Editing 1937 in music (section)

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
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! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
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| [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || ''[[Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta]]'' || 1937-01-21 || Basel, Switzerland || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>[http://cso.org/uploadedfiles/1_tickets_and_events/program_notes/programnotes_bartok_stringsperccelesta.pdf Chicago Symphony Orchestra]</ref>
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| [[Arthur Benjamin|Benjamin, Arthur]] || ''[[Overture to an Italian Comedy]]'' || 1937-03-02 || London || [unknown ensemble] – [[Gordon Jacob|Jacob]]<ref>[http://www.contraclassics.com/browser/composition:536 Contraclassics]</ref>
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| [[Ernest Bloch|Bloch, Ernest]] || ''[[Voice in the Wilderness (Bloch)|Voice in the Wilderness]]'' || 1937-01-21 || Los Angeles || [[Alexander Borisoff|Borisoff]] / [[Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra|Los Angeles Philharmonic]] – [[Otto Klemperer|Klemperer]]<ref>[http://www.ernestbloch.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=79296 Ernest Bloch Legacy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519214403/http://www.ernestbloch.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=79296 |date=2014-05-19 }}</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[On this Island]]'' || 1937-11-19 || London || [[Sophie Wyss|Wyss]], Britten <ref>{{IRCAM work|22687|[Benjamin Britten: ''On this Island''}}</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Reveille (Britten)|Reveille]]'' || 1937-04-12 || London || [[Antonio Brosa|Brosa]], [[Franz Reizenstein|Reizenstein]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|22994|Benjamin Britten: ''Reveille''}}</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge]]'' || 1937-08-27 || Salzburg, Austria ([[Salzburg Festival|Festival]]) || [[Boyd Neel Orchestra]] – [[Boyd Neel|Neel]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|22686|Reveille: ''Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge''}}</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[El Salón México]]'' || 1937-08-27 || Mexico City || [[National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)|Mexico Symphony]] – [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/Copland-El%20Salon%20Mexico.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Prairie Journal]]'' || 1937-07-25 || New York City || [[Columbia Symphony Orchestra|Columbia Symphony]] – [[Howard Barlow|Barlow]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|33940|Aaron Copland: ''Prairie Journal''}}</ref>
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| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Tre laudi]]'' || 1937-09-08 || Venice ([[Venice Biennale|Festival]]) || [[Ginera Vivante|Vivante]] / [[Grupo Strumentale Italiano]] – [[Nino Sanzognoi|Sanzogno]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.labiennale.org/doc_files/1930-1972ok.pdf |title=Venice Biennale archive |access-date=2016-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002085018/http://web.labiennale.org/doc_files/1930-1972ok.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Ferenc Farkas|Farkas, Ferenc]] || [[Concertino for Harp and Orchestra|Harp Concertino]] || 1937-03-11 || Budapest || [[Anna Molnár|Molnár]] / [unknown ensemble] – [[Jenő Kenessey|Kenessey]]<ref>[http://www.ferencfarkas.org/concertino-for-harp-and-string-orchestra-or-string-quartet.phtml Ferenc Farkas officialk website]</ref>
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| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Danzas Argentinas]]'' || 1937-10-27 || Buenos Aires || [[Antonio de Raco|De Raco]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31586|Alberto Ginastera: ''Danzas Argentinas''}}</ref>
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| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || Suite from ''[[Panambí (Ginastera)|Panambí]]'' || 1937-11-27 || Buenos Aires || [unknown ensemble] – [[Juan José Castro|Castro]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.570999&catNum=570999&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
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| [[Charles Ives|Ives, Charles]] || ''[[Psalm 67 (Ives)|Psalm 67]]'' (1899) || 1937-05-06 || New York City || [[The Madrigal Singers]] – [[Lehman Engel|Engel]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|32479|Charles Ives: ''Psalm 67''}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Romantiques]]'' || 1937-03-20 || Paris || [[Marcelle Gérar|Gérar]], [[Madeleine d'Aleman|D'Aleman]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|35073|André Jolivet: ''Romantiques''}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Trois Chants des Hommes]]'' || 1937-06-04 || Paris || [[Jacques Bastard|Bastard]] / [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire|Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra]] – [[Dominique Modesti|Modesti]]
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| [[Aram Khachaturian|Khachaturian, Aram]] || [[Piano Concerto (Khachaturian)|Piano Concerto]] || 1937-07-12 || Moscow || [[Lev Oborin|Oborin]] / [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Philharmonic]] – [[Lev Steinberg|Steinberg]]<ref>[http://www.eclassical.com/shop/17115/art34/4911134-0dc749-827949051067.pdf Eclassical]</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Fêtes des belles eaux]]'' || 1937-07-25 || Paris ([[Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne|Expo 37]]) || [unknown ensemble] <ref>{{IRCAM work|19465|Olivier Messiaen: ''Fêtes des belles eaux''}}</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Poèmes pour Mi]]'' || 1937-06-04 || Paris || [[Marcelle Bunlet|Bunlet]] / [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire|Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra]] – [[Roger Désormière|Désormière]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|10608|Olivier Messiaen: ''Poèmes pour Mi''}}</ref>
