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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1940. ==Events== *January 30 - Sophie Wyss gives the first complete performance of Benjamin Britten's ''Les Illuminations'', with Boyd Neel conducting his Orchestra at the Wigmore Hall, London.〔Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). ''Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 2 1939-45''. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-160581. pp. 628, 657〕 *March 28 - Antonio Brosa gives the first performance of Britten's Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli in Carnegie Hall, New York.〔Mitchell (1991): p. 629〕 *April 26 - Woody Guthrie records most of his ''Dust Bowl Ballads'' at RCA Victor studios in Camden, New Jersey. *May 27 – Quartetto Egie perform in public for the first time. *July 20 – ''Billboard'' magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart". *August – Edmundo Ros forms his own rumba band. *November 9 – Joaquín Rodrigo's ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' is premièred in Barcelona. *November 23 – Dmitri Shostakovich's ''Piano Quintet'' is premièred at the Moscow Conservatory with the composer at the piano. *December 6 – Arnold Schoenberg's ''Violin Concerto'' is premièred. *December 19 - Bandleader Hal Kemp's car is involved in a head-on collision. Kemp suffers a broken leg and multiple broken ribs, one of which eventually punctures a lung, causing his death a few days later. *Quartetto Egie becomes Quartetto Ritmo after a line-up change. *Heino Eller becomes professor of composition at the Tallinn Conservatory. *John Serry, Sr. joins Alfredo Antonini at the CBS network. *16-year-old Doris Day joins Les Brown's band. *Gesang Martohartono, the legendary Kroncong musician from Indonesia, releases his most popular composition, "Bengawan Solo". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1940 in music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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