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.

Events

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 – Mar 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 – Aug 1946, US 1 for 2 weeks Sep 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 – Dec 1945, US 1 for 5 weeks Jan 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 – Nov 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks Feb 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 Sep 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]
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]
Webern, Anton Cantata No. 1 1946-07-12 United Kingdom London Hooke / BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Rankl [50]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Capriccio for Piano, improvisations on folk themes 1946-07-12 Allied-occupied Germany Horrem Wirtz [51]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Drei Geistliche Lieder, improvisations on folk themes 1946-06-18 Allied-occupied Germany Cologne Klaembt, Hecker [52]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Extemporale, five pieces for piano 1946-04-12 Allied-occupied Germany Cologne Wirtz [53]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Scherzo sinfonico 1946-05-06 Allied-occupied Germany Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra – Wand [54]

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.[55]

Compositions

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, Lyndon (2005). While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the music of Frederick Delius. Aldershot: Ashgate. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0754607216.
  2. ↑ Samuel Barber: A Research and Information Guide
  3. ↑ Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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  6. ↑ Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War
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  35. ↑ Universal Edition
  36. ↑ Bohuslav Martinu: A Research and Information Guide
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  38. ↑ Boston Symphony
  39. ↑ The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years
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