Editing 1951 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1951.

==Specific locations==
*[[1951 in British music]]
*[[1951 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1951 in country music]]
*[[1951 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 29]] – [[Nilla Pizzi]] wins the first annual [[Sanremo Music Festival]] with "Grazie dei fiori".<ref>Anon. "[http://www.premier.net/~Italy/riviera.htm Riviera Dei Fiori]"; Anon. "[http://sanremo.canzoneitaliana.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=10 Sanremo 1951] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306142129/http://sanremo.canzoneitaliana.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=10 |date=March 6, 2009 }}", Sanremo Festival Website (Accessed November 30, 2009).</ref>
*[[February 22]] – The first complete performance of [[Charles Ives]]'s [[Symphony No. 2 (Ives)|Symphony No. 2]], written between 1897 and 1902, is given in [[Carnegie Hall]] by the [[New York Philharmonic]] orchestra, conducted by [[Leonard Bernstein]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cowell|first=Henry|author-link=Henry Cowell|title=Current Chronicle: New York|journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]]|volume=37|number=3|date=July 1951|pages=396–402 (399–400)|doi=10.1093/mq/XXXVII.3.396}}</ref>
*[[March 3]]-5 – [[Jackie Brenston]] "and His Delta Cats" (actually [[Ike Turner]]'s [[Kings of Rhythm]]) record "[[Rocket 88]]" at [[Sam Phillips]]' [[Sun Studio]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], a candidate for [[Origins of rock and roll#Views on the first rock and roll record|the first rock and roll record]] (released in April).
*[[March 5]] – The [[Suk Trio]], consisting of [[Josef Suk (violinist)]], Jiří Hubička (pianist) and [[Saša Večtomov]] (cellist), make their debut, at the [[Rudolfinum]] Hall in [[Prague]] (Czechoslovakia).
*[[April 4]] – [[Frankie Laine]], newly signed by [[Columbia Records]], becoming the highest paid vocalist of his day, immediately justifies his new contract by recording the double-sided megahit "[[Jezebel (Frankie Laine song)|Jezebel]]"/"[[Rose, Rose, I Love You]]", the latter being the only major popular music chart hit in the United States written by a Chinese composer ([[Chen Gexin]]).
*[[April 18]] – An article entitled "The Fight Against Formalism in Art and Literature, for a Progressive German Culture" appears in the ''Tägliche Rundschau'', official daily of the Soviet Government in Germany, promulgating the new cultural policy of the [[East Germany|DDR]].<ref>Everett Helm, [https://archive.today/20120711111122/http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/content/XXXVII/4/590.full.pdf+html "Current Chronicle: Berlin]" (Subscription Access), ''[[The Musical Quarterly]]'' 37, no. 4 (October): 590–97.</ref>
*[[May 9]]–26 – The [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]] for violin is held (for the first time under that name) in [[Brussels]], Belgium. [[Leonid Kogan]] is awarded first prize.<ref>"[http://www.cmireb.be/files/Palmares%201937-2008.pdf Queen Elisabeth Competition 1951–2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008094530/http://cmireb.be/files/Palmares%201937-2008.pdf |date=October 8, 2018 }}", p. 3.</ref>
*[[June 9]] – [[Joseph Haydn]]'s opera ''[[L'anima del filosofo]]'', better known by its alternative title ''Orfeo ed Euridice'' and written in 1791–92, is given its world premiere at the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]].<ref>Anonymous, "First Performance of a Haydn Opera", ''[[The Times]]'', issue 52024 (June 10, 1951): p. 4, col G.</ref>
*[[June 14]] – [[Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley and His Saddlemen]] record their version of "[[Rocket 88]]", combining the [[rhythm and blues]] arrangement of the version recorded in early March by [[Jackie Brentson]] with [[country music]] trappings.
*[[June 22]] – [[July 10]] – [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Darmstädter Internationale Ferienkurse]] held in [[Darmstadt]].
*[[July 2]]–14 – The seventh annual [[Cheltenham Music Festival]] is held in [[Cheltenham]], England, with a performance of [[Brian Easdale]]'s opera ''The Sleeping Children'', premieres of the first symphonies of [[Malcolm Arnold]], [[John Gardner (composer)|John Gardner]] and Arnold van Wyk, [[Franz Reizenstein]]'s Serenade for Winds and Maurice Jacobson's Symphonic Suite, as well as performances of works by [[Humphrey Searle]], [[Robert Masters (violinist)|Robert Masters]], [[Benjamin Frankel]] and [[Philip Sainton]].<ref>A. J., "Cheltenham Festival", ''[[The Musical Times]]'' 92, no. 1303 (September 1951): 416–417.</ref>
*[[July 11]] – Disc jockey and music promoter [[Alan Freed]] broadcasts his first [[Rhythm and blues]] radio programme from station WJW in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. Freed uses the term [[rock and roll]] to describe R&B, in an effort to introduce the music to a broader white audience.
*[[July 14]]–21 – The Haslemere Music Festival, consisting of six concerts of [[early music]], takes place in [[Haslemere]], England.<ref>Anon., "The Haslemere Festival", ''[[The Musical Times]]'' 92, no. 1301 (July 1951): 312.</ref>
*[[July 29]] – The annual [[Bayreuth Festival]] resumes for the first time since the [[World War II|Second World War]], now under the general direction of [[Wieland Wagner]], with an opening concert of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven's]] [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9]] conducted by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], followed by productions of ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'', ''[[Parsifal]]'' and ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg|Die Meistersinger]]''.<ref>[[Adolf Aber]], "Tradition and Revolution at Bayreuth", ''[[The Musical Times]]'' 92, no. 1304 (October 1951): 453–457.</ref>
*August – The annual [[Salzburg Festival]] takes place in [[Salzburg]], Austria, featuring four opera productions from the [[Vienna State Opera]]: [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Idomeneo]]'' and ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' and [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''[[Otello]]'', all conducted by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], and [[Alban Berg|Berg's]] ''[[Wozzeck]]'', conducted by [[Karl Böhm]], as well as seven orchestral concerts by the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] (two conducted by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] and one each by [[Edwin Fischer]], [[Rafael Kubelík]], [[Eugen Jochum]], [[Karl Böhm]], and [[Leopold Stokowski]]), six choral concerts, four chamber-music concerts, three solo recitals, and a number of smaller events.<ref>David Cherniavsky, "The Salzburg Festival", ''[[The Musical Times]]'' 92, no. 1305 (November 1951): 517–518.</ref>
*[[September 5]] – Opening of the month-long Berlin Festival of the Arts, with a performance in the New Schillertheater of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven's]] [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9]] by the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] conducted by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]]. Subsequent musical events include performances of [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]'s ''[[The Consul]]'', [[Benjamin Britten]]'s ''Let's Make an Opera'' and the first German performance of ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.<ref>Anonymous, "Berlin Festival of the Arts: Turn of Western Culture", ''[[The Times]]'', issue 52091 (August 28, 1951): p. 3, col G.</ref>
*[[September 11]] – ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'', an opera by [[Igor Stravinsky]] with libretto by [[W. H. Auden]] and [[Chester Kallman]], premieres in [[Venice]], conducted by the composer.
*[[September 17]]–22 – The fourth annual [[Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts]] opens in [[Swansea]], [[Wales]], with a controversial speech by one of Wales's leading composers, [[Daniel Jones (composer)|Daniel Jones]]. The festival is the final component in the [[Festival of Britain]] and consists of seven programmes, featuring Welsh composer [[Arwel Hughes]]'s new oratorio ''St. David'' and appearances by [[Victoria de los Ángeles]], [[Zino Francescatti]], [[André Navarra]], [[Walter Susskind]] and [[Jean Martinon]].<ref>Margaret Reece-Evans, "The Swansea Festival", ''[[The Musical Times]]'' 92, no. 1305 (November): 516.</ref>
*[[October 6]]–7 – The [[Donaueschingen Festival|Donaueschinger Musiktage]] features the world premieres of [[Ernst Krenek]]'s Double Concerto for viola, piano, and small orchestra, [[Rolf Liebermann]]'s Piano Sonata, [[Pierre Boulez]]'s ''[[Polyphonie X]]'' for 18 solo instruments, [[Hermann Reutter]]'s ''Der himmlische Vagant, lyrische Portrait des F. Villon von Klabund'' for alto and baritone voices and instrumental ensemble, and [[Marcel Mihalovici]]'s ''Étude en deux parties'' for piano and ensemble, as well as German first performances of works by [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen]], [[Guido Turchi]], [[Tibor Harsányi|Harsányi]], [[Hanns Jelinek|Jelinek]], and [[Arthur Honegger|Honegger]], and a performance of [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze's]] Third Symphony.<ref>[http://www.swr.de/swr2/donaueschingen/programme/1921-1997/-/id=2136956/nid=2136956/did=3459888/13oc5dy/index.html Donaueschinger Musiktage: Programme seit 1921] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320032930/http://www.swr.de/swr2/donaueschingen/programme/1921-1997/-/id%3D2136956/nid%3D2136956/did%3D3459888/13oc5dy/index.html |date=March 20, 2012 }}.</ref>
*[[October 21]] – Opening of a "Festival of Music and the Arts" at Wexford in Ireland, the forerunner of [[Wexford Festival Opera]].
*[[October 22]] – Reopening of the [[Royal Opera House]], London, with a production of [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s ''[[Turandot]]'', conducted by Sir [[John Barbirolli]] and with [[Gertrude Grob-Prandl]] in the title role.<ref>Anonymous, "Royal Opera House: ''Turandot''", ''[[The Times]]'', issue 52139 (October 23, 1951): p. 6, col F.</ref>
*[[November 29]] – [[December 3]] – The Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by [[Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt]], plays four concerts in London as part of a thirteen-concert tour of England and Ireland.<ref>Anonymous, 'Visit of Hamburg Radio Orchestra: Series of Concerts', ''[[The Times]]'', issue 52164 (November 21, 1951): p. 2, col F.</ref>
*November – [[Dinah Shore]] begins her first TV series, ''The Dinah Shore Show'', which will run for 5½ years.
*[[December 7]] – Opening of the opera season at [[La Scala]] in [[Milan]], three weeks earlier than the traditional date of December 26, with a double-bill consisting of [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi's]] ''[[I vespri siciliani]]'' and [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky's]] ''[[The Rake's Progress]]''.<ref>Anonymous, "Opening of the Season at La Scala: Two First Performances", ''[[The Times]]'', issue 52179 (December 8, 1951): p. 5, col C.</ref>
*[[Teresa Brewer]] leaves the London label for [[Coral Records]].
*[[Georgia Gibbs]] leaves Coral to sign with [[Mercury Records]], where she will have all of her biggest hits.

