1931 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1931.
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- January 24
- Mary Garden makes her last appearance with Chicago Opera, before retiring to her native Scotland.[1]
- The Romen Theatre opens as a studio in Moscow.
- May 14 – After conducting a concert in memory of Giuseppe Martucci in Bologna, Arturo Toscanini is attacked by a crowd for having refused to perform the fascist Italian national anthem on the program.[2]
- May 21 – RCA Victor's first commercially issued 33⅓ rpm record, "Salon Suite, No. 1" by The Victor Salon Orchestra, directed by Nathaniel Shilkret, is recorded.[3]
- July 22–28 – The ninth annual ISCM Festival of Contemporary Music takes place in London and Oxford, with concerts of orchestral, choral, and chamber music.[4]
- October 20 – The Indian Music Circle, dedicated to the revival of Indian classical music, is inaugurated with a ceremony held in the Jinnah Memorial Hall, Bombay.[5]
- December 31 – Record sales dropped 75% from 1929
Published popular music
- "Adios" w. Eddie Wood m. Enric Madriguera
- "All of Me" w.m. Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks
- "As Time Goes By" w.m. Herman Hupfeld
- "At Your Command" w.m. Harry Barris, Bing Crosby & Harry Tobias
- "Black Jazz" m. Gene Gifford
- "Blah, Blah, Blah" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by El Brendel in the film Delicious
- "Blues in My Heart" w. Irving Mills m. Benny Carter
- "Bend Down, Sister" w. Ballard MacDonald & David Silverstein m. Con Conrad. From the musical film Palmy Days.
- "Brighter Than The Sun" w. Anona Winn m. Ray Noble
- "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
- "By The River Sainte Marie" w. Edgar Leslie m. Harry Warren
- "Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear" w. (Eng) Dorothy Dick w.m. Bert Reisfeld, Mart Fryberg & Rolf Marbet
- "Close Your Eyes" D. Carter – H. M. Tennent
- "Come to Me" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
- "Concentratin' On You" w. Andy Razaf m. Fats Waller
- "Crosby, Columbo And Vallee" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
- "Cuban Love Song" w.m. Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh & Herbert Stothart
- "Dancing In The Dark" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "Delishious" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Doin' What I Please" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas Waller
- "Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away" w. Sammy Timberg m. Samuel Lerner. Introduced by Mae Questel and Rudy Vallee in the Betty Boop animated short Musical Justice (1931)
- "Down Sunnyside Lane" Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly
- "Dream a Little Dream of Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt
- "An Evening In Caroline" w.m. Walter Donaldson
- "A Faded Summer Love" w.m. Phil Baxter
- "Goodnight, Sweetheart" w.m. Ray Noble, James Campbell & Reg Connelly
- "Got A Date With An Angel" w. Clifford Grey & Sonny Miller m. Jack Waller & Joseph Tunbridge
- "Got the Bench, Got the Park" w.m. Al Sherman, Al Lewis & Fred Phillips
- "Green Eyes" w. (Eng) E. Rivera & Eddie Woods (Sp) Adolfo Utrero m. Nilo Menendez
- "Guilty" w. Gus Kahn m. Richard A. Whiting & Harry Akst
- "Hang Out The Stars In Indiana" w. Billy Moll m. Harry Woods
- "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" w.m. Arthur Le Clerq
- "Heartaches" w. John Clenner m. Al Hoffman
- "Hello, My Lover, Goodbye" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green. Introduced by Frances Langford in the musical Here Goes the Bride
- "Help Yourself to Happiness" w.m. Mack Gordon, Harry Revel and Harry Richman. Introduced by Harry Richman in the revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1931
- "Hold My Hand" w. Douglas Furber m. Noel Gay
- "Home" w.m. Peter Van Steeden, Harry Clarkson & Geoff Clarkson
- "Hoops" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "I Apologize" w.m. Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart & Ed Nelson
- "I Don't Know Why" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
- "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Harry Warren
- "I Heard" w.m. Don Redman
- "I Love Louisa" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "I Surrender, Dear" w. Gordon Clifford m. Harry Barris
- "If You Should Ever Need Me" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
- "I'll Be Good Because Of You" w.m. Ray Noble & Alan Murray
- "I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart" Fisher, Unger, Stern
- "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" w. Alex Hill m. Fats Waller
- "I'm Gonna Get You" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare
- "I'm Good For Nothing But Love" Ballard, Maltin
- "I'm Through with Love" w. Gus Kahn m. Matty Malneck & Fud Livingston
- "It isnae me" w. Sally Holmes m. Edward Elgar[6]
- "It's the Darndest Thing" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
- "It's the Girl" w. Dave Oppenheim m. Abel Baer
- "It's You!" Razaf, Waller
- "I've Got Five Dollars" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Jazz Nocturne" m. Dana Suesse
- "Just One More Chance" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
- "Kicking The Gong Around" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
- "A Lady Must Live" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Jeanne Aubert in the musical America's Sweetheart
- "Lady Of Spain" w.m. Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell & Henry J. Tilsley
- "Lies" w. George E. Springer m. Harry Barris
- "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
- "Little Girl" w.m. Madeline Hyde & Francis Henry
- "Love Is Sweeping The Country" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Love Letters In The Sand" w. Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny m. J. Fred Coots
- "Lullaby Of The Leaves" w. Joe Young m. Bernice Petkere
- "Mad Dogs And Englishmen" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Makin' Faces At The Man In The Moon" w.m. Max Rich, Kate Smith, Al Hoffman & Ned Washington
- "Mama Inez" w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Eliseo Grenet
- "Maria, My Own" w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Ernesto Lecuona
- "Marta" w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Moises Simons
- "Mary (I'm in Love with You)" w.m. J. Fred Coots & Ozzie Nelson
- "Mausie" w. (Eng) Harry Graham m. Paul Abraham
- "Me!" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time" w.m. Irving Kahal & Harry Richman
- "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes" Koehler, Pola, Golden
- "My Song" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
- "Nevertheless" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
- "Now's The Time To Fall In Love" w.m. Al Sherman & Al Lewis
- "Of Thee I Sing" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Oh, Monah" w.m. Ted Weems & Joe "Country" Washburn
- "One More Time" w.m. B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson.
- "Ooh That Kiss" w. Mort Dixon & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
- "Out Of Nowhere" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green
- "Paradise" w. Nacio Herb Brown & Gordon Clifford m. Nacio Herb Brown
- "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" w.m. Will Jason & Val Burton
- "Pied Piper Of Hamelin" w.m. Noel Gay
- "Poor Pierrot" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
- "Prisoner Of Love" w. Leo Robin m. Russ Columbo & Clarence Gaskill
- "River, Stay 'Way From My Door" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
- "Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On" w.m. James McCaffrey, Eugene West & Dave Ringle
- "Running Between The Raindrops" w. James Dyrenforth m. Carroll Gibbons
- "Sally" w.m. William Haines, Harry Leon & Leo Towers
- "Shadrack" w.m. Robert MacGimsey
- "She Didn't Say Yes" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Bettina Hall in the musical The Cat and the Fiddle.
