Editing 1932 in music (section)

==Events==
*1932 marked the lowest trough the recording industry experienced during the [[Great Depression]]. In the United States, revenues went from 104 million units in 1927 to 6 million in 1932.<ref name="Russell">{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Will |title=The Great Depression and Music: From Woody Guthrie To Coronavirus |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/great-depression-music-woody-guthrie-coronavirus-22809799 |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Hotpress}}</ref>
*[[January 14]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s [[Piano Concerto in G (Ravel)|Piano Concerto in G]] is premièred in Paris.
*[[February 3]]–9 – [[Duke Ellington]] and his Orchestra recorded two medleys for Victor at {{frac|33|1|3}} rpm.  Over half a century later it was discovered that two microphone-to-cutting table chains were used, and that the session exists in "accidental stereo."
*[[May 1]] – The music to [[John Alden Carpenter]]'s ballet ''Skyscrapers'' is recorded by the Victor Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of [[Nathaniel Shilkret]]; in addition to be being issued as six sides on 78 rpm discs, the recording is made available as one Victor's early {{frac|33|1|3}} rpm LP releases.
*[[July 1]] – The very young [[Eddie Duchin]] and his Central Park Casino Orchestra, and the [[Three X Sisters]] aka, Hamilton Sisters & Fordyce record ''The Clouds Will Soon Roll By'' for Columbia records.
*[[July 7]] – [[Benny Carter]]'s orchestra first records. [[Crown Records]] rejects all but one title, "Tell All You Daydreams to Me."
*[[August 15]] – First successful electrical re-recording, directed by [[Nathaniel Shilkret]], of an orchestral accompaniment of a Victor recording by [[Enrico Caruso]].
*[[October 2]] – [[Charles Seeger]] is divorced from his first wife, Constance de Clyver Edson.  He subsequently marries composer [[Ruth Crawford Seeger|Ruth Crawford]].<ref>Ann M. Pescatello, ''Charles Seeger: A Life in American Music'', p108</ref>
*[[October 7]] – The [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]], recently founded by [[Thomas Beecham]], gives its first public concert.
*[[October 13]] – [[Isham Jones]] and the [[Three X Sisters]] record at New York Studio No.1. Several songs utilized for RCA Victor were labeled "experimental" as this blues era band-leader was fusing new arrangements, and an idea that would later influence part of the [[Swing era]].
*[[October 19]] – [[Frankie Laine]] and [[Ruthie Smith]] set the all-time dance marathon record of 3,501 hours (145 days) at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey
*[[October 31]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 5]] is premiered in Berlin
*[[December 13]] – [[Bennie Moten]]'s Kansas City Orchestra made their last record date for Victor. It became a singular example of early [[swing music]].
*[[Henry Hall (bandleader)|Henry Hall]] became director of the [[BBC Dance Orchestra]].
*[[Sydney Symphony]] established.