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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1948.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1948.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Pee Wee Hunt Twelfth Street Rag 1948 United States US 1940s 1 – Jul 1948, US 1 for 8 weeks Aug 1948, Peel list 1 of 1947, US BB 4 of 1948, POP 7 of 1948, RYM 20 of 1948
2 Art Mooney I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover 1948 United States US 1940s 1 – Jan 1948, US BB 1 of 1948, US 1 for 3 weeks Feb 1948, POP 1 of 1948
3 Nat King Cole Nature Boy 1948 United States US 1940s 1 – Apr 1948, US 1 for 7 weeks May 1948, US BB 9 of 1948, RYM 9 of 1948, POP 17 of 1948, Europe 90 of the 1940s, Acclaimed 1793
4 Dinah Shore Buttons & Bows 1948 United States US 1940s 1 – Oct 1948, US 1 for 10 weeks Nov 1948, US BB 3 of 1948, POP 3 of 1948, Europe 91 of the 1940s, RYM 102 of 1948
5 Kay Kyser The Woody Woodpecker Song 1948 United States US 1940s 1 – Jun 1948, US 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1948, US BB 13 of 1948, POP 21 of 1948, Europe 76 of the 1940s, RYM 95 of 1948

Top hits on record

Published popular music

Songwriter Irving Berlin in 1948

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Antheil, George Symphony No. 5 1948-12-31 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [2]
Barber, Samuel Excursions 1948-12-22 United States New York City Behrend [3]
Barber, Samuel Knoxville: Summer of 1915 1948-04-09 United States Boston Steber / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [4]
Berg, Alban Altenberg Lieder (1912) 1948-09-14 Italy Venice (Biennale) Martin-Metten / La Fenice – Scherchen [5]
Berkeley, Lennox Piano Concerto 1948-08-31 United Kingdom London (Proms) Horsley / London Symphony – Cameron [6]
Britten, Benjamin A Charm of Lullabies 1948-01-03 Netherlands The Hague Evans, De Nobel [7]
Britten, Benjamin Saint Nicholas, cantata 1948-06-05 United Kingdom Albeburgh (Festival) Pears / Aldeburgh Festival Chorus – Woodgate [8]
Cage, John In a Landscape 1948-08-20 United States Black Mountain, NC Cage [9][10]
Cage, John Suite for Toy Piano 1948-08-22 United States Black Mountain, NC Cage [11]
Castelnuovo Tedesco, Mario Coriolano, overture 1948-09-08 Italy Venice (Biennale) RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome – Previtali [5]
Cerha, Friedrich Six Lieder 1948-11-30 Austria Vienna Ceska, Wünsch [12]
Copland, Aaron The Red Pony suite 1948-10-30 United States Houston Houston Symphony Orchestra, Kurtz[13]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado 1948-12-03 Belgium Brussels Martin-Metten, Dallapiccola [14]
Diamond, David Symphony No. 4 1948-01-23 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [15]
Dohnányi, Ernst von Symphony No. 2 (1944) 1948-11-23 United Kingdom London Chelsea Symphony – Del Mar [16]
Dutilleux, Henri Piano Sonata 1948-04-30 France Paris Joy [17]
Fine, Irving Toccata Concertante 1948-10-22 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [18]
Foss, Lukas Recordare 1948-12-31 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [19]
Hanson, Howard Piano Concerto 1948-12-31 United States Boston Firkusny / Boston Symphony – Hanson [2]
Henze, Hans Werner Symphony No. 1 1948-08-26 Allied-occupied Germany Bad Pyrmont [unknown orchestra] – Fortner [20]
Henze, Hans Werner Violin Concerto No. 1 1948-12-12 Allied-occupied Germany Baden-Baden Stanske / SWF Symphony – Bour [21]
Hindemith, Paul Das Marienleben (2nd version) 1948-11-03 Allied-occupied Germany Hannover Kupper, Seemann [22]
Ives, Charles Piano Trio (1915) 1948-05-28 United States Berea, OH Poinar, Pierce, Wolaver [23]
Ives, Charles Three Harvest Home Chorales (1915) 1948-03-03 United States New York City The Collegiate Chorale – Shaw [24]
Jolivet, André Concerto for Ondes Martenot 1948-04-23 Austria Vienna Martenot / [unknown orchestra] – Jolivet [25]
Jolivet, André Suite delphique 1948-04-22 Austria Vienna Vienna Philharmonic – Jolivet [26]
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Violin Concerto 1948-10-29 Soviet Union Moscow Bezrodny / Moscow Conservatory Symphony – Terian [27]
Lutoslawski, Witold Symphony No. 1 1948-04-06 Poland Katowice Polish National Radio Symphony – Fitelberg [28]
Maderna, Bruno Concerto for Two Pianos 1948-09-17 Italy Venice (Biennale) Gorini, Lorenzi / [unknown ensemble] – Gracis [5]
Malipiero, Gian Francesco Sinfonia in memoriam (Symphony No. 4) 1948-02-27 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [19]
Martinů, Bohuslav Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (1938) 1948-05-08 United Kingdom London Liza Fuchsová / London Symphony – Standford Robinson
McDonald, Harl Saga of the Mississippi 1948-04-09 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [29]
