Editing 1939 in music (section)

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
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! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
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| | [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] || 1939-03-23 || Amsterdam || [[Zoltán Székely|Székely]] / [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Concertgebouw Orchestra]] – [[Willem Mengelberg|Mengelberg]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/concertolistener00stei/page/45 <!-- quote=violin concerto bartok szekely mengelberg. --> The Concerto: A Listener's Guide]</ref>
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| [[Arnold Bax|Bax, Arnold]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Bax)|Symphony No. 7]] || 1939-06-09 || New York City ([[1939 New York World's Fair|EXPO]]) || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/8b107e2f-6f39-4c17-b03c-3c7942e12e21?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&doctype=program&npp:ComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Bax%2C++Sir++Arnold+%2F+SYMPHONY+NO.+7%2C+A+FLAT+MAJOR |title=New York Philharmonic Archives |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122950/http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/8b107e2f-6f39-4c17-b03c-3c7942e12e21?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=%2A&doctype=program&npp%3AComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Bax%2C++Sir++Arnold+%2F+SYMPHONY+NO.+7%2C+A+FLAT+MAJOR |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Arthur Bliss|Bliss, Arthur]] || [[Piano Concerto (Bliss)|Piano Concerto]] || 1939-06-10 || New York City ([[1939 New York World's Fair|EXPO]]) || [[Solomon (pianist)|Solomon]] / [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/7515 Music Sales Classical]</ref>
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| [[Rutland Boughton|Boughton, Rutland]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Boughton)|Symphony No. 3]] (1937) || 1939-01-01 || London || [unknown ensemble] – [[Jean Pougnet|Pougnet]]<ref>[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/55019-B.pdf Hyperion Records]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Young Apollo]]'' || 1939-08-02 || Toronto || Britten / [[Toronto Melodic Strings]] – [[Alexander Chuhaldin|Chuhaldin]]<ref>{{iRCAM work|22922|Benjamin Britten: ''Young Apollo''}}</ref>
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| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || [[Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Enescu)|Orchestral Suite No. 3, "Villageoise" (1938)]] || 1939-02-02 || New York City [[Carnegie Hall]] || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic-Symphony]] – [[George Enescu|Enescu]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/19889e46-1d1b-42b5-a3c6-054f47495cfc/fullview#page/1/mode/2up |title=New York Philharmonic: Viewer |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213925/http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/19889e46-1d1b-42b5-a3c6-054f47495cfc/fullview#page/1/mode/2up |archive-date=2017-04-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || [[Harp Sonatina (Ginastera)|Harp Sonatina]] || 1939-06-26 || Buenos Aires || [[Augusto Sebastiani|Sebastiani]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31588|Alberto Ginastera: Harp Sonatina}}</ref>
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| [[Roy Harris|Harris, Roy]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Harris)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1939-02-24 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |title=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-date=2017-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Alan Hovhaness|Hovhaness, Alan]] || ''[[Symphony No. 1 (Hovhaness)|Exile]]'' (Symphony No. 1) (1936) || 1939-05-26 || London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Leslie Heward|Heward]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WR8jAQAAQBAJ&dq=alan+hovhaness+symphony+1+exile+bbc+symphony+1939&pg=PA215 Dictionary of American Classical Composers]</ref> 
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| [[Witold Lutosławski|Lutosławski, Witold]] || [[Symphonic Variations (Lutoslawski)|Symphonic Variations]] || 1939-06-17 || Cracow, Poland || [[Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra|Polish Radio Symphony]] – [[Grzegorz Fitelberg|Fitelberg]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|10309|Witold Lutosławski: Symphonic Variations}}</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Chants de Terre et de Ciel]]'' || 1939-01-23 || Paris || [[Marcelle Bunlet|Bunlet]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|10585|Olivier Messiaen: Chants de Terre et de Ciel}}</ref>
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || ''[[Alexander Nevsky (cantata)|Alexander Nevsky]]'', cantata || 1939-05-17 || Moscow || [[Valentina Gagarina|Gagarina]] / [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Philharmonic]] – Prokofiev<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Prokofiev/Prokofiev-Nevskij78.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref> 
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || ''[[Zdravitsa (Prokofiev)|Zdravitsa]]'', cantata || 1939-12-21 || Moscow || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Nikolai Golovanov|Golovanov]]<ref>[http://www.sikorski.de/media/files/1/2/1381/7212/7394/7239/7240/prokofjew_werkverzeichnis.pdf Edition Sikorski]</ref>
