Wikipedia

1944 in music

List of years in music (table)
Singer Bing Crosby performing in London, 1944

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

Specific locations

  • 1944 in British music
  • 1944 in Norwegian music

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
1 Bing Crosby Swinging On a Star 1944 United States US 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
2 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Don't Fence Me In 1944 United States US 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
3 Bing Crosby I'll Be Seeing You 1944 United States US 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
4 Bing Crosby I Love You 1944 United States US 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
5 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe 1944 United States US 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

Published popular music

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Antheil, George 1942 (Symphony No. 4) 1944-02-13 United States New York City NBC Symphony – Stokowski [3]
Barber, Samuel Capricorn Concerto 1944-10-08 United States New York City Saidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg [4]
Barber, Samuel Symphony No. 2 1944-03-03 United States Symphony Hall, Boston Boston Symphony Orchestra – Koussevitzky [5]
Bartók, Béla Concerto for Orchestra 1944-12-01 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [6]
Bartók, Béla Sonata for Solo Violin 1944-11-26 United States New York City Menuhin [7]
Bernstein, Leonard Jeremiah (Symphony No. 1) 1944-01-28 United States Pittsburgh Tourel / Pittsburgh Symphony – Bernstein [8]
Carter, Elliott Symphony No. 1 1944-04-27 United States Rochester, NY Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [9]
Copland, Aaron Letter from Home 1944-10-17 United States New York City Philco Radio Hour Orchestra – Whiteman [10][11]
Copland, Aaron Violin Sonata 1944-01-17 United States New York City Posselt, Copland [12]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Liriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei 1944-11-10 Italy Rome Danco / RAI Symphony in Rome – Previtali [13]
Ginastera, Alberto Canciones populares argentinas 1944-07-17 Argentina Buenos Aires Frías de López, Luzzatti [14]
Ginastera, Alberto Obertura para el Fausto criollo 1944-05-12 Chile Santiago de Chile Chile Symphony – Castro [15]
Ginastera, Alberto Preludios americanos 1944-08-07 Argentina Buenos Aires Spivak [16]
Hindemith, Paul Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber 1944-01-20 United States New York City New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [17]
Jolivet, André Danses rituelles 1944-12-05 France Paris Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [18]
Jolivet, André Poèmes intimes 1944-04-04 France Paris Bernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [19]
Jongen, Joseph Piano Concerto 1944-01-06 Belgium Brussels Del Pueyo / Brussels Philharmonic – André [20]
Khachaturian, Aram Suite from Masquerade 1944-08-06 Soviet Union Moscow USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra – Gorchakov [21]
Moore, Douglas In memoriam 1944-04-27 United States Rochester, NY Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [22]
Piston, Walter Symphony No. 2 1944-03-05 United States Washington DC USA National Symphony – Kindler [23]
Prokofiev, Sergei Piano Sonata No. 8 1944-12-30 Soviet Union Moscow Gilels [24]
Rainier, Priaulx String Quartet 1944-07-03 United Kingdom London Zorian Quartet [25]
Schoenberg, Arnold Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte 1944-11-23 United States New York City Harrel, Steuermann / New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [26]
Schoenberg, Arnold Piano Concerto 1944-02-06 United States New York City Steuermann / NBC Symphony – Stokowski [27]
Schoenberg, Arnold Theme and Variations for Orchestra 1944-10-20 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [28]
Schoenberg, Arnold Variations on a Recitative (1941) 1944-04-10 United States New York City Weinrich [29]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Piano Trio No. 2 1944-11-14 Soviet Union Leningrad Tsiganov, Chirinsky, Shostakovich [30]
Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 2 1944-11-14 Soviet Union Leningrad Beethoven Quartet [31]
Stravinsky, Igor Norwegian Moods 1944-01-13 United States Cambridge, MA Boston Symphony – Stravinsky [32]
Stravinsky, Igor Scherzo à la russe (band version) 1944-09-05 United States New York City Whiteman Band [33]
Stravinsky, Igor Sonata for Two Pianos 1944-08-02 United States Madison, WI Boulanger, Johnston [34]
Tippett, Michael A Child of Our Time, oratorio 1944-03-19 United Kingdom London Cross, MacArthur, Pears, Lloyd / Morley College Choir / London Philharmonic – Goehr [35]

