1952 in music
Overview of the events of 1952 in music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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] |
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[17] |
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[18] |
Hummel, Bertold | Missa brevis 1951 | 1952-10-12 | Donaueschingen Festiva, Germany | Domchor Freiburg – Stemmer[19] |
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[19] |
Klebe, Giselher | Nocturnes (2) for orchestra | 1952-07-20 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[13] |
Kubik, Gail | Symphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer][20] | 1952-01-07 | New York City | The Little Orchestra – Scherman[21] |
Lokshin, Aleksandr | Hungarian Fantasy for violin and orchestra | 1952–?-? | Moscow | Sitkovetsky / USSR Radio Symphony – Sanderling[22] |
Maderna, Bruno | Musica su due dimensioni for flute, cymbals and tape | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Gazzelloni, Grano[13] |
Malipiero, G. Francesco | Sinfonia dello Zodiaco | 1952-01-23 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Sanzogno[23] |
Martin, Frank | Violin Concerto | 1952-01-24 | Basel, Switzerland | Schneeberger / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[24] |
Martinů, Bohuslav | Piano Trio No. 3 | 1952-02-25 | New York City | Mannes Trio[25] |
Martinů, Bohuslav | Serenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio | 1952-01-04 | New York City | McGinnis, Cerminara, J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, Greenhouse[25] |
Martinů, Bohuslav | Stowe Pastorals | 1952-05-07 | Basel, Switzerland | Trapp Family Ensemble[25] |
Mennin, Peter | String Quartet No. 2 | 1952-02-24 | New York City | Juilliard Quartet[26] |
Messiaen, Olivier | Le merle noir | 1952-06-? | Paris | Contestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + Lee[27] |
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 |
Panufnik, Andrzej | Heroic Overture (2nd version) | 1952-05-16 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki[28] |
Pettersson, Allan | Concerto for Strings No. 1 | 1952-04-06 | Stockholm | Swedish Radio Symphony – Mann[29] |
Prokofiev, Sergei | Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra | 1952-02-18 | Moscow | Rostropovich / Moscow Youth Orchestra – Richter[30] |
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[31] | London (Victoria and Albert Museum) | Griller Quartet[32] |
Shostakovich, Dmitri | Preludes and Fugues (24) for piano | 1952-12-23 | Leningrad | Nikolayeva[33] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Kreuzspiel | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Grano, Wildgans, Sandt, Rosmann, Maderna, Trumpfheller, Geppert – Stockhausen[34] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Spiel | 1952-10-11 | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany2 | SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud[35] |
Stravinsky, Igor | Cantata | 1952-11-11 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Symphony Society – Igor Stravinsky[36] |
Togni, Camillo | Omaggio a Bach for two pianos | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Gerd Kämper, Togni[37] |
Jacques Wildberger | Quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello | 1952-07-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Mertens, Rosokowsky, Stier, Huth[13] |
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois | Oboe Concerto | 1952-10-11 | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany | Schneider / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[38] |
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