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Overview of the events of 1952 in music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.
These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.
First week | Number of weeks | Title | Artist |
---|---|---|---|
March 15, 1952 | 9 | "Wheel of Fortune" | Kay Starr |
May 17, 1952 | 5 | "Blue Tango" | Leroy Anderson |
June 21, 1952 | 2 | "Here in My Heart" | Al Martino |
July 5, 1952 | 1 | "Delicado" | Percy Faith & his Orchestra |
July 12, 1952 | 9 | "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" | Vera Lynn |
September 13, 1952 | 5 | "You Belong to Me" | Jo Stafford |
October 18, 1952 | 5 | "I Went to Your Wedding" | Patti Page |
November 22, 1952 | 1 | "It's in the Book" | Johnny Standley |
November 29, 1952 | 4 | "Why Don't You Believe Me?" | Joni James |
December 27, 1952 | 2 | "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | Jimmy Boyd |
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.[7]
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart entries |
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1 | Percy Faith | Delicado | 1952 | Canada | US 1940s 1 – Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952 |
2 | Jo Stafford | You Belong to Me | 1952 | US | UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952 |
3 | Al Martino | Here in My Heart | 1952 | US | UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952 |
4 | Kay Starr | Wheel of Fortune | 1952 | US | US 1940s 1 – Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343 |
5 | Frankie Laine | High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) | 1952 | US | Oscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 – Jul 1952, UK 7 – Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952 |
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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Arnold, Malcolm | English Dances, set 2, Op. 33 | 1952-08-05 | London (Proms) | BBC Symphony – Sargent[8] |
Beck, Conrad | Hymne | 1952-10-11 | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany | SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[9] |
Berio, Luciano | Due pezzi for violin and piano | 1952–?-? | Lenox, Massachusetts (Tanglewood MF) | Lorin Maazel (violin), Seymour Lipkin (piano)[10] |
Cage, John | 4′33″ | 1952-08-29 | Woodstock, New York | Tudor[11] |
Chávez, Carlos | Violin Concerto | 1952-02-29 | Mexico City | Viviane Bertolami (violin), OSN – Chávez[12] |
Michel Ciry | [chamber-music work] | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][13] |
Cowell, Henry | Symphony No. 7, for chamber orchestra | 1952-11-25 | Baltimore | Baltimore Little Orchestra – Stewart[14] |
Dallapiccola, Luigi | Tartiniana | 1952-03-04 | Bern, Switzerland[15] | |
dall'Oglio, Renzo | Espressioni (5) for orchestra | 1952-07-20 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[13] |
Engelmann, Hans Ulrich | Orchester-Phantasie | 1952-07-20 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[13] |
Wolfgang Fortner | Isaacs Opferung, oratory scene | 1952-10-12 | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany | Sudock, Krebs, Rehfuss / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[16][17] |
Fricker, Peter Racine | Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra | 1952-07-20 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Hartung / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[13] |
Ginastera, Alberto | Piano Sonata No. 1 | 1952-11-29 | Pittsburgh (ICMF) | Harris[18] |
Goeyvaerts, Karel | Violin Concerto No. 2 | 1952-07-20 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Gertler / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[13] |
Hindemith, Paul | Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony | 1952-01-25 | Basel, Switzerland | Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[19] |
Hummel, Bertold | Missa brevis 1951 | 1952-10-12 | Donaueschingen Festiva, Germany | Domchor Freiburg – Stemmer[17] |
Husa, Karel | [chamber-music work] | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][13] |
Jolivet, André | Harp Concerto | 1952-10-12 | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany | Laskine / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[17][20] |
Klebe, Giselher | Nocturnes (2) for orchestra | 1952-07-20 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[13] |
Kubik, Gail | Symphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer][21] | 1952-01-07 | New York City | The Little Orchestra – Scherman[22] |
Lokshin, Aleksandr | Hungarian Fantasy for violin and orchestra | 1952–?-? | Moscow | Sitkovetsky / USSR Radio Symphony – Sanderling[23] |
Maderna, Bruno | Musica su due dimensioni for flute, cymbals and tape | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Gazzelloni, Grano[13][24][25] |
Malipiero, G. Francesco | Sinfonia dello Zodiaco | 1952-01-23 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Sanzogno[26] |
Martin, Frank | Violin Concerto | 1952-01-24 | Basel, Switzerland | Schneeberger / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[27] |
Martinů, Bohuslav | Piano Trio No. 3 | 1952-02-25 | New York City | Mannes Trio[28] |
Martinů, Bohuslav | Serenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio | 1952-01-04 | New York City | McGinnis, Cerminara, J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, Greenhouse[28] |
Martinů, Bohuslav | Stowe Pastorals | 1952-05-07 | Basel, Switzerland | Trapp Family Ensemble[28] |
Mennin, Peter | String Quartet No. 2 | 1952-02-24 | New York City | Juilliard Quartet[29] |
Messiaen, Olivier | Le merle noir | 1952-06-? | Paris | Contestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + Lee[30] |
Montsalvatge, Xavier | Cuarteto indiano | 1952-05-04 | Madrid | National Chamber Music Association |
Nono, Luigi | España en el corazón | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Dumaine, Hildebrandt / Ferienkurse, Landestheater Orchestra – Maderna1[13][31] |
Panufnik, Andrzej | Heroic Overture (2nd version) | 1952-05-16 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki[32] |
Pettersson, Allan | Concerto for Strings No. 1 | 1952-04-06 | Stockholm | Swedish Radio Symphony – Mann[33] |
Prokofiev, Sergei | Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra | 1952-02-18 | Moscow | Rostropovich / Moscow Youth Orchestra – Richter[34] |
Prokofiev, Sergei | Symphony No. 7 | 1952-10-11 | Moscow | USSR Radio Symphony – Samosud[citation needed] |
Rubbra, Edmund | String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 73 | 1952-05-11[35] | London (Victoria and Albert Museum) | Griller Quartet[36] |
Shostakovich, Dmitri | Preludes and Fugues (24) for piano | 1952-12-23 | Leningrad | Nikolayeva[37] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Kreuzspiel | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Grano, Wildgans, Sandt, Rosmann, Maderna, Trumpfheller, Geppert – Stockhausen[38] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Spiel | 1952-10-11 | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany2 | SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud[39] |
Stravinsky, Igor | Cantata | 1952-11-11 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Symphony Society – Igor Stravinsky[40] |
Togni, Camillo | Omaggio a Bach for two pianos | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Gerd Kämper, Togni[41] |
Jacques Wildberger | Quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Mertens, Rosokowsky, Stier, Huth[13][41] |
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois | Oboe Concerto | 1952-10-11 | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany | Schneider / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[42] |
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