==Albums released==
*''Ballin' the Jack'' – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*''[[Beloved Hymns]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
*''[[Bing and the Dixieland Bands]]'' – Bing Crosby
*''[[Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert|Bing Sings Victor Herbert]]'' – Bing Crosby
*''Blue Period'' – [[Miles Davis]]
*''Country Style'' – Bing Crosby
*''Dig'' – [[Miles Davis]]
*''Down Memory Lane'' – Bing Crosby
*''[[Folk Song Favorites]]'' – [[Patti Page]]
*''Go West, Young Man'' – Bing Crosby
*''[[Historically Speaking (Gerry Mulligan album)|Historically Speaking]]'' – [[Gerry Mulligan]]
*''Hoop-De-Doo'' – [[Ames Brothers]]
*''[[I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 album)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]'' – [[Doris Day]]
*''In the Evening by the Moonlight'' – Ames Brothers
*''Let's Polka'' – [[Frankie Yankovic|Frank Yankovic Orchestra]] (Pontiac Records PLP-520)
*''[[Lullaby of Broadway (album)|Lullaby of Broadway]]'' – Doris Day
*''Music, Maestro Please'' – [[Frankie Laine]]
*''[[On Moonlight Bay (album)|On Moonlight Bay]]'' – Doris Day
*''One for My Baby'' – Frankie Laine
*''[[Porgy and Bess (1951 album)|Porgy and Bess]]'' – Various Artists
*''Precious Memories'' – [[Bill Kenny (singer)|Bill Kenny]]
*''Sentimental Me'' – Ames Brothers
*''Sweet Leilani'' – Ames Brothers
*''Teresa Brewer'' – [[Teresa Brewer]]
*''Two Tickets to Broadway'' – [[Dinah Shore]]
*''[[Bing Crosby – Way Back Home|Way Back Home]]'' – Bing Crosby
*''Wonderful Words'' – [[The Mills Brothers]]

==US No 1 hit singles==
These singles reached the top of US [[Billboard magazine]]'s charts in 1951.

{| class="wiktable"
!First week!!Number of weeks!!Title!!Artist
|-
|March 3, 1951||align="center"|1||"[[If (They Made Me a King)|If]]"||[[Perry Como]]
|-
|March 10, 1951||align="center"|1||"[[Be My Love]]"||[[Mario Lanza]]
|-
|March 17, 1951||align="center"|5||"[[If (They Made Me a King)|If]]"||[[Perry Como]]
|-
|April 21, 1951||align="center"|9||"[[How High the Moon]]"||[[Les Paul]] & [[Mary Ford]]
|-
|June 23, 1951||align="center"|5||"[[Too Young (1951 song)|Too Young]]"||[[Nat King Cole]]
|-
|July 28, 1951||align="center"|6||"[[Come On-a My House]]"||[[Rosemary Clooney]]
|-
|September 8, 1951||align="center"|8||"[[Because of You (1940 song)|Because of You]]"||[[Tony Bennett]]
|-
|November 3, 1951||align="center"|6||"[[Cold, Cold Heart]]"||[[Tony Bennett]]
|-
|December 15, 1951||align="center"|2||"[[(It's No) Sin]]"||[[Eddy Howard]]
|-
|December 29, 1951||align="center"|11||"[[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]]"||[[Johnnie Ray]] & [[The Four Lads]]
|}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1951.htm chart positions]
in the limited set of charts available for 1951.

{| class="wikitable""
! <big>#</big>
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1 || [[Johnnie Ray]] || [[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]] || 1951 || US || US 1940s 1 – Dec 1951, US 1 for 11 weeks Dec 1951, US BB 2 of 1951, DDD 4 of 1951, RYM 5 of 1951, POP 6 of 1952, Italy 68 of 1955, Acclaimed 1084
|-
| 2 || [[Nat King Cole]] || [[Unforgettable (Irving Gordon song)|Unforgettable]] || 1951 || US || US BB 1 of 1952, POP 1 of 1952, RYM 4 of 1951, US 1940s 14 – Nov 1951, DDD 25 of 1951, Europe 63 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 78 of vocal, WXPN 500
|-
| 3 || [[Les Paul]] & [[Mary Ford]] || [[How High the Moon]] || 1951 || US || US 1940s 1 – Mar 1951, US 1 for 9 weeks Apr 1951, DDD 10 of 1951, US BB 12 of 1951, POP 12 of 1951, RYM 19 of 1951, RIAA 317, Acclaimed 514
|-
| 4 || [[Nat King Cole]] || [[Too Young (1951 song)|Too Young]] || 1951 || US || US 1940s 1 – Apr 1951, US 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1951, POP 1 of 1951, DDD 5 of 1951, RYM 10 of 1951
|-
| 5 || [[Mario Lanza]] || [[Be My Love]] || 1951 || US || US 1940s 1 – Dec 1950, US 1 for 1 weeks Mar 1951, US BB 9 of 1951, POP 9 of 1951, Europe 79 of the 1950s, RYM 137 of 1951
|}

==Top hits on record==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[Aba Daba Honeymoon]]" – [[Debbie Reynolds]] & [[Carleton Carpenter]]
*"[[Because (Perry Como song)|Because]]" – [[Mario Lanza]]
*"[[Because of You (1940 song)|Because of You]]" – [[Tony Bennett]]
*"Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[Blue Tango]]" – [[Leroy Anderson]] & his Orchestra
*"[[Charmaine (song)|Charmaine]]" – [[Mantovani]] & his Orchestra
*"[[Cold, Cold Heart]]" – [[Tony Bennett]]
*"[[Come On-A My House]]" – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*"[[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]] & [[The Four Lads]]
*"[[Detour (song)|Detour]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[Down Yonder]]" recorded by:
**[[Del Wood]]
**[[Champ Butler]]
*"Flamenco" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady)" – [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Get Happy (song)|Get Happy]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Get Out Those Old Records" – [[Guy Lombardo]] ([[The Lombardo Trio]] vocals)
*"The Girl In The Wood" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Give Me Time" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"Gone Fishin'" – [[Bing Crosby]] & [[Louis Armstrong]]
*"Got Him Off My Hands" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[Hello, Young Lovers (song)|Hello, Young Lovers]]" recorded by:
**[[Perry Como]]
**[[Guy Lombardo]] (Kenny Martin vocals)
*"[[Hey, Good Lookin' (song)|Hey, Good Lookin']]" – [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[The Hot Canary]]" – [[Florian Zabach]]
*"[[How High the Moon]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[I Taut I Taw a Puddy-Tat]]" – [[Mel Blanc]]
*"[[If (They Made Me a King)|If]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[I'll Never Be Free]]" – [[Lucky Millinder|Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra]]
*"[[It Is No Secret]]" – [[Bill Kenny (singer)|Bill Kenny]] & [[The Song Spinners]]
*"[[It's All in the Game (song)|It's All in the Game]]" – [[Tommy Edwards]]
*"[[It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas]]" – [[Perry Como]] & [[The Fontane Sisters]]
*"[[Jalousie (Gade)|Jealousy (Jalousie)]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Jezebel (Frankie Laine song)|Jezebel]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[The Little White Cloud That Cried]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]] & [[The Four Lads]]
*"[[The Loveliest Night Of The Year]]" – [[Mario Lanza]]
*"[[Lullaby of Broadway (song)|Lullaby of Broadway]]" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[Mister and Mississippi]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[Mockin' Bird Hill]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[My Heart Cries For You]]" recorded by:
**[[Vic Damone]]
**[[Guy Mitchell]]
**[[Dinah Shore]]
*"[[My Truly, Truly Fair]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[On Top of Old Smoky]]" – [[The Weavers]] with [[Terry Gilkyson]]
*"Once Upon A Nickel" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)|One For My Baby]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Out in the Cold Again]]" – [[Richard Hayes (singer)|Richard Hayes]]
*"Paths Of Paradise" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"Pretty-Eyed Baby" – [[Jo Stafford]] & [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Red Sails in the Sunset (song)|Red Sails In The Sunset]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Rose, Rose, I Love You]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai|Shanghai]]" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[(It's No) Sin|Sin]]" – [[Eddy Howard]] & his Orchestra
*"Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" – [[Vaughn Monroe]]
*"[[Sparrow in the Treetop]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[A Sunday Kind of Love]]" – [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[Sweet Violets]]" – [[Dinah Shore]]
*"[[The Syncopated Clock]]" – [[Leroy Anderson]] & his Orchestra
*"Tell Me" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[Tell Me Why (1951 song)|Tell Me Why]]" – [[The Four Aces]] featuring [[Al Alberts]]
*"Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"Tom's Tune" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[Too Young (1951 song)|Too Young]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Undecided (song)|Undecided]]" – [[Ames Brothers]]
*"[[Vanity (1951 song)|Vanity]]" – [[Don Cherry (singer)|Don Cherry]]
*"[[When It's Sleepy Time Down South]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"While You Danced, Danced, Danced" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)]]" – [[Patti Page]]
}}

==Top R&B hits on record==
*"[[Rocket 88]]" – [[Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats]]
*"[[Sixty Minute Man]]" – [[Dominoes]]
*"[[Glory of Love (Peter Cetera song)|The Glory Of Love]]" – [[Five Keys]]
*"[[The Thrill Is Gone]]" – [[Roy Hawkins]]

