Editing 1942 in music (section)

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
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! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
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| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || ''[[Second Essay for Orchestra (Barber)|Second Essay for Orchestra]]'' || 1942-04-16 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Bruno Walter|Walter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlantasymphony.org/~/media/Sites/ASO2011/ProgramResources/1-15-15PN.ashx|title=Atlanta Symphony}}</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[A Ceremony of Carols]]'' || 1942-12-05 || Norwich, UK || [[Gwendolen Mason|Mason]] / [[The Fleet Street Choir]] – Lawrence<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=22726|title=''A Ceremony of Carols'', Benjamin Britten}}</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra]]'' || 1942-01-16 || Philadelphia || [[Paul Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein]] / [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=22698|title=Diversions, Benjamin Britten}}</ref>
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| [[John Alden Carpenter|Carpenter, John Alden]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Carpenter)|Symphony No. 2]]|| 1942-10-22 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Bruno Walter|Walter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559065&catNum=559065&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
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| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || [[Piano Concerto (Chávez)|Piano Concerto]] || 1942-01-01 || New York City || [[Eugene List]] (piano) [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Dimitri Mitropoulos|Mitropoulos]]<ref>Noel Straus, "Chavez Concerto by Philharmonic", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (2 January 1942): 24.</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Statements (Copland)|Statements]]'' || 1942-01-07 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=7493|title=''Statements'', Aaron Copland}}</ref>
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| [[Alfredo Casella|Casella, Alfredo]] || ''[[Paganiniana (Casella)|Paganiniana]]'' || 1942-04-14 || Vienna || [[Vienna Philharmonic]] – [[Karl Böhm|Böhm]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Alfredo-Casella/composers-and-works/composer/122/work/4028|title=Casella – Paganiniana for orchestra – Universal Edition|website=Universal Edition}}</ref>
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| [[Gerald Finzi|Finzi, Gerald]] || ''[[Let Us Garlands Bring (Finzi)|Let Us Garlands Bring]]'' || 1942-10-12 || London || [[Robert Irvin|Irvin]], [[Howard Ferguson (composer)|Ferguson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557644&catNum=557644&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=FINZI: I Said to Love / Let Us Garlands Bring / Before and After Summer (English Song, Vol. 12)|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
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| [[Camargo Guarnieri|Guarnieri, Camargo]] || ''[[Abertura concertante]]'' || 1942-06-02 || São Paulo || [[São Paulo Artistic Culture Society Orchestra|Artistic Culture Society Orchestra]] – [[João de Souza Lima|De Souza Lima]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoriosinfonico.blogspot.com.es/2011/04/camargo-guarnieri-abertura-concertante.html|title=Repertório: Camargo Guarnieri – Abertura Concertante (1942) & Abertura Festiva (1971)|first=Emanuel|last=Martinez|date=8 April 2011}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Cosmogonie]]'' || 1942-03-04 || Nice || [[Orchestre National de France|French National Symphony]] – [[Hubert d'Auriol|D'Auriol]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=35232|title=''Cosmogonie'', André Jolivet}}</ref>
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| [[Ernst Krenek|Krenek, Ernst]] || ''[[I Wonder as I Wander (Krenek)|I Wonder as I Wander]]'' || 1942-12-11 || Minneapolis || [[Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra|Minneapolis Symphony]] – [[Dimitri Mitropoulos|Mitropoulos]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=33740|title=''I wonder as I wander'', Ernst Krenek}}</ref>
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| [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna, Bruno]] || [[Piano Concerto (Maderna)|Piano Concerto]]|| 1942-06-22 || Venice || [[Gino Gorini|Gorini]] / [[Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia|Marcello Conservatory Orchestra]] – [[Ettore Gracis|Gracis]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=29478|title=Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, Bruno Maderna}}</ref>
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| [[Frank Martin (composer)|Martin, Frank]] || ''[[Sonata da chiesa (Martin)|Sonata da chiesa]] for flute and organ'' || 1942-06-11 || Lausanne, Switzerland || [[Maria Martin (flutist)|M. Martin]], [[Charles Faller|Faller]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Sonata-da-chiesa-Frank-Martin/composers-and-works/composer/456/work/4781|title=Martin – Sonata da chiesa for flute and organ – Universal Edition|website=Universal Edition}}</ref>
