1947 in music

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1947 in music
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Musicians including Thelonious Monk and Roy Eldridge in New York City in 1947

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1947.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Top hit records

The following records achieved the top positions in Billboard magazine's year-end charts for 1947.

Pop

Main article: Billboard year-end top singles of 1947
Rank Title Artist(s)
1 "Near You" Francis Craig
2 "Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats
3 "Heartaches" Ted Weems
4 "Linda" Ray Noble Orchestra and Buddy Clark
4 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" Tex Williams
5 "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" Vaughn Monroe

Folk

Main article: Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1947
Rank Title Artist(s)
1 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" Tex Williams Western Caravan
2 "It's a Sin" Eddy Arnold
3 "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed Merle Travis
4 "What Is Life Without Love" Eddy Arnold
5 "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" Eddy Arnold

Race

Main article: Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947
Rank Title Artist(s)
1 "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
2 "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
3 "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes
4 "Jack, You're Dead" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
5 "Old Maid Boogie" Eddie Vinson & His Orchestra

Other hit records

Published popular music

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Arnold, Malcolm Symphony for Strings 1947-04-29 United Kingdom London Riddick String Orchestra – Riddick [4]
Barber, Samuel Suite from Medea 1947-12-05 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [5]
Boulez, Pierre Flute Sonatina 1947-02-28 Belgium Brussels Van Boterdael, Mercenier [6]
Britten, Benjamin Canticle I: My Beloved is Mine and I am His 1947-11-01 United Kingdom London Pears, Britten [7]
Carter, Elliott Piano Sonata 1947-03-05 1 United States New York City Sykes [8]
Cerha, Friedrich Märchenland, pieces for piano 1947-02-25 Austria Vienna Schnürl [9]
Chagrin, Francis Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra 1947-09-02 United Kingdom London (Proms) London Philharmonic – Cameron [10]
Copland, Aaron In the Beginning 1947-05-02 United States Cambridge, MA Tangeman / Harvard University Choir – Shaw [11]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Liriche Greche I: Cinque Frammenti di Saffo (1942) 1947-07-07 Italy Turin László / [unknown ensemble] – Caracciolo [12]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Two Etudes for Violin and Piano 1947-04-28 Switzerland Basel Materassi, Dallapiccola [13]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Two Pieces for Orchestra 1947-11-03 United Kingdom London Turin Radio Symphony – Rossi [14]
Duruflé, Maurice Requiem 1947-11-02 France Paris Bouvier, Mauranne / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir – Désormière [15]
Enescu, George Piano Quartet No. 2 1947-10-31 United States Washington, DC (Library of Congress) Albeneri Trio with Katims[16]
Engelmann, Hans Ulrich Violin Sonata 1947-07-27 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Seitz, Baer [17]
Englund, Einar War Symphony (Symphony No. 1) 1947-01-17 Finland Helsinki Helsinki Philharmonic – Funtek [18]
Fortner, Wolfgang Shakespeare-Songs 1947-07-25 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Baum, Roloff [17]
Foss, Lukas Song of Songs 1947-03-07 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [19]
Ginastera, Alberto Duo for Flute and Oboe 1947-02-23 United States New York City Smith, Wann [20]
Ginastera, Alberto Hieremiae Prophetae Lamentationes 1947-07-21 Argentina Buenos Aires Lagun Onak Choir – Castro [21]
Ginastera, Alberto Pampeana No. 1, for violin and piano 1947-02-23 United States New York City De Conte, Tosar [22]
Ginastera, Alberto Suite de danzas criollas 1947-07-26 Argentina Buenos Aires Firkusny [23]
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus China Kampft, overture 1947-07-27 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheater Orchestra – Scherchen [17]
Heiss, Hermann Inventions for Violin and Cello 1947-07-12 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Müller-Gündner, Day [17]
Heiss, Hermann Lieder der Liebe 1947-07-13 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) U. Heiss, H. Heiss [17]
Henze, Hans Wener Flute Sonatina 1947-07-27 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Redel, Roloff [24]
Henze, Hans Werner Concertino for Piano, Winds and Percussion 1947-10-15 Allied-occupied Germany Baden-Baden SWF Symphony – Egk [25]