- "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" w. Charles O'Flynn & Jack Meskill m. Max Rich
- "Somebody from Somewhere" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Janet Gaynor in the film Delicious
- "Sweet And Lovely" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare
- "Thanks To You" w. Grant Clarke m. Pete Wendling
- "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" w.m. Jimmy Long & Gene Autry
- "That's My Desire" w. Carroll Loveday m. Helmy Kresa
- "This Is The Missus" w.m. Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
- "The Thrill Is Gone" w.m. Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
- "Till The Real Thing Comes Along" w.m. Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin & L. E. Freeman
- "Twentieth Century Blues" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Under the Bridges of Paris" w. (Fr) Jean Rodor, (Eng) Dorcas Cochran m. Vincent Scotto
- "Underneath The Arches" w.m. Reg Connelly & Bud Flanagan
- "Wabash Moon" w.m. Dave Dreyer & Morton Downey
- "Was I?" w. Charles Farrell m. Chick Endor from the revue Ziegfeld Follies Of 1931
- "Was That The Human Thing To Do?" w. Joe Young m. Sammy Fain
- "We'll Be The Same" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Were You Sincere" w. Jack Meskill m. Vincent Rose
- "When I Take My Sugar To Tea" w.m. Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman Connor
- "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" w.m. Leon Rene, Otis Rene & Clarence Muse
- "When The Bloom Is On The Sage" w.m. Nat Vincent & Fred Howard Wright
- "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain" w.m. Howard Johnson, Harry Woods & Kate Smith
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" w.m. E. A. Swan
- "When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba" w.m. Herman Hupfeld
- "Where The Blue Of The Night" w.m. Roy Turk, Bing Crosby & Fred E. Ahlert
- "Who Cares?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by William Gaxton and Lois Moran in the musical Of Thee I Sing
- "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" w. Ted Koehler & Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
- "Yes, Yes, My Baby Said Yes, Yes" Cliff Friend, Con Conrad. Introduced by Eddie Cantor in the film Palmy Days
- "You Are My Heart's Delight" w. Harry Graham m. Franz Lehár Music 1923
- "You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)" w.m. Con Conrad, Gladys Du Bois, Russ Columbo & Paul Gregory
- "You Can't Stop Me From Loving You" w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols
- "You Forgot Your Gloves" w. Edward Eliscu m. Ned Lehac. Introduced by Constance Carpenter and Carl Randall in the revue The Third Little Show
- "You Rascal You" w.m. Sam Theard
- "You Try Somebody Else" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
- "You're Blasé" w. Bruce Sievier m. Ord Hamilton
- "You're My Decline And Fall" George Posford
- "You're My Everything" w. Mort Dixon & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
- "Yours" (orig. "Quiéreme Mucho") w. (Eng) Jack Sherr (Sp) Augustin Rodriguez m. Gonzalo Roig
Top Popular Recordings
The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1931:[7]
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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1 | Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino Orchestra | "The Peanut Vendor" | Victor 22321 | February 10, 1930 | March 5, 1930 | US BS 1931 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 28 total weeks[8] |
2 | Wayne King and His Orchestra | "Goodnight, Sweetheart" | Victor 22425 | May 12, 1930 | June 10, 1930 | US BS 1931 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks |
3 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "You're Driving Me Crazy" | Columbia 2297D | September 10, 1930 | October 1930 | US BS 1931 #33, US #3 9 total weeks, 58,458 sales[9] |
4 | Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra | "Mood Indigo" | Columbia 2297D | September 10, 1930 | October 1930 | US BS 1931 #30, US #3, 10 total weeks, 48,191 sales[10], Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975 |
5 | Leo Reisman and His Orchestra | "Body and Soul" | Victor 22537 | October 10, 1930 | November 1930 | US BB 1930 #3, US #15 for 1 weeks, 2 total weeks, 45,098 sales |
6 | Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra (Vocal Donald Novis) | "Sweet And Lovely" | Victor 22770 | July 19, 1931 | August 1931 | US BS 1931 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks, 20,527 sales[11] |
7 | Leo Reisman and His Orchestra | "Just a Gigolo" | Victor 22606 | January 5, 1931 | March 1931 | US BB 1930 #180, US #15 for 1 weeks, 2 total weeks, 39,618 sales |
8 | Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison | "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver" | Victor 22588 | November 26, 1930 | January 23, 1931 | US BS 1931 #48, US #4 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 38,805 sales |
9 | Wayne King and His Orchestra | "The Waltz You Saved for Me" | Victor 22575 | November 7, 1930 | April 1931 | US BS 1931 #47, US #4 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 38,450 sales |
10 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "Love For Sale" | Victor 22598 | December 24, 1930 | March 1931 | US BS 1931 #168, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, 34,465 sales |
11 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" | Victor 22611 | January 13, 1931 | April 1931 | US BS 1931 #53, US #4 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 32,716 sales |
12 | Mills Brothers | "Tiger Rag" | Brunswick 6197 | October 9, 1931 | November 1931 | US BS 1931 #4, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks |
13 | Wayne King and His Orchestra | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" | Victor 22643 | February 18, 1931 | May 1931 | US BS 1931 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, 30,755 sales[12], ASCAP song of 1930 |
14 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "By the River St. Marie" | Columbia 2401D | February 10, 1931 | March 1931 | US BS 1931 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks |
15 | Bing Crosby | "At Your Command" | Brunswick 6145 | June 24, 1931 | July 25, 1931 | US BS 1931 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks |
16 | Bing Crosby | "Out of Nowhere" | Brunswick 6090 | March 30, 1931 | April 1931 | US BS 1931 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks |
17 | Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra v_Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby) | "The Little Things In Life" | Victor 22580 | November 25, 1930 | December 1930 | US BS 1931 #57, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, 29,066 sales |
18 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time" | Columbia 2457D | April 29, 1931 | May 1931 | US BS 1931 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks |
19 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba" | Victor 22742 | June 15, 1931 | August 1931 | US BS 1931 #26, US #2 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 27,402 sales |
