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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Publications

  • Pierre Schaeffer – A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music), an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.
  • John Serry Sr. – The Syncopated Accordionist.Library of Congress,The Syncopated Accordionist, Serrapica, John (aka Serry, John). Publisher/Editor Charles Colin, New York, 1952, http://lccn.loc.gov/unk84158102

Musical groups formed

  • 76th Army Band
  • 338th Army Band (reactivated)
  • The Duke's Men of Yale (a cappella singing group)
  • Steiner Brothers, tap-dancing trio and singing group{{cite work|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/tapping-into-fame-404555716.html|title=Winnipeg's Steiner Brothers didn't seek celebrity but made it big In addition to dancing; Brothers danced alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin|work=Winnipeg Free Press|author=John Einarson|date=December 4, 2016}}

Albums released

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.

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First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtist
March 15, 1952style="text-align:center;"|9"Wheel of Fortune"Kay Starr
May 17, 1952style="text-align:center;"|5"Blue Tango"Leroy Anderson
June 21, 1952style="text-align:center;"|2"Here in My Heart"Al Martino
July 5, 1952style="text-align:center;"|1"Delicado"Percy Faith & his Orchestra
July 12, 1952style="text-align:center;"|9"Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart"Vera Lynn
September 13, 1952style="text-align:center;"|5"You Belong to Me"Jo Stafford
October 18, 1952style="text-align:center;"|5"I Went to Your Wedding"Patti Page
November 22, 1952style="text-align:center;"|1"It's in the Book"Johnny Standley
November 29, 1952style="text-align:center;"|4"Why Don't You Believe Me?"Joni James
December 27, 1952style="text-align:center;"|2"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"Jimmy Boyd

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1952.htm |title=Songs from the Year 1952 |website=Tsort.info |access-date=2016-01-20}}

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1Percy FaithDelicado1952CanadaUS 1940s 1 – Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952
2Jo StaffordYou Belong to Me1952USUK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952
3Al MartinoHere in My Heart1952USUK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952
4Kay StarrWheel of Fortune1952USUS 1940s 1 – Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343
5Frankie LaineHigh Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)1952USOscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 – Jul 1952, UK 7 – Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952

Top hits on record

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Published popular music

Top R&B and country hits on record

Classical music

=Premieres=

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ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Arnold, MalcolmEnglish Dances, set 2, Op. 331952-08-05London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Sargent{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNCLqUq4F94C&q=arnold+14+april+1951+english+dances&pg=PA22 |title=Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-bibliography |author=Stewart R. Craggs |page=22 |date=1951-04-14 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9780313292545 }}
Beck, ConradHymne1952-10-11Donaueschingen Festival, GermanySWF Symphony – Rosbaud{{cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/products/show,150364,,f.html?showOldPerformances=true |title=Shop – Conrad Beck – Hymne |publisher=Schott Music |date=1952-10-11 |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Berio, LucianoDue pezzi for violin and piano1952–?-?Lenox, Massachusetts (Tanglewood MF)Lorin Maazel (violin), Seymour Lipkin (piano){{cite web|url = http://www.lucianoberio.org/node/1368?2120422682=1|title = Due pezzi (nota dell'autore) {{pipe}} Centro Studi Luciano Berio – Luciano Berio's Official Website|language = it|website = Lucianoberio.org|access-date = 2016-01-20}}
Cage, John4′33″1952-08-29Woodstock, New YorkTudor{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/searching-for-silence|title=Searching for Silence|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2010-10-04|author=Alex Ross|access-date=2016-01-20}}
Chávez, CarlosViolin Concerto1952-02-29Mexico CityViviane Bertolami (violin), OSN – ChávezRoberto García Morillo, Carlos Chávez: Vida y obra, Tierra Firme (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica): 135. {{ISBN|968-16-0222-6}}.
{{Interlanguage link multi|Michel Ciry|fr|3=Ciry, Michel}}[chamber-music work]1952-07-21Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany[faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]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): 21. {{ISBN|3-00-007290-X}}.
Cowell, HenrySymphony No. 7, for chamber orchestra1952-11-25BaltimoreBaltimore Little Orchestra – Stewart{{cite web |url=http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=151960247&CFTOKEN=70519153 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170914214134/http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=226663596&CFTOKEN=37026095&jsessionid=8430a7891751ecddfd13227031d1114387e6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |title=Henry Cowell Web Site |website=Henrycowell.org |access-date=2016-01-20 }}
Dallapiccola, LuigiTartiniana1952-03-04Bern, Switzerland{{cite web|url=http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26294/04chapter4.pdf|title='N Oorsig oor Dallapiccola se Werke |website=Repository.up.ac.za |access-date=2016-01-20}}
dall'Oglio, RenzoEspressioni (5) for orchestra1952-07-20Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyLandestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna
Engelmann, Hans UlrichOrchester-Phantasie1952-07-20Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyLandestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna
Wolfgang FortnerIsaacs Opferung, oratory scene1952-10-12Donaueschingen Festival, GermanySudock, Krebs, Rehfuss / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud{{cite web |url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,34482,cmss,3230.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207032139/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,34482,cmss,3230.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-02-07 |title=Shop – Wolfgang Fortner – Isaaks Opferung |publisher=Schott Music |access-date=2016-01-20 }}
Fricker, Peter RacineConcerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra1952-07-20Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyHartung / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna
Ginastera, AlbertoPiano Sonata No. 11952-11-29Pittsburgh (ICMF)Harris{{cite web|url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1944936/Piano-Sonata-No-1 |title=Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 {{pipe}} work by Ginastera {{pipe}} Britannica.com |website=Global.britannica.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Goeyvaerts, KarelViolin Concerto No. 21952-07-20Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyGertler / Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna
Hindemith, PaulDie Harmonie der Welt Symphony1952-01-25Basel, SwitzerlandBasel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher{{cite web |url=http://www.schott-music.co.uk/shop/1/1001142/2660684/show,34189,s.html |title=The Schott Music Shop – Shop – Paul Hindemith – Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt" |website=Schott-music.co.uk |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162927/http://www.schott-music.co.uk/shop/1/1001142/2660684/show,34189,s.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 |url-status=dead }}
Hummel, BertoldMissa brevis 19511952-10-12Donaueschingen Festiva, GermanyDomchor Freiburg – Stemmer{{cite web|url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/donaueschingen/programme/1921-1997/1952/-/id=2136956/did=3459890/nid=2136956/1oiqexg/index.html |title=1952 {{pipe}} 1921–1997 {{pipe}} Programme seit 1921 {{pipe}} Donaueschinger Musiktage {{pipe}} Festivals |website=SWR.de |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Husa, Karel[chamber-music work]1952-07-21Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany[faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]
Jolivet, AndréHarp Concerto1952-10-12Donaueschingen Festival, GermanyLaskine / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud
Klebe, GiselherNocturnes (2) for orchestra1952-07-20Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyLandestheaterorchester Darmstadt – Maderna
Kubik, GailSymphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer]{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Music |title=The Pulitzer Prizes |website=Pulitzer.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}1952-01-07New York CityThe Little Orchestra – Scherman{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKuT49sbJUwC&q=kubik+symphony+concertante+scherman&pg=PA47 |title=The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music: Composer Biographies, Premiere ... |page=47 |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9783631596081 |last1=Fischer |first1=Heinz Dietrich |year=2010 |publisher=Peter Lang }}
Lokshin, AleksandrHungarian Fantasy for violin and orchestra1952–?-?MoscowSitkovetsky / USSR Radio Symphony – Sanderling{{cite web|url=http://lokshin.org/en.htm |title=Alexander L Lokshin |website=Lokshin.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Maderna, BrunoMusica su due dimensioni for flute, cymbals and tape1952-07-21Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyGazzelloni, Grano
Malipiero, G. FrancescoSinfonia dello Zodiaco1952-01-23Lausanne, SwitzerlandOrchestre de la Suisse Romande – Sanzogno{{cite web|url=http://www.rodoni.ch/malipiero/catalogo1gfm.html |title=G. F. Malipiero – Musica Sinfonica |website=Rodoni.ch |date=1923-10-25 |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Martin, FrankViolin Concerto1952-01-24Basel, SwitzerlandSchneeberger / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher{{cite web |url=http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/327.html |title=Repertoire Explorer {{pipe}} Sheet Music {{pipe}} Musikproduktion Höflich |website=Musikmph.de |access-date=2016-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530164224/http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/327.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 }}
Martinů, BohuslavPiano Trio No. 31952-02-25New York CityMannes Trio{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLmuAwAAQBAJ&q=martinu+piano+trio+3+new+york+1951&pg=PA24 |title=Bohuslav Martinů: A Research and Information Guide |author=Robert Simon |page=24 |date=2014-05-30 |publisher=Routledge |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9781317806103 }}
Martinů, BohuslavSerenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio1952-01-04New York CityMcGinnis, Cerminara, J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, Greenhouse
Martinů, BohuslavStowe Pastorals1952-05-07Basel, SwitzerlandTrapp Family Ensemble
Mennin, PeterString Quartet No. 21952-02-24New York CityJuilliard Quartet{{cite web |url=http://2012choral.carlfischer.com/fischer/composers/menninworks.html |title=Peter Mennin – Works List|access-date=2015-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530161104/http://2012choral.carlfischer.com/fischer/composers/menninworks.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 }}
Messiaen, OlivierLe merle noir1952-06-?ParisContestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + Lee{{cite web |url=http://www.giraud-badin.com/fr/auction/product/95/32280/diapo/288 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530210516/http://www.giraud-badin.com/fr/auction/product/95/32280/diapo/288 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |title=Ventes |website=Giraud-badin.com |access-date=2016-01-20 }}
Montsalvatge, XavierCuarteto indiano1952-05-04MadridNational Chamber Music Association
Nono, LuigiEspaña en el corazón1952-07-21Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyDumaine, Hildebrandt / Ferienkurse, Landestheater Orchestra – Maderna1
Panufnik, AndrzejHeroic Overture (2nd version)1952-05-16Warsaw, PolandWarsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki{{cite web|url=http://www.panufnik.polmic.pl/index.php/en/tworczosc/omowienia-utworow/35-heroic-overture |title=Heroic Overture |website=Panufnik.polmic.pl |date=1952-05-16 |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Pettersson, AllanConcerto for Strings No. 11952-04-06StockholmSwedish Radio Symphony – Mann{{cite web |url=http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908075423/http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2008 |title=Styrelsen |website=Allanpettersson.org |access-date=2016-01-20 }}
Prokofiev, SergeiSymphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra1952-02-18MoscowRostropovich / Moscow Youth Orchestra – Richter{{cite web|url=http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/program_notes/prokofievSympohnyConcertoforcelloandOrcestra.pdf |title=Sergei Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra, Opus 125 |website=Bso.http.internapcdn.net |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Prokofiev, SergeiSymphony No. 71952-10-11MoscowUSSR Radio Symphony – Samosud{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
Rubbra, EdmundString Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 731952-05-11Edmund Rubbra, "String Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 73: An Analytical Note by the Composer", The Music Review 14 (1953): 36–44. Citation on 36.London (Victoria and Albert Museum)Griller Quartet{{cite web |url=http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-may-1952/15/music-of-the-month |title=Music of the Month – from the Tablet Archive |website=Archive.thetablet.co.uk |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092137/http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-may-1952/15/music-of-the-month |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}
Shostakovich, DmitriPreludes and Fugues (24) for piano1952-12-23LeningradNikolayeva{{cite web |url=http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosfina.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162736/http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosfina.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |title=Opus by Shostakovich |website=Home.online.nl |access-date=2016-01-20 }}
Stockhausen, KarlheinzKreuzspiel1952-07-21Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyGrano, Wildgans, Sandt, Rosmann, Maderna, Trumpfheller, Geppert – Stockhausen[http://www.universaledition.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen/composers-and-works/composer/698/work/3248 Universal Edition]; 50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt, Vol. 1. CD recording. Col Legno WWE 1CD 31894. Munich: Col Legno, 1996. Also issued as part of 4-CD set, 50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt. Col Legno WWE 4CD 31893 (box); vol. 1: WWE 1 CD 31894; vol. 2: WWE 1 CD 31895; vol. 3: WWE 1 CD 31896; vol. 4: WWE 1 CD 31897. Munich: Col Legno, 1996.
Stockhausen, KarlheinzSpiel1952-10-11Donaueschingen Festival, Germany2SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUazwZH_zMwC&q=stockhausen+spiel+rosbaud+1953+orchestra&pg=PA21|title=Stockhausen: Life and Work|author=Karl Heinrich Wörner |translator=Bill Hopkins|page=21 |date=1973 |publisher=University of California Press |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9780520032729 }}
Stravinsky, IgorCantata1952-11-11Los AngelesLos Angeles Symphony Society – Igor Stravinsky{{cite web|url=http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Stravinskij/Stravinskij-Cantata89.html |title=Stravinskij – Cantata |website=Flaminioonline.it |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Togni, CamilloOmaggio a Bach for two pianos1952-07-21Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyGerd Kämper, Togni{{harvnb|Iddon|2013|pp=xvi, 68}}
Jacques WildbergerQuartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello1952-07-21Darmstädter Ferienkurse, GermanyMertens, Rosokowsky, Stier, Huth
Zimmermann, Bernd AloisOboe Concerto1952-10-11Donaueschingen Festival, GermanySchneider / SWF Symphony – Rosbaud{{IRCAM work|id=12955|title=Konzert für Oboe und kleines Orchester, Bernd Alois Zimmermann}}

  • 1 The ensemble Bruno Maderna conducted comprised both faculty and students of the Ferienkurse and members of the Landestheater Orchestra Darmstadt.
  • 2 Only the first half of Spiel was performed at Donaueschingen in 1952. The complete score was only first performed in a radio recording made in July 1973 with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, conducted by the composer. The first public performance of the complete composition was given by the Berlin Philharmonic on 14 September 1975, also under the composer's baton.Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Spiel für Orchester (1952)", in his Texte zur Musik 1970–1977 4, selected and compiled by Christoph von Blumröder, 52–54, DuMont Dokumente (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978): 54. {{ISBN|3-7701-1078-1}}.

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Sources

  • {{cite book|last=Iddon|first=Martin|title=New Music at Darmstadt: Nono. Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez|series=Music since 1900|location=Cambridge and New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2013|isbn=9781107033290}}

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