==Published popular music==
* "Alice In Wonderland" – w. [[Bob Hilliard]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "All In The Golden Afternoon" – w. [[Bob Hilliard]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "Allentown Jail" – w.m. [[Irving Gordon]]
* "[[And So to Sleep Again|And So To Sleep Again]]" w.m. [[Joe Marsala]] & [[Sunny Skylar]]
* "[[Anywhere I Wander]]" – w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "A-Round The Corner" – trad arr. [[Josef Marais]]
* "Asia Minor" – w.m. [[Roger King Mozian]]
* "A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed" – Happy Wilson, Luther Patrick
* "[[Be My Life's Companion]]" – w.m. [[Bob Hilliard]] & [[Milton De Lugg]]
* "Beautiful Brown Eyes" – trad arr. Arthur Smith & [[The Delmore Brothers|Alton Delmore]]
* "[[Because of You (1940 song)|Because of You]]" – w.m. [[Arthur Hammerstein]] & [[Dudley Wilkinson]]
* "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" – w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Bermuda (song)|Bermuda]]" – w.m. Cynthia Strother & Eugene R. Strother
* "[[The Blacksmith Blues]]" – w.m. Jack Holmes
* "Blue Velvet" – w.m. Bernie Wayne & Lee Morris
* "Christopher Columbus" – w.m. [[Terry Gilkyson]]
* "[[Come On-A My House]]" – w.m. [[Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.|Ross Bagdasarian]] & [[William Saroyan]]
* "[[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]]" – w.m. [[Churchill Kohlman]]
* "Dance Me Loose" – w. Mel Howard m. [[Lee Erwin (organist)|Lee Erwin]]
* "[[Domino (1950 song)|Domino]]" – w. (Eng) Don Raye (Fr) Jacques Plante m. [[Louis Ferrari]]
* "[[Getting To Know You (song)|Getting To Know You]]" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Good Morning Mister Echo]]" – w.m. Bill Putman & Belinda Putman
* "[[Half As Much]]" – w.m. Curly Williams
* "He Had Refinement" – w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. Arthur Schwartz
* "[[Hello, Young Lovers (song)|Hello, Young Lovers]]" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Hey, Good Lookin"' – w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
* "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?" – w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. Burton Lane
* "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" – w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
* "[[I Get Ideas]]" – w. [[Dorcas Cochran]] m. [[Lenny Sanders]]
* "[[I Have Dreamed (song)|I Have Dreamed]]" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[I Love Lucy]] theme song" m. Eliot Daniel
* "I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile" – w. Jack Hoffman m. Jimmy MacDonald
* "I Still See Elisa" – w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]. Introduced by [[James Barton (vaudevillian)|James Barton]] in the musical ''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]]''. Performed in the film version by [[Clint Eastwood]].
* "I Talk To The Trees" – w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]. Introduced by [[Tony Bavaar]] and [[Olga San Juan]] in the musical ''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]]''
* "[[I Whistle A Happy Tune]]" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "I Wish I Wuz" – w.m. [[Sid Kuller]] & [[Lyn Murray]]. Introduced in the film ''[[Slaughter Trail]]''
* "I Won't Cry Anymore" – w. Fred Wise m. Al Frisch
* "I'm A Fool To Want You" – w.m. Jack Wolf, Joel Herron & [[Frank Sinatra]]
* "I'm Late" – w. [[Bob Hilliard]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "[[In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening]]" – w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]. Introduced by [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Jane Wyman]] in the film ''[[Here Comes the Groom (1951 film)|Here Comes the Groom]]''.
* "It's All In The Game" – w. [[Carl Sigman]] m. [[Charles G. Dawes|Charles Gates Dawes]] Based on "Melody" by Dawes 1912.
* "[[It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas]]" – w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "[[Jezebel (Frankie Laine song)|Jezebel]]" – w.m. [[Wayne Shanklin]]
* "A Kiss To Build A Dream On" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. Harry Ruby
* "[[Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (song)|Kisses Sweeter Than Wine]]" – w. Paul Campbell m. Joel Newman
* "[[The Little White Cloud That Cried]]" – w.m. [[Johnnie Ray]]
* "The March Of The Siamese Children" – m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Mister and Mississippi]]" – w.m. [[Irving Gordon]]
* "Misto Cristofo Columbo" – w.m. [[Jay Livingston]] & [[Ray Evans]]
* "[[Mockin' Bird Hill]]" – w.m. Vaughn Horton
* "The Morningside Of The Mountain" – w.m. [[Dick Manning]] & Larry Stock
* "[[My Truly, Truly Fair]]" – w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "No Two People" – w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "Sail Away" – w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Sayang di Sayang" – w. Siti Zainab
* "Shall We Dance?" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Somewhere Along The Way]]" – w. [[Sammy Gallop]] m. Kurt Adams
* "[[(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai|Shanghai]]" – w.m. [[Bob Hilliard]] & [[Milton De Lugg]]
* "[[Shrimp Boats]]" – w.m. [[Paul Mason Howard]] & [[Paul Weston]]
* "[[(It's No) Sin]]" – w. Chester R. Shull m. George Hoven
* "[[Slow Poke]]" – w.m. [[Pee Wee King]], [[Redd Stewart]] & [[Chilton Price]]
* "So Far, So Good" – w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne from the revue ''[[Two on the Aisle|Two On The Aisle]]''
* "[[Something Wonderful (song)|Something Wonderful]]" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Sound Off" – w.m. Willie Lee Duckworth, B. Lentz
* "[[Sparrow In The Tree Top]]" – w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "Suzy Snowflake" – w.m. [[Sid Tepper]] & [[Roy C. Bennett]]
* "[[Sweet Violets]]" – arr. [[Cy Coben]] & [[Charles Grean]]
* "[[Tell Me Why (1951 song)|Tell Me Why]]" – w. [[Al Alberts]] m. [[Marty Gold]]
* "[[They Call the Wind Maria|They Call The Wind Maria]]" – w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]. Introduced in the musical ''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]]'' by [[Rufus Smith (actor)|Rufus Smith]]
* "[[The Thrill Is Gone (1951 song)|The Thrill Is Gone]]" – w.m. [[Rick Darnell]] & [[Roy Hawkins]]
* "Thumbelina" – w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Too Young (1951 song)|Too Young]]" – w. [[Sylvia Dee]] m. [[Sidney Lippman]]
* "Top Banana" – w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]] from the musical ''[[Top Banana (musical)]]''
* "The Typewriter" – m. [[Leroy Anderson]]
* "[[Unforgettable (Irving Gordon song)|Unforgettable]]" – w.m. [[Irving Gordon]]
* "[[Vanity (1951 song)|Vanity]]" – w. [[Jack Manus]] & [[Bernard Bierman]] m. [[Guy Wood]]
* "Very Good Advice" – w. [[Bob Hilliard]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "A Very Merry Un-Birthday To You" – w.m. [[Mack David]], [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Jerry Livingston]]
* "Wand'rin' Star" – w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]. Introduced by [[Rufus Smith (actor)|Rufus Smith]], Robert Penn and [[Jared Reed]] in the musical ''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]]''.
* "[[We Kiss In A Shadow]]" – w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "When The World Was Young" – w. (Eng) [[Johnny Mercer]] (Fr) Angela Vannier m. M. Philippe-Gerard
* "Wonderful Copenhagen" – w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)]]" – w. [[Bob Russell (songwriter)|Bob Russell]] m. [[Harold Spina]]

