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1946 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1946.

Specific locations

  • 1946 in British music
  • 1946 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

Events

  • January 6 – A somewhat revised and streamlined revival of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre, the same theatre at which the original production played back in 1927. This production features newly designed sets and costumes, new, more extended choreography, and a new song, Nobody Else But Me, by Kern and Hammerstein.
  • February – Kathleen Ferrier's recording contract with Columbia Records expires, and she transfers to Decca.
  • August – American singer Doris Day leaves Les Brown's band and begins her solo career.
  • September 11 – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra holds its first rehearsal.[1]
  • Formation of Bamberg Symphony and Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestras.
  • Al Jolson rerecords his old hits for the soundtrack of his Columbia biopic The Jolson Story (released October 10 in the United States), and becomes a superstar to the post-war generation too.
  • B. B. King begins working as a professional musician in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Chet Atkins makes his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
  • Georgia Gibbs signs with the Majestic label.
  • Bill Haley's professional musical career begins as a member of The Down Homers. His earliest known recordings are made during a Down Homers radio performance, but will not be released until 2006.
  • John Serry Sr. appears as the featured accordion soloist on the Gordon MacRae radio hit Star of Stars.
Singer Billie Holiday backstage in 1946

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1946.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Perry Como "Prisoner of Love" 1946 United States US 1940s 1 – March 1946, US BB 1 of 1946, US 1 for 3 weeks May 1946, POP 17 of 1946, Europe 73 Of The 1940s
2 Frank Sinatra "Five Minutes More" 1946 United States US 1940s 1 – August 1946, US 1 for 2 weeks September 1946, POP 10 of 1946, Europe 11 of the 1940s, US BB 15 of 1946, RYM 43 of 1946
3 Vaughn Monroe "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!" 1946 United States US 1940s 1 – December 1945, US 1 for 5 weeks January 1946, US BB 4 of 1946, POP 4 of 1946, Europe 48 of the 1940s
4 Nat King Cole "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" 1946 United States US 1940s 1 – November 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks February 1947, US BB 3 of 1946, POP 13 of 1946, RYM 15 of 1946
5 The Ink Spots "To Each His Own" 1946 United States US 1940s 1 – Sep 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks September 1946, US BB 8 of 1946, POP 24 of 1946, Europe 92 of the 1940s

