Editing 1941 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 5]] – [[Ernesto Bonino]] makes his début on Italian radio.
*[[January 15]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]]'s ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' is premiered by the composer and fellow prisoners-of-war in [[Stalag VIII-A]] in [[Silesia]].
*[[January 20]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]]'' is premièred in New York City.
*May – [[Woody Guthrie]] writes and records "[[Roll On, Columbia, Roll On]]" and "[[Grand Coulee Dam (song)|Grand Coulee Dam]]" among other folk songs in [[Portland, Oregon]] on a commission from the [[Bonneville Power Administration]]; these are released as ''[[Columbia River Collection]]''.
*[[May 10]] – London's Queen's Hall, venue for [[The Proms]], is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The concert series relocates to the [[Royal Albert Hall]].
*[[August 18]] – In a brutal police operation in [[Nazi Germany]], over 300 ''[[Swingjugend]]'' ("Swing kids") are arrested, marking the end of tolerance to [[swing music]].
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**[[Alan Lomax]] (working for the [[Library of Congress]]) discovers [[Muddy Waters]] and [[Son House]], among others
**[[Les Paul]] almost electrocutes himself while attempting to build the first solid-body electric guitar.
**[[Enrico Gentile]] leaves [[Quartetto Ritmo]]. [[Felice Chiusano]] replaces him and the group is renamed [[Quartetto Cetra]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Oggi: settimanale di politica, attualità e cultura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRgnAQAAIAAJ|year=1987}}</ref>
**Dutch Leschan sisters of [[Trio Lescano]] become Italian citizens.
**The [[National Negro Opera Company]] is launched in [[Pittsburgh]], USA.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ralph P. Locke|author2=Cyrilla Barr|title=Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists Since 1860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4UylL6JGZcC&pg=PA225|date=1 January 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08395-0|pages=225}}</ref>
**[[Virgil Thomson]]'s ''[[Four Saints in Three Acts]]'' is presented at [[Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]] in New York City.