==[[Classical music]]==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sortable table
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Malcolm Arnold|Arnold, Malcolm]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 1]] in D minor || 1951-07-06 || Cheltenham ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]]), UK || [[Hallé Orchestra]] – [[Malcolm Arnold|Arnold]]<ref name="Times510306">Anon., "Contemporary Music: Cheltenham Festival of British Works", ''Times''(6 March 1951): 7.</ref><ref name="Times510707">Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: Arnold's Symphony", ''Times'' 7 July 1951: 8.</ref>
|-
| [[Jesús Bal y Gay|Bal y Gay, Jesús]] || [[Concerto Grosso (Bal y Gay)|Concerto Grosso]] || 1951-03-30 || Mexico City || [[National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)|Mexico National Symphony]] – [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez]]<ref>[http://www.laquintademahler.com/shop/detalle.aspx?id=63027 La Quinta de Mahler]</ref>
|-
| [[Arthur Berger (composer)|Berger, Arthur]] || Duo for violin and piano || 1951-10-19 || New York, [[Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]] || [[Fredell Lack|Lack]], [pianist]<ref>[[Harold C. Schonberg|H[arold] C S[chonberg]]], "Miss Lack Heard in Violin Recital: Saint-Saens Concerto Is Chief Work on Town Hall Program—Berger Duo Presented", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (20 October): 23.</ref>
|-
| [[Karl-Birger Blomdahl|Blomdahl, Karl-Birger]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Blomdahl)|Symphony No. 3, ''Facetter'']] || 1951-06-25 || Frankfurt, Germany ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM Festival]]) || [[Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra|Bavarian Radio Symphony]] – [[Fritz Lehmann|Lehmann]]<ref>[http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/musiklass.nsf/V5SiteSearchSwe/E587C8477F4248334125649000535987 Svensk Musik]</ref>
|-
| [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez, Pierre]] || ''[[Polyphonie X]]'' || 1951-10-06 || Donaueschingen, Germany ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]]) || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Radio Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yTsYAgAAQBAJ&dq=boulez+polyphonie+x+rosbaud&pg=PA150 To Boulez and Beyond, page 149]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Six Metamorphoses after Ovid]]'' || 1951-06-14 || Aldeburgh, UK ([[Aldeburgh Festival|Festival]]) || [[Joy Boughton|Boughton]]. [pianist unknown]<ref name="Times510228">Anon., "Aldeburgh Festival: Purcell's ''Dido and Aeneas''" ''[[The Times]]'' (28 February 1951): 8.</ref>
|-
| [[John Cage|Cage, John]] || ''[[Imaginary Landscape No. 4]]'' || 1951-05-10 || New York City<ref>[http://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=104 John Cage official website]</ref> ||
|-
| [[Arnold Cooke|Cooke, Arnold]] || [[Violin Sonata No. 2 (Cooke)|Violin Sonata No. 2]] || 1951-05-17 || London || [[Rosemary Rapaport|Rapaport]], [[Else Cross|Cross]]<ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Jan10/Cooke_BMS432cd.htm Musicweb International]</ref>
|-
| [[Bryan Dority|Dority, Bryan]] || "How Sweet I Roamed", for soprano and piano || 1951-12-11 || New York City, [[Carnegie Recital Hall|Carnegie Hall]] || [[Stephanie Turash|Turash]], [[David Garvey|Garvey]]<ref>Anon., "Turash, Soprano, Bows: Otto Luening's Emily Dickinson Song Cycle on Her Program", ''The New York Times'' (12 December): 50.</ref>
|-
| [[Henri Dutilleux|Dutilleux, Henri]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Dutilleux)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1951-06-07 || Paris || [[Orchestre National de France|RTF National Orchestra]] – [[Roger Désormière|Désormière]]<ref>[http://www.radiofrance.fr/espace-pro/espace-presse/communiques-de-presse/2013/05/disparition-d-henri-dutilleux Radio France]</ref>
|-
| [[Duke Ellington|Ellington, Duke]] || ''[[Harlem (Ellington)|Harlem]]'' || 1951-06-20 || New York ([[Lewisohn Stadium]]) || [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] – [[Duke Ellington|Ellington]]<ref>Anon., "Runyon Fund Concert: Ellington and N.B.C. Symphony to Appear at Stadium June 20", ''The New York Times'' (9 June): 12.</ref>
|-
| [[Howard Ferguson (composer)|Ferguson, Howard]] || [[Piano Concerto (Ferguson)|Piano Concerto in D]] || 1951-06-22 || Belfast, UK || [[Howard Ferguson (composer)|Ferguson]] / [[City of Belfast Orchestra]] – [[Denis Mulgan|Mulgan]]<ref>[http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Howard-Ferguson-Piano-Concerto/6528 Boosey & Hawkes]</ref>
|-
| [[Lukas Foss|Foss, Lukas]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Foss)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] || 1951-10-07 || Venice, Italy ([[Venice Biennale|Biennale]]) || [[Lukas Foss|Foss]] / [[La Fenice Philharmonic Orchestra|La Fenice Philharmonic]] – [[Nino Sanzogno|Sanzogno]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/doc_files/80292.pdf |title=Venice Bienna official website |access-date=May 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175308/http://www.labiennale.org/doc_files/80292.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Peter Racine Fricker|Fricker, Peter Racine]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Racine Fricker)|Symphony No. 2]] || 1951-07-26 || Liverpool, UK || [[Liverpool Philharmonic]] – [[Hugo Rignold|Rignold]]<ref>[http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/performing-arts/pamss17c University of California, Santa Barbara]</ref>
|-
| [[Norman Fulton|Fulton, Norman]] || ''Sinfonia pastorale'' || 1951-06-? || Bournemouth, UK || [[Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra]] – [conductor unknown]<ref>Anon., "Music Proze Awarded", ''[[The Times]]'' (23 February 1951): 8.</ref>
|-
| [[John Gardner (composer)|Gardner, John]] || Symphony No. 1, Op. 2 || 1951-07-05 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]]) || [[Hallé Orchestra]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref name="Times510306"/><ref>Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: An Adventurous Symphony", ''Times'' (6 July 1951): 2.</ref>
|-
| [[Lūcija Garūta|Garūta, Lūcija]]/[[Bruno Skulte|Skulte, Bruno]] || ''God, Thy Earth Is Aflame'' cantata, completed by Skulte{{efn|1=The cantata was written in 1944 by poet Andrejs Eglitis and composer Lucija Garuta. During the Nazi occupation of the Baltic state [Latvia] only small portions of the work could be performed. Eglitis later escaped to Sweden, but of Garuta nothing was ever heard. A new musical score was written by Bruno Skulte while he was in a German displaced persons camp.<ref name="NYT51-3-3" />}} || 1951-03-10 || Brooklyn ([[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]) || [performers unknown]<ref name="NYT51-3-3">Anon., "Ex-D.P.s to Give Cantata", ''The New York Times'' (3 March): 14.</ref>
|-
| [[Roberto Gerhard|Gerhard, Roberto]] || [[Piano Concerto (Gerhard)|Piano Concerto]] || 1951-06-16 || Aldeburgh, UK ([[Aldeburgh Festival|Festival]]) || [[Noel Mewton-Wood|Newton-Wood]] / [[Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra]] – [[Norman Del Mar|Del Mar]]<ref name="Times510228" /><ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/robertgerhardvalls18961970/corredors/cataleg-d-obres/obres-orquestrals http://sites.google.com/site/robertgerhardvalls18961970/]</ref>
|-
| [[Vittorio Giannini|Giannini, Vittorio]] || ''A Canticle of Christmas'', for baritone, chorus, and orchestra || 1951-12-10 || Charlotte, North Carolina || [[Andrew White (baritone)|White]] / [[Charlotte Symphony Orchestra|Charlotte Symphony]] – [[James Christian Pfohl|Pfohl]]<ref>Anon., "Giannini Canticle Bows: Work by New York Professor Introduced in Charlotte, N.C.", ''The New York Times'' (10 December): 32.</ref>
|-
| [[Reinhold Glière|Glière, Reinhold]] || [[Horn Concerto (Glière)|Horn Concerto]] || 1951-05-10 || Leningrad, Soviet Union || [[Valery Polekh|Polekh]] / [[Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra|Leningrad Radio Symphony]] – [[Reinhold Glière|Glière]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stlsymphony.org/media/pdf/notes/1112/20120520.pdf |title=Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra |access-date=May 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110458/http://www.stlsymphony.org/media/pdf/notes/1112/20120520.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann|Hartmann, Karl Amadeus]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Hartmann)|''Symphonie Concertante'' (Symphony No. 5)]] || 1951-04-21 || Stuttgart, Germany || [[Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra|Stuttgart Radio Symphony]] – [[Hans Müller-Kray|Müller-Kray]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/1/show,34604.html#show_details Schott Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Imogen Holst|Holst, Imogen]] || Six Songs for women's voices and harp || 1951-06-[8–17] || Aldeburgh, UK ([[Aldeburgh Festival|Festival]]) || [performers unknown] – [[Imogen Holst|Holst]]<ref name="Times510228" />
|-
| [[Alan Hovhaness|Hovhaness, Alan]] || ''Saint Vartan Symphony'' (Symphony No. 9, Op. 180) || 1951-03-? || New York [[Carnegie Hall]] || [orchestra] – [[Alan Hovhaness|Hovhaness]].{{sfn|Cowell|1951|p=396}}
|-
| [[Jacques Ibert|Ibert, Jacques]] || [[Symphonie Concertante for Oboe and Strings|''Symphonie Concertante'' for Oboe and Strings]] || 1951-02-23 || Basel, Switzerland || [[Edgard Shann|Shann]] / [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>[https://conductingmasterclass.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/list-of-sacher-commissions/ All the conducting masterclasses]</ref>
|-
| [[Akira Ifukube|Ifukube, Akira]] || ''[[Drumming of Japan]]'' || 1951-11-17 || Tokyo || [[Tokyo Symphony Orchestra|Tokyo Symphony]] – [[Masashi Ueda (conductor)|Ueda]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080622212724/http://www.akiraifukube.org/biography_part_six.htm Akira Ifukube official website]</ref>
|-
| [[Charles Ives|Ives, Charles]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Ives)|Symphony No. 2]] (1901) || 1951-02-22 || New York [[Carnegie Hall]] || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]{{sfn|Cowell|1951|pp=399–400}}
|-
| [[Maurice Jacobson|Jacobson, Maurice]] || Symphonic Suite for strings || 1951-07-04 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]]) || [[Hallé Orchestra]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref name="Times510306" /><ref>Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: Maurice Jacobson", ''[[The Times]]'' (5 July 1951): 8.</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || [[Piano Concerto (Jolivet)|Piano Concerto]] || 1951-06-19 || Strasbourg, France ([[Strasbourg Music Festival|Festival]]) || [[Lucette Descaves|Descaves]] / [[Strasbourg Radio Orchestra]] – [[André Jolivet|Jolivet]]<ref>Guide de la Musique Symphonique, p. 387.{{full citation needed|date=February 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gordon Jacob|Jacob, Gordon]] || [[Flute Concerto (Jacob)|Flute Concerto]] || 1951-08-05 || London || [[Gareth Morris|Morris]] / [[New London Orchestra]] – [[Alec Sherman|Sherman]]<ref>[[Gordon Jacob|Gordon Jacob official website]]</ref>
|-
| [[Karel Jirak|Jirak, Karel]] || Symphony No. 5 || 1951-08-26 || Edinburgh, UK ([[Edinburgh Festival|Festival]]) || [[Scottish National Orchestra]] – [[Walter Susskind|Susskind]]<ref>[[Howard Taubman]], "Edinburgh Hears Jirak's Symphony: Prize-Winning Work by Chicago Music Teacher Has World Premiere at Festival", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (27 August): 15.</ref>
|-
| [[Ulysses Kay|Kay, Ulysses]] || ''Short Suite'' for concert band || 1951-05-08 || Waco, US ([[Baylor University]]) || [[Baylor University Golden Wave Band]] – [[Donald I. Moore|Moore]]<ref name="Horne">Aaron Horne, ''Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography'' (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996): 160. {{ISBN|0-313-29826-2}}</ref><ref>Constance Tibbs Hobson and Deborra A. Richardson, ''Ulysses Kay: A Bio-Bibliography'', Bio-Bibliographies in Music 53 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994): 43. {{ISBN|978-0-313-25546-5}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Ulysses Kay|Kay, Ulysses]] || Sinfonia in E (a.k.a. Symphony in E) || 1951-05-02 || Rochester, New York || [[Eastman-Rochester Orchestra]] – [[Howard Hanson|Hanson]]<ref name="Horne" /><ref>Constance Tibbs Hobson and Deborra A. Richardson, ''Ulysses Kay: A Bio-Bibliography'', Bio-Bibliographies in Music 53 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994): 44. {{ISBN|978-0-313-25546-5}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Charles Koechlin|Koechlin, Charles]] || ''[[Prélude sur le nom de Fauré]]'' for strings || 1951-03-02 || London (French Institute) || ["a string orchestra"]<ref>"French Institute Concert: Fugues and Concertos", ''Times'' (3 March 1951): 8.</ref>
|-
| [[Guillaume Landré|Landré, Guillaume]] || Symphony No. 3 || 1951-06-17 || Amsterdam || [[Concertgebouw Orchestra]] – [[Rafael Kubelik|Kubelik]]<ref>[[Daniel Schorr|Daniel L. Schorr]], "The Hague Opens Fifth Music Fete: Royal Court, Diplomatic Corps Represented a Concert in Medieval Hall of Knights", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (15 June): 27.</ref>
|-
| [[Witold Lutosławski|Lutosławski, Witold]] || ''[[Silesian Triptych]]'' || 1951-12-02 || Warsaw || [[Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra|Polish National Radio Symphony]] – [[Grzegorz Fitelberg|Fitelberg]]
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra No. 2]] (1950) || 1951-01-14 || Dallas, US || [[Gerald Beal|G. Beal]], [[Wilfred Beal|W. Beal]] / [unknown orchestra and conductor] <ref>[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W10503_67671 Hyperion Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Herbert Murrill|Murrill, Herbert]] || Concerto for cello and orchestra || 1951-03-03 || London ([[Royal Albert Hall]]) || [[Vera Canning|Canning]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] – [[Basil Cameron|Cameron]]<ref>Anon., "Henry Wood Birthday Concert: New Cello Concerto", ''Times'' (5 March 1951): 2.</ref>
|-
| [[Arthur Oldham|Oldham, Arthur]] || ''The Commandment of Love'' song cycle || 1951-06-[8–17] || Aldeburgh, UK ([[Aldeburgh Festival|Festival]]) || [[Peter Pears|Pears]], [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]<ref name="Times510228" />
|-
| [[Allan Pettersson|Pettersson, Allan]] || [[Concerto for Violin and String Quartet]] || 1951-03-10 || Stockholm || [[Lars Frydén|Frydén]] / [[Soldan Ridderstad|Ridderstad]], [[Karl-Olof Nihlman|Nihlman]], [[Axel Jonsson|Jonsson]], [[Bengt Ericson|Ericson]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080908075423/http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm Allan Pettersson Society]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Walter Piston|Piston, Walter]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Piston)|Symphony No. 4]] || 1951-03-30 || Minneapolis || [[Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra]], [[Antal Doráti|Doráti]]<ref>Steven Lowe, [http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559162&catNum=559162&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Liner notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131513/https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559162&catNum=559162&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English |date=February 23, 2019 }} to ''Walter Piston: Symphony No. 4, Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra, Three New England Sketches''. Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor. Naxos CD 8.559162. [Hong Kong]: Naxos, 2002.</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 9 (Prokofiev)|Piano Sonata No. 9]] (1947) || 1951-04-21 || Moscow || [[Sviatoslav Richter|Richter]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uQGdi3A6oP4C&dq=prokofiev+sonata+9+richter+1951&pg=PA193 Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas]</ref>
|-
| [[Alan Rawsthorne|Rawsthorne, Alan]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rawsthorne)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] || 1951-06-17 || London ([[Festival of Britain]]) || [[Clifford Curzon|Curzon]] / [[London Symphony Orchestra|London Symphony]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbchomeservice/basic/1952-06-01 BBC]</ref>
|-
| [[Franz Reizenstein|Reizenstein, Franz]] || Serenade for Winds || 1951-07-[9–14] || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]]) || The London Wind Players<ref name="Times510306" />
|-
| [[Joaquín Rodrigo|Rodrigo, Joaquín]] || ''[[Sonatas de Castilla]]'' || 1951-11-08 || Madrid || [[Joaquín Rodrigo|Rodrigo]]<ref>[http://www.joaquin-rodrigo.com/index.php/es/instrumentos-de-tecla/item/11551-sonatas-de-castilla-con-toccata-a-modo-de-pregon Joaquín Rodrigo official website]</ref>
|-
| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || ''Festival Te Deum'' || 1951-06-30 || London [[Royal Festival Hall]] || [unknown performers]<ref>W[ilfred] H. Mellers, "Current Chronicle: England", ''[[The Musical Quarterly]]'' 37, no. 4 (October 1951): 580–585. Citation on 582.</ref>
|-
| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || String Quartet [No. 1?]<!--The Second Quartet was not completed until September 1951, and was premiered by the Grillers in May 1952.--> || 1951-07-[9–14] || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]] || [[Griller String Quartet]]<ref name="Times510306" />
|-
| [[Philip Sainton|Sainton, Philip]] || ''Serenade Fantastique'' for oboe and strings || 1951-07-08 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]]) || [[Leon Goosens|Goosens]] / [[Boyd Neel Orchestra]] – [[Boyd Neel|Neel]]<ref name="Hamburger317_19">Paul Hamburger, "Cheltenham Festival". ''The Music Review'' 12 (1951): 317–319. Citation on 317 and 319.</ref><ref name="Times510709">Anon., "Cheltenham Festival: Three Serenades", ''Times'' (9 July 1951): 2.</ref>
|-
| [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg, Arnold]] || "The Dance around the Golden Calf" from ''[[Moses und Aron]]'' || 1951-07-02 || Darmstadt, Germany ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Staatstheater Darmstadt|Orchester und Chor des Landestheaters Darmstadt]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref>Imke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), ''Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe'' (Kürten: Stockhausen Stiftung für Musik, 2001): 9. {{ISBN|3-00-007290-X}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Vissarion Shebalin|Shebalin, Vissarion]] || [[Sinfonietta (Shebalin)|Sinfonietta]] || 1951-11-12 || Moscow || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Alexander Gauk|Gauk]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/2/Chebalinebrochure36p2.pdf |title=Le Chant du Monde |access-date=June 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117035406/http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/2/Chebalinebrochure36p2.pdf |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Bernard Stevens|Stevens, Bernard]] || [[Sinfonietta (Stevens)|Sinfonietta]] || 1951-07-06 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]]) || [unknown oboist] / [[Boyd Neel Orchestra]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref name="Times510707"/><ref name="Hamburger317_19" />
|-
| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || [[Sonatine (Stockhausen)|Sonatine]] for violin and piano || 1951-08-24{{efn|1=Broadcast date of radio recording, NWDR Cologne. First public performance did not occur until 22 October 1971, by [[Saschko Gawriloff]] and [[Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky|Aloys Kontarsky]] at a concert of the SMIP in Paris.<ref>Rudolf Frisius, ''Karlheinz Stockhausen II: Die Werke 1950–1977; Gespräch mit Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Es geht aufwärts"'' (Mainz, London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Toronto: Schott Musik International, 2008): 30.</ref>}} || Cologne, Germany || [[Wolfgang Marschner|Marschner]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]<ref>Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Sonatine für Violine und Klavier (1951)", in his ''Texte zur Musik'' 4 (1970–1977), edited by [[Christoph von Blumröder]], 46–47, DuMont Dokumente (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978), 46, {{ISBN|3-7701-1078-1}}; Michael Kurtz, ''Stockhausen: A Biography'', translated by [[Richard Toop]] (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 31. {{ISBN|0-571-14323-7}} (cloth); {{ISBN|0-571-17146-X}} (pbk).</ref>
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| [[Louise Talma|Talma, Louise]] || ''The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo'', choral dialogue || 1951-12-14 || New York, [[Juilliard Concert Hall]] || [[Juilliard Chorus]] – [[Robert Hufstader|Hufstader]]<ref>Anon., "Choral to Have Premiere", ''The New York Times'' (14 December): 28.</ref>
|-
| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || [[Fantasia for saxophone, three horns, and strings]] || 1951-11-17 || Rio de Janeiro, [[Auditório do Palácio de Cultura]], || {{ill|Waldemar Szpilman|pt}}, Orquestra de Câmara do Ministério da Educação e Cultura – [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|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=October 16, 2016 }}'', Version 1.0. MinC (Rio de Janeiro: IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009): 63.</ref>
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| [[Arnold van Wyk|van Wyk, Arnold]] || Symphony No. 1 in A minor || 1951-07-03{{efn|1=Although previously performed in a radio broadcast in 1943, this was the first public performance.<ref name="Times4July51" />}} || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Music Festival|Festival]]) || [[Hallé Orchestra]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref name="Times4July51">Anon., "Cheltenham Festival", ''Times'' (4 July 1951): 8.</ref><ref name="Hamburger317–18">Paul Hamburger, "Cheltenham Festival". ''The Music Review'' 12 (1951): 317–319. Citation on 317–318.</ref>
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| [[Frank Wigglesworth|Wigglesworth, Frank]] || ''Summer Scenes'' for flute, oboe, and strings || 1951-11-05 || New York, [[The Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]] || [[Little Orchestra]] – [[Thomas K. Scherman|Scherman]]<ref name=NYT5Nov>[[Olin Downes]], "Little Orchestra Gives 3 Premieres: Concertos by Martinu and Vivaldi and a Novelty by Wigglesworth Offered", ''The New York Times'' (5 November): 34</ref>
|-
|}
{{Notelist}}