20 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "Dancing in the Dark" | Victor 22708 | May 18, 1931 | July 1931 | US BS 1931 #28, US #3 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 26,928 sales |
21 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" | Victor 22707 | May 4, 1931 | June 1931 | US BS 1931 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks, 20,769 sales[13] |
22 | Bing Crosby | "Just One More Chance" | Brunswick 6120 | May 4, 1931 | June 1931 | US BS 1931 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks |
23 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "Goodnight, Sweet Heart" | Columbia 2457D | October 8, 1931 | November 1931 | US BS 1931 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
24 | Kate Smith | "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" | Columbia 2516D | August 17, 1931 | September 1931 | US BS 1931 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks |
25 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "Star Dust" | Brunswick 4856 | May 15, 1930 | September 1930 | US BS 1931 #15, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks |
Top Blues Recordings
- "Devil Got My Woman" – Skip James
- "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" – Skip James
- "I'm So Glad" – Skip James
- "Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head" – Lonnie Johnson
- "Southern Can is Mine" – Blind Willie McTell
- "Broke Down Engine Blues" – Blind Willie McTell
- "Georgia Rag" – Blind Willie McTell
Classical music
- Jean Absil – Trio for violin, cello, and piano, op. 7
- Joseph Achron – Quartet for Cello, Trumpet, Horn, and Piano, Golem
- Jehan Alain –
- Dans le rêve laissé par la ballade des pendus de Villon, for piano
- En dévissant mes chaussettes, for piano
- Heureusement, la bonne fé sa marraine y mit bon ordre, for piano
- Histoire dur des tapis, entre des murs blancs, for piano
- Lumière qui tombe d'un vasistas, for piano
- Mélodie-sandwich, for piano
- Nocturne, for piano
- Petite rhapsodie, for piano
- Verset-choral, for piano
- 26 septembre, 1931, for piano
- Karel Albert – Oedipus a Colonus, incidental music for the play by Sophocles
- Franco Alfano –
- Due intermezzi, for strings
- Vesuvius (Hic est illa Napolis), ballet, for orchestra
- Hugo Alfvén – Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 (Dalarapsodien), for orchestra, op. 47
- Hendrik Andriessen –
- Hymnus "Te Joseph celebrent", for soprano, baritone, and organ
- Missa pro defunctis, for three voices and organ
- "O quam suavis est", for two voices and organ
- Sonata No. 2, for violin and piano
- George Antheil – Six Little Pieces, for string quartet
- Hans Erich Apostel – Fünf Lieder, for low voice and piano or orchestra, op. 3
- Dina Appeldoorn – Zes kantoj
- Blaž Arnič – Concerto for Organ and Percussion
- Kurt Atterberg – Suite No. 8, for orchestra (Suite pastorale in modo antico), op. 34
- Georges Auric –
- À nous la liberté (music for the film by René Clair),
- La concurrence (ballet)
- Le quatorze juillet (incidental music for the play by Romain Rolland)
- Radiogramma, for piano
- Uchben X'coholte, for soprano and chamber orchestra
- Grażyna Bacewicz – Suite, for string orchestra
- Henk Badings –
- Sextet, for alto voice, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and piano
- Sonata, for violin and piano [unnumbered, precedes Sonata No. 1]
- String Quartet No. 1
- Dover Beach, for mezzo-soprano or baritone and string quartet, op. 3
- Pieces for Carillon: Round, Allegro, Legend
- The School for Scandal (overture), for orchestra, op. 5
- Duos (Forty-four), for two violins
- Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra
- Piano Concerto No. 2
- Transylvanian Dances, for orchestra
- Marion Bauer – "Here at High Morning", for male chorus, op. 27
- Arnold Bax
- Northern Ballad No. 1, for orchestra
- Red Autumn, for piano duo
- Symphony No. 4
- The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew, for orchestra
- Valse, for harp
- "Christ in the universe", for alto, tenor, four-part choir, and orchestra, or organ, op. 132
- "Juni", for four-part choir and piano (also version for three-part female choir), op. 51, no. 3
- Prelude, for violin, cello, and piano
- Sea Fever and The Last Prayer, for four-part male choir and piano, op. 126, nos. 1 and 2
- "When the last sea is sailed", for four-part male choir and piano, op. 127
- Concerto Grosso, for orchestra
- Entrückung, for baritone and piano
- Pan, for soprano and orchestra
- La poulette grise, for two children's choirs, trumpet, and two pianos
- Sonata No.1, for violin and piano
- Concerto, for two trumpets and string orchestra
- Concert Overture, for orchestra
- Fünf Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers, for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano, op. 3
- Toccatas (two), for piano
- Trio, for violin, viola, and cello
- Zwei estnische Nationaltänze, for piano (later destroyed)
- Marc Blitzstein – Piano Concerto
- Paul Bowles –
- In the Platinum Forest, for medium voice and piano
- Sonata, for oboe and clarinet
- Tamanar, for piano
- Luis de Freitas Branco – Lembrança, for four-part male choir
- Havergal Brian –
- The Battle Song, symphonic poem, for brass band
- Symphony No. 2 in E minor
- Frank Bridge – Phantasm, for piano and orchestra
- Benjamin Britten –
- Christ’s Nativity, Christmas Suite, for SATB choir
- Fugue in A major, for piano
- Plymouth Town, ballet, for orchestra
- Rhapsodies, for violin, viola, and piano
- String Quartet in D
- Tit for Tat , for voice and piano
- Twelve Variations, for piano
- Fantasie, for organ, op. 32
- Kleine Stücke, for piano, op. 31
- Te Deum, for two-voice chorus, trumpet, trombone, timpani, and organ, op. 33
- Vierundzwanzig Melodien aus den Hassler’schen Choralgesängen, for four-voice choir, op. 30
- John Alden Carpenter – Song of Faith, for SATB choir and orchestra
- Julián Carrillo –
- Estudio (A media noche en oriental), for ¼-tone guitar
- Estudios, for ⅓-tone arpa-citara
- Preludios, for mictotonal arpa-citara
- Sonata "Amanecer en Berlin 13", for ¼-tone arpa-citara
- Symphony No. 3 "Colombia"
- Elliott Carter – Philoctetes (incidental music for the play by Sophocles), for tenor, baritone, male chorus, oboe, and percussion
- Alfredo Casella –
- La donna serpente, Suite No. 1, op. 50 bis
- La donna serpente, Suite No. 2, op. 50 ter
- Ballade des biens immeubles, for voice and piano, op. 68
- Concerto "I profeti", for violin and orchestra, op. 66
- The Lark, for violin and piano, op. 64
- Mi–la, for piano
- Film Studies (Two), for piano, op. 67
- Juan José Castro – Symphony No. 1
- Abram Chasins – Parade, for orchestra
- Francesco Cilea – Suite No. 2, for orchestra
- Philip Greeley Clapp –
- A Highly Academic Diversion on Seven Notes, for orchestra
- Symphony No. 9 in E♭ major (The Pioneers)
- Arnold Cooke – Passacaglia, Scherzo, and Finale, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet
- Aaron Copland – Miracle at Verdun, incidental music for the play by Hans Chlumberg, chamber orchestra
- Henry Cowell –
- 479 [Gig], for piano
- Competitive Sport, for piano
- Heroic Dance, for ten instruments
- "How Old Is Song?", for voice and piano
- Rhythmicana, for rhythmicon and orchestra
- Steel and Stone, original version, for piano?