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Martinů)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1942-11-13 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx|title=World Premieres: The 1900s|publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra|website=www.bso.org|access-date=2015-07-10|archive-date=2017-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || [[Symphony No. 22 (Myaskovsky)|''Symphonic Ballade'' (Symphony No. 22)]] || 1942-01-12 || Tbilisi, Soviet Union || [unknown orchestra] – [[Abram Stasevich|Stasevich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/6/BATMiaskoDef1.pdf|title=Le Chant du Monde|access-date=2015-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913034724/http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/6/BATMiaskoDef1.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || {{ill|Symphony No. 23 (Myaskovsky)|nl|Symfonie nr. 23 (Mjaskovski)|lt=Symphony No. 23}} || 1942-06-05 || Moscow ||
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Prokofiev)|String Quartet No. 2]] || 1942-04-07 || Moscow || [[Beethoven Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.553136&catNum=553136&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=Prokofiev: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Sonata|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|''Leningrad Symphony'' (Symphony No. 7)]] || 1942-03-05 || [[Samara|Kuibyshev]], Soviet Union || [[Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra]] – [[Samuil Samosud|Samosud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicfm.com/composers/shostakovich/guides/story-behind-shostakovich-leningrad-symphony/#21SEkGulFYBrswbH.97|title=The Story Behind Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony}}</ref>
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| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || ''[[Danses concertantes for Chamber Orchestra (Stravinsky)|Danses concertantes]]'' || 1942-02-08 || Los Angeles || [[Janssen Symphony Orchestra|Janssen Symphony]] – Stravinsky<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12193|title=''Danses concertantes'', Igor Stravinsky}}</ref>
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| [[Michael Tippett|Tippett, Michael]] || ''[[Fantasia on a Theme of Handel]]'' || 1942-03-07 || London || [[Phyllis Sellick|Sellick]] / [[Walter Goehr Orchestra|Goehr Orchestra]] – [[Walter Goehr|Goehr]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12395|title=''Fantaisie sur une thème de Haendel'', Sir Michael Tippett}}</ref>
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| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || ''[[Rudepoêma]]'' || 1942-07-15 || Rio de Janeiro || [[Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Symphony Orchestra|Municipal Theatre Symphony]] – Villa-Lobos<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://villalobos.iu.edu/rudepoema-orchestra |title=Indiana University |access-date=2015-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713160051/http://villalobos.iu.edu/rudepoema-orchestra |archive-date=2015-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || [[Prelude No. 3 (Villa-Lobos)|Five Preludes]] for guitar || 1942-12-11 || Montevideo, Uruguay || [[Abel Carlevaro]] – Villa-Lobos<ref>''[http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf Villa-Lobos, sua obra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf |date=2016-10-16 }}'', Version 1.0. MinC. ([Rio de Janeiro]: IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009): 153. Based on the third edition, 1989.</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Arthur Benjamin]] – Concerto for Oboe on Themes by Cimarosa
*[[Alessandro Casagrande]] – ''Messa, in re minore, per soli coro e orchestra''
* [[Aaron Copland]]
**''[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]''
**''[[Rodeo (ballet)]]''
**''[[Lincoln Portrait]]''
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – ''[[Let Us Garlands Bring (Finzi)|Let Us Garlands Bring]]'' Op. 18, song cycle on texts by [[Shakespeare]]
* [[Camargo Guarnieri]] – ''Abertura Concertante''
* [[Carlos Guastavino]] – ''Once Upon A Time'' (ballet)
* [[Roy Harris]] – Symphony No. 5
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – "Abendständchen," "Abendwolke" (Lieder)
* [[Aram Khachaturian]] – ''[[Gayane (ballet)|Gayane]]'' (ballet)
* [[Paul von Klenau]]
** Symphony No. 8 ''Im Alten Stil''
** String Quartet No. 2
*[[Raoul Koczalski]] – Kleine Sonate, Op. 146
*[[Charles Koechlin]]
**Fourteen pieces for oboe and piano, Op. 179
**Fifteen pieces for horn and piano, Op. 180
**Three sonatines for solo flute, Op. 184
**Suite for solo English horn, Op. 185
**Twenty-four duos for two saxophones Op. 186
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**Madrigal-Sonata, H. 291
**Piano Quartet No. 1
**Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
*[[Selim Palmgren]]
**''Sun & Clouds'', 12 Pieces for Piano, Op. 102
**''Jouluaatto'' ("Christmas Morning") for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 103a
* [[Andrzej Panufnik]] – ''Tragic Overture''
* Robert de Roos – String Quartet No. 2
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]] – [[Piano Concerto (Schoenberg)|Piano Concerto]], Op. 42
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – ''Tarantella'' for Stradella Accordion
* [[Nikos Skalkottas]]
** Double Bass Concerto
** Little Suite for strings
*[[Richard Strauss]] – Horn Concerto No. 2, TrV 283
* [[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''Four Norwegian Moods''
* [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – [[String Quartet No. 7 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 7]]