===Compositions===
*[[Jean Absil]]
**''Contes'' for trumpet and piano, Op. 76
**''Les météores'', ballet for orchestra Op. 77
*[[Murray Adaskin]] – ''Ballet Symphony'' for orchestra
* [[Yasushi Akutagawa]]
**Ballata for violin and piano
**''Kappa'' ballet for orchestra
**''Shitsuraku-en'' (Paradise Lost) ballet for orchestra
*[[Hugo Alfvén]] – ''Sängen till Folkare'' for baritone and piano or male choir and piano or male choir unaccompanied
*[[Hendrik Andriessen]]
**''Aubade'' for brass quartet
**Choral No. 4 for organ (revised version)
**Liederen (3), for choir
**Sonata for unaccompanied cello
**Suite for brass quartet
**Wind Quintet
*[[Jurriaan Andriessen (composer)|Jurriaan Andriessen]] – Flute Concerto
*[[István Anhalt]]
**''Arc en ciel'' ballet for two pianos
**''Funeral Music'' for ten instruments
**Piano Sonata
**''Psalm 19: A Benediction'' for baritone and piano
**''Songs of Love'' (3) for SSA choir
*[[George Antheil]]
**''Accordion Dance'' for orchestra
**''Fragments from Shelley'' (8) for choir and piano
**''Nocturne in Skyrockets'' for orchestra
**Sonata for flute and piano
**Sonata for trumpet and piano
*[[Denis ApIvor]]
**''The Goodman of Paris'' ballet for orchestra, Op. 18
**''A Mirror for Witches'' ballet for orchestra, Op.19
**Suite Concertante for piano and small orchestra, Op.18a
*[[Boris Arapov]] – ''Russian Suite'' for orchestra
*[[Violet Archer]] – ''Fantasy in the Form of a Passacaglia'' for brass
*[[José Ardévol]] – Symphonic Variations for cello and orchestra
*[[Malcolm Arnold]]
**Oboe Sonatina, Op. 28
**Clarinet Sonatina, Op. 29
**''Machines'', symphonic study, Op. 30
**''A Sussex Overture'', Op. 31
**[[Concerto for Piano four-hands (Arnold)|Concerto for Piano Four-Hands and String Orchestra]], Op. 32
**''[[English Dances]]'', set 2, Op. 33
*[[Alexander Arutiunian]] – Concertino for piano and orchestra
*[[Georges Auric]] – ''Chemin de lumière'' ballet (also orchestral suite)
*[[Milton Babbitt]]
**''[[Du (Babbitt)|Du]]'' for soprano and piano
**''[[The Widow's Lament in Springtime]]'', for soprano and piano
* [[Jesús Bal y Gay]] – Concerto Grosso
* [[Luciano Berio]]
**''Deus meus'' for voice and three instruments
**''Due liriche di Garcia Lorca'' for bass and orchestra
**''[[Due pezzi (Berio)|Due pezzi]]'' for violin and piano
**''Opus no. Zoo'' for reciter and wind quintet
**Sonatina for wind quartet [withdrawn]
* [[Pierre Boulez]] – ''[[Polyphonie X]]''
*[[Martin Boykan]] – Duo for violin and piano
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Six Metamorphoses after Ovid]]'' for oboe and piano
*[[Earle Brown]] – Three Pieces for piano
*[[John Cage]]
**''[[Imaginary Landscape No. 4]]''
**''[[Music of Changes]]''
*[[Elliott Carter]] – [[String Quartet No. 1 (Carter)|String Quartet No. 1]]
*[[Carlos Chávez]] – "Happy Birthday", for a cappella chorus
*[[Henry Cowell]]
**''Clown'' dance music for piano
**''Duet for Sidney with Love from Henry'' for violin and cello
**''Her Smile Is as Sweet as a Rose'' for unaccompanied voice
**Scherzo for soprano and alto recorders
**''Signature of Light'' for voice and piano
**''Tenth Anniversary'' for piano
*[[George Crumb]]
**Pieces (3) for piano
**[[Prelude and Toccata]] for piano
*[[Dimitrie Cuclin]] – Sinfonia No. 13
*[[Luigi Dallapiccola]] – ''[[Tartiniana]]''
*[[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]]
**''The Midnight Meditation'' song cycle for voice and piano
**''Mizmor L'David'', sacred service for tenor, choir, and organ
**Piano Trio
**String Quartet No. 4
*[[Henri Dutilleux]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Dutilleux)|Symphony No. 1]]
*[[George Enescu]] – [[String Quartet No. 2 (Enescu)|String Quartet No. 2]], Op. 22, No. 2
*[[Morton Feldman]]
**''Extensions I'', for violin and piano
**''Intersection'', for tape
**''Intersection I'' for orchestra
**''Marginal Intersection'' for orchestra
**''Projection II'', for 5 instruments
**''Projection III'', for two pianos
**''Projection IV'', for violin and piano
**''Projection V'', for 9 instruments
**Songs (4), for soprano, cello, and piano
**''[[Structures (Feldman)|Structures]]'' for string quartet
*[[Howard Ferguson (composer)|Howard Ferguson]] – [[Piano Concerto (Ferguson)|Piano Concerto in D]]
*[[Gerald Finzi]]
**"God Is Gone Up", from ''3 Anthems'' Op. 27
**''[[All This Night]]'', Op. 33
**''Muses and Graces'', Op. 34
**''Let Us Now Praise Famous Men'', Op. 35
*[[Lukas Foss]] – Piano Concerto No. 2
*[[Roberto Gerhard]]
**''[[Sardana No. 3 (Gerhard)|Sardana No. 3]]'' for winds and percussion
**[[Piano Concerto (Gerhard)|Piano Concerto]]
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – [[Horn Concerto (Glière)|Horn Concerto]]
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]]
**[[Sonata for Two Pianos (Goeyvaerts)|Sonata for Two Pianos]]
**''[[Nummer 2]]'' for thirteen instruments
*[[Bengt Hambraeus]]
**''[[Cantata pro defunctis]]'' for baritone and organ
**[[Concerto for Organ and Harpsichord]] (revised version)
**''Liturgia pro organo''
*[[Howard Hanson]] – ''Fantasy-Variations on a Theme of Youth'' for piano and strings
*[[Roy Harris]]
**''Cumberland Concerto'' for orchestra
**Fantasy for piano and "pops" orchestra
**''Red Cross Hymn'' for choir and band
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – ''[[Die Harmonie der Welt]]'' Symphony
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – [[Symphony No. 8 (Holmboe)|''Sinfonia boreale'' (Symphony No. 8)]]
*[[Alan Hovhaness]]
**Concerto No. 1 ("Arevakal") for orchestra, Op. 88
**Concerto No. 2 for violin and strings, Op. 89, No. 1
**''Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune'' for piano, Op. 85
**Four Motets, for SATB choir, Op. 87
**''From the End of the Earth'' for SATB choir and organ (or piano), Op. 187
**''Gamelan and Jhala'' for carillon, Op. 106
**''Hanna'' for 2 clarinets and 2 pianos, Op. 101
**''Hymn to a Celestial Musician'' for piano, Op. 111, No. 2
**''Jhala'' for piano, Op. 103
**''Make Haste'', motet for SATB choir, Op. 86
**''Khaldis'' concerto for 4 trumpets, piano, and percussion, Op. 91
**''Khirgiz Suite'' for violin and piano, Op. 73, No. 1
**''Lullaby'' (a.k.a. ''Slumber Song'' for piano, Op. 52, No. 2
**''Sing Aloud'' for SATB choir, Op. 68
**Suite for violin, piano and percussion, Op. 99
**''Talin'' concerto for viola and strings, Op. 93, No. 1
**''Toccata and Fugue on a Kabardin Tune'' for piano, Op. 6, No. 2
**''Upon Enchanted Ground'' for flute, cello, harp, and tam-tam, Op. 90, No. 1
*[[Akira Ifukube]] – ''Drumming of Japan''
*[[André Jolivet]] – Piano Concerto
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] –
**''Sonatina'' for flute and piano
**Three preludes for piano
**''Variations on a Theme by Paganini'' for piano
*[[Gail Kubik]] – [[Symphony Concertante (Kubik)|Symphony Concertante]] [1952 Pulitzer]
*[[György Ligeti]] – ''Concert românesc''
*[[Douglas Lilburn]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Lilburn)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[Witold Lutosławski]]
**''[[Jesień (Lutosławski)|Jesień]]''
**''Polskich pieśni ludowych na tematy żołnierskie'' (10) for male choir
**''[[Recitative and Arioso]]'' for violin and piano
**''[[Silesian Triptych]]''
*[[Gian Francesco Malipiero]] – ''[[Sinfonia dello Zodiaco]]''
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] – [[Violin Concerto (Martin)|Violin Concerto]]
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**[[Piano Trio No. 3 (Martinu)|Piano Trio No. 3]]
**[[Serenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio]]
**''[[Stowe Pastorals]]''
*[[Peter Mennin]] – [[String Quartet No. 2 (Mennin)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[Darius Milhaud]]
**''[[Le candélabre à sept branches]]'', Op.&nbsp;315
**''[[Concertino d'automne]]'' for two pianos and eight instruments, Op.&nbsp;309
**''[[Concertino d'été]]'' for viola and chamber orchestra, Op.&nbsp;311
**''[[Les miracles de la foi]]'', cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra, Op.&nbsp;314
*[[José Pablo Moncayo]] – ''Muros verdes'' for piano
*[[Xavier Montsalvatge]]
**''[[Cuarteto indiano]]''
**''[[Poema Concertante]]'' for violin and orchestra
*[[Luigi Nono]]
**''[[Composizione no. 1]]'' for orchestra
**''[[Polifonica – monodia – ritmica]]'', for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, horn, piano, and percussion
* [[Vincent Persichetti]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Persichetti)|Symphony No. 4]]
*[[Allan Pettersson]] – ''[[Seven Sonatas for Two Violins]]''
*[[Walter Piston]] – [[String Quartet No. 4 (Piston)|String Quartet No. 4]]
*[[Henri Pousseur]]
**''[[Missa brevis (Pousseur)|Missa brevis]]'' for four mixed voices
**''[[Sept Versets des Psaumes de la Pénitence]]'' for four solo voices or mixed choir
* [[Sergei Prokofiev]] – [[Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)|Symphony-Concerto]] for cello and orchestra
*[[Peter Racine Fricker]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Racine Fricker)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo]] – ''[[Sonatas de Castilla]]''
*[[Guy Ropartz]] – [[String Quartet No. 6 (Ropartz)|String Quartet No. 6]]
*[[Ned Rorem]]
**''Cycle of Holy Songs'' (Psalms 134, 142, 148, 150) for vice and piano
**''From an Unknown Past'' song cycle for voice and piano
**''Love in a Life'' for voice and piano
**''The Nightingale'' for voice and piano
**''Seven Choruses'' for a cappella choir
**''To a Young Girl'' for voice and piano
*[[Edmund Rubbra]] – [[String Quartet No. 2 (Rubbra)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[Hermann Schroeder]] – ''Ave Maria zart'' chorale-prelude for organ
*[[Mátyás Seiber]] – [[Clarinet Concertino (Seiber)|Concertino]] for clarinet and ensemble
*[[Roger Sessions]] – [[String Quartet No. 2 (Sessions)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[24 Preludes and Fugues (Shostakovich)|Preludes and Fugues (24)]] for piano
*[[Reginald Smith Brindle]] – Concertino for guitar and chamber orchestra
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Kreuzspiel]]''
*[[Virgil Thomson]]
**''Chromatic Double Harmonies: Portrait of Sylvia Marlowe in Nine Etudes'' for piano
**''De profundis'' (Psalm 30), SATB choir (revised version)
**''For a Happy Occasion (Happy Birthday for Mrs. Zimbalist)'' for piano
*[[Eduard Tubin]] – Sonata for alto saxophone solo
*[[David Van Vactor]] – Violin Concerto
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]]
**[[Guitar Concerto (Villa-Lobos)|Guitar Concerto]]
**''[[Quinteto (em forma de chôros)]]'', version for conventional wind quintet with [[Horn (instrument)|horn]] instead of [[cor anglais]]
**''Rudá'' (Dio d'amore), symphonic poem and ballet
**[[String Quartet No. 13 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 13]]
**[[Symphony No. 9 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 9]]
*[[Frank Wigglesworth]] – ''Summer Scenes'' for flute, oboe, and strings<ref name=NYT5Nov />