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| [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud, Darius]] || ''[[Suite provençale]]'' || 1937-09-12 || Venice ([[Venice Biennale|Festival]]) || [unknown ensemble] – Milhaud <ref>[http://www.yourclassical.org/programs/composers-datebook/episodes/2008/09/12 Your Classical]</ref>
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| [[Nikolay Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolay]] || [[Symphony No. 17 (Myaskovsky)|Symphony No. 17]] || 1937-12-17 || Moscow || [[USSR State Symphony Orchestra|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Alexander Gauk|Gauk]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=mQmLAwAAQBAJ&dq=miaskovsky+symphony+17+premiere&pg=PA367 Nikolay Myaskovsky: The Conscience of Russian Music]</ref>
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| [[Nikolay Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolay]] || [[Symphony No. 18 (Myaskovsky)|Symphony No. 18]] || 1937-10-01 || Moscow || [[USSR State Symphony Orchestra|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Alexander Gauk|Gauk]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || Suite No. 2 from ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' || 1937-04-15 || Leningrad || [[Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Yevgeny Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[http://www.sikorski.de/media/files/1/2/1381/7212/7394/7239/7240/prokofjew_werkverzeichnis.pdf Sikorski]</ref>
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| [[Albert Roussel|Roussel, Albert]] || [[Cello Concertino (Roussel)|Cello Concertino]] || 1937-02-06 || Paris || [[Pierre Fournier|Fournier]] / [[Concerts Poulet Orchestra]] – [[Robert Siohan|Siohan]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181215123532/https://www.allmusic.com/composition/concertino-for-cello-orchestra-op-57-mc0002378290 Allmusic]</ref>
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| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Rubbra)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1937-04-30 || London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3KroCQAAQBAJ&dq=rubbra+symphony+1+30+april+1937&pg=PA986 Two Centuries of British Symphonies: From the Beginnings to 1945]</ref>
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| [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg, Arnold]] || [[String Quartet No. 4 (Schoenberg)|String Quartet No. 4]] || 1937-01-08 || Los Angeles || [[Kolisch Quartet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|11872|Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4}}</ref>
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| [[Roger Sessions|Sessions, Roger]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Sessions)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1937-04-10 || Washington D.C. || [[Coolidge Quartet]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559261&catNum=559261&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 5]] || 1937-11-21 || Leningrad || [[Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Yevgeny Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lozBiI1ehiIC&dq=shostakovich+symphony+5+1937+leningrad+mravinsky&pg=PA546 The Symphony: A Listener's Guide]</ref>
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| [[Anton Webern|Webern, Anton]] || [[Variations for piano (Webern)|Variations for Piano]] || 1937-10-26 || Vienna || [[Peter Stadlen|Stadlen]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12657|Anton Webern: Variations for piano}}</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Jehan Alain]]
**''Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin'', for organ
**''Trois danses: Joies, Deuils, Luttes'', for orchestra
*[[Luciano Berio]]&nbsp;– ''Pastorale'' for piano
*[[Arthur Bliss]]&nbsp;– ''[[Checkmate (ballet)|Checkmate]]'' (ballet)
*[[Rutland Boughton]]&nbsp;– Symphony No. 3 in B minor
*[[Benjamin Britten]]&nbsp;– ''[[Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge]]''
*[[John Alden Carpenter]]&nbsp;– Piano Quintet
*[[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]]&nbsp;– ''Psalm''
*[[George Dyson (composer)|George Dyson]]&nbsp;– Symphony in G major
*[[Hanns Eisler]]&nbsp;– String Quartet
*[[Ferenc Farkas]]&nbsp;– Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
*[[John Fernström]]&nbsp;– Viola Concerto
*[[Alan Hovhaness]]&nbsp;– Cello Concerto
*[[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]]&nbsp;– ''These Things Shall Be''
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]]&nbsp;– Symphony
*[[Nikolai Medtner]]&nbsp;– sonate-idylle for piano, opus 56 in G major
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]]&nbsp;– revision of String Quartet No. 4, composition of Symphony No. 17 in G♯ minor and Symphony No. 18 in C major
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]&nbsp;– [[Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 5]] in D minor, Op. 47
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]&nbsp;– ''[[Job: A Masque for Dancing]]'' (ballet)
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
**''Ciclo brasileiro'' for piano
** ''Distribuição de Flores'' for flute and guitar
*[[Percy Whitlock]]&nbsp;– ''Wessex Suite''
*[[Havergal Brian]]&nbsp;– Symphony No. 5 ''"The Wine of Summer"''