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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1946.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1938.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1936.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1940.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1939.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1923.
Jascha Heifetz was a Jewish-Lithuanian born American violinist. Born in Vilnius, he moved to the United States as a teenager, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He was a virtuoso from childhood. Fritz Kreisler, another leading violinist of the twentieth century, said after hearing Heifetz's debut, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees." He had a long and successful performing career; however, after an injury to his right (bowing) arm, he switched his focus to teaching.
The Violin Concerto by William Walton was written in 1938–39 and dedicated to Jascha Heifetz, who commissioned the work and performed it at its premiere on 7 December 1939 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodziński. The British premiere, delayed by the Second World War, was given on 1 November 1941, with Henry Holst as soloist and the composer conducting. Walton later reorchestrated the concerto; the revised version was premiered in 1944. The work has been frequently recorded and has established itself as one of the composer's most durable compositions.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, in 1945.
The cultural year was dominated by the Festival of Britain and the opening of The Royal Festival Hall, the first dedicated concert hall of its size to be built in London since 1893: located on the south bank of the Thames, this was to host concerts by major orchestras from Britain and abroad. The Festival itself was a celebration of music, art and theatre. It notably provided an opportunity for the staging of many events seen during the first Folk music Festival held in Edinburgh, organised with the help of such talents as the American Alan Lomax, the Irish traditional musician Seamus Ennis and the political theatre director Ewan MacColl, who would go on to form the Ballad and Blues Club.
Antonio Brosa was a Spanish violinist.
This is a summary of 1955 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom.
This is a summary of 1943 in music in the United Kingdom.
This is a summary of 1941 in music in the United Kingdom.
This is a summary of 1940 in music in the United Kingdom.
This is a summary of 1938 in music in the United Kingdom.
This is a summary of 1937 in music in the United Kingdom.
This is a summary of 1936 in music in the United Kingdom.
This is a summary of 1932 in music in the United Kingdom.
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"Heimo Haiton voitto". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki. 11 May 1939. p. 9. - ↑ Schonberg, Harold C. (December 12, 1987). "Jascha Heifetz Is Dead at 86; A Virtuoso Since Childhood". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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- ↑ Wright, Roger (2007-09-15). "John Foulds' Indian summer [print version: A composer's Indian summer]". The Daily Telegraph (Review). Archived from the original on 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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