1939 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1939.

Events

Publications

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1939.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Judy Garland Over the Rainbow 1939 United States US BB 1 of 1939, Oscar in 1939, AFI 1, RYM 1 of 1939, POP 1 of 1939, RIAA 1, Scrobulate 71 of vocal, Acclaimed 497
2 Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade 1939 United States US BB 5 of 1939, RYM 5 of 1939, POP 5 of 1939, UK 12 - Mar 1954, Europe 12 of the 1930s, Scrobulate 53 of jazz, Italy 74 of 1954, Party 74 of 1999, Acclaimed 1202
3 Kate Smith God Bless America 1939 United States US BB 2 of 1939, POP 2 of 1939, US 1940s 5 - Aug 1940, Europe 18 of the 1930s, RIAA 19, RYM 33 of 1939, Acclaimed 568
4 Billie Holiday Strange Fruit 1939 United States RYM 2 of 1939, Scrobulate 25 of jazz, Europe 92 of the 1930s, Acclaimed 180, RIAA 273, WXPN 717
5 Louis Armstrong When the Saints Go Marching In 1939 United States US BB 4 of 1939, POP 4 of 1939, RIAA 13, RYM 18 of 1939, Scrobulate 33 of swing

Top hits on record

Top Christmas Hits

Top blues records

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Bartók, Béla Violin Concerto No. 2 1939-03-23 Netherlands Amsterdam Székely / Concertgebouw Orchestra – Mengelberg [1]
Bax, Arnold Symphony No. 7 1939-06-09 United States New York City (EXPO) New York Philharmonic – Boult[2]
Bliss, Arthur Piano Concerto 1939-06-10 United States New York City (EXPO) Solomon / New York Philharmonic – Boult[3]
Boughton, Rutland Symphony No. 3 (1937) 1939-01-01 United Kingdom London [unknown ensemble] – Pougnet [4]
Britten, Benjamin Young Apollo 1939-08-02 Canada Toronto Britten / Toronto Melodic Strings – Chuhaldin[5]
Enescu, George Orchestral Suite No. 3, "Villageoise" (1938) 1939-02-02 United States New York City Carnegie Hall New York Philharmonic-Symphony – Enescu[6]
Ginastera, Alberto Harp Sonatina 1939-06-26 Argentina Buenos Aires Sebastiani[7]
Harris, Roy Symphony No. 3 1939-02-24 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky[8]
Hovhaness, Alan Exile (Symphony No. 1) (1936) 1939-05-26 United Kingdom London BBC Symphony – Heward [9]
Lutoslawski, Witold Symphonic Variations 1939-06-17 Poland Cracow Polish Radio Symphony – Fitelberg[10]
Prokofiev, Sergei Alexander Nevsky, cantata 1939-05-17 Soviet Union Moscow Gagarina / Moscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev[11]
Messiaen, Olivier Chants de Terre et de Ciel 1939-01-23 France Paris Bunlet, Messiaen[12]
Prokofiev, Sergei Zdravitsa, cantata 1939-12-21 Soviet Union Moscow USSR Radio Symphony – Golovanov[13]
Rosenberg, Hilding Symphony No. 3 1939-12-11 Sweden Stockholm Swedish Radio Symphony – Rosenberg[14]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 6 1939-11-21 Soviet Union Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky[15]
Stravinsky, Igor Le roi des étoiles, cantata 1939-04-19 Belgium Brussels Brussels Radio Symphony – André[16]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus 1939-06-10 United States New York City (EXPO) New York Philharmonic – Boult[17]
Walton, William Violin Concerto 1939-12-07 United States Cleveland Heifetz / Cleveland Orchestra – Rodziński[18]
Weinberger, Jaromír Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree 1939-10-12 United States New York City New York Philharmonic – Barbirolli[19]
Xian Xinghai Yellow River Cantata 1939-04-13 Republic of China (1912–49) Yan'an [unknown ensemble] – Wu Xiling[20][21]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Poster for The Wizard of Oz

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ The Concerto: A Listener's Guide
  2. ↑ New York Philharmonic Archives
  3. ↑ Music Sales Classical
  4. ↑ Hyperion Records
  5. ↑ IRCAM
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ IRCAM
  8. ↑ Boston Symphony Orchestra
  9. ↑ Dictionary of American Classical Composers
  10. ↑ IRCAM
  11. ↑ Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  12. ↑ IRCAM
  13. ↑ Edition Sikorski
  14. ↑ Gehrmans Musikförlag
  15. ↑ Shostakovich: A Life
  16. ↑ IRCAM
  17. ↑ Cornell Chamber Orchestra
  18. ↑ Naxos Records
  19. ↑ New York Philharmonic Archives
  20. ↑ Naxos Records
  21. ↑ Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
  22. ↑ Times Film Festival review and background Archived 2006-04-20 at the Wayback Machine.
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