Compositions

  • George Antheil – Symphony No. 4
  • Samuel Barber –
    • Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, for flute, oboe, trumpet, and string orchestra
    • Excursions, Op. 20, for piano
    • Symphony No. 2, Op. 19
  • Béla Bartók – Sonata for solo violin
  • Arnold Bax –
    • A Legend, tone poem, for orchestra
    • To Russia, for choir with baritone solo
  • Leonard Bernstein – Fancy Free (ballet)
  • John Cage –
    • A Book of Music, for two prepared pianos
    • Four Walls, for piano and voice
    • The Perilous Night, suite for prepared piano
    • Prelude for Meditation, for prepared piano
    • Root of an Unfocus, for prepared piano
    • Spontaneous Earth, for prepared piano
    • Triple-Paced No. 2, for prepared piano
    • The Unavailable Memory Of, for prepared piano
    • A Valentine Out of Season, for prepared piano
  • Julián Carrillo –
    • Himno a la paz, for two choirs and piano
    • Suite No. 4, for piano
  • Elliott Carter –
    • The Difference, for soprano, baritone, and piano
    • The Harmony of Morning, for SSAA choir and small orchestra
    • Holiday Overture
  • Carlos Chávez – La hija de Cólquide (ballet)
  • Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring (ballet)
  • Henry Cowell –
    • Animal Magic of the Alaskan Esquimo, for band
    • Derwent and the Shining Sword, incidental music
    • Elegie for Hanya Holm, for piano
    • Manaunaun’s Birthing, for orchestra
    • Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1, for band
    • Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2, for string orchestra
    • Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3, for orchestra
    • Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 4, for soprano, alto, and bass recorders, woodwinds, and strings
    • Kansas Fiddler, for piano
    • Mountain Music, for piano
    • The Pasture, for voice and piano
    • Sonatina, for baritone, violin, and piano
  • George Crumb – Two Duos for flute and clarinet
  • David Diamond – Rounds
  • Ernő Dohnányi – Symphony No. 2
  • George Enescu – Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30
  • John Fernström – Symphony No. 10
  • Vivian Fine – Concertante for Piano and Orchestra
  • Gerald Finzi – Farewell to Arms
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs – Westmoreland Symphony
  • Camargo Guarnieri – String Quartet No. 2
  • Alois Hába –
    • Milenci (The Lovers), song cycle for soprano and piano, Op. 57
    • Moravian Love-Songs (5), for mezzo-soprano with guitar or piano accompaniment, Op. 58
    • Sonata for chromatic harp, Op. 59
    • Sonata for diatonic harp, Op. 60
    • Suite, for quarter-tone trumpet and trombone, Op. 56
  • Paul Hindemith – Hérodiade, ballet, for orchestra
  • Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 4
  • Alan Hovhaness –
    • Armenian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 45, for percussion and strings
    • Armenian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 51, for string orchestra
    • Elibris, Op. 50, concerto for flute and strings
    • Khrimian Hairig, Op. 49, for trumpet and strings
    • Lousadzak, Op. 48, concerto for piano and strings
    • Mazert Nman Rehan ("Thy Hair is Like Basil Leaf"), Op. 38, for piano
    • Varak, Op. 47a, for violin and piano
  • Jacques Ibert
    • Trio, for violin, cello and harp
    • Petite suite en 15 images, for piano
    • Les Petites du quai aux fleurs, film score
  • Joseph Jongen – Concerto for Harp No. 1
  • Dmitry Kabalevsky –
    • Easy Pieces (24), Op. 39, for piano
    • Easy Variations, in D major (Toccata) and A minor, Op. 40, for piano
    • Preludes (24), Op. 38, for piano
  • Aram Khachaturian –
    • Anthem of the Armenian SSR, for orchestra
    • Choreographic Waltz, for piano
    • Russian Fantasy, for orchestra
    • Suite from Masquerade, for orchestra
    • Symphony No. 2, "The Bell" (second version)
  • Zoltán Kodály – Missa Brevis
  • Frank Martin – Petite symphonie concertante
  • Bohuslav Martinů –
    • Piano Quintet No. 2
    • Písničky na dvě stránky [Songs on Two Pages], for voice and piano
    • Sonata No. 3, for violin and piano
    • Symphony No. 3
    • Trio, for flute, cello, and piano
  • Olivier Messiaen – Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, for piano
  • Darius Milhaud –
    • Air, Op. 242, for viola and orchestra
    • Le bal martiniquais, Op. 249, versions for orchestra and for two pianos
    • Borechou – Schema Israël (Bless Ye the Lord – O Hear, Israel), Op. 239, for cantor, chorus, and organ
    • Caïn et Abel, Op. 241, for reciter and orchestra
    • Jeux de printemps, Op. 243, ballet
    • La libération des Antilles, Op. 246, for voice and piano
    • La muse ménagère, Op. 245, for piano (also orchestrated)
    • Printemps lointain, Op. 253, for voice and piano
    • Sonata No. 1 "sur des thèmes inédits et anonymes de XVIIIe siècle", Op. 240, for viola and piano
    • Sonata No. 2, Op. 244, for viola and piano
    • Suite française, Op. 248, for band or for orchestra
    • Symphony No. 2, Op. 247
  • Harry Partch –
    • Yankee Doodle Fantasy
    • Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegans Wake
  • Francis Poulenc – Un soir de neige, for six-part choir
  • Sergei Prokofiev –
    • Adagio, for cello and piano, Op. 97bis
    • Cinderella, Op. 87, ballet, for orchestra
    • March in B-flat, Op. 99, for band
    • Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84
    • Pieces (6) from Cinderella, Op. 102, for piano
    • Russian Folksongs (12), Op. 104, for voice and piano
    • Symphony No. 5, in B-flat major, Op. 100
  • Dmitri Shostakovich –
  • Igor Stravinsky –
    • Babel, for choir
    • Elegy, for solo viola
    • Scherzo à la russe, for orchestra
    • Scènes de ballet, for orchestra
  • Stjepan Šulek – First Symphony
  • Michael Tippett –
    • Plebs Angelica, motet for double choir
    • The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano and SATB choir
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos –
    • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8, for orchestra
    • String Quartet No. 8
    • Symphony No. 2 Asenção (Ascension), revised or completed
    • Symphony No. 6 – Sobre a linha das montanhas do Brasil (On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil)
  • William Walton – Lai and Rondet de carol, for piano
  • Grace Williams – Sea Sketches

