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| [[Michel Ciry|Ciry, Michel]] || [chamber-music work] || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]<ref name=IMMB>Imke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), ''Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe'' (Kürten: Stockhausen Stiftung für Musik, 2001): 21. ISBN 3-00-007290-X.</ref>
| [[Michel Ciry|Ciry, Michel]] || [chamber-music work] || 1952-07-21 || {{flagicon|FRG}} Darmstadt ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]<ref name=IMMB>Imke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), ''Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe'' (Kürten: Stockhausen Stiftung für Musik, 2001): 21. ISBN 3-00-007290-X.</ref>
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| [[Henry Cowell|Cowell, Henry]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Cowell)|Symphony No. 7]], for chamber orchestra || 1952-11-25 || {{flagicon|USA}} Baltimore, <small>[[Peabody Conservatory]]</small> || [[The Little Orchestra of Baltimore|Baltimore Little Orchestra]] – [[Reginald Stewart|Stewart]] <ref>[http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=151960247&CFTOKEN=70519153 Henry Cowell memorial website</ref>
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| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Tartiniana]]'' || 1952-03-04 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Bern <ref>[http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26294/04chapter4.pdf?sequence=5 University of Pretoria]</ref>
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Tartiniana]]'' || 1952-03-04 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Bern <ref>[http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26294/04chapter4.pdf?sequence=5 University of Pretoria]</ref>

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List of years in music (table)
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.

Events

Publications

  • Pierre Schaeffer – A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music), an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.

Musical groups formed

Albums released

US No. 1 hit singles

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

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
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

Top hits on record

Top R&B and Country hits on record

Classical music

Premieres

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Arnold, Malcolm English Dances, set 2, Op. 33 1952-08-05 United Kingdom London, Royal Albert Hall (Proms) BBC Symphony – Sargent [1]
Beck, Conrad Hymne 1952-10-11 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [2]
Berio, Luciano Due pezzi for violin and piano 1952–?-? United States Lenox, MA (Tanglewood Festival) Lorin Maazel (violin), Seymour Lipkin (piano)[3]
Cage, John 4′33″ 1952-08-29 United States Woodstock, NY Tudor [4]
Ciry, Michel [chamber-music work] 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][5]
Cowell, Henry Symphony No. 7, for chamber orchestra 1952-11-25 United States Baltimore, Peabody Conservatory Baltimore Little Orchestra – Stewart [6]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Tartiniana 1952-03-04 Switzerland Bern [7]
dall'Oglio, Renzo Espressioni (5) for orchestra 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[5]
Engelmann, Hans Ulrich Orchester-Phantasie 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[5]
Wolfgang Fortner Isaacs Opferung, oratory scene 1952-10-12 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Sudock, Krebs, Rehfuss / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [8] [9]
Fricker, Peter Racine Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Hartung / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[5]
Ginastera, Alberto Piano Sonata No. 1 1952-11-29 United States Pittsburgh (ICM Festival) Harris [10]
Goeyvaerts, Karel Violin Concerto 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Gertler / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[5]
Hindemith, Paul Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony 1952-01-25 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [11]
Hummel, Bertold Missa brevis 1951 1952-10-12 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Domchor Freiburg – Stemmer [12]
Husa, Karel [chamber-music work] 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][5]
Jolivet, André Harp Concerto 1952-10-12 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Laskine / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[13][14]
Klebe, Giselher Nocturnes (2) for orchestra 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna[5]
Kubik, Gail Symphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer] [15] 1952-01-07 United States New York City, The Town Hall The Little Orchestra – Scherman [16]
Lokshin, Aleksandr Hungarian Fantasy for violin and orchestra 1952–?-? Soviet Union Moscow Sitkovetsky / USSR Radio Symphony – Sanderling [17]
Maderna, Bruno Musica su due dimensioni for flute and tape 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Gazzelloni[5][18]
Malipiero, G. Francesco Sinfonia dello Zodiaco 1952-01-23 Switzerland Lausanne Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Sanzogno [19]
Martin, Frank Violin Concerto 1952-01-24 Switzerland Basel Schneeberger / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [20]
Martinů, Bohuslav Piano Trio No. 3 1952-02-25 United States New York City Mannes Trio[21]
Martinů, Bohuslav Serenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio 1952-01-04 United States New York City McGinnis, Cerminara, J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, Greenhouse[21]
Martinů, Bohuslav Stowe Pastorals 1952-05-07 Switzerland Basel Trapp Family Ensemble[21]
Mennin, Peter String Quartet No. 2 1952-02-24 United States New York City Juilliard Quartet [22]
Messiaen, Olivier Le merle noir 1952-06-? France Paris, Conservatory Contestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + Lee [23]
Montsalvatge, Xavier Cuarteto indiano 1952-05-04 Spain Madrid, Universidad Complutense National Chamber Music Association
Nono, Luigi España en el corazón 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][5][24]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra 1952-02-18 Soviet Union Moscow Rostropovich / Moscow Youth Orchestra – Richter [25]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony No. 7 1952-10-11 Soviet Union Moscow, House of the Unions USSR Radio Symphony – Samosud[26]
Rubbra, Edmund String Quartet No. 2 1952-05-? United Kingdom London Griller Quartet[27]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Preludes and Fugues (24) for piano 1952-12-23 Soviet Union Leningrad Nikolayeva [28]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Kreuzspiel 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Grano, Wildgans, Sandt, Rosmann, Maderna, Trumpfheller, Geppert – Stockhausen[29]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Spiel 1952-10-11 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) 1 SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud [30]
Stravinsky, Igor Cantata 1952-11-11 United States Los Angeles, Hazard's Pavilion Los Angeles Symphony Society – Igor Stravinsky [31]
Togni, Camillo Omaggio a Bach 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) [performers unknown][24]
de [Jacques Wildberger; Wildberger, Jacques] Quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][5][24]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Oboe Concerto 1952-10-11 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Schneider / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [32]
  • 1 Only the first half of Spiel was performed at Donaueschingen in 1952. The complete score was only first performed in a radio recording made in July 1973 with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, conducted by the composer. The first public performance of the complete composition was given by the Berlin Philharmonic on 14 September 1975, also under the composer's baton.[33]

