1937 in music

List of years in music (table)
1937 Works Progress Administration production of Il trovatore

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1937.

Events

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1937.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing 1937 United States Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982 (1937), US BB 3 of 1938, Peel list 3 of 1937, POP 3 of 1938, nuTsie 4 of 1930s, US Billboard 7 – 1938 (6 weeks), Music Imprint 16 of 1930s, Brazil 54 of 1939, RIAA 205, Acclaimed 526 (1937), WXPN 766
2 Count Basie One O'Clock Jump 1937 United States US BB 1 of 1937, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1979 (1937), POP 1 of 1937, US Billboard 12 – Jun 1947 (2 weeks), nuTsie 12 of 1930s, Scrobulate 13 of swing, Music Imprint 18 of 1930s, RYM 21 of 1937, RIAA 211, Acclaimed 824 (1937)
3 Fred Astaire They Can't Take That Away From Me 1937 United States US Billboard 1 – 1937 (11 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1937), Oscar in 1937 (film 'Shall We Dance') (Nominated), US BB 3 of 1937, POP 3 of 1937, RYM 34 of 1937, Europe 89 of the 1930s (1937), Acclaimed 2182 (1937)
4 Bing Crosby Sweet Leilani 1937 United States US Billboard 1 – 1937 (25 weeks), Your Hit Parade 1 of 1937, Oscar in 1937 (film 'Waikiki Wedding'), US BB 7 of 1937, POP 7 of 1937, Europe 29 of the 1930s (1937), nuTsie 75 of 1930s
5 Duke Ellington Caravan 1937 United States US Billboard 4 – 1937 (18 weeks), RYM 6 of 1937, US BB 9 of 1937, POP 9 of 1937, Brazil 57 of 1938, nuTsie 58 of 1930s, Scrobulate 88 of jazz, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009 (1937)

Top hit recordings

Published popular music

Top Blues Records

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Bartók, Béla Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta 1937-01-21 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [4]
Benjamin, Arthur Overture to an Italian Comedy 1937-03-02 United Kingdom London [unknown ensemble] – Jacob [5]
Bloch, Ernest Voice in the Wilderness 1937-01-21 United States Los Angeles Borisoff / Los Angeles Philharmonic – Klemperer [6]
Britten, Benjamin On this Island 1937-11-19 United Kingdom London Wyss, Britten [7]
Britten, Benjamin Reveille 1937-04-12 United Kingdom London Brosa, Reizenstein [8]
Britten, Benjamin Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge 1937-08-27 Austria Salzburg (Festival) Boyd Neel Orchestra – Neel [9]
Copland, Aaron El Salón México 1937-08-27 Mexico Mexico City Mexico Symphony – Chávez [10]
Copland, Aaron Prairie Journal 1937-07-25 United States New York City Columbia Symphony – Barlow [11]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Tre laudi 1937-09-08 Italy Venice (Festival) Vivante / Grupo Strumentale Italiano – Sanzogno [12]
Farkas, Ferenc Harp Concertino 1937-03-11 Hungary Budapest Molnár / [unknown ensemble] – Kenessey [13]
Ginastera, Alberto Danzas Argentinas 1937-10-27 Argentina Buenos Aires De Raco [14]
Ginastera, Alberto Suite from Panambí 1937-11-27 Argentina Buenos Aires [unknown ensemble] – Castro [15]
Ives, Charles Psalm 67 (1899) 1937-05-06 United States New York City The Madrigal Singers – Engel [16]
Jolivt, André Romantiques 1937-03-20 France Paris Gérar, D'Aleman [17]
Jolivet, André Trois Chants des Hommes 1937-06-04 France Paris Bastard / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Modesti
Khachaturian, Aram Piano Concerto 1937-07-12 Soviet Union Moscow Oborin / Moscow Philharmonic – Steinberg [18]
Messiaen, Olivier Fêtes des belles eaux 1937-07-25 France Paris (Expo 37) [unknown ensemble] [19]
Messiaen, Olivier Poèmes pour Mi 1937-06-04 France Paris Bunlet / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Désormière [20]
Milhaud, Darius Suite provençale 1937-09-12 Italy Venice (Festival) [unknown ensemble] – Milhaud [21]
Myaskovsky, Nikolay Symphony No. 17 1937-12-17 Soviet Union Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gauk [22]
Myaskovsky, Nikolay Symphony No. 18 1937-10-01 Soviet Union Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gauk [23]
Prokofiev, Sergei Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet 1937-04-15 Soviet Union Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [24]
Roussel, Albert Cello Concertino 1937-02-06 France Paris Fournier / Concerts Poulet Orchestra – Siohan [25]
Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 1 1937-04-30 United Kingdom London BBC Symphony – Boult [26]
Schoenberg, Arnold String Quartet No. 4 1937-01-08 United States Los Angeles Kolisch Quartet [27]
Sessions, Roger String Quartet No. 1 1937-04-10 United States Washington DC Coolidge Quartet [28]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 5 1937-11-21 Soviet Union Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [29]
Webern, Anton Variations for Piano 1937-10-26 Austria Vienna Stadlen [30]

Compositions

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

George Gershwin in 1937, the year of his death.

References

  1. ↑ From Beyond the Stave: The most glorious of English symphonies
  2. ↑ Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923–39: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten
  3. ↑ Music Web International
  4. ↑ Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  5. ↑ Contraclassics
  6. ↑ Ernest Bloch Legacy
  7. ↑ IRCAM
  8. ↑ IRCAM
  9. ↑ IRCAM
  10. ↑ New York Philharmonic
  11. ↑ IRCAM
  12. ↑ Venice Biennale archive
  13. ↑ Ferenc Farkas officialk website
  14. ↑ IRCAM
  15. ↑ Naxos Records
  16. ↑ IRCAM
  17. ↑ IRCAM
  18. ↑ Eclassical
  19. ↑ IRCAM
  20. ↑ IRCAM
  21. ↑ Your Classical
  22. ↑ Nikolay Myaskovsky: The Conscience of Russian Music
  23. ↑ Nikolay Myaskovsky: The Conscience of Russian Music
  24. ↑ Sikorski
  25. ↑ Allmusic
  26. ↑ Two Centuries of British Symphonies: From the Beginnings to 1945
  27. ↑ IRCAM
  28. ↑ Naxos Records
  29. ↑ The Symphony: A Listener's Guide
  30. ↑ IRCAM
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