Editing 1928 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[April 27]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[Apollon musagète]]'' receives its première in Washington.
*[[May 5]] – Composers [[Alban Berg]] and [[George Gershwin]] meet for the first time, in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jon|last=Paxman|title=Classical Music 1600–2000: A Chronology|location=London|publisher=Omnibus|year=2014|isbn=978-1-84449-773-7}}</ref>
*June – [[1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition]], sponsored by the [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] to mark Schubert's death centenary, is judged in Vienna. [[Kurt Atterberg]]'s Sixth Symphony is the winner and becomes probably the first major piece to be premiered on disc.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elkin|first=Robert|title=Queen's Hall, 1893–1941|location=London|publisher=Rider|year=1944|oclc=636583612|page=43}}</ref>
*[[August 31]] – ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper''), adapted by [[Bertolt Brecht]], [[Elisabeth Hauptmann]] and composer [[Kurt Weill]] (with set designer [[Caspar Neher]]) from ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'', receives its première in [[Berlin]] at the [[Theater am Schiffbauerdamm]] with [[Harald Paulsen]] and [[Lotte Lenya]] (Weill's wife) in the principal rôles.
*[[September 11]] – [[Leoš Janáček]]'s [[String Quartet No. 2 (Janáček)|String Quartet No. 2]], ''Intimate Letters'', receives its première in Brno.
*[[September 12]] – [[Anton Webern]]'s String Trio receives its première in Siena.
*[[September 14]] – [[Carl Nielsen]]'s [[Clarinet Concerto (Nielsen)|Clarinet Concerto]] is given its first performance.
*[[September 21]] – [[Al Jolson]] marries [[Ruby Keeler]].
*[[November 22]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Bolero (Ravel)|Bolero]]'' receives its première in Paris at the [[Palais Garnier]].
*[[November 27]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[Le baiser de la fée (Balanchine)|Le Baiser de la fée]]'' receives its première in Paris.
*[[December 2]] – [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s [[Variations for Orchestra (Schoenberg)|Variations for Orchestra]] receives its première in Berlin
*[[December 29]] – [[Pinetop Smith]] records "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" in Chicago; released in 1929 (the year of Smith's death) it becomes the first hit [[boogie-woogie]] recording.
* [[Edward German]] is knighted for services to music.
* [[Eric Fenby]] begins work as amanuensis for [[Frederick Delius]].
* [[Maurice Ravel]] embarks on a concert tour of the United States, where he meets [[George Gershwin]].
* [[Tampa Red]]'s recording career begins.
* [[Scrapper Blackwell]] makes his first recordings for [[Vocalion Records]].
* [[Leroy Carr]]'s recording career begins with the release of "[[How Long, How Long Blues]]".
* The first commercial recordings of [[Cajun music]] are released.
* The [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]] makes its [[Carnegie Hall]] début.