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Billy Budd (opera)|Billy Budd]]'', with libretto by [[E. M. Forster]] and [[Eric Crozier]] (1 December, Covent Garden)<ref>Stephen Williams, "Premiere of Britten's ''Billy Budd'' Stirs London", ''The New York Times'' (9 December): 133.</ref>
*[[Paul Dessau]] – ''[[The Trial of Lucullus]]'', with libretto by [[Bertolt Brecht]] (March 18, Berlin), despite rumours that the work would be forbidden by the East German authorities.<ref>Everett Helm, [https://archive.today/20120711111122/http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/content/XXXVII/4/590.full.pdf+html "Current Chronicle: Berlin]", ''[[The Musical Quarterly]]'' 37, no. 4 (October): 590–97. Citation on p. 594.</ref>
*[[Jean Françaix]] – ''L'apostrophe'', libretto based on Balzac (1 July, Amsterdam, Netherlands Opera)<ref>Anon., "Holland Hears 2 French Operas: Premiere of ''L'Apostrophe'' Is Given in Amsterdam—Work by Milhaud on Program" (2 July): 15.</ref>
*[[Joseph Haydn]] – ''Orfeo et Euridice'' (9 June, [[Teatro della Pergola]], Florence, at the fourteenth [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]]).<ref>[[Howard Taubman]], "Florence Stages Haydn's ''Orpheus'': World Premiere of 160-year-old Opera Is Presented at Music Festival in Italy", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (10 June): 22.</ref>
*[[Marcel Landowski]] – ''Le Rire de Nils Halerius''
*[[Jan Meyerowitz]] – ''Eastward in Eden'', libretto adapted by Dorothy Gardner from her own play (16 November, Detroit, Wayne State University Theatre).<ref>Anon., "New American Opera Unveiled in Detroit", ''The New York Times'' (17 November): 10.</ref>
*[[Gian-Carlo Menotti]] – ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' 24 December, NBC television broadcast, live from Radio City Studio H-8 (New York).<ref>[[Olin Downes]], "Menotti Opera, the First for TV, Has Its Premiere; Boy, 12, Is Star", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (25 December): 1.</ref>
* [[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'', with libretto by [[W. H. Auden]] and [[Chester Kallman]], Venice, [[Teatro La Fenice]], 11 September.
* [[Peter Tranchell]] – ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'', libretto adapted from the novel by [[Thomas Hardy]] (30 July, Cambridge, Arts Theatre).<ref>Anon., "Hardy Novel As An Opera", ''Times'' (16 January 1951): 6.</ref>
* [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]''<ref>[[Wilfrid Mellers|Wilfrid H. Mellers]], [https://archive.today/20120712230530/http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/content/XXXVII/4/580.full.pdf+html "Current Chronicle:London"] (Subscription Access), ''[[The Musical Quarterly]]'' 37, no. 4 (October): 580–8.</ref>
* [[Egon Wellesz]] – ''Incognita'', from a novel by [[William Congreve]] (December, Oxford).<ref>[[Andrew Porter (music critic)|Andrew Porter]], "New Wellesz Opera: 'Incognita,' Based on Congreve Story, Has Its First Performance at Oxford", ''The New York Times'' (16 December): 117.</ref>