Compositions

Opera

Musical theatre

Musical films

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Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-Bibliography, page 23
  2. ^ Schott Music
  3. ^ Luciano Berio, "Due pezzi (nota dell'autore)" (Centro Studi Luciano Berio, accessed 30 May 2015).
  4. ^ The New Yorker
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Imke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe (Kürten: Stockhausen Stiftung für Musik, 2001): 21. ISBN 3-00-007290-X.
  6. ^ [http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=151960247&CFTOKEN=70519153 Henry Cowell memorial website
  7. ^ University of Pretoria
  8. ^ Schott Music
  9. ^ SWR
  10. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica
  11. ^ Schott Edition.
  12. ^ SWR
  13. ^ IRCAM
  14. ^ SWR
  15. ^ Pulitzer Prizes official website
  16. ^ The Pulitzer Prize Winners of Music
  17. ^ Alexander Lokshin memorial website
  18. ^ Elena Ungeheuer, Wie die elektronische Musik "erfundedn" wirde...: Quellenstudie zu Werner Meyer-Epplers Entwurf zwischen 1949 und 1953, Kölner Schriften zur Neuen Musik 2, edited by Johannes Fritsch and Dietrich Kämper (Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1992): 119, 134. ISBN 3-7957-1891-0.
  19. ^ Rodoni.ch
  20. ^ Musikproduktion
  21. ^ a b c Bohuslav Martinu: A Research and Information Guide, p. 39
  22. ^ Carl Fischer Editions
  23. ^ Librairie Giraud-Badin
  24. ^ a b c Martin Iddon, New Music at Darmstadt: Nono. Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez, Music since 1900 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013): 68. ISBN 9781107033290.
  25. ^ Boston Symphony Orchestra
  26. ^ Eugene Ormandy: 160 Success Facts
  27. ^ The Tablet
  28. ^ Soviet Composers
  29. ^ Universal Edition; 50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt, Vol. 1. CD recording. Col Legno WWE 1CD 31894. Munich: Col Legno, 1996. Also issued as part of 4-CD set, 50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt. Col Legno WWE 4CD 31893 (box); vol. 1: WWE 1 CD 31894; vol. 2: WWE 1 CD 31895; vol. 3: WWE 1 CD 31896; vol. 4: WWE 1 CD 31897. Munich: Col Legno, 1996.
  30. ^ Stockhausen: Life and Work[full citation needed]
  31. ^ L'Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  32. ^ http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/12955/
  33. ^ Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Spiel für Orchester (1952)", in his Texte zur Musik 1970–1977 4, selected and compiled by Christoph von Blumröder, 52–54, DuMont Dokumente (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978): 54. ISBN 3-7701-1078-1.
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