1941 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1941.

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1941.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Glenn Miller Chattanooga Choo Choo 1941 United States US 1940s 1 – Sep 1941, US 1 for 9 weeks Nov 1941, RYM 2 of 1941, US BB 9 of 1941, POP 16 of 1941, Europe 54 of the 1940s
2 Glenn Miller A String of Pearls 1941 United States US 1940s 1 – Jan 1942, US 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1942, US BB 2 of 1941, RYM 13 of 1941, POP 13 of 1941
3 Jimmy Dorsey Green Eyes 1941 United States US 1940s 1 – May 1941, US 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1941, US BB 12 of 1941, POP 12 of 1941, Europe 62 of the 1940s
4 Jimmy Dorsey Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) 1941 United States US 1940s 1 – Mar 1941, US 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1941, US BB 18 of 1941, POP 21 of 1941, Europe 75 of the 1940s
5 Billie Holiday God Bless the Child 1941 United States US BB 3 of 1941, POP 3 of 1941, RYM 5 of 1941, RIAA 58, Scrobulate 89 of jazz, Acclaimed 341, WXPN 814

Other notable recordings

Published popular music

Other publications

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Alwyn, William Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra 1941-11-03 United Kingdom Bedford Forbes / BBC Symphony – Boult [1] [2]
Barber, Samuel Violin Concerto 1941-02-07 United States Philadelphia Spalding / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [3]
Bartók, Béla String Quartet No. 6 1941-02-07 United States New York City Kolisch Quartet [4]
Britten, Benjamin Matinées Musicales 1941-06-27 Brazil Rio de Janeiro American Ballet Company Orchestra – Balaban [5]
Britten, Benjamin Sinfonia da Requiem 1941-03-30 United States New York City New York Philharmonic – Barbirolli [6]
Britten, Benjamin String Quartet No. 1 1941-09-21 United States Los Angeles Coolidge Quartet [7]
Copland, Aaron Piano Sonata 1941-10-21 Argentina Buenos Aires Copland [8]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Canti di prigionia 1941-12-11 Italy Rome [unknown ensemble] – Previtali [9]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux 1941-05-01 Italy Rome [unknown ensemble] – Previtali [10]
Ginastera, Alberto Concierto argentino 1941-07-18 Uruguay Montevideo Balzo / SODRE Symphony – Baldi [11]
Herrmann, Bernard Symphony 1941-07-27 United States New York City CBS Symphony – Herrmann [12]
Hindemith, Paul Cello Concerto 1941-02-07 United States Boston Piatigorsky / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [13]
Messiaen, Olivier Quatuor pour la fin du temps 1941-01-15 Nazi Germany Görlitz Le Boulaire, Akoka, Pasquier, Messiaen [14]
Novák, Vitezslav De Profundis 1941-11-20 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Brno Reinberger / Prague Radio Symphony – Bakala [15]
Rachmaninov, Sergei Symphonic Dances 1941-01-03 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [16]
Schuman, William Symphony No. 3 1941-10-17 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [17]

Compositions

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Naxos Records
  2. ↑ The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn
  3. ↑ New York Philharmonic
  4. ↑ Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide
  5. ↑ MUSIClassical Notes
  6. ↑ Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  7. ↑ Good Morning Britten
  8. ↑ Naxos Records
  9. ↑ IRCAM
  10. ↑ IRCAM
  11. ↑ IRCAM
  12. ↑ Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann
  13. ↑ Schott Music
  14. ↑ IRCAM
  15. ↑ Wright Music
  16. ↑ Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra
  17. ↑ Musicsales Classical
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.