- Jean Cras – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Ruth Crawford Seeger – String Quartet
- Nancy Dalberg – Tre danske Duetter, for voices
- Georges Dandelot – Chansons de Bilitis, for voice and piano, second set
- Johann Nepomuk David – Kleine Präludien und Fugen, in A minor and G major, for organ
- Maurice Delage – Deux fables de Jean de La Fontaine, for voice, flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, horn, trumpet, piano, and string quartet
- Frederick Delius –
- Fantastic Dance, for orchestra
- Irmelin Prelude, for orchestra*Marcel Dupré –
- Chorales (79), for organ, op. 28
- Pieces (Seven), for organ, op. 27
- Ballade, for piano and chamber orchestra
- Printemps, for piano
- George Dyson – The Canterbury Pilgrims (G. Chaucer), for soprano, tenor, baritone, choir, and orchestra
- Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté –
- Piano Concerto No. 1 (revised version)
- Grave funèbre, for violin and chamber orchestra
- Blasmusik No. 1, for wind orchestra
- Blasmusik No. 2, for wind orchestra
- Furchtlosigkeit und Wohlwollen, oratorio for tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra
- Musica per banda, for wind orchestra
- Lied der roten Flieger, for voice and small orchestra or piano
- Das Lied vom vierten Mann, for voice and small orchestra or piano
- Die Mutter, for choir and orchestra, op. 25
- Songs (Four) from the film Niemandsland
- Songs (Three) from the film Kuhle Wampe, oder Wem gehört die Welt?, op. 27
- Songs (Three) from the film Das Lied vom Leben, op. 36
- Streiklied, for voice and small orchestra or piano
- Suite No. 2, for orchestra, (from the film Niemandsland), op. 24
- Suite No. 3, for orchestra (from the film Kuhle Wampe), op. 26
- Edward Elgar – Soliloquy, for oboe and orchestra
- Heino Eller –
- Elegy, for harp and string orchestra
- String Quartet No. 2
- Ulvi Cemal Erkin – Beş damla, for piano
- Ferenc Farkas –
- Alla danza ungherese, for orchestra
- Canephorae, five pieces for piano or organ
- Passacaglia, for organ
- Pastorali, for voice and piano or chamber orchestra
- Quaderno Romano, six pieces for piano
- Sonatina No. 2, for violin and piano
- Samuel Feinberg – Piano Concerto No. 1
- Jacobo Ficher – Sonata, for flute, viola, and piano, op. 18
- Gerald Finzi – To Joy, for voice and piano, op. 13
- Wolfgang Fortner –
- Grenzen der Menschheit, for baritone, five-part choir, and orchestra
- Lied der Welt, for male choir
- Isadore Freed – String Quartet
- Noël Gallon – Sonatine, for piano
- Alejandro García Caturla –
- El caballo blanco, for four-part mixed choir
- Rumba, for chamber orchestra
- Suite cubana No. 1, for chamber orchestra (also chamber version for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, and timpani)
- Yamba-O, for orchestra
- Luiz Cosme –
- Acalanto, for soprano and piano
- Aquela china, for voice and piano
- Balada para os carreteiros, for baritone and piano
- Mãe d'agua canta, for violin and piano, or for string quartet
- Roberto Gerhard – Sis cançons populars catalanes, for soprano or tenor and orchestra
- George Gershwin – Second Rhapsody, for piano and orchestra
- Vittorio Giannini –
- Madrigal, for four solo voice and string quartet
- Quintet, for two violins, viola, cello, and piano
- Suite, for orchestra
- Trio, for violin, cello, and piano
- The Flooded Stream, for voice and piano
- The Orchard Sings to the Child, for voice and piano
- Padraic the Fidiler, for voice and piano, with violin ad libitum
- Pieces (two), for clarinet and piano
- Alexander Glazunov – "Concerto ballata" in C major, for cello and orchestra, op. 108
- Reinhold Glière – Comedians (ballet)
- Radamés Gnattali –
- Para meu Rancho, for voice and piano
- Poemas (Tres), for voice and piano
- Rapsódia brasileira, for piano
- Leopold Godowsky –
- Capriccio, for piano left-hand
- Etude (paraphrase of Adolf Henselt), in F♯ major, for piano, op. 2 no. 6
- Die Herde sucht (incidental music)
- Zwei Betrachtungen (later retitled Letzte Kapitel), for speaker, chamber choir, piano, and percussion, op. 15
- Autumn Crocus (incidental music)
- Songs (Two), op. 49
- Songs (Four), op. 53
- Lisbon (Dublin Bay) (second setting)
- Tribute to Foster
- Alexander Gretchaninov – Sonata, for piano, op. 129
- Ferde Grofé –
- Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra
- Knute Rockne, symphonic poem, for orchestra
- Concerto No. 1, for piano and orchestra
- Poemas de Macunaíma, for voice and orchestra
- Sonata No. 1, for cello and piano
- Trio, for violin, viola, and cello
- Fantazie No. 1, for nonet, op. 40
- Toccata quasi una fantasia, for piano, op. 38
- Aurora Borealis, overture for orchestra
- San Francisco, suite for orchestra, in C major, op. 121
- Youth Triumphant, overture for band
- Johan Halvorsen – Danses norvégiennes Nos. 3–6, for violin and orchestra [originally with piano accompaniment, 1930]
- Roy Harris –
- American Portrait (revised version)
- Andantino, for orchestra
- Concert Piece, for orchestra
- Toccata, for orchestra
- Sonatina, for piano
- Tanzsuite, for wind quintet
- Alfred Hill – Mass in E♭ major
- Paul Hindemith –
- Duette, for two violins
- Einige Klavierstücke, for piano
- Fünf-und-Vierzig Stücke, for 1 and 2 violins
- Konzertstück, for trautonium and strings
- Musik zu einem abstrakten Fischinger-Film, for string trio
- Musik zu einen Trickfilm, for piano
- Reklamefilm Clermont de Fouet, for string trio
- Spiel- und Hörschule
- "Der Tod", for TTBB choir
- Das Unaufhörliche (oratorio), for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed choir, children’s choir, orchestra, and organ
- Allegro affettuoso, for piano
- Allegro sostenuto, for violin and piano
- Chamber Music No. 1, for chamber orchestra
- Choral Pieces, for children's chorus
- Concerto for chamber orchestra
- Concerto, for solo piano
- Duets, for two recorders
- Provinsen [The Provinces], for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, choir, flute, oboe, violin, and cello
- Requiem, for children's voices, children's chorus, and chamber orchestra
- Gustav Holst – Twelve Welsh Folk Songs, for choir, H183
- Arthur Honegger – Cris du monde (oratorio), for solo voices, children's chorus, mixed chorus, and orchestra
- Alan Hovhaness – Boreas and Mount Wildcat, for orchestra op. 2a
- Mary Howe –
- Dirge, for orchestra
