Editing 1945 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 27]] – ''Billboard'' has added a third chart to measure record popularity, "Records Most-Played On the Air". which will track disk jockey ("spinners", "dial twisters") activity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whEEAAAAMBAJ |title=Billboard |date=1945-01-27 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[January 28]] – [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] conducts a concert in [[Vienna]] with the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] including a performance of [[Symphony No. 2 (Brahms)|Brahms' Symphony No. 2]], which is recorded and is considered one of his greatest performances.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Bernard D.|last=Sherman|title=Brahms: The Symphonies / Charles Mackerras|url=http://www.bsherman.net/mack.html|journal=Fanfare|year=1997|orig-year=1999|access-date=2010-09-05}}</ref> Furtwängler, "within a few hours of being arrested" by the [[Gestapo]] (who are cracking down on liberals), flees to Switzerland.<ref>''[[Grove Music Online]].''</ref>
*[[February 13]]–[[February 15|15]] – [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II]] destroys the [[Semperoper]] (Saxon state opera house).
*[[February 13]] – The premiere of [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 5]] under the composer's baton at the [[Moscow Conservatory]] is delayed by a military salute marking the Red Army's crossing of the [[Vistula]].<ref>{{citation|first=Ivan|last=Hewett|authorlink=Ivan Hewett|chapter=Rolling with the Punches|title=BBC Proms 2022|pages=20–4}}</ref>
*[[March 23]] – The [[Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise]] is reformed under this name.
*[[April 12]] – The [[Berlin Philharmonic]] gives one of its final performances of the Nazi era in Berlin with various members of the military and political elite in attendance. [[Robert Heger]] conducts [[Brunhild#Modern culture|Brünnhilde]]'s last aria (the Immolation Scene) and the finale from [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Götterdammerung]]'', [[Beethoven]]'s [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto]] and [[Anton Bruckner]]'s [[Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner)|Symphony No. 4]]. Members of the [[Hitler Youth]] offer [[cyanide]] capsules to the audience as they leave the building.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/03/24/ghost-sonata|title=Ghost Sonata|first=Alex|last=Ross|author-link=Alex Ross (music critic)|date=2003-03-16|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-date=2020-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020043401/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/03/24/ghost-sonata|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1996-03-01/albert-speer-his-battle-truth|title=Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth|first=Stanley|last=Hoffmann|date=March–April 1996|magazine=Foreign Affairs|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-date=2019-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518175522/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1996-03-01/albert-speer-his-battle-truth|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Battle of Berlin]] then forces the orchestra to close for two months.
*[[May 8]] – [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]]: Grenadier Guards second lieutenant [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] joins in the celebrations by playing his trumpet in an impromptu performance in front of [[Buckingham Palace]] in London, inadvertently giving his first broadcast performance as the [[BBC]] is recording events.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/2227796.humphrey_lytteltons_last_interview/|title=Humphrey Lyttelton's last interview|work=This Is Hampshire|date=2008-04-26|last=Eaton|first=Duncan}}</ref>
*[[July 26]] – Composer [[Ernest John Moeran]] marries cellist [[Peers Coetmore]].
*[[July 27]] – [[Benjamin Britten]] and [[Yehudi Menuhin]] perform concerts at [[Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp]].
*[[August 19]] – [[Dick Powell]] marries [[June Allyson]].
*[[September 1]] – [[Trio Lescano]]'s last concert on [[Italy|Italian]] [[radio]].
*[[September 4]] – [[Beethoven]]'s ''[[Fidelio]]'' becomes the first opera to be performed in Berlin following World War II.
*[[October 25]] – [[Philharmonia Orchestra]] plays its first concert, in London.
*November – [[Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt]] conducts the [[North German Radio Symphony Orchestra]] in its first concert. 
*[[November 26]] – [[Charlie Parker]] makes his first recording as a leader, also featuring [[Miles Davis]].
*The ''[[Motion Picture Daily]]'' Fame Poll designates [[Bing Crosby]] "Top Male Vocalist" for the ninth straight year.
*[[Antal Doráti]] becomes conductor of the [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]].
*[[Reynaldo Hahn]] is appointed director of the Paris Opéra.
*[[Frank Sinatra]] leaves ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' to appear on ''[[Max Factor Presents Frank Sinatra]]'' and, starting in September, ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (radio program)#Songs by Sinatra (1945-47)|Songs By Sinatra]]''.
*[[Ruth Brown|Ruth Weston]] runs away from home in [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], to marry trumpeter [[Jimmy Brown (musician)|Jimmy Brown]] and begin her career as a singer.
*[[Marlene Dietrich]] appears on the CBS radio network, accompanied by accordionist [[John Serry Sr.]]