Top hit records

Frank Sinatra in 1946
Nat King Cole in 1946

Other recorded popular music

Published popular music

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber, Samuel Cello Concerto 1946-04-05 United States Boston Garbousova / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [2]
Bartók, Béla Piano Concerto No. 3 1946-02-08 United States Philadelphia Sándor / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [3]
Bernstein, Leonard Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" 1946-02-03 United States San Francisco San Francisco Symphony – Bernstein [4]
Bernstein, Leonard Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free 1946-01-21 United States New York City New York City Symphony – Bernstein [5][6]
Boulez, Pierre Douze notations for piano 1946-02-12 1 France Paris Grimaud [7]
Britten, Benjamin Occasional Overture 1946-09-29 United Kingdom London BBC Symphony – Boult [8]
Britten, Benjamin The Holy Sonnets of John Donne 1946-11-22 United Kingdom London Pears, Britten [9]
Britten, Benjamin The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 1946-10-15 United Kingdom Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent [10]
Cage, John Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos 1946-12-11 United States New York City Ajemian, Masselos [11]
Carter, Elliott Elegy for String Quartet 1946-08-21 United States Eliot, ME Lanier Quartet [12]
Carter, Elliott Musicians Wrestle Everywhere 1946-02-12 United States New York City Randolph Singers – Randolph [13]
Carter, Elliott Voyage for voice and piano 1946-03-16 United States New York City Boatwright, Baerwald [14]
Carter, Elliott Warble for Lilac Time 1946-09-14 United States Saratoga Springs, NY (Spa Festival) Boatwright / Yaddo Orchestra – Fennell [15]
Copland, Aaron Danzón cubano 1946-02-17 United States Baltimore Baltimore Symphony – Stewart [16]
Copland, Aaron Symphony No. 3 1946-10-18 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [17]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio for cello 1946-02-26 Italy Milan Cassadó [18]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Liriche Greche II – Due liriche di Anacreonte 1946-06-24 Belgium Brussels Martin-Metten / Brussels Philharmonic – Souris [19]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Rencesvals 1946-12-19 Belgium Brussels Bernac, Poulenc [20]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Sonatina canonica su Capricci di Paganini 1946-03-03 Italy Perugia Scarpini [21]
Ginastera, Alberto Sinfonía elegíaca (Symphony No. 2) 1946-05-31 Argentina Buenos Aires [unknown orchestra] – Castro [22]
Guridi, Jesús Sinfonía Pirenaica 1946-06-08 Spain Bilbao Bilbao Municipal Orchestra – Arámbarri [23]
Henze, Hans Werner Chamber Concerto for piano, flute and strings 1946-09-27 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Redel, Seemann / Darmstadt Landestheater Orchestra – Straub [24]
Ives, Charles Central Park in the Dark (1906) 1946-05-11 United States New York City Students of the Juilliard School – Bloomfield [25]
Ives, Charles In Summer Fields (1898) 1946-11-12 United States Los Angeles Dice, Wenger [26]
Ives, Charles String Quartet No. 2 (1913) 1946-05-11 United States New York City Students of the Juilliard School [27]
Ives, Charles The Camp Meeting (Symphony No. 3) (1904) 1946-04-05 United States New York City New York Little Symphony – Harrison [28]
Ives, Charles The Unanswered Question (1906) 1946-05-11 United States New York City Students of the Juilliard School – Bloomfield [29]
Jolivet, André Divertissement à la roumaine 1946-12-19 France Paris [unknown performers] [30]
Jongen, Joseph Mass, Op. 130 1946-06-23 Belgium Liège (Cathedral) Jongen
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang Cello Concerto 1946-12-29 United States Los Angeles Aller / Los Angeles Philharmonic – Svedrofsky [31]
Krenek, Ernst Symphony No. 3 1946-11-22 United States Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos [32]
Krenek, Ernst Symphonic Elegy in memoriam Anton Webern 1946-09-03 United States Saratoga Springs, NY (Spa Festival) New York Philharmonic – Adler [33]
Krenek, Ernst Tricks and Trifles 1946-03-22 United States Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos [34]
Martin, Frank Petite symphonie concertante 1946-05-17 Switzerland Zurich Collegium Musicum Zurich – Sacher [35]
Martinu, Bohuslav Etudes and Polkas for Piano 1946-01-18 United States Cambridge, MA Firkusny [36]
Messiaen, Olivier Harawi, chant d'amour et de mort 1946-06-27 Belgium Brussels Bunlet, Messiaen [37]
Milhaud, Darius Symphony No. 2 1946-12-20 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Piston [38]
Prokofiev, Sergei Violin Sonata No. 1 1946-10-23 Soviet Union Moscow Oistrakh, Oborin [39]
Schoenberg, Arnold Theme and Variations for Band 1946-06-27 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [40]
Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 3 1946-12-16 Soviet Union Moscow Beethoven Quartet [41]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Victorious Spring 1946-05-08 Soviet Union Moscow NKVD Choreographic and Vocal Ensemble – Silantsev [42]
Strauss, Richard Metamorphosen, study for 23 strings 1946-01-25 Switzerland Zurich Collegium Musicum Zurich – Sacher [43]
Strauss, Richard Oboe Concerto 1946-02-26 Switzerland Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra – Andreae [44]
Stravinsky, Igor Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band 1946-03-25 United States New York City Herman / Herman's Band – Hendel [45]
Stravinsky, Igor Scherzo à la russe 1946-03-22 United States San Francisco San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky [46]
Stravinsky, Igor Symphony in Three Movements 1946-01-24 United States New York City New York Philharmonic – Stravinsky [47]
Tippett, Michael Little Music for Strings 1946-11-09 United Kingdom London Jacques String Orchestra – Jacques [48]
Tippett, Michael String Quartet No. 3 1946-10-19 United Kingdom London Zorian Quartet [49]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Piano Concerto No. 1 1946-10-11 Brazil Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro Ballon / Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal – Villa-Lobos[50]
Webern, Anton Cantata No. 1 1946-07-12 United Kingdom London Hooke / BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Rankl [51]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Capriccio for Piano, improvisations on folk themes 1946-07-12 Allied-occupied Germany Horrem Wirtz [52]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Drei Geistliche Lieder, improvisations on folk themes 1946-06-18 Allied-occupied Germany Cologne Klaembt, Hecker [53]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Extemporale, five pieces for piano 1946-04-12 Allied-occupied Germany Cologne Wirtz [54]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Scherzo sinfonico 1946-05-06 Allied-occupied Germany Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra – Wand [55]

1Radio premiere. The Overture was subsequently withdrawn from Britten's catalogue, and it didn't receive its concert premiere until 1983, by the Chicago Symphony conducted by Raymond Leppard.[8]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1946 in jazz

Musical theater

  • Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on May 16 and ran for 1147 performances
  • Around the World ( Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Orson Welles) Broadway production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on May 31 and ran for 75 performances
  • Beggar's Holiday opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 26 and ran for 111 performances
  • Burlesque Broadway revival opened at the Belasco Theatre on December 25 and ran for 439 performances
  • Call Me Mister Broadway revue opened at the National Theatre on April 18 and ran for 734 performances
  • Lute Song ( music: Raymond Scott lyrics Bernie Hanighen) Broadway production opened at the Plymouth Theatre on February 6 and ran for 146 performances
  • Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway revival opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on January 5 and ran for 418 performances
  • Song of Norway London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 7 and ran for 526 performances
  • St. Louis Woman Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on March 30 and ran for 113 performances
  • Sweetest And Lowest London revue opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on May 9 and ran for 791 performances
  • Three to Make Ready Broadway revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre (New York) on March 7 and ran for 327 performances.
  • Yours Is My Heart Broadway production opened on September 5 at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 36 performances

Musical films

Births

Deaths

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