- Der Einsame, for voice and piano
- Liebeslied, for voice and piano
- Mailied, for voice and piano
- Schlaflied, for voice and piano
- Suite mélancolique, for violin, cello, and piano
- Whimsy, for piano
- "Delicates so dainty", unison voices and piano
- "A Maid Peerless", for SSAA choir and orchestra
- Severn, for SATB choir
- "Sweet Content", for unison voices and piano
- Three Folksongs, for voice and piano
- Les cinq gentlemen maudits, music for the film by J. Duvivier
- S.O.S. Foch, music for the film by J. Arroy
- Symphonie marine, for orchestra
- Chanson en forme de canon à l’octave, for soprano and baritone, op. 102
- Chant de nourrice, for three equal voices, op. 103
- Cinq chansons folkloriques et deux rigaudons à une voix, for voice and piano
- Le forgeron, for three-part choir and string quartet, op. 104
- String Quartet No. 4 (unfinished)
- La vengeance du mari, soprano, two tenors, four-part choit, small wind band or piano, op. 105
- John Ireland – Songs Sacred and Profane, for voice and piano
- Charles Ives – The Fourth of July, from A Symphony: New England Holidays (revised version)
- Gordon Jacob –
- Passacaglia on a Well-Known Theme, for orchestra
- Songs (Three), for soprano and clarinet
- Dorothy James – Symphonic Fragments (Three), for orchestra
- André Jolivet –
- Études (Six), for piano
- Mélodies sur des poésies anciennes (Quatre), for voice and piano or chamber orchestra
- Prière des 13 hommes dans la mine, for baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano
- Rondels de François Villon (Trois), for voice and piano
- Suite, for viola and piano
- Pièces en trio, for violin, cello, and piano, op. 95,
- String Quartet No. 5, op. 95
- Manolis Kalomiris – I symphonia ton anidheon ke ton kalon anthropon [Symphony of Simple and Kind-Hearted People], for choir and orchestra
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert –
- Music for Organ, op. 145
- Passacaglia and Fugue on BACH, op. 150
- Sempre semplice, for organ, op. 142, no. 2
- Albert Ketèlbey – In the Mystic Land of Egypt
- Aram Khachaturian – Double Fugue, for string quartet
- Uuno Klami –
- Hommage à Haendel, for orchestra
- Kohtauksia nukketeatterista [Scenes from a Puppet Theatre], for orchestra
- Rag-Time and Blues, for two violins, clarinet, trumpet, and piano
- Tsheremissiläinen fantasia [Cheremis Fantasia], for cello and orchestra
- Lev Knipper – Negrityonok Sėbi [Little Negro Sebi], ballet for orchestra, op. 24
- Zoltán Kodály –
- Mátrai képek, for mixed choir
- Nagyszalontai köszöntő, for mixed choir or treble choir
- Prelude, for organ
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, op. 25
- Charles Koechlin –
- Chorals (22), op. 117
- Chorals dans les modes du moyen-âge (Cinq), for orchestra, op. 117bis
- Bagatelles (Four), for piano four-hands, op. 70
- Durch die Nacht, song cycle, for soprano and orchestra, op. 67a
- Die Nachtigall, concert aria, for coloratura soprano and orchestra, op. 68a
- Gesänge des späten Jahres, for voice and piano, op. 71
- Theme and Thirteen Variations, for orchestra, op. 69
- Paul Ladmirault – En Fôret
- László Lajtha – Concerto, for violin and orchestra, op. 15
- Constant Lambert –
- Concerto for Piano & 9 Instruments
- Salome (incidental music for the play by Oscar Wilde), for clarinet, trumpet, cello, and percussion
- Lars-Erik Larsson – Duo, for violin and viola, op. 6
- Marc Lavry – Jewish Suite, for string quartet
- Jón Leifs –
- Íslendingaljóð [Poems of Icelanders], for male choir, op. 15a
- Íslenskir söngdansar [Icelandic Dance-Songs], for voices with ad lib instrumental accompaniment, op. 17a
- Ný rímnadanslög [New Icelandic Dances], for piano, op. 14b
- Preludes (Three), for organ, op. 16
- Sjávarvísur [Ocean Verses], for male choir, op. 15b
- George Frederick McKay – Trio, for violin, cello, and piano
- Alexander Mackenzie – Partsongs (Two), for four-part mixed choir and piano, op. 92
- Elizabeth Maconchy –
- A Hymn to Christ, A Hymn to God the Father, for double choir
- The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo, for choir and orchestra
- The Willow Plate (dramatic work in three parts, unfinished)
- Concerti, for orchestra
- Epitaffio, for piano
- String Quartet No. 3 "Cantari alla madrigalesca"
- Igor Markevitch – Serenade for Three Instruments
- Frank Martin – La nique à Satan (spectacle populaire), for baritone, children's choir, female choir, male choir, wind instruments, 2 pianos, percussion, and contrabass
- Bohuslav Martinů –
- Borova, for oboe, clarinet, trumpet, piano, and strings
- Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
- Doux esquisses, for piano
- Jeux, for piano
- Partita (Suite No. 1), for string orchestra
- Sept études rhythmiques, for violin and piano
- Seven Arabesques, for violin and piano
- Slavnostní ouvertura k sokolskému sletu, for orchestra
- Sonata No. 2, for violin and piano
- "Staročeská říkadla", for women's choir
- Untitled Pieces (four), for piano
- Leichte Klavierstücke (Zwei), in B♯ major and A minor, for piano
- Sonata minacciosa in F minor, for piano, op. 53, no. 2
- Festliches Präludium, for organ
- Höstkvällen, for voice and piano, op. 170, no. 2
- Hvarje årstid, for voice and piano, op. 171
- Långt från land, for voice and piano
- Lohdutus [Consolation], for chamber orchestra, op. 168
- Muistathan [Do you remember?], for voice and piano (composed under the pseudonym Eero Mela)
- Runebergsånger, for voice and piano, op. 172
- Sånger till ord av Jarl Hemmer, for voice and piano, op. 162
- Sonata, for flute and harp, op. 135b
- Sonatina No. 2, for piano, op. 135a
- Törnet, for voice and piano, op. 170, no. 3
- L’ensorceleuse, cantata for soprano, tenor, bass, and piano or orchestra
- Fugue sur un sujet de Georges Hüe, for four unspecified instruments
- Le tombeau resplendissant, for orchestra
- Darius Milhaud – Sonata for organ, op. 112
- Ernest John Moeran –
- Suffolk Folksongs (Six), for voice and piano
- Trio, for violin, viola, and cello
- Whythorne's Shadow, for orchestra
- Federico Mompou – Comptines I–III, for voice and piano
- Carl Nielsen –
- Allegretto, in F ,major, for two recorders
- Commotio, for organ, op. 50
- "Det som lysner over vangen", for voice and piano
- Klaverstykke, for piano
- "Kvadet om Nordens harpe", for TTBB choir
- Ligbraendings–Kantate, for choir and orchestra
