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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1934.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Published popular music

Cole Porter in 1934

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1934.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Benny Goodman Moon Glow 1934 United States US Billboard 1 – 1934 (15 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1936), US BB 4 of 1934, POP 4 of 1934, RYM 8 of 1934, Europe 15 of the 1930s (1934), nuTsie 73 of 1930s, Song of 1936
2 Paul Whiteman Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 1934 Canada US Billboard 1 – Dec 1933 (15 weeks), US BB 2 of 1934, POP 2 of 1934, RYM 15 of 1934, Brazil 51 of 1935, nuTsie 72 of 1930s, Europe 80 of the 1930s (1934)
3 Leo Reisman The Continental 1934 United States US Billboard 1 – 1934 (7 weeks), Oscar in 1934 (film The Gay Divorcee), US BB 7 of 1934, POP 7 of 1934, Brazil 51 of 1936, Europe 71 of the 1930s (1934)
4 Duke Ellington Cocktails for Two 1934 United States US Billboard 1 – 1934 (15 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1934), US BB 8 of 1934, POP 8 of 1934, Brazil 22 of 1934, nuTsie 43 of 1930s
5 Bing Crosby Love in Bloom 1934 United States US Billboard 1 – 1934 (15 weeks), Oscar in 1934 (film She Loves Me Not) (Nominated), US BB 19 of 1934, POP 19 of 1934, Europe 37 of the 1930s (1934), Brazil 46 of 1934, RYM 60 of 1934

Top hit recordings

Top Christmas hits

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Bartók, Béla Cantata Profana 1934-05-25 United Kingdom London BBC Symphony Orchestra and Wireless Chorus, Aylmer Buesst (conductor), Trefor Jones (tenor), Frank Phillips (baritone) [4]
Bax, Arnold Symphony No. 5 1934-01-15 United Kingdom London London Philharmonic – Beecham[5]
Britten, Benjamin Simple Symphony 1934-03-06 United Kingdom Norwich Norwich String Orchestra – Britten [6]
Copland, Aaron Short Symphony 1934-11-23 Mexico Mexico City Mexico Symphony – Chávez [7]
Glazunov, Alexander Saxophone Concerto 1934-11-26 Sweden Nyköping Raschèr / Norrköping Symphony – Benner [8]
Hindemith, Paul Mathis der Maler Symphony 1934-03-12 Germany Berlin Berlin Philharmonic – Furtwängler [9]
Holst, Gustav Lyric Movement 1934-04-18 United Kingdom London BBC Symphony – Boult [10]
Ibert, Jacques Flute Concerto 1934-02-24 France Paris Moyse / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Gaubert [11][12]
Jolivet, André String Quartet 1934-03-24 France Paris Huot Quartet [13]
Rachmaninov, Sergei Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini 1934-11-07 United States Baltimore Rachmaninov / Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski [14]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Cello Sonata 1934-12-25 Soviet Union Leningrad Kubatsky, Shostakovich [15]
Varèse, Edgard Ecuatorial 1934-04-15 United States Town Hall, New York City Baromeo / [ensemble, incl. Lichter, Forstat, Weinrich] – Slonimsky[16][17]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Suite for Viola and Orchestra 1934-11-12 United Kingdom London Tertis / London Philharmonic – Sargent [18]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1934 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Bathgate, Gordon (2012). Voices from the Ether: The History of Radio. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781471628610. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  2. ^ Brian A. L. Rust; Sandy Forbes (1987). British dance bands on record 1911 to 1945. General Gramaphone Publications. ISBN 978-0-902470-15-6.
  3. ^ Richard Anthony Baker (31 May 2014). British Music Hall: An Illustrated History. Pen and Sword. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4738-3718-8.
  4. ^ Gillies, Malcolm. "Bartók, Béla". Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2007– . accessed 11 October 2013.
  5. ^ London Philharmonic
  6. ^ IRCAM
  7. ^ IRCAM
  8. ^ Interlude
  9. ^ Paul Hindemith: A Guide to Research
  10. ^ Hyperion Records
  11. ^ Flutepage
  12. ^ Iseguacidepan
  13. ^ IRCAM
  14. ^ "San Francisco Symphony Orchestra". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  15. ^ IRCAM
  16. ^ IRCAM
  17. ^ H[oward]. T[aubman]., "New Music by Pan-Americans", The New York Times (16 April): 2.
  18. ^ London Philharmonic
  19. ^ David Carter (2010). East Asian Cinema. Kamera Books. ISBN 9781842433805.
  20. ^ "Mister Cinders". British Film Institute. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  21. ^ Schroeder, David (2012). "4". Hitchcock's Ear: Music and the Director's Art. London: Continuum International Publishing Group.
  22. ^ McCann, Bob (2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. p. 31. ISBN 9780786458042.
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