Editing 1942 in music (section)

== Events ==
*[[February 10]] – [[Glenn Miller]] receives his first gold disc, for "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]".
*[[March 1]] – [[Marianne Oswald|Marianne Lorraine]] appears with [[John Serry Sr.]] at [[The Town Hall (New York City)]] in a performance of poetry by [[Carl Sandburg]] and [[Archibald MacLeish]] as presented by the Free World Association and sponsored by [[Eleanor Roosevelt]].<ref name="auto789">{{cite news |title=Diseuse in Debut Here - Marianne Lorraine Presents 'One Woman Theatre' at Town Hall Critical review of Marianne Lorraine and John Serry|work= The New York Times |date=1 March 1942|page=36|id = {{ProQuest|106170249}}}}</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=Free+World+Association+Eleanor+Roosevelt+Feb.+1942&tbm=bks&ei=OwC3Y7bnGrfKytMP5fypyA8&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwj28Kv68bD8AhU3pXIEHWV-CvkQ8NMDegQIDxAW&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1 ''Free World'' Vol. 2 p. 94 "The Free world Association presents Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Patroness Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt" - Free World Association Eleanor Roosevelt Feb. 1942 on Google Books]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=Free+World+Association+Marianne+Oswald+1942&biw=1034&bih=844&tbm=bks&ei=zAS3Y6_IOviEytMPod2o8A4&ved=0ahUKEwiv3oGo9rD8AhV4gnIEHaEuCu44FBDh1QMICQ&uact=5&oq=Free+World+Association+Marianne+Oswald+1942&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzEANQmgdYqDpg-EJoBnAAeACAAc8DiAGTC5IBBjIxLjQtMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-books ''Free World'' - A Monthly Magazine devoted to Democracy, p. 94 "The Free World Association presents...Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Town Hall, February28, 1942" Free World Association Marianne Oswald 1942 on Google Books]</ref>
*[[March 5]] – World première of [[Shostakovich]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7 (''Leningrad'')]], given by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra conducted by [[Samuil Samosud]] at [[Samara, Russia|Kuybyshev]] in Russia and broadcast across the Soviet Union. Premières in Moscow, London and New York follow by the end of July.
*[[March 27]] – [[Johnny Mercer]], [[Buddy DeSylva]], and Glenn Wallichs take the first legal steps towards founding [[Capitol Records]] in the United States.
*[[June 22]] – The [[Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan]] opens in [[Yerevan]], Armenia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imegaservice.com/index.php?act=armenia&op=viewculture&itemid=39&langs=en|title=H. Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy : iMEGA Tour and Travel: Tour operator in Armenia.|website=www.imegaservice.com|access-date=2013-05-27|archive-date=2018-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008070027/http://www.imegaservice.com/index.php?act=armenia&op=viewculture&itemid=39&langs=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[July 8]] – Music variety show ''[[Uncle Walter's Doghouse]]'' is broadcast for the last time on NBC radio in the United States.
*[[July 21]] – In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the [[Goldman Band]] performs a unique concert, playing all original works. This is the first time a concert of music originally composed for the wind ensemble has been performed.
*[[August 1]] – [[James Petrillo]], leader of the [[American Federation of Musicians]], orders a ban on musicians recording new material. The labels [[Decca Records|Decca]] and [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] negotiate an end to the ban in 1943, but [[RCA Victor]] and [[Columbia Records]] hold out until 1944. The strike does not include live performances in concerts and on the radio.
*[[August 9]] – [[Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7]] with the city still under siege.
*Autumn – [[Hans Krása]]'s children's opera ''[[Brundibár]]'' is premiered in the Jewish orphanage in [[Prague]] after the composer has been transported to the [[Theresienstadt Ghetto]] (August 10).
*[[Bunk Johnson]] makes his first recordings.
*[[Marianne Oswald]] co-stars with [[John Serry Sr.]] at [[The Town Hall (New York City)]].