- Paaske-aften (incidental music)
- Gösta Nystroem – Sinfonia breve (Symphony No. 1)
- Carl Orff –
- Cantata (Werkbuch II), for choir, piano, and percussion
- Catulli Carmina II, for choir
- Leo Ornstein – Preludes (Six), for cello and piano
- Paul Paray – Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc
- Harry Partch –
- "By the Waters of Babylon", for voice and adapted viola
- Potion Scene from Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare), for voice and adapted viola
- Suite for Emperor and Galilean by Henrik Ibsen, for orchestra
- Pieces (Three), for orchestra
- Sonata, for vioin and piano
- Danslek ur Ran [Dance Game from Ran], for choir a capella or choir and piano
- Jämtlandssången [Song of Jämtland], for unison choir and piano
- Lieder (Sechs), for voice and piano, op. 40
- Sonette (Drei), op. 41
- Willem Pijper – Sonata, for unaccompanied violin
- Mario Pilati –
- Canzoni popolari italiane (Quattro), for small orchestra
- String Quartet in A major
- Walter Piston – Suite, for oboe and piano
- Ildebrando Pizzetti – Introduzione all’Agamennone, for choir and orchestra
- Quincy Porter –
- Songs for Helen on Nursery Rhymes (Twelve), for voice and piano
- String Quartet No. 4
- Cinq poèmes de Max Jacob, for voice and piano
- Concertino, for piano four hands
- Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice and piano
- Sonata for Violin and Piano
- Trois poèmes de Louise Lalanne, for voice and piano
- Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 4, for left hand, written for Paul Wittgenstein
- Sergei Rachmaninoff –
- Sonata no. 2, for piano, in B♭ minor, op. 36 (revised version)
- Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for piano, op. 42
- Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, Suite No. 3, for string quartet
- Belkis, regina di Saba (ballet), for orchestra
- Maria egiziaca (trittico da concerto), for voices and orchestra
- Silvestre Revueltas –
- Duo para pato y canario, for voice and small orchestra
- Esquinas, for orchestra with soprano voice
- "Ranas", for voice and piano
- "El tecolote", for voice and piano
- String Quartet No. 2
- String Quartet No. 3
- Ventanas, for orchestra
- Wallingford Riegger –
- Canons for Woodwinds (Three), for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, op. 9
- Fantasy and Fugue, for orchestra and organ, op. 10
- Preludes (Three), for piano
- Serenata, for violin and eleven instruments or chamber orchestra
- Symphony No. 2
- Joaquín Rodrigo – Serenata española, for piano
- Amadeo Roldán –
- Tres toques, for orchestra
- Curujey, son for choir, two pianos, and two percussionists
- Guy Ropartz – L'indiscret, ballet, for orchestra
- Hilding Rosenberg –
- Female Choruses (Two)
- Medea, incidental music for the play by Euripides
- Song of Mourning and Pastoral (from the incidental music for Medea), female choir and piano
- A Flower Given to my Daughter, for voice and piano
- Idylles (Deux), for voice and piano, op. 44
- Sonata No. 1, for violin and piano, in D minor, op. 11 (revised version)
- Carl Ruggles – Sun-Treader, for orchestra
- Harald Sæverud –
- Suite, for piano, op. 6
- Variazioni piccole (50), for orchestra, op. 8
- Andrés Sas –
- Aire de siembra, for orchestra
- Canciones románticas peruanas, for voice and piano, no. 1: "Arrullo de muñeca", op. 17, no. 1
- Canciones simbólicas (Tres), for voice and piano, op. 14
- Kcachampa, for orchestra
- Prelude, for string quartet, op. 15
- Suite peruana, for piano, op. 16
- Divertissement de chambre, for flute, clarinet, bassoon, viola, and piano
- Polymètres, for voice and piano
- Franz Schmidt – Variationen über ein Husarenlied, for orchestra
- Florent Schmitt –
- Choeurs (six), for four-part women’s choir, a capella or with orchestra, op. 81
- Symphonie concertante, for piano and orchestra, op. 82
- Othmar Schoeck – Sonata in E major, for violin and piano, op. 46
- Arnold Schoenberg –
- Four-part Mirror Canon
- Klavierstück, op. 33b
- Mirror Canon, for string quartet
- Two-part Mirror Canon for Herrmann Abraham "Spiegle Dich im Werk"
- Erwin Schulhoff – Suite dansante en jazz, for piano
- Cyril Scott –
- Concerto, for cello and orchestra
- Trio No. 1, for violin, viola, and cello
- Trio No. 2, for violin, viola, and cello
- Roger Sessions – Waltzes, for orchestra (lost)
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji –
- Movement for Voice and Piano
- Piano Symphony No. 0
- Vissarion Shebalin – Lenin, dramatic symphony for narrator, four vocal soloists, choir, and orchestra, op. 16
- Nikos Skalkottas –
- "O ti thel ē mana sou?" [Oh What Does Your Mother Want?], for voice and piano
- Octet, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Richard Strauss – Kampf und Sieg, for orchestra
- Igor Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D
- Josef Suk – Mass in B♭ major, for SATB choir, strings, organ, and timpani (revised version)
- Karol Szymanowski – Harnasie (ballet-pantomime), op. 55
- Alexandre Tansman –
- Concertino, for piano and orchestra, 1931;
- Danses polonaises (quatre), for orchestra
- Symphony no. 3 (Symphonie concertante), for violin, viola, cello, piano, and orchestra
- La belle en dormant, for voice and piano
- Chamber Music, for voice and piano
- Serenade, for flute and violin
- Stabat mater, for soprano and string quartet
- String Quartet No. 1
- Symphony No. 2
- Randall Thompson – Symphony No. 2 in E minor
- Michael Tippett – Symphonic Movement, for orchestra
- Henri Tomasi –
- Capriccio, for violin and orchestra
- Chansons des sables, for voice and orchestra [from Tam-tam]
- Chants de Cyrnos, for voice and orchestra or piano
- Fantoches, for piano
- Tam-tam, symphonic poem, for orchestra
- Eduard Tubin – Süit eesti motiividel [Suite on Estoninian Motifs], for orchestra
- Joaquín Turina –
- El castillo de Almodóvar, for piano (also orchestrated), op. 65
- El circo, for piano, op. 68
- Jardín de niños, for piano, op. 63
- Pieza romántica, for piano, op. 64
- Quartet, for violin, viola, cello, and piano, op. 67
- Radio Madrid, for piano, op. 62,
- Rapsodia sinfónica, for piano and strings op. 66
- Sonata for Guitar, op. 61
- Geirr Tveitt – Prillar, for orchestra
- Edgard Varèse – Ionisation
- Ralph Vaughan Williams –
- Abinger (I Vow to Thee My Country)
- Mantegna (Into the Woods My Master Went)
- Marathon (Servants of the Great Adventure)
