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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Publications

  • Pierre Schaeffer – A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music), an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.
  • John Serry Sr. – The Syncopated Accordionist. [5]

Musical groups formed

Albums released

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.

First week Number of weeks Title Artist
March 15, 1952 9 " Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr
May 17, 1952 5 " Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson
June 21, 1952 2 " Here in My Heart" Al Martino
July 5, 1952 1 " Delicado" Percy Faith & his Orchestra
July 12, 1952 9 " Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" Vera Lynn
September 13, 1952 5 " You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford
October 18, 1952 5 " I Went to Your Wedding" Patti Page
November 22, 1952 1 " It's in the Book" Johnny Standley
November 29, 1952 4 " Why Don't You Believe Me?" Joni James
December 27, 1952 2 " I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Jimmy Boyd

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952. [7]

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 Percy Faith Delicado 1952 Canada US 1940s 1 – Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952
2 Jo Stafford You Belong to Me 1952 US UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952
3 Al Martino Here in My Heart 1952 US UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952
4 Kay Starr Wheel of Fortune 1952 US US 1940s 1 – Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343
5 Frankie Laine High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 1952 US Oscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 – Jul 1952, UK 7 – Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952

Top hits on record

Published popular music

Top R&B and country hits on record

Classical music

Premieres

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Arnold, Malcolm English Dances, set 2, Op. 33 1952-08-05 London ( Proms) BBC Symphony – Sargent [8]
Beck, Conrad Hymne 1952-10-11 Donaueschingen Festival, Germany SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [9]
Berio, Luciano Due pezzi for violin and piano 1952–?-? Lenox, Massachusetts ( Tanglewood MF) Lorin Maazel (violin), Seymour Lipkin (piano) [10]
Cage, John 4′33″ 1952-08-29 Woodstock, New York Tudor [11]
Chávez, Carlos Violin Concerto 1952-02-29 Mexico City Viviane Bertolami (violin), OSN – Chávez [12]
Michel Ciry [ fr] [chamber-music work] 1952-07-21 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse] [13]
Cowell, Henry Symphony No. 7, for chamber orchestra 1952-11-25 Baltimore Baltimore Little Orchestra – Stewart [14]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Tartiniana 1952-03-04 Bern, Switzerland [15]
dall'Oglio, Renzo Espressioni (5) for orchestra 1952-07-20 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna [13]
Engelmann, Hans Ulrich Orchester-Phantasie 1952-07-20 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna [13]
Wolfgang Fortner Isaacs Opferung, oratory scene 1952-10-12 Donaueschingen Festival, Germany Sudock, Krebs, Rehfuss / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [16] [17]
Fricker, Peter Racine Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra 1952-07-20 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Hartung / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna [13]
Ginastera, Alberto Piano Sonata No. 1 1952-11-29 Pittsburgh ( ICMF) Harris [18]
Goeyvaerts, Karel Violin Concerto No. 2 1952-07-20 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Gertler / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna [13]
Hindemith, Paul Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony 1952-01-25 Basel, Switzerland Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [19]
Hummel, Bertold Missa brevis 1951 1952-10-12 Donaueschingen Festiva, Germany Domchor Freiburg – Stemmer [17]
Husa, Karel [chamber-music work] 1952-07-21 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse] [13]
Jolivet, André Harp Concerto 1952-10-12 Donaueschingen Festival, Germany Laskine / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [17] [20]
Klebe, Giselher Nocturnes (2) for orchestra 1952-07-20 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna [13]
Kubik, Gail Symphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer] [21] 1952-01-07 New York City The Little Orchestra – Scherman [22]
Lokshin, Aleksandr Hungarian Fantasy for violin and orchestra 1952–?-? Moscow Sitkovetsky / USSR Radio Symphony – Sanderling [23]
Maderna, Bruno Musica su due dimensioni for flute, cymbals and tape 1952-07-21 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Gazzelloni, Grano [13] [24] [25]
Malipiero, G. Francesco Sinfonia dello Zodiaco 1952-01-23 Lausanne, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Sanzogno [26]
Martin, Frank Violin Concerto 1952-01-24 Basel, Switzerland Schneeberger / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher [27]
Martinů, Bohuslav Piano Trio No. 3 1952-02-25 New York City Mannes Trio [28]
Martinů, Bohuslav Serenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio 1952-01-04 New York City McGinnis, Cerminara, J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, Greenhouse [28]
Martinů, Bohuslav Stowe Pastorals 1952-05-07 Basel, Switzerland Trapp Family Ensemble [28]
Mennin, Peter String Quartet No. 2 1952-02-24 New York City Juilliard Quartet [29]
Messiaen, Olivier Le merle noir 1952-06-? Paris Contestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + Lee [30]
Montsalvatge, Xavier Cuarteto indiano 1952-05-04 Madrid National Chamber Music Association
Nono, Luigi España en el corazón 1952-07-21 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Dumaine, Hildebrandt / Ferienkurse, Landestheater Orchestra – Maderna1 [13] [31]
Panufnik, Andrzej Heroic Overture (2nd version) 1952-05-16 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki [32]
Pettersson, Allan Concerto for Strings No. 1 1952-04-06 Stockholm Swedish Radio Symphony – Mann [33]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra 1952-02-18 Moscow Rostropovich / Moscow Youth Orchestra – Richter [34]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony No. 7 1952-10-11 Moscow USSR Radio Symphony – Samosud[ citation needed]
Rubbra, Edmund String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 73 1952-05-11 [35] London ( Victoria and Albert Museum) Griller Quartet [36]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Preludes and Fugues (24) for piano 1952-12-23 Leningrad Nikolayeva [37]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Kreuzspiel 1952-07-21 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Grano, Wildgans, Sandt, Rosmann, Maderna, Trumpfheller, Geppert – Stockhausen [38]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Spiel 1952-10-11 Donaueschingen Festival, Germany2 SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud [39]
Stravinsky, Igor Cantata 1952-11-11 Los Angeles Los Angeles Symphony Society – Igor Stravinsky [40]
Togni, Camillo Omaggio a Bach for two pianos 1952-07-21 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Gerd Kämper, Togni [41]
Jacques Wildberger Quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello 1952-07-21 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Mertens, Rosokowsky, Stier, Huth [13] [41]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Oboe Concerto 1952-10-11 Donaueschingen Festival, Germany Schneider / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud [42]
  • 1 The ensemble Bruno Maderna conducted comprised both faculty and students of the Ferienkurse and members of the Landestheater Orchestra Darmstadt.
  • 2 Only the first half of Spiel was performed at Donaueschingen in 1952. The complete score was only first performed in a radio recording made in July 1973 with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, conducted by the composer. The first public performance of the complete composition was given by the Berlin Philharmonic on 14 September 1975, also under the composer's baton. [43]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1952 in jazz

Musical theatre

Musical films

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby On the Road to Bali

Births

Deaths

References

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  • Iddon, Martin (2013). New Music at Darmstadt: Nono. Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez. Music since 1900. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN  9781107033290.
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