [18]
Ghedini, Giorgio FedericoConcerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti (1948)1949-03-02 RomeAccademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra – Rossi [19]
Ginastera, AlbertoOllantay (1947)1949-10-29 Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra – E. Kleiber [20]
Ginastera, AlbertoString Quartet No. 1 (1948)1949-10-24 Buenos AiresMozart Quartet [21]
Glinka, MikhailString Quartet (1824)1949-02-27 MoscowBeethoven Quartet [22]
Harris, RoyKentucky Spring1949-04-05 LouisvilleLouisville Philharmonic – Whitney [23]
Henze, Hans WernerApollo und Hyazintus1949-06-26 FrankfurtPlümacher, Picht-Axenfeld / Members of the HR Symphony – Henze [24]
Henze, Hans WernerBallett-Variationen1949-09-26 DüsseldorfNWDR Symphony – Romansky [25]
Henze, Hans WernerChor gefangener Trojer (1948)1949-02-06 BielefeldBieleld Musikverein Choir, Stadtorchester Bielefeld – Hoffmann [26]
Henze, Hans WernerSymphony No. 21949-12-01 StuttgartSDR Radio Symphony – Müller-Kray [27]
Henze, Hans WernerVariations for Piano1949-06-17 FrankfurtKaul [28]
Hindemith, PaulConcerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra1949-05-15 New York CityCBS Symphony – Johnson [29]
Honegger, ArthurConcerto da camera1949-05-06 ZurichJaunet, Saillet / Collegium Musicum Zürich – Sacher [30]
Howells, HerbertMusic for a Prince (1948)1949-01-23 LondonBBC Symphony – Sargent [31]
Jolivet, AndréÉtude sur les modes antiques (1944)1949-06-09 ParisHaloua [32]
Jolivet, AndréSymphonic Suite from Guignol et Pandore (1943)1949-12-11 ParisColonne Orchestra – Fourestier [33]
Landowski, MarcelJean de la Peur (Symphony No. 1)1949-04-03 ParisPasdeloup Orchestra – Wolff [34]
Lutoslawski, WitoldOverture for Strings1949-11-09 PraguePrague Radio Symphony – Fitelberg [35]
Malipiero, Gian FrancescoMondi celesti (1947)1949-02-03 Capri[unknown ensemble] – Giulini [36]
Malipiero, Gian FrancescoSinfonia degli archi (Symphony No. 6)1949-02-11 BaselBasel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [37]
Martinu, BohuslavPiano Concerto No. 31949-11-20 DallasFirkusny / Dallas Symphony – Hendl [38]
Mennin, PeterThe Cycle (Symphony No. 4)1949-03-18 New York CityCollegiate Chorale, New York Philharmonic – Shaw [39]
Messiaen, OlivierTurangalîla-Symphonie (1948)1949-12-02 BostonLoriod, Martenot / Boston Symphony – Bernstein [40]
Milhaud, DariusConcerto for Marimba and Vibraphone1949-02-12 St. LouisConnor / St. Louis Symphony – Golschmann [41]
Milhaud, DariusKentuckiana (1948)1949-01-04 LouisvilleLouisville Orchestra – Whitney [42]
Myaskovsky, NikolaiCello Sonata No. 21949-03-05 MoscowRostropovich, Dedyukhin [43][44]
Nystroem, GöstaSinfonia del mare (Symphony No. 3) (1948)1949-03-24 GothenburgEksell / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg [45]
Ohana, MauriceLa venta encantada (1940)1949-04-29 ParisGirard Orchestra – Girard [46]
Panufnik, AndrzejSinfonia rustica (Symphony No. 1) (1948)1949-05-13 WarsawWarsaw Philharmonic – Panufnik [47]
Poulenc, FrancisCello Sonata (1948)1949-05-18 ParisFournier, Poulenc [48]
Rubbra, EdmundSymphony No. 5 (1947)1949-01-26 LondonBBC Symphony – Boult [49]
Scelsi, GiacintoLa nascita del Verbo1949-10-28 ParisRTF National Orchestra and Chorus – Desormière [50]
Schoenberg, ArnoldPhantasy for Violin and Piano1949-09-13 Los AngelesKoldofsky, Stein [51]
Schuman, WilliamSymphony No. 6 (1948)1949-02-26 DallasDallas Symphony – Dorati [52]
Seiber, MatyásUlysses1949-05-27 LondonLewis / Morley College Choir, Kalmar Orchestra – Goehr [53]
Shostakovich, DmitriSong of the Forests1949-12-11 Leningrad[unknown chorus], Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [54]
Tansman, AlexandreMusic for Strings (1947)1949-01-24 BarcelonaBarcelona Chamber Orchestra – Tansman [55]
Thompson, RandallSymphony No. 31949-05-15 New York CityCBS Symphony – Johnson [56]
Ustvolskaya, GalinaThe Dream of Stepan Razin1949-10-08 Leningrad[unknown baritone] / Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [57]
Weinberg, MieczyslawMoldavian Rhapsody1949-11-30 Moscow (USC Plenum)USSR Radio Symphony – Gauk [58]
Zimmermann, Bernd AloisConcerto for Strings1949-07-25 CologneNWDR Symphony – Meylan [59]
Zimmermann, Bernd AloisSymphonic Variations and Fugue on In dulci jubilo1949-12-10 CoblenzSouthwest German Radio Symphony – Gerdes [60]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1949 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References
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