1943 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1943.

1943 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in music (table)

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest positions in the National Best Selling Retail Records and Harlem Hit Parade charts and the "American Folk Records" column,[1] all published by "The Billboard" during 1943:

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1Harry JamesI've Heard That Song Before1943US BS 1943 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks March 6 - May 22, 1943[2]
2The Mills BrothersPaper Doll1943US BS 1943 #2, US #1 for 12 weeks November 6, 1943 - January 22, 1944
3Al DexterPistol Packin' Mama1943US BS 1943 #10, US #1 for 1 week Oct 30, 1943, US Country 1943 #1, #1 American Folk-Hillbilly column August - December 1943
4Bing CrosbySunday, Monday or Always1943US BS 1943 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks September 11 - October 23, 1943
5Erskine HawkinsDon't Cry, Baby1943US BS 1943 #55, US R&B 1943 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 14 weeks August 14 - November 13, 1943[3]

Top hit records
Clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman in 1943
Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James, 1943

Classical music

Premieres
Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Berkeley, LennoxSymphony No. 11943-07-08 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron[4]
Britten, BenjaminPrelude and Fugue for Strings1943-06-23 LondonNeel String Orchestra – Neel[5]
Britten, BenjaminSerenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings1943-10-15 LondonPears, Brain / Neel String Orchestra – Britten [6]
Copland, AaronMusic for the Movies1943-02-17 New York CitySaidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg[7]
Dale, BenjaminThe Flowing Tide1943-08-06 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Boult[4]
Dunhill, ThomasWaltz Suite1943-08-05 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Dunhill[8]
Dutilleux, HenriMelodies for Voice and Orchestra1943-12-14 ParisPanzera / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Tomasi[9]
Feldman, MortonDirge in Memory of Thomas Wolfe1943-04-15 New York CityHSMA Senior Symphony – Feldman [10]
Foss, LukasThe Prairie1946-10-15 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[11]
Ginastera, AlbertoDances from Estancia1943-05-12 Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra – Calusio[12]
Gundry, InglisHeyday Freedom, orchestral suite1943-06-26 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron[4]
Hanson, HowardRequiem (Symphony No. 4)1943-12-03 BostonBoston Symphony – Hanson [13]
Harris, RoySymphony No. 51943-02-26 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[14]
Jolivet, AndréLes trois complaintes du soldat1943-02-28 ParisBernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Munch[15]
Martinu, BohuslavConcerto for Two Pianos1943-11-05 PhiladelphiaLuboshutz, Nemenoff / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy[16]
Martinu, BohuslavMemorial to Lidice1943-10-28 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski[17]
Martinu, BohuslavSymphony No. 21943-10-28 ClevelandCleveland Orchestra – Leinsdorf[18]
Martinu, BohuslavViolin Concerto No. 21943-12-31 BostonElman / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky[19]
Messiaen, OlivierVisions de l'Amen1943-05-10 ParisLoriod, Messiaen [20]
Moeran, Ernest JohnRhapsody No. 3, for piano and orchestra1943-08-19 London (Proms)Cohen / BBC Symphony – Boult[21]
Moroi, SaburoSinfonietta for Children1943-11-05 TokyoTokyo Broadcast Orchestra – Moroi [22]
Ponce, ManuelViolin Concerto1943-08-20 México DFSzeryng / Mexico Symphony – Chávez[23]
Prokofiev, SergeiFlute Sonata1943-12-07 MoscowKharkovsky, Richter[24]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 71943-01-18 MoscowRichter[25]
Prokofiev, SergeiThe Year 19411943-01-21 SverdlovskUSSR Radio Symphony – Rabinovich[26]
Rodrigo, JoaquínConcierto heroico1943-04-03 LisbonQuerol / Spanish National Orchestra – E. Halffter[27]
Rowley, AlecBurlesque Quadrilles1943-07-13 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron[4]
Rubbra, EdmundSinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra1943-08-10 London (Proms)Rubbra / BBC Symphony – Boult[4]
Schuman, WilliamSymphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5)1943-11-12 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[28]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Sonata No. 21943-06-06 MoscowShostakovich [29]
Shostakovich, DmitriSix Romances on Verses by English Poets1943-06-06 MoscowFlachs, Shostakovich [30]
Shostakovich, DmitriSymphony No. 41943-11-04 MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Mravinsky[31]
Strauss, RichardDivertimento after pieces by Couperin1943-01-31 ViennaVienna Philharmonic – Krauss[32][33]
Stravinsky, IgorOde1943-10-08 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[34]
Tippett, MichaelBoyhood's End1943-05-24 Morley CollegeUnspecified performers [35]
Tippett, MichaelString Quartet No. 21943-03-27 LondonZorian Quartet[36]
Tubin, EduardSuite on Estonian Dance Tunes1943-10-02 TartuTurgan, Mangre[37]
Vaughan Williams, RalphSymphony No. 51943-06-24 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Vaughan Williams [38]
Villa Lobos, HeitorString Quartet No. 61943-11-30 Rio de JaneiroQuarteto Haydn [39]
Walton, WilliamViolin Concerto (2nd version)1943-11-30 WolverhamptonRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent[40]
Webern, AntonThree Lieder, Op. 231943-12-05 BaselGradmann-Lüscher, Baumgartner[41]
Webern, AntonVariations for Orchestra (1940)1943-03-03 WinterthurStadtorchester Winterthur – Scherchen[42]
Weisgall, HugoAmerican Comedy 19431943-07-29 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Weisgall [4]

Compositions
Yehudi Menuhin in 1943

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1943 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

References
  1. "The Billboard Jan 09, 1943 pg 63". google books. 9 January 1943. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
  4. BBC
  5. IRCAM
  6. Good Morning Britten
  7. IRCAM
  8. BBC}
  9. Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
  10. IRCAM
  11. Boston Symphony Orchestra
  12. IRCAM
  13. Carl Fischer Music
  14. Anon. "Symphony by Harris in Boston Premiere: Work, Dedicated to Russia, Is Feature of Special Program", New York Times (27 February 1943): 11.
  15. IRCAM
  16. Your Classical
  17. Martinu and the Symphony
  18. Bohuslav Martinu: A Research and Information Guide
  19. Hyperion Records
  20. IRCAM
  21. BBC Symphony
  22. Naxos Records
  23. Apreciación Musical
  24. Kimmel Center
  25. Classical Connect
  26. The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years
  27. Joaquín Rodrigo website
  28. Boston Symphony
  29. Naxos Records
  30. IRCAM
  31. New York Philharmonic
  32. Encore Arts Seattle
  33. Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  34. Schott Music
  35. Schuttenhelm, Thomas (2014). The orchestral music of Michael Tippett : creative development and the compositional process, p. 76, at Google Books. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 864788386.
  36. IRCAM
  37. ERP Music
  38. London Philharmonic
  39. "Villalobos.iu.edu". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  40. Naxos Records
  41. IRCAM
  42. IRCAM
  43. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (2006). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London: Macmillan. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-33351-598-3.
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