1948 in music

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

1948 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in music (table)

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
1Pee Wee HuntTwelfth Street Rag1948US 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
2Art MooneyI'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover1948US 1940s 1 – Jan 1948, US BB 1 of 1948, US 1 for 3 weeks Feb 1948, POP 1 of 1948
3Nat King ColeNature Boy1948US 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
4Dinah ShoreButtons & Bows1948US 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
5Kay KyserThe Woody Woodpecker Song1948US 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
Songwriter Irving Berlin in 1948

Classical music

Premieres
Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Antheil, GeorgeSymphony No. 51948-12-31 PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [2]
Barber, SamuelExcursions1948-12-22 New York CityBehrend [3]
Barber, SamuelKnoxville: Summer of 19151948-04-09 BostonSteber / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [4]
Berg, AlbanAltenberg Lieder (1912)1948-09-14 Venice (Biennale)Martin-Metten / La Fenice – Scherchen [5]
Berkeley, LennoxPiano Concerto1948-08-31 London (Proms)Horsley / London Symphony – Cameron [6]
Britten, BenjaminA Charm of Lullabies1948-01-03 The HagueEvans, De Nobel [7]
Britten, BenjaminSaint Nicholas, cantata1948-06-05 Albeburgh (Festival)Pears / Aldeburgh Festival Chorus – Woodgate [8]
Cage, JohnIn a Landscape1948-08-20 Black Mountain, NCCage [9][10]
Cage, JohnSuite for Toy Piano1948-08-22 Black Mountain, NCCage [11]
Castelnuovo Tedesco, MarioCoriolano, overture1948-09-08 Venice (Biennale)RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome – Previtali [5]
Cerha, FriedrichSix Lieder1948-11-30 ViennaCeska, Wünsch [12]
Copland, AaronThe Red Pony suite1948-10-30 HoustonHouston Symphony Orchestra, Kurtz[13]
Dallapiccola, LuigiQuattro liriche di Antonio Machado1948-12-03 BrusselsMartin-Metten, Dallapiccola [14]
Diamond, DavidSymphony No. 41948-01-23 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [15]
Dohnányi, Ernst vonSymphony No. 2 (1944)1948-11-23 LondonChelsea Symphony – Del Mar [16]
Dutilleux, HenriPiano Sonata1948-04-30 ParisJoy [17]
Fine, IrvingToccata Concertante1948-10-22 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [18]
Foss, LukasRecordare1948-12-31 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [19]
Hanson, HowardPiano Concerto1948-12-31 BostonFirkusny / Boston Symphony – Hanson [2]
Henze, Hans WernerSymphony No. 11948-08-26 Bad Pyrmont[unknown orchestra] – Fortner [20]
Henze, Hans WernerViolin Concerto No. 11948-12-12 Baden-BadenStanske / SWF Symphony – Bour [21]
Hindemith, PaulDas Marienleben (2nd version)1948-11-03 HannoverKupper, Seemann [22]
Ives, CharlesPiano Trio (1915)1948-05-28 Berea, OHPoinar, Pierce, Wolaver [23]
Ives, CharlesThree Harvest Home Chorales (1915)1948-03-03 New York CityThe Collegiate Chorale – Shaw [24]
Jolivet, AndréConcerto for Ondes Martenot1948-04-23 ViennaMartenot / [unknown orchestra] – Jolivet [25]
Jolivet, AndréSuite delphique1948-04-22 ViennaVienna Philharmonic – Jolivet [26]
Kabalevsky, DmitriViolin Concerto1948-10-29 MoscowBezrodny / Moscow Conservatory Symphony – Terian [27]
Lutoslawski, WitoldSymphony No. 11948-04-06 KatowicePolish National Radio Symphony – Fitelberg [28]
Maderna, BrunoConcerto for Two Pianos1948-09-17 Venice (Biennale)Gorini, Lorenzi / [unknown ensemble] – Gracis [5]
Malipiero, Gian FrancescoSinfonia in memoriam (Symphony No. 4)1948-02-27 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [19]
Martinů, Bohuslav Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (1938) 1948-05-08 London Liza Fuchsová / London Symphony – Standford Robinson
McDonald, HarlSaga of the Mississippi1948-04-09 PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [29]
Moeran, Ernest JohnSerenade in G1948-09-02 London (Proms)London Symphony – Cameron [6]
Mortari, VirgilioDue salmi funebri in memoria di Alfredo Casella1948-09-17 Venice (Biennale)Bozzi Luca / [unknown ensemble] – Gracis [5]
Myaskovsky, NikolaiSymphony on Russian Themes (Symphony No. 26)1948-12-28 Moscow[unknown orchestra] – Gauk [30]
Nabokov, NicolasThe Return of Pushkin1948-01-02 BostonKoshetz / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [31]
Ohana, MauriceTrois poèmes de Saadi1948-03-06 ParisFrench Radio National Orchestra – Giardino [32]
Piston, WalterSymphony No. 31948-01-09 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky [19]
Rawsthorne, AlanSymphonic Studies1948-09-14 Venice (Biennale)La Fenice Orchestra – Scherchen [5]
Rawsthorne, AlanViolin Concerto No. 11948-07-01 Cheltenham (Festival)Olof / Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli [33]
Rosenthal, ManuelChristmas Symphonies1948-12-23 PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [29]
Rota, NinoString Quartet1948-09-15 Venice (Biennale)Poltronieri Quartet [5]
Schaeffer, PierreCinq études de bruits1948-10-05 Paris[electronic music] [34]
Schoenberg, ArnoldA Survivor from Warsaw1948-11-04 Albuquerque, NMSmith / Albuquerque Civic Symphony Orchestra – Frederick [35]
Scott, CyrilOboe Concerto1948-09-13 London (Proms)Goossens / London Symphony – Robinson [6]
Searle, HumphreyFuga giocosa1948-08-06 London (Proms)London Symphony – Cameron [6]
Shapero, HaroldSymphony for Classical Orchestra1948-01-30 BostonBoston Symphony – Bernstein [19]
Stevens, BernardFugal Overture1948-08-13 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Sargent [6]
Stravinsky, IgorMass for Chorus and Winds1948-10-27 MilanMembers of the La Scala Orchestra and Chorus – Ansermet [36]
Thomson, VirgilSuite from Louisiana Story1948-11-26 PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [29]
Tippett, MichaelSuite in D1948-11-15 LondonBBC Symphony – Boult [37]
Toch, ErnstHyperion, dramatic overture1948-04-01 ClevelandCleveland Orchestra – Szell [38]
Turchi, GuidoMusic for Orchestra1948-09-08 Venice (Biennale)RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome – Previtali [5]
Vlad, RomanSymphony in Three Movements1948-09-08 Venice (Biennale)RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome – Previtali [5]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1948 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths
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References
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  13. Howard Pollock, Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1999), 430.
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  15. Naxos Records
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  18. Boosey & Hawkes
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  29. "New Music Box" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
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  33. Alan Rawsthorne: A Bio-Bibliography
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  39. p. 846, Slonimsky (1971) Nicolas. 4th Edition. New York Music Since 1900 Charles Scribner's Sons
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