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| [[Hilding Rosenberg|Rosenberg, Hilding]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Rosenberg)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1939-12-11 || Stockholm || [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra|Swedish Radio Symphony]] – Rosenberg<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gehrmans.se/en/catalogue_search?cpid=7987a34c-6b77-4f6e-b2b7-829221d03fd9 |title=Gehrmans Musikförlag |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725010610/http://www.gehrmans.se/en/catalogue_search?cpid=7987a34c-6b77-4f6e-b2b7-829221d03fd9 |archive-date=2015-07-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 6 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 6]] || 1939-11-21 || Leningrad || [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2H-fma7sFd0C&dq=shostakovich+symphony+6+mravinsky+november+1939&pg=PA351 Shostakovich: A Life]</ref>
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| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || ''[[Le roi des étoiles]]'', cantata || 1939-04-19 || Brussels || [[Brussels Philharmonic|Brussels Radio Symphony]] – [[Franz André|André]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|24783|Igor Stravinsky: ''Le roi des étoiles''}}</ref>
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| [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams, Ralph]] || ''[[Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus]]'' || 1939-06-10 || New York City ([[1939 New York World's Fair|EXPO]]) || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://data.instantencore.com/pdf/1025737/11-20-13.pdf Cornell Chamber Orchestra]</ref>
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| [[William Walton|Walton, William]] || [[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]] || 1939-12-07 || Cleveland || [[Jascha Heifetz|Heifetz]] / [[Cleveland Orchestra]] – [[Artur Rodziński|Rodziński]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.111367&catNum=8111367&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
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| [[Jaromír Weinberger|Weinberger, Jaromír]] || ''[[Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree]]'' || 1939-10-12 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f5787645-4791-4b5f-8cd7-c0d0cf04c2f1?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&doctype=program&npp:ComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Weinberger%2C++Jaromir+%2F+UNDER+THE+SPREADING+CHESTNUT+TREE |title=New York Philharmonic Archives |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103309/http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f5787645-4791-4b5f-8cd7-c0d0cf04c2f1?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=%2A&doctype=program&npp%3AComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Weinberger%2C++Jaromir+%2F+UNDER+THE+SPREADING+CHESTNUT+TREE |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Xian Xinghai]] || ''[[Yellow River Cantata]]'' || 1939-04-13 || Yan'an, Vhina || [unknown ensemble] – [[Wu Xiling]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.554499&catNum=554499&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/documents/programNotes_february.pdf |title=Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724213210/http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/documents/programNotes_february.pdf |archive-date=2015-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Samuel Barber]] – [[Violin Concerto (Barber)|Violin Concerto]]
*[[Agustín Barrios]] – ''Variations on a Theme of [[Francisco Tárrega|Tárrega]]''
*[[Arnold Bax]] – ''Pastoral Fantasia'' for Viola and String Orchestra
*[[Béla Bartók]]
**[[Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók)|Divertimento for String Orchestra]]
**[[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]]
*[[Arthur Bliss]] – [[Piano Concerto (Bliss)|Piano Concerto in B-flat]]
*[[Eugène Bozza]]
**''Divertissement'' for English horn (or alto saxophone) and piano, Op. 39
**''Fantaisie italienne'' for clarinet (or flute, or oboe) and piano
**''Fantaisie pastorale'' for oboe and piano, Op. 37
**Ballade for bass clarinet and piano
**''Fantaisie italienne'' for clarinet (or flute, or oboe) and piano
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – Spruch 1939
*[[John Fernström]] – Symphony No. 5, Op. 40
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] – ''[[Concerto funebre]]'' for violin and string orchestra
*[[Herbert Howells]] – Concerto for Strings
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – Variations on a Hungarian folk song "Fölszállott a páva" ("The Peacock")
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] – Ballade for flute and piano
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo]] – ''[[Concierto de Aranjuez]]''
*[[Hilding Rosenberg]] – String Quartet No. 4
*[[William Schuman]] – ''American Festival Overture''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 6 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54]]
*[[Alexandre Tansman]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Tansman)|Symphony No. 4]]
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – ''New York Sky-Line Melody''
*[[William Walton]] – [[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]]
*[[Darius Milhaud]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Milhaud)|Symphony No. 1]]