- Piano Concerto in C major
- White Gates (Fierce Raged the Tempest)
- La ballade du désespéré, for soprano and orchestra, op. 61
- Triptyque, for organ, op. 58,
- Caixinha de música quebrada, for piano
- String Quartet No. 5 (Quarteto brasileiro no. 1)
- John Vincent – A Folk Song Symphony, for orchestra
- William Walton –
- Belshazzar's Feast (oratorio)
- "Make we joy in this fest" (traditional carol), set for SATB choir
- Kurt Weill – Mann ist Mann, incidental music to the play by Bertolt Brecht
- Jaromir Weinberger –
- Ouverture zu einem ritterlichen Spiel, for orchestra
- Passacaglia, for orchestra with organ
- Mitte des Lebens, for soprano, choir, and orchestra, op. 45
- Piano Concerto, op. 49
- Ballade, for violin, oboe, and string orchestra
- Feminine Conversations and Promenade of Respectable People, for piano
- Prelude and Fugue, for string quartet
- Scherzo burlesque, for piano and orchestra
- Sextet, for woodwinds and piano
- String Quartet No. 1
- Lieder (Acht), for voice and piano
- Die Mausefalle, incidental music for the play by Gustav von Wangenheim, for instrumental ensemble
- Deux études de concert, for two pianos tuned in quarter tones, op. 19
- Etude en forme de scherzo, for two pianos tuned in quarter tones, op. 20
- Riccardo Zandonai – Quadri di Segantini, for orchestra
Opera
- Paul Abraham – Die Blume von Hawaii (operetta), staged 24 July, in Leipzig, Neues Theater
- George Antheil – Helen Retires (not performed until 1934)
- Arthur Benjamin – The Devil Take Her, staged 1 December, London, Royal College of Music
- Alfredo Casella – La donna serpente, op. 50 (not performed until 1932)
- Gustave Charpentier – Orphée (unfinished)
- Werner Egk – Der Löwe und die Maus (children's opera)
- George Enescu – Œdipe, op. 23 (not performed until 1936)
- Walter Goehr – Malpopita (written for radio broadcast; first live performance 2004)
- Louis Gruenberg –
- The Emperor Jones, op. 36 (not staged until 1933)
- Jack and the Beanstalk, op. 35, staged 20 November, Juilliard School, New York
- Jesús Guridi – La cautiva, staged 10 February, Calderón Theater, Madrid
- Arthur Honegger – La belle de Moudon (operetta), staged 30 May, in Mézières, Théâtre du Jorat (Switzerland)
- Jacques Ibert – Gonzague, staged 17 December, Monte Carlo
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov – Zhenit′ba [The Marriage], op. 70, staged 18 October at the Radio Theatre, Moscow [first of the four acts is by Musorgsky]
- Lev Knipper – Goroda i godï [Cities and Years], op. 22
- Eduard Künneke – Nadja, op. 28, performed in Kassel
- Gian Francesco Malipiero –
- Torneo notturno, staged 15 May at the Nationaltheater in Munich
- I trionfi d’amore, triptych (unperformed except for the second opera, Mascherati, not staged until 1954)
- Italo Montemezzi – La notte di Zoraima, staged 31 January, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
- Hans Pfitzner – Das Herz, op. 39, staged 12 November, simultaneously in Berlin and Munich
- Jean Roger-Ducasse – Cantegril, staged 9 February at the Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart), Paris
- Germaine Tailleferre – Zoulaina (never performed)
- Deems Taylor – Peter Ibbetson, op. 20, staged 7 February, Metropolitan Opera, New York
- Gabriel von Wayditch – Horus (not staged until 1939)
- Egon Wellesz – Die Bakchantinnen, staged 20 June, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
- Jaromir Weinberger – Milovaný hlas [Die geliebte Stimme], staged 28 February, Munich
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – La vedova scaltra, staged 5 March, at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome
- Eugène Ysaÿe – Piére li houïeu [Peter the Miner], staged 4 March in Liège
Film
Musical theater
- America's Sweetheart Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on February 10 and ran for 135 performances.
- The Band Wagon Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 3 and ran for 260 performances
- Bitter Sweet (Noël Coward) – London revival
- The Cat and the Fiddle Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 15 and ran for 395 performances
- Cavalcade (Noël Coward) – London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on October 13 and ran for 405 performances
- Die Dubarry Berlin production opened on August 14
- Folly To Be Wise London revue opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on January 8. Starring Cicely Courtneidge.
- Here Goes the Bride Broadway production opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on November 3 and ran for 7 performances.
- Hold My Hand (Music: Noel Gay Lyrics: Desmond Carter Book: Stanley Lupino) London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on December 23. Starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Stanley Lupino.
- The Land of Smiles (Franz Lehár) – London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on May 8
- The Laugh Parade Broadway revue opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 2 and ran for 231 performances
- Of Thee I Sing Broadway production, opened December 26 and ran for 441 performances.
- The Third Little Show Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on June 1 and ran for 136 performances
- Victoria and Her Hussar London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 17 and ran for 100 performances
- White Horse Inn London production opened at the Coliseum Theatre on April 8 and ran for 651 performances
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 Broadway revue opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on July 1 and ran for 165 performances.
Musical films
- Alam Ara, starring Master Vithal and Zubeida, with music by Ferozshah M. Mistri and B. Irani[14]
- A Caprice of Pompadour (Un caprice de la Pompadour), starring André Baugé[15]
- Autumn Roses (Rosas de otoño), starring Francisco Canaro, with music by Guillermo Barbieri and José Rial[16]
- Children of Dreams starring Margaret Schilling, Paul Gregory and Tom Patricola
- City of Song, starring Jan Kiepura, with music by Paul Abraham, Philip Braham and Ernesto Tagliaferri[17]
- The Cuban Love Song starring Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Vélez, Jimmy Durante and Louise Fazenda
- Delicious starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and El Brendl.