Moeran, Ernest John Serenade in G 1948-09-02 United Kingdom London (Proms) London Symphony – Cameron [6]
Mortari, Virgilio Due salmi funebri in memoria di Alfredo Casella 1948-09-17 Italy Venice (Biennale) Bozzi Luca / [unknown ensemble] – Gracis [5]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Symphony on Russian Themes (Symphony No. 26) 1948-12-28 Soviet Union Moscow [unknown orchestra] – Gauk [30]
Nabokov, Nicolas The Return of Pushkin 1948-01-02 United States Boston Koshetz / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [31]
Ohana, Maurice Trois poèmes de Saadi 1948-03-06 France Paris French Radio National Orchestra – Giardino [32]
Piston, Walter Symphony No. 3 1948-01-09 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [19]
Rawsthorne, Alan Symphonic Studies 1948-09-14 Italy Venice (Biennale) La Fenice Orchestra – Scherchen [5]
Rawsthorne, Alan Violin Concerto No. 1 1948-07-01 United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival) Olof / Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli [33]
Rosenthal, Manuel Christmas Symphonies 1948-12-23 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [29]
Rota, Nino String Quartet 1948-09-15 Italy Venice (Biennale) Poltronieri Quartet [5]
Schaeffer, Pierre Cinq études de bruits 1948-10-05 France Paris [electronic music] [34]
Schoenberg, Arnold A Survivor from Warsaw 1948-11-04 United States Albuquerque, NM Smith / Albuquerque Civic Symphony Orchestra – Frederick [35]
Scott, Cyril Oboe Concerto 1948-09-13 United Kingdom London (Proms) Goossens / London Symphony – Robinson [6]
Searle, Humphrey Fuga giocosa 1948-08-06 United Kingdom London (Proms) London Symphony – Cameron [6]
Shapero, Harold Symphony for Classical Orchestra 1948-01-30 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Bernstein [19]
Stevens, Bernard Fugal Overture 1948-08-13 United Kingdom London (Proms) BBC Symphony – Sargent [6]
Stravinsky, Igor Mass for Chorus and Winds 1948-10-27 Italy Milan Members of the La Scala Orchestra and Chorus – Ansermet [36]
Thomson, Virgil Suite from Louisiana Story 1948-11-26 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [29]
Tippett, Michael Suite in D 1948-11-15 United Kingdom London BBC Symphony – Boult [37]
Toch, Ernst Hyperion, dramatic overture 1948-04-01 United States Cleveland Cleveland Orchestra – Szell [38]
Turchi, Guido Music for Orchestra 1948-09-08 Italy Venice (Biennale) RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome – Previtali [5]
Vlad, Roman Symphony in Three Movements 1948-09-08 Italy Venice (Biennale) RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome – Previtali [5]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1948 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Dame Ruth King". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2001-02-28. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  2. ^ a b Your Classical
  3. ^ Samuel Barber: A Research and Information Guide
  4. ^ Redlands Symphony
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Venice Biennale" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  6. ^ a b c d e BBC
  7. ^ IRCAM
  8. ^ IRCAM
  9. ^ John Cage website
  10. ^ IRCAM
  11. ^ IRCAM
  12. ^ IRCAM
  13. ^ Howard Pollock, Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1999), 430.
  14. ^ IRCAM
  15. ^ Naxos Records
  16. ^ American Symphony Orchestra
  17. ^ IRCAM
  18. ^ Boosey & Hawkes
  19. ^ a b c d Boston Symphony Orchestra
  20. ^ Schott Music
  21. ^ IRCAM
  22. ^ Scott Music
  23. ^ IRCAM
  24. ^ IRCAM
  25. ^ IRCAM
  26. ^ IRCAM
  27. ^ Amazon
  28. ^ IRCAM
  29. ^ a b c "New Music Box" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  30. ^ Nikolai Myaskovsky, The Conscience of Russian Music
  31. ^ Nicolas Nabokov: A Life in Freedom and Music
  32. ^ IRCAM
  33. ^ Alan Rawsthorne: A Bio-Bibliography
  34. ^ IRCAM
  35. ^ IRCAM
  36. ^ Stravinsky, the Composer and His Works
  37. ^ IRCAM
  38. ^ Pseudo Poseidonios
  39. ^ Wojciech Roszkowski; Jan Kofman (8 July 2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 747. ISBN 978-1-317-47594-1.
  40. ^ Assistant Professor of Music and Ad Astra Fellow Tomás McAuley; Tomás McAuley; Nanette Nielsen (30 December 2020). The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy. Oxford University Press. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-19-936731-3.
  41. ^ p. 846, Slonimsky (1971) Nicolas. 4th Edition. New York Music Since 1900 Charles Scribner's Sons
  42. ^ Aaron I. Cohen (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music USA. p. 753. ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
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