Jazz

Main article: 1944 in jazz

Musical theater

  • Bloomer Girl Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 5 and ran for 654 performances.
  • Follow The Girls Broadway production opened at the New Century Theatre on April 8 and ran for 882 performances.
  • Mexican Hayride Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 28 and transferred to the Majestic Theatre on December 18 for a total run of 481 performances
  • A Night In Venice (Johann Strauss II) London production opened at the Cambridge Theatre on May 25
  • On the Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) – Broadway production opened at the Adelphi Theatre (New York) on December 28, transferred to the 44th Street Theatre on June 4, 1945, and transferred to the Martin Beck Theatre on July 30, 1945, for a total run of 462 performances.
  • Seven Lively Arts Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 7 and ran for 183 performances
  • Song Of Norway Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on August 21 and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 15, 1946, for a total run of 860 performances
  • Sweeter And Lower London production

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Prose, Francine (2015). Peggy Guggenheim: the shock of the new. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-300-20348-6.
  2. ^ Campion, Paul (2005). Ferrier – A Career Recorded. London: Thames Publishing. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-903413-71-X.
  3. ^ Musicweb International
  4. ^ Redlands Symphony
  5. ^ Barbara B. Heyman, Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music (Oxford and New Yoirk: Oxford University Press, 1992): 220–21.
  6. ^ Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
  7. ^ Bartók's Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of his Swansong
  8. ^ IRCAM
  9. ^ IRCAM
  10. ^ IRCAM
  11. ^ Library of Congress
  12. ^ IRCAM
  13. ^ IRCAM
  14. ^ IRCAM
  15. ^ IRCAM
  16. ^ IRCAM
  17. ^ Schott Music
  18. ^ IRCAM
  19. ^ IRCAM
  20. ^ Joseph Jongen and his Organ Music
  21. ^ Soviet Composers
  22. ^ Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography
  23. ^ American Symphony Orchestra
  24. ^ "Los Angeles Philharmonic". Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  25. ^ SA Composers
  26. ^ IRCAM
  27. ^ IRCAM
  28. ^ IRCAM
  29. ^ IRCAM
  30. ^ IRCAM
  31. ^ IRCAM
  32. ^ IRCAM
  33. ^ IRCAM
  34. ^ IRCAM
  35. ^ IRCAM
  36. ^ Oliver Leaman (16 December 2003). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-1-134-66252-4.
This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia® - the free encyclopedia created and edited by its online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of Wikipedia® encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information, please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.

Copyright © 2003-2025 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.