Henze, Hans Werner String Quartet No. 1 1947-04-?? Allied-occupied Germany Heidelberg Freund Quartet [26]
Honegger, Arthur Deliciae basiliensis (Symphony No. 4) 1947-01-21 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [27]
Jacob, Gordon Bassoon Concerto 1947-08-20 United Kingdom London (Proms) Camden / BBC Symphony – Boult [10]
Jolivet, André Piano Sonata No. 1 1947-01-27 France Paris Grimaud [28]
Jolivet, André Psyché, symphonic mouvement 1947-03-05 Belgium Brussels [unknown orchestra] – André [29]
Khachaturian, Aram Symphony-Poem (Symphony No. 3) 1947-12-13 Soviet Union Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [30]
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang Violin Concerto 1947-02-15 United States St. Louis Heifetz / St. Louis Symphony – Golschmann [31]
Krenek, Ernst Symphony No. 4 1947-11-27 United States New York City New York Philharmonic – Mitropoulos [32]
Lewis, Anthony Elegy and Capriccio for Trumpet and Orchestra 1947-08-01 United Kingdom London (Proms) Eskdale / London Symphony – Sargent [10]
Liebermann, Rolf Furioso 1947-07-27 Allied-occupied Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheater Orchestra – Scherchen [17]
Maderna, Bruno Introduzione e Passacaglia "Lauda Sion Salvatorem" 1947-04-03 Italy Florence Florence Communal Theatre Symphony – Maderna [33]
Malipiero, Gian Francesco Sinfonia concertante in eco (Symphony No. 5) 1947-11-03 United Kingdom London [unknown performers] [34]
Martinu, Bohuslav Symphony No. 5 1947-05-28 Czechoslovakia Prague (Spring) Czech Philharmonic – Kubelik[35]
Martinu, Bohuslav Toccata e due canzoni 1947-01-21 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [36]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Pathetic Overture 1947-10-19 Soviet Union Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gauk [37]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai String Quartet No. 12 1947-11-30 Soviet Union Moscow Beethoven Quartet [38]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai The Kremlin at Night, cantata-nocturne 1947-11-15 Soviet Union Moscow Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and Choir – Anosov [38]
Persichetti, Vincent Symphony No. 3 1947-11-21 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [5]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony No. 6 1947-10-11 Soviet Union Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [39]
Schoenberg, Arnold String Trio 1947-05-01 United States Cambridge, MA Members of the Walden Quartet [40]
Sessions, Roger Symphony No. 2 1947-01-09 United States San Francisco San Francisco Symphony – Monteux [41]
Sessions, Roger Violin Concerto (1935) 1947-11-14 United States Minneapolis Krasner / Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos [42]
Stravinsky, Igor Concerto in D for strings 1947-01-27 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [43]
Tubin, Eduard Symphony No. 5 1947-11-16 Sweden Stockholm Stockholm Philharmonic – Carl Garaguly [44]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Bachianas brasileiras No. 8 (1944) 1947-08-06 Italy Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra – Villa-Lobos [45]
Walton, William String Quartet No. 2 1947-05-04 United Kingdom London Blech Quartet [46]
Webern, Anton Five Canons on Latin Texts for soprano and two clarinets 1947-06-18 Austria Vienna Setingruber, Wildgans, Bartosek [47]
Zimbalist, Efrem Violin Concerto 1947-11-28 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [5]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Concerto for Orchestra 1947-09-22 Allied-occupied Germany Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra – Wand [48]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Sinfonia prosodica 1947-09-09 Allied-occupied Germany Mönchengladbach Vestisches Sinfonie – Decker [49]

1 Concert premiere. The Sonata was recorded by Webster Aiken for a radio broadcast one month earlier, on February 7.[8]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1947 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Tommy and Jimmy, The Fabulous Dorseys

Births

Deaths

References

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  2. ^ https://archive.org/details/mbid-47ec1899-c909-4d5f-b38c-4920df8f57d9
  3. ^ The Billboard 27 April 1946 P. 124
  4. ^ Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-Bibliography
  5. ^ a b c "New Music Box" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  6. ^ Werkstatt-Spuren: die Sonatine von Pierre Boulez
  7. ^ Good Morning Britten
  8. ^ a b IRCAM
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  10. ^ a b c BBC
  11. ^ IRCAM
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  14. ^ Chandos
  15. ^ Maurice Duruflé, The Man and His Music
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