1929 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1929.

1929 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in music (table)
Igor Stravinsky conducting in 1929

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Top hits on record

Top blues records

Classical music

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1929 in jazz

Musical theater
  • Bitter Sweet (Noël Coward)
    • London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on July 12 and ran for 673 performances
    • Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 5 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on February 17, 1930, for a total run of 159 performances
  • Boom Boom Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 28 and ran for 72 performances
  • Dear Love opened at the Palace Theatre on November 14 and ran for 132 performances
  • Die Dreigroschenoper Vienna production
  • Fifty Million Frenchmen Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on November 27 and ran for 254 performances
  • Follow Thru Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on January 9 and ran for 401 performances
  • Follow Through London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 3 and ran for 148 performances
  • Heads Up! Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 11 and ran for 144 performances
  • Hold Everything London production opened at the Palace Theatre on June 12 and ran for 173 performances
  • Hot Chocolates Broadway revue opened at the Hudson Theatre on June 20 and ran for 219 performances
  • The House That Jack Built London revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 8 and ran for 270 performances
  • Das Land Des Lächelns (Franz Lehár) – Berlin production opened at the Metropol Theater on October 10
  • The Little Show Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on April 30 and ran for 321 performances
  • Love Lies London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on March 20 and ran for 347 performances
  • Mr. Cinders London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 11 and ran for 528 performances
  • Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Paris production
  • Spring Is Here (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Owen Davis) Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 11 and ran for 104 performances
  • Toad of Toad Hall London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 17
  • Top Speed Broadway production opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on December 25 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on March 10, 1930, for a total run of 104 performances
  • Wake Up and Dream (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter)
    • London revue opened at the Pavilion on March 27 and ran for 263 performances
    • Broadway revue opened at the Selwyn Theatre on December 30 and ran for 136 performances

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References
  1. Victor Recording Book, p. 8282. (Victor's daily log at Victor Archives (SONY))
  2. Simona Frasca (September 24, 2014). Italian Birds of Passage: The Diaspora of Neapolitan Musicians in New York. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-137-32242-5.
  3. The New Records. H.R. Smith Company. 1952.
  4. Brian Rust (1975). The American Dance Band Discography 1917–1942: Arthur Lange to Bob Zurke. Arlington House. p. 1876. ISBN 978-0-87000-248-9.
  5. "David Parlett Bax Page 1920-9". Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  6. "Page for Blacher's Trio Jazz Koloraturen". Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  7. "IRCAM Database Page for Britten Rhapsody". Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  8. "Rhapsody in Red (about Bush's Dialectic, and other things)". Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  9. "Cornelis Dopper" (in Dutch). Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  10. Baron, John H. (2002). Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide at Google Books. Routledge. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-415-93736-8.
  11. "Database Page for Messiaen Diptyque". Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  12. "List of Roussel's Works". Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  13. "Description of the Piano Pieces Op. 33". Schoenberg.AT. Archived from the original on May 12, 2006. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
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