Editing 1938 in music (section)

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
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! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
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| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || [[Adagio for Strings]] || 1938-11-05 || New York City || [[NBC Symphony Orchestra|NBC Symphony]] – [[Arturo Toscanini|Toscanini]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/ADAGIO%20FOR%20STRINGS.pdf|title=Adagio for Strings|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref> 
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[Piano Concerto (Britten)|Piano Concerto]] || 1938-08-18 || London ([[BBC Proms]]) || Britten / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Henry Wood|Wood]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=22691|title=Piano Concerto, Benjamin Britten}}</ref>
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| [[Alan Bush|Bush, Alan]] || [[Piano Concerto (Bush)|Piano Concerto]], with baritone and chorus || 1938-03-04 || London || Bush, [[Dennis Noble|Noble]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alanbushtrust.org.uk/music/compositions/CC.asp?room=Music|title=Alan Bush Music Trust – Music – Concertos / Solo Instrument and Orchestra|website=www.alanbushtrust.org.uk}}</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[An Outdoor Overture]]'' || 1938-12-16 || New York City || [[High School of Music & Art]] Orchestra, Alexander Richter (conductor)<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=33942|title=''An Outdoor Overture'', Aaron Copland}}</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Signature (Copland)|Signature]]'' || 1938-02-23 || New York City || [[High-Low Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Ivor Karman|Karman]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=33941|title=''Signature'', Aaron Copland}}</ref>
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| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Sei cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane]]'' || 1938-04-26 || Prague || [unknown ensemble] – [[Miloslav Kabelác|Kabelác]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=7582|title=''Sei cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane'', Luigi Dallapiccola}}</ref>
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| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 3 (Enescu)|Piano Sonata No. 3]] || 1938-12-06 || [[Salle Gaveau]], Paris || [[Marcel Ciampi]]<ref>Elena Zottoviceanu, Adrian Rațiu, and Myriam Marbe, "Premiera Operei Oedip (1934–1936)", in ''George Enescu: Monografie'', 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 739–876 (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1971): 750.</ref>
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| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Cantos del Tucumán]]'' || 1938-07-26 || Buenos Aires || [[Brígida Frías de López Buchardo|Frías de López Buchardo]], [unknown ensemble] <ref>{{IRCAM work|id=31590|title=''Cantos del Tucumán'', Alberto Evaristo Ginastera}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Ouverture Rondeau]] for four ondes Martenot, two pianos and percussion'' || 1938-06-02 || Paris || [[Robert Lesur|Lesur]], [[Kate Steytler|Steytler]], [[Germaine Berthier|Berthier]], [[Marguerite Breitner|Breitner]], [[Nicolas Stein|Stein]], [[Sonia Chapiro|Chapiro]], [[José Carasso|Carasso]] – [[Jane Evrard|Evrard]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=35040|title=''Ouverture Rondeau'', André Jolivet}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Poèmes pour le enfant]]'' || 1938-05-12 || Paris || [[Claire Croiza|Croiza]] / [unknown ensemble] – [[Roger Désormière|Désormière]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=35057|title=''Poèmes pour l'enfant'', André Jolivet}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || [[Suite for String Trio (Jolivet)|Suite for String Trio]] || 1938-11-24 || Paris || [[Trio Pasquier]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=35096|title=Suite, André Jolivet}}</ref>
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| [[Ernst Krenek|Krenek, Ernst]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Krenek)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] || 1938-03-17 || Amsterdam || Krenek / [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Concertgebouw Orchestra]] – [[Bruno Walter|Walter]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=33712|title=Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 2, Ernst Krenek}}</ref>
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| [[Walter Piston|Piston, Walter]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Piston)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1938-04-08 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – Piston <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=July 24, 2015|archive-date=January 18, 2017|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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| [[Silvestre Revueltas|Revultas, Silvestre]] || ''[[Sensemayá]]'' || 1938-12-15 || Mexico City || [unknown orchestra] – Revueltas <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/1_Tickets_and_Events/Program_Notes/ProgramNotes_Prokofiev_Kije.pdf|title=Chicago Symphony Orchestra}}</ref>
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| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Rubbra)|Symphony No. 2]] || 1938-12-16 || London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3KroCQAAQBAJ&q=rubbra+symphony+1+30+april+1937&pg=PA986|title=Two Centuries of British Symphonism: From the beginnings to 1945. A preliminary survey. With a foreword by Lewis Foreman. Volume 2|first=Jürgen|last=Schaarwächter|date=February 27, 2015|publisher=Georg Olms Verlag|isbn=9783487152288|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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| [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg, Arnold]] || Orchestration of [[Johannes Brahms]]' [[Piano Quartet (Brahms)|Piano Quartet]] || 1938-05-07 || Los Angeles || [[Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra|Los Angeles Philharmonic]] – [[Otto Klemperer|Klemperer]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=23775|title=Johannes Brahms: Klavierquartett g-Moll [original op. 25], Arnold Schoenberg}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1938-10-10 || Leningrad || [[Glazunov Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quartets.de/compositions/ssq01.html|title=Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 1|website=www.quartets.de}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2]] || 1938-11-28 || Moscow || [[USSR State Jazz Band]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=7420|title=Suite No. 2, Dimitri Chostakovitch}}</ref>
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| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || ''[[Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"|Dumbarton Oaks Concerto]]'' || 1938-05-08 || Washington DC || [unknown ensemble] – [[Nadia Boulanger|Boulanger]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12186|title=Concerto en mi bémol, Igor Stravinsky}}</ref>
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| [[Michael Tippett|Tippett, Michael]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Tippett)|Piano Sonata No. 1]] || 1938-11-11 || London || [[Phyllis Sellick|Sellick]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12417|title=Sonate No. 1, Sir Michael Tippett}}</ref>
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| [[Anton Webern|Webern, Anton]] || ''[[Das Augenlicht]]'' || 1938-06-17 || London ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM 38]]) || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12620|title=''Das Augenlicht'', Op. 26, Anton Webern}}</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Jean Absil]] – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
*[[Alan Bush]] – Piano Concerto, Op. 18, with baritone and male choir in last movement
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''[[Billy the Kid (ballet)]]''
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – ''Roman Cantata''
*[[George Enescu]] – [[Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Enescu)|Orchestral Suite No. 3]] "Villageoise" in D major, Op. 27
*[[Hamilton Harty]] – ''The Children of Lir''
*[[Roy Harris]] – Symphony No. 3
*[[Herbert Howells]] – ''Hymnus Paradisi''
*[[Janis Ivanovs]] – Symphony No. 3
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] – Sonata da chiesa
*[[Carl Orff]] – ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]''
*[[Walter Piston]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Piston)|Symphony No. 1]]
*[[Silvestre Revueltas]] – ''[[Sensemayá]]'' (Canto para matar una culebra [Chant for the Killing of a Snake])
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[String Quartet No. 1 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 1]]
*[[Ernst Toch]] – ''Cantata of Bitter Herbs''
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – [[String Quartet No. 6 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 6]] (Quarteto brasileiro no. 2)
*[[Leó Weiner]] – Divertimento for Strings No. 2