== Film ==

* [[Robert Farnon]] - ''[[Captain Horatio Hornblower]]''
* [[Bernard Herrmann]] - ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''
* [[Bernard Herrmann]] - ''[[On Dangerous Ground]]''
* [[Alex North]] - ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
* [[Miklós Rózsa]] - ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]''
* Leith Stevens - ''[[When Worlds Collide (1951 film)|When Worlds Collide]]''
* [[Dimitri Tiomkin]] - ''[[The Thing from Another World]]''
* [[Franz Waxman]] - ''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1951 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''And So To Bed'' ([[Vivian Ellis]]) London production opened at the [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]] on October 17 and ran for 323 performances
* ''[[Flahooley]]'' ([[E. Y. Harburg]] and [[Sammy Fain]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on May 14 and ran for 40 performances.
* ''[[Gay's the Word (musical)|Gay's The Word]]'' London production opened at the [[Saville Theatre]] on February 16 and ran for 504 performances
* ''[[The King and I]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on March 29 and ran for 1,246 performances
* ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' ([[Cole Porter]]) – London production opened at the [[London Coliseum|Coliseum]] on March 8 and ran for 501 performances
* ''[[Make a Wish (musical)|Make a Wish]]'' ([[Hugh Martin]])Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on April 18 and ran for 102 performances. Starred [[Nanette Fabray]].
* ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' first German production (Berlin)
* ''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]]'' ([[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on November 12 and ran for 289 performances
* ''[[Penny Plain]]'' – London production
* ''See You Later'' ([[Sandy Wilson]]) London production opened at the [[Watergate Theatre, London|Watergate Theatre]] on October 3.
* ''[[Seventeen (musical)|Seventeen]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on June 21 and ran for 182 performances
* ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London production
* ''[[Top Banana (musical)|Top Banana]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on November 1 and ran for 350 performances.
* ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on April 19 and ran for 267 performances
* ''[[Two on the Aisle|Two On The Aisle]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] on July 19 and ran for 279 performances
* ''[[Zip Goes a Million|Zip Goes A Million]]'' (Book: Eric Maschwitz Words: Eric Maschwitz Music: George Posford – London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on October 20 and ran for 544 performances. Starring [[George Formby]], Sara Gregory & Warde Donovan. Directed by Charles Hickman

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice In Wonderland]]'' (original Disney animated film)
* ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American In Paris]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]], [[Leslie Caron]], [[Oscar Levant]], [[Georges Guétary]] and [[Nina Foch]]
* ''[[Call Me Mister]]'' starring [[Betty Grable]] and [[Dan Dailey]]
* ''Excuse My Dust'' starring [[Red Skelton]], [[Monica Lewis]], [[Sally Forrest]], [[Macdonald Carey]] and [[William Demarest]]. Dirested by [[Roy Rowland (film director)|Roy Rowland]].
* ''[[The Great Caruso]]'' (starring [[Mario Lanza]])
* ''[[Here Comes the Groom (1951 film)|Here Comes the Groom]]'' released September 20 starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Jane Wyman]].
* ''[[The Lemon Drop Kid]]'' starring [[Bob Hope]] and [[Marilyn Maxwell]].
* ''[[Lullaby of Broadway (film)|Lullaby Of Broadway]]'' starring [[Doris Day]] and [[Gene Nelson]]
* ''[[Mr. Imperium]]'' starring [[Lana Turner]] and [[Ezio Pinza]]
* ''[[On Moonlight Bay (film)|On Moonlight Bay]]'' starring [[Doris Day]] and [[Gordon MacRae]]
* ''[[On the Riviera]]'' starring [[Danny Kaye]], [[Gene Tierney]] and [[Corinne Calvet]]
* ''[[Purple Heart Diary]]'' starring [[Frances Langford]], [[Judd Holdren]], [[Ben Lessy]] and [[Tony Romano (musician)|Tony Romano]]. Directed by [[Richard Quine]].
* ''[[Rich, Young and Pretty]]'' starring [[Jane Powell]], [[Danielle Darrieux]], [[Wendell Corey]], [[Vic Damone]] and [[Una Merkel]]
* ''[[Royal Wedding]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Jane Powell]]
* ''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]'' (directed by [[George Sidney]] based on the stage musical)
* ''[[The Strip (1951 film)|The Strip]]'' starring [[Mickey Rooney]] and featuring [[Louis Armstrong]]
* ''[[Two Tickets to Broadway]]'' released November 20 starring [[Janet Leigh]], [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]], [[Gloria DeHaven]], [[Ann Miller]] and [[Bob Crosby]].