- Die Fledermaus, starring Anny Ondra, Georg Alexander and Oskar Sima, with music by Johann Strauss II.[18]
- Her Majesty, Love starring Marilyn Miller
- The Hot Heiress starring Ben Lyon and Ona Munson
- Huwen op Bevel
- Kiss Me Again starring Bernice Claire and Edward Everett Horton
- Madame Pompadour (Die Marquise von Pompadour), starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron and Walter Jankuhn, with music by Eduard Künneke, Rudolf Nelson and Robert Stolz[19]
- Le Million starring Annabella and René Lefèvre
- Palmy Days starring Eddie Cantor and Charlotte Greenwood
- Pardon Us starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Directed by James Parrott.
- The Prodigal starring Lawrence Tibbett
- Sally in Our Alley starring Gracie Fields
- Showgirl's Luck starring Susan Denis, Arthur Tauchert, Arthur Clarke and Fred Bluett
- The Private Secretary (Die Privatsekretärin), starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Felix Bressart, with music by Paul Abraham and Lajos Lajtai[20]
- The Smiling Lieutenant starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins
- Sunshine Susie starring Renate Müller and Jack Hulbert
Births
- January 5 – Alfred Brendel, pianist
- January 8 – Bill Graham, rock music entrepreneur (died 1991)
- January 12 – Roland Alphonso, saxophonist (died 1998)
- January 14 – Caterina Valente, multilingual singer
- January 21 – Rudi Maugeri, pop singer (The Crew-Cuts) (died 2004)
- January 22 – Sam Cooke, singer (died 1964)
- January 26 – Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist, music teacher (died 2013)[21]
- January 29 – Leslie Bricusse, film and stage composer and lyricist (died 2021)
- February 12 – Walt Groller, accordionist and polka musician
- February 14 – Phyllis McGuire, vocalist (The McGuire Sisters) (died 2020)
- March 5 – Barry Tuckwell, horn player (died 2020)
- March 15 – D. J. Fontana, drummer (died 2018)
- March 25
- Vytautas Barkauskas, composer (died 2020)
- Humphrey Burton, television music and arts presenter
- Paul Motian, jazz drummer (died 2011)
- April 29 – Lonnie Donegan, skiffle musician (died 2002)
- May 4 – Ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit) (died 2012)
- May 7 – Teresa Brewer, singer (died 2007)
- May 14
- Aloys Kontarsky, pianist (died 2017)
- Alvin Lucier, composer
- May 19 – Éric Tappy, Swiss tenor[22]
- June 10 – João Gilberto, bossa nova musician (died 2019)
- June 11
- Margarita Pracatan, Cuban-born novelty singer (died 2020)
- Audrey Schuh, American soprano
- June 17 – Dominic Frontiere, accordionist and composer (died 2017)
- July 6 – Della Reese, actress and singer (died 2017)
- July 10 – Jerry Herman, American musical theater composer and lyricist (died 2019)
- July 11 – Tab Hunter, actor and singer (died 2018)
- July 18 – Papa Dee Allen, funk musician (War) (died 1988)
- July 21 – Plas Johnson, American saxophonist (B. Bumble and the Stingers and The Wrecking Crew)
- July 31
- Kenny Burrell, jazz guitarist
- Morey Carr (The Playmates) (died 1987)
- August 28
- John Perkins (The Crew-Cuts)
- John Shirley-Quirk, operatic bass-baritone (died 2014)
- September 1
- Richard Hundley, American pianist, composer (died 2018)
- Javier Solís, Mexican ranchera & bolero singer (died 1966)
- September 12 – George Jones, country singer (died 2013)
- September 19 – Brook Benton, singer and songwriter (died 1988)
- September 22 – George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers) (died 2019)
- September 24 – Anthony Newley, English songwriter, actor and singer (died 1999)
- October 1 – Alan Wagner, American opera critic (died 2007)
- October 15 – Freddy Cole, jazz singer and pianist (died 2020)
- October 24 – Sofia Gubaidulina, composer
- November 2 – Phil Woods, jazz saxophonist (died 2015)
- November 5 – Ike Turner, musician and record producer (died 2007)
- November 16
- Bob Gibson, folk musician (died 1996)
- Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist (died 2011)
- December 21 – David Baker, American composer and educator (died 2016)
- December 24
- Ray Bryant, jazz pianist (died 2011)
- Mauricio Kagel, composer (died 2008)
- December 27 – Scotty Moore, guitarist (died 2016)
- December 30 – Skeeter Davis, country singer (died 2004)
Deaths
- January 5 – Colonel Charles Gerard Conn, instrument manufacturer (born 1884)
- January 21 – Felix Blumenfeld, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1863)
- January 23 – Anna Pavlova, ballerina (born 1881)[23]
- February 16 – Dirk Schäfer, pianist and composer (born 1873)
- February 23
- Mario Ancona, bel canto baritone (born 1860)
- Dame Nellie Melba, operatic soprano (born 1861)
- March 25 – Tomasz Bartkiewcz, organist and composer (born 1865)
- April 4 – George Whitefield Chadwick, composer (born 1854)
- May 8 – Bertha Lewis, singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (born 1887) (car accident)
- May 12 – Eugène Ysaÿe, violinist and composer (born 1858)
- May 13 – Josif Marinković, composer (born 1851)
- June 18 – Fanny Holland, singer and actress (born 1847)
- June 21 – Jimmy Blythe, jazz pianist (born 1901)
- July 2 – Charles Quef, organist and composer (born 1873)
- July 4 – Buddy Petit, jazz cornet player (born c. 1890)
- July 23 – William Wolstenholme, organist and composer (born 1865)
- August 6 – Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician (born 1903)
- August 11 – Linda Loredo, dancer (born 1907)
- August 22 – Joseph Tabrar, songwriter (born 1857)
- August 26 – Heinrich Grünfeld, cellist (born 1855)
- August 28 – Jane Green singer (born 1897)
- September 3 – Franz Schalk, conductor (born 1863)
- September 6 – Juliana Walanika, the "Hawaiian Nightingale", court singer (born 1846)
- September 10 – Alfonso Rendano, pianist, inventor of the "third pedal" (born 1853)[24]
- September 20 – Ugo Falena, opera librettist (born 1875)
- September 23
- Harry Macdonough, pioneer recording artist (born 1871)
- Adolf Weidig, composer (born 1867)
- October 3 – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)
- October 8 – Luigi von Kunits, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1870)
- October 18 – Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph (born 1847)
- October 20 – Emánuel Moór, pianist, composer and inventor of the Duplex-Coupler Grand Pianoforte (born 1863)
- October 21 – Barbecue Bob, blues musician (born 1902)
- October 29 – Luciano Gallet, composer (born 1893)
- November 4 – Buddy Bolden, jazz musician (born 1877)
- November 17 – Georgi Atanasov, composer (born 1882)
- November 19 – Frederic Cliffe, composer (born 1857)
- November 23 – Leonora Braham, operatic soprano and actress (Gilbert & Sullivan) (born 1853)
- December 2 – Vincent d'Indy, composer (born 1851)
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