1934 in music

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

1934 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in music (table)

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events
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
1Benny GoodmanMoon Glow1934US 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
2Paul WhitemanSmoke Gets in Your Eyes1934US 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)
3Leo ReismanThe Continental1934US 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)
4Duke EllingtonCocktails for Two1934US 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
5Bing CrosbyLove in Bloom1934US 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
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Bartók, BélaCantata Profana1934-05-25 LondonBBC Symphony Orchestra and Wireless Chorus, Aylmer Buesst (conductor), Trefor Jones (tenor), Frank Phillips (baritone) [4]
Bax, ArnoldSymphony No. 51934-01-15 LondonLondon Philharmonic – Beecham[5]
Britten, BenjaminSimple Symphony1934-03-06 NorwichNorwich String Orchestra – Britten [6]
Copland, AaronShort Symphony1934-11-23 Mexico CityMexico Symphony – Chávez [7]
Glazunov, AlexanderSaxophone Concerto1934-11-26 NyköpingRaschèr / Norrköping Symphony – Benner [8]
Hindemith, PaulMathis der Maler Symphony1934-03-12 BerlinBerlin Philharmonic – Furtwängler [9]
Holst, GustavLyric Movement1934-04-18 LondonBBC Symphony – Boult [10]
Ibert, JacquesFlute Concerto1934-02-24 ParisMoyse / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Gaubert [11][12]
Jolivet, AndréString Quartet1934-03-24 ParisHuot Quartet [13]
Rachmaninov, SergeiRhapsody on a Theme by Paganini1934-11-07 BaltimoreRachmaninov / Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski [14]
Shostakovich, DmitriCello Sonata1934-12-25 LeningradKubatsky, Shostakovich [15]
Varèse, EdgardEcuatorial1934-04-15 Town Hall, New York CityBaromeo / [ensemble, incl. Lichter, Forstat, Weinrich] – Slonimsky[16][17]
Vaughan Williams, RalphSuite for Viola and Orchestra1934-11-12 LondonTertis / London Philharmonic – Sargent [18]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1934 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths
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References
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  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.
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  22. McCann, Bob (2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. p. 31. ISBN 9780786458042.
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