==Births==
*[[January 6]] – [[Kim Wilson]], blues singer ([[The Fabulous Thunderbirds]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Crystal Gayle]], country singer
*[[January 19]]
**[[Dewey Bunnell]], rock musician ([[America (band)|America]])
**[[Martha Davis (musician)|Martha Davis]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Motels]])
*[[January 20]] – [[Ian Hill]], heavy metal bassist ([[Judas Priest]])
*[[January 26]]
**[[David Briggs (Australian musician)|David Briggs]], Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer
**[[Roy Goodman]], English violinist and conductor
**[[Andy Hummel]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2010)
**[[Christopher North (Ambrosia)|Christopher North]], American keyboard player
*[[January 27]]
**[[Brian Downey (drummer)|Brian Downey]], drummer ([[Thin Lizzy]])
**[[Seth Justman]] ([[The J. Geils Band]])
*[[January 30]] – [[Phil Collins]], drummer, singer and actor ([[Genesis (band)|Genesis]])
*[[January 31]]
**K.C. ([[Harry Wayne Casey]]), singer ([[K.C. and the Sunshine Band]])
**[[Phil Manzanera]], guitarist ([[Roxy Music]])
*[[February 4]] – [[Phil Ehart]], American drummer ([[Kansas (band)|Kansas]])
*[[February 7]] – [[Andy Chapin]], English keyboard player ([[The Association]]) (d. 1985)
*[[February 9]] – [[Dennis Thomas]] ([[Kool and the Gang]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Gil Moore]] ([[Triumph (band)|Triumph]])
*[[February 14]] – [[Sylvain Sylvain]], glam rock/protopunk guitarist ([[New York Dolls]]) (d. 2021)
*[[February 15]] – [[Melissa Manchester]], singer
*[[February 22]] – [[Ellen Greene]], singer and actress
*[[February 27]] – [[Steve Harley]], glam rock singer-songwriter ([[Cockney Rebel]]) (d. 2024)
*[[March 4]] – [[Chris Rea]], singer-songwriter
*[[March 5]] – [[Willis Alan Ramsey]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[March 9]] – [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], Indian-born tabla player, music producer, film actor and soundtrack composer (d. 2024)
*[[March 17]] – [[Scott Gorham]] ([[Thin Lizzy]])
*[[March 20]] – [[Jimmie Vaughan]] ([[The Fabulous Thunderbirds]])
*[[March 21]]
**[[Russell Thompkins, Jr.]], vocalist ([[The Stylistics]])
**[[Conrad Lozano]] ([[Los Lobos]])
** [[Nigel Dick]], British music video director, film director, writer and musician
*[[March 23]] – [[Phil Keaggy]], guitarist, singer
*[[April 3]] – [[Mel Schacher]] ([[Question Mark & the Mysterians]], [[Grand Funk Railroad]])
*[[April 6]] – [[Pascal Rogé]], pianist
*[[April 7]] – [[Janis Ian]], singer-songwriter
*[[April 8]] – [[Joan Sebastian]], born José Figueroa, singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
*[[April 12]] – [[Alex Briley]] ([[Village People]])
*[[April 13]]
**[[Peabo Bryson]], singer
**[[Max Weinberg]], drummer and bandleader (''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'')
*[[April 14]] – [[Julian Lloyd Webber]], cellist
*[[April 16]] – [[Mordechai Ben David]], singer
*[[April 20]] – [[Luther Vandross]], soul singer (d. 2005)
*[[April 22]] – [[Paul Carrack]], singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
*[[April 27]] – [[Ace Frehley]] ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]])
*[[May 3]] – [[Christopher Cross]], singer-songwriter (Michael McDonald Band, Alan Parsons Project)
*[[May 4]]
**[[Jackie Jackson]], vocalist ([[The Jackson Five]])
**[[Mick Mars]] ([[Mötley Crüe]])
*[[May 8]]
**[[Philip Bailey]], vocalist ([[Earth, Wind & Fire]])
**[[Chris Frantz]], American musician and record producer ([[Talking Heads]], [[Tom Tom Club]])
*[[May 10]]
**Ronald Banks ([[The Dramatics]])
**[[John Magnar Bernes]], Norwegian singer and harmonica player
*[[May 16]] – [[Jonathan Richman]]
*[[May 19]] – [[Joey Ramone]], singer ([[Ramones]]) (d. 2001)
*[[June 3]] – [[Deniece Williams]], singer
*[[June 6]] – [[Dwight Twilley]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2023)
*[[June 8]] – [[Bonnie Tyler]], singer
*[[June 10]] – [[Ed McTaggart]] ([[Daniel Amos]], The Road Home)
*[[June 12]]
**[[Bun E. Carlos]] ([[Cheap Trick]])
**[[Brad Delp]] ([[Boston (band)|Boston]]) (d. 2007)
*[[June 15]] – [[Steve Walsh (musician)|Steve Walsh]], progressive rock singer-songwriter ([[Kansas (band)|Kansas]])
*[[June 19]]
**[[Patty Larkin]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
**[[Karen Young (Canadian singer)|Karen Young]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[June 26]] – [[Tony Currenti]], drummer ([[AC/DC]])
*[[June 30]] – [[Steve Waller]], guitarist (d. 2000)
*[[July 1]] – [[Fred Schneider]] ([[The B-52s]])
*[[July 7]] – [[Blondie Chaplin]], guitarist and singer
*[[July 11]] – [[Bonnie Pointer]] ([[The Pointer Sisters]])
*[[July 12]] – [[Sylvia Sass]], operatic soprano
*[[July 15]] – [[Gregory Isaacs]], reggae musician (d. 2010)
*[[July 19]] – [[Debra Byrd]] vocalist (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2024-03-07 |title=Barry Manilow, Jennifer Hudson & More Mourn Death of Singer & ‘American Idol’ Vocal Coach Debra Byrd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/debra-byrd-dead-american-idol-vocal-coach-obituary-1235626739/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[July 22]] – [[Richard Bennett (guitarist)|Richard Bennett]], American guitarist and producer ([[The Notorious Cherry Bombs]])
*[[August 2]] – [[Andrew Gold]], singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
*[[August 3]] – Johnny Graham ([[Earth, Wind & Fire]])
*[[August 4]] – [[Lois V Vierk]], composer
*[[August 13]] – [[Dan Fogelberg]], singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2007)
*[[August 15]] – [[Bobby Caldwell]], singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2023)
*[[August 19]] – [[John Deacon]], bass guitarist ([[Queen (band)|Queen]])
*[[August 23]]
**[[Jimi Jamison]] ([[Survivor (band)|Survivor]])
**[[Mark Hudson (musician)|Mark Hudson]] ([[The Hudson Brothers]])
*[[August 25]] – [[Rob Halford]], heavy metal singer ([[Judas Priest]])
*[[August 28]] – [[Wayne Osmond]], pop vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter ([[The Osmonds]]) (d. 2025)
*[[September 2]] – [[Mik Kaminski]] ([[Electric Light Orchestra]])
*[[September 4]] – [[Martin Chambers]], drummer ([[The Pretenders]])
*[[September 6]] – [[Šaban Šaulić]], Serbian folk singer (d. 2019)
*[[September 7]] – [[Chrissie Hynde]], singer ([[The Pretenders]])
*[[September 12]] – [[Olga Breeskin]], violinist, dancer and actress
*[[September 19]] – [[Daniel Lanois]], record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter
*[[September 22]] – [[David Coverdale]], vocalist ([[Deep Purple]], [[Whitesnake]])
*[[September 25]] – [[Peter Dvorský]], operatic tenor
*[[October 2]] – [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], singer
*[[October 5]] – [[Bob Geldof]], singer ([[The Boomtown Rats]]), social campaigner & organizer of [[LiveAid]]
*[[October 6]] – [[Kevin Cronin]] ([[REO Speedwagon]])
*[[October 7]] – [[John Mellencamp]], singer-songwriter, artist and actor
*[[October 13]] – [[John Ford Coley]], singer, pianist, guitarist, actor and author
*[[October 19]] – [[Lilia Vera]], Venezuelan folk singer
*[[October 20]] – [[Al Greenwood]], rock keyboardist ([[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Charly García]], singer-songwriter and pianist
*[[October 26]] – [[Maggie Roche]] ([[The Roches]]) (d. 2017)
*[[October 27]] – [[K. K. Downing]], heavy metal guitarist ([[Judas Priest]])
*[[November 1]] – [[Ronald Bell (musician)|Ronald Bell]] ([[Kool & the Gang]]) (d. 2020)
*[[November 13]] – [[Bill Gibson (drummer)|Bill Gibson]], rock drummer ([[Huey Lewis and the News]])
*[[November 14]] – [[Alec John Such]], American bass player ([[Bon Jovi]])
*[[November 15]] – [[Joe Puerta]], American singer and bass player ([[Ambrosia (band)|Ambrosia]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Heinrich Schiff]], Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016)
*[[November 27]] – Kevin Kavanaugh ([[Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes]])
*[[November 29]] – [[Barry Goudreau]], rock guitarist ([[Boston (band)|Boston]])
*[[December 4]] – [[Gary Rossington]], rock guitarist ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Rossington-Collins Band]]) (d. 2023)
*[[December 10]]
**[[Larry Fast]], synthesizer player/composer
**[[Johnny Rodriguez]], country singer
*[[December 16]]
**[[Robben Ford]], guitarist
**[[Mark Heard]], singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
*[[December 21]] – [[Nick Gilder]], singer-songwriter
*[[December 25]] – [[Barbara Dever]], operatic soprano
*[[December 26]]
**Paul Quinn, heavy metal guitarist ([[Saxon (band)|Saxon]])
**[[John Scofield]], jazz guitarist and composer
*[[December 29]] – [[Yvonne Elliman]], singer
*[[December 31]]
**[[Tom Hamilton (musician)|Tom Hamilton]] ([[Aerosmith]])
**[[George Thorogood]], blues musician
*''date unknown'' – [[Lorenzo Ferrero]], composer

==Deaths==
*[[January 20]] – [[Alexander Chuhaldin]], violinist, conductor, composer, and music educator, 58
*[[February 3]] – [[Marguerite Boulc'h|Fréhel]], French singer, actress, 59
*[[February 9]] – [[Eddy Duchin]], pianist and bandleader, 41 (leukaemia)
*[[February 20]] – [[Howard Brockway]], composer, 80
*[[February 28]] – [[Giannina Russ]], operatic soprano, 77
*[[March 5]] – [[Leo Singer]], vaudeville impresario, 73
*[[March 6]] – [[Ivor Novello]], [[operetta]] composer, entertainer, 58 (coronary thrombosis)
*[[March 12]] – [[Harold Bauer]], pianist and violinist, 77
*[[March 25]] – [[Sid Catlett]], jazz drummer, 41 (heart attack)
*[[April 21]] – [[Olive Fremstad]], operatic soprano, 80
* [[May 20]] – [[Jan Ingenhoven]], Dutch composer and conductor, 75
*[[May 29]]
**<!--May 29-->[[Fanny Brice]], US actress, comedian and singer
**<!--May 29-->[[Josef Bohuslav Foerster]], Czech classical composer (born 1859)
**<!--May 29-->[[Robert Kahn (composer)|Robert Kahn]], composer, 85
*[[June 4]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky]], double-bassist, conductor and composer, 76
*[[June 26]] – [[Frank Ferera]], Hawaiian musician (born 1885)
*[[July 9]]
**[[Giannina Arangi-Lombardi]], operatic soprano, 60
**<!--July 9-->[[Egbert Van Alstyne]], US songwriter
**<!--July 9-->[[Jorgen Bentzon]], [[Denmark|Danish]] composer
*[[July 13]] – [[Arnold Schoenberg]], Austrian composer, 76
*[[August 15]] – [[Artur Schnabel]], pianist, 69
*[[August 21]] – [[Constant Lambert]], composer, 45 (pneumonia and undiagnosed diabetes)
*[[September 2]] – [[Pietro Frosini]], accordionist, 67
*[[September 3]] – [[Leo Sheffield]], d'Oyly Carte star, 77
*[[September 14]] – [[Fritz Busch]], conductor, 61
*[[September 17]] – [[Jimmy Yancey]], US jazz pianist
*[[November 4]] – [[Oscar Natzka]], opera singer, 39
*[[November 9]] – [[Sigmund Romberg]], composer
*[[November 11]] – [[César Vezzani]], operatic tenor, 63
*[[November 13]] – [[Nikolai Medtner]], pianist and composer, 71
*[[December 1]] – [[Edward Joseph Collins]], pianist, conductor and composer
*[[December 26]] – [[Vic Berton]], jazz drummer, 55
*''date unknown''
**[[Giuseppina Huguet]], operatic soprano (born 1871)
**[[Margot Ruddock]], actress and singer (born 1907)
**[[Vince Courtney]] songwriter and performer

==Notes==
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