Editing 1941 in music (section)

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
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! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
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| [[William Alwyn|Alwyn, William]] || ''[[Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra]]'' || 1941-11-03 || Bedford, UK || [[Watson Forbes|Forbes]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.570704&catNum=570704&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg8WAxFjyrAC&dq=william+alwyn+1941+bbc+pastoral+fantasia+%22watson+forbes%22&pg=PA78 The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn]</ref>
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| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || [[Violin Concerto (Barber)|Violin Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Philadelphia || [[Albert Spalding (violinist)|Spalding]] / [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/BarberConcerto%20for%20Violin%20and%20Orchestra.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
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| [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]] || 1941-02-07 || New York City || [[Kolisch Quartet]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6OCOvvu0O1wC&dq=bartok+quartet+6+kolisch+1941&pg=PA32 Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Matinées musicales]]'' || 1941-06-27 || Rio de Janeiro || [[American Ballet Company|American Ballet Company Orchestra]] – [[Emanuel Balaban|Balaban]]<ref>[http://classicalnotes.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/matinees-musicales-britten.html MUSIClassical Notes]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Sinfonia da Requiem]]'' || 1941-03-30 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Britten/Britten-Requiem20.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Britten)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1941-09-21 || Los Angeles || [[Coolidge Quartet]]<ref>[https://goodmorningbritten.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/listening-to-britten-string-quartet-no-1-in-d-major-op-25/ Good Morning Britten]</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || [[Piano Sonata (Copland)|Piano Sonata]] || 1941-10-21 || Buenos Aires || Copland<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559184&catNum=559184&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
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| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Canti di prigionia]]'' || 1941-12-11 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|7564|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Canti di prigionia''}}</ref>
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| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux]]'' || 1941-05-01 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|24971|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux''}}</ref>
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| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Concierto argentino]]'' || 1941-07-18 || Montevideo, Uruguay || [[Hugo Balzo|Balzo]] / [[SODRE Symphony Orchestra|SODRE Symphony]] – [[Lamberto Baldi|Baldi]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31583|Alberto Ginastera: ''Concierto argentino''}}</ref>
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| [[Bernard Herrmann|Herrmann, Bernard]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Herrmann)|Symphony]] || 1941-07-27 || New York City || [[CBS Symphony Orchestra|CBS Symphony]] – Herrmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-1mUcGRpt0EC&dq=herrmann+cbs+symphony+1941&pg=PA89 Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann]</ref>
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| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || [[Cello Concerto (Hindemith)|Cello Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Boston || [[Gregor Piatigorsky|Piatigorsky]] / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,33092,cmss,3369.html#show_details Schott Music]</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' || 1941-01-15 || Görlitz, Germany || [[Jean Le Boulaire|Le Boulaire]], [[Henri Akoka|Akoka]], [[Étienne Pasquier (cellist)|Pasquier]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|10612|Olivier Messiaen: ''Quatuor pour la fin du temps''}}</ref>
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| [[Vítězslav Novák|Novák, Vítězslav]] || ''[[De Profundis (Novák)|De Profundis]]'' || 1941-11-20 || Brno, Czechoslovakia || [[Jiří Reinberger|Reinberger]] / [[Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra|Prague Radio Symphony]] – [[Břetislav Bakala|Bakala]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150721190426/http://www.wrightmusic.net/pdfs/vitezslav-novak.pdf Wright Music]</ref>
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| [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff, Sergei]] || [[Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff)|Symphonic Dances]] || 1941-01-03 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |title=Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra |access-date=July 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075713/http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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| [[William Schuman|Schuman, William]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Schuman)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1941-10-17 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/32750 Musicsales Classical]</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Joseph Achron]] – Concerto for Piano Solo
*[[Richard Addinsell]] – ''[[Warsaw Concerto]]''
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – ''Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu Beschreiben (Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain)''
*[[Roberto Gerhard]] – ''Sinfonía homenaje a Pedrell ''
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – ''Pochodnyj marš (Field march)'' for wind orchestra, op. 76
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – English Horn Sonata (premiered November 23 in New York City)
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – Symphony No. 3, ''Sinfonia rustica''
**Symphony No. 4, ''Sinfonia sacra''
*[[Wilhelm Kienzl]] – String Quartet No.3, Op.113
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps|Quatour pour la fin du temps]]''
*[[Harry Partch]] – ''Barstow''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''Lullaby'' (Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky's "Cradle Song" Op. 16 No. 1)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7 C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"]]
*[[Lukas Foss]] – Concerto No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra