1949 in music
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber , Samuel Piano Sonata 1949-12-09 Havana Horowitz
Bartók , Béla Viola Concerto ( 1945 ) 1949-12-02 Minneapolis Primrose / Minneapolis Symphony - Dorati
Bernstein , Leonard The Age of Anxiety ( Symphony No . 2 ) 1949-04-08 Boston Bernstein / Boston Symphony - Koussevitzky
Britten , Benjamin Spring Symphony 1949-07-09 Amsterdam ( Holland Festival ) Vincent , Ferrier , Pears / Netherlands Radio Choir , Concertgebouw Orchestra - Van Beinum
Bush , Alan Nottingham Symphony ( Symphony No . 2 ) 1949-06-27 Nottingham London Philharmonic - Ellenberg
Carter , Elliott Wind Quintet 1949-02-27 New York City Orenstein , Abosch , Paul , Bobo , Popkin
Copland , Aaron Preamble for a Solemn Occasion 1949-12-19 New York City Olivier / Boston Symphony - Bernstein
Cowell , Henry Symphony No . 5 ( 1948 ) 1949-01-05 Washington DC USA National Symphony - Kindler
Delius , Frederick Summer Evening , Winter Night and Spring Morning ( 1890 ) 1949-01-02 London [ unknown orchestra ] - Beecham
Dello Joio , Norman Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra 1949-05-22 Chautauqua , NY Shaw / Chautauqua Symphony - Autori
Egge , Klaus Sinfonia giocosa ( Symphony No . 2 ) ( 1947 ) 1949-07-09 Oslo [ unknown orchestra ] - Grüner-Hegge
Einem , Gottfried von Orchestral Suite from Dantons Tod 1949-02-09 Baden-Baden SWF Symphony - Rosbaud
Enescu , George Romanian Concert Overture ( 1948 ) 1949-01-23 Washington DC USA National Symphony - Enescu
Ghedini , Giorgio Federico Concerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti ( 1948 ) 1949-03-02 Rome Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra - Rossi
Ginastera , Alberto Ollantay ( 1947 ) 1949-10-29 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra - E. Kleiber
Ginastera , Alberto String Quartet No . 1 ( 1948 ) 1949-10-24 Buenos Aires Mozart Quartet
Glinka , Mikhail String Quartet ( 1824 ) 1949-02-27 Moscow Beethoven Quartet
Harris , Roy Kentucky Spring 1949-04-05 Louisville Louisville Philharmonic - Whitney
Henze , Hans Werner Apollo und Hyazintus 1949-06-26 Frankfurt Plümacher , Picht-Axenfeld / Members of the HR Symphony - Henze
Henze , Hans Werner Ballett-Variationen 1949-09-26 Düsseldorf NWDR Symphony - Romansky
Classical music -- Premieres
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1949.