This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1951.
These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1951.
First week | Number of weeks | Title | Artist | |
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March 3, 1951 | 1 | "If" | Perry Como | |
March 10, 1951 | 1 | "Be My Love" | Mario Lanza | |
March 17, 1951 | 5 | "If" | Perry Como | |
April 21, 1951 | 9 | "How High the Moon" | Les Paul & Mary Ford | |
June 23, 1951 | 5 | "Too Young" | Nat King Cole | |
July 28, 1951 | 6 | "Come On-a My House" | Rosemary Clooney | |
September 8, 1951 | 8 | "Because of You" | Tony Bennett | |
November 3, 1951 | 6 | "Cold, Cold Heart" | Tony Bennett | |
December 15, 1951 | 2 | "(It's No) Sin" | Eddy Howard | |
December 29, 1951 | 11 | "Cry" | Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads |
The following songs achieved the highest chart positionsin the limited set of charts available for 1951.
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart entries | |
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1 | 1951 | US | US 1940s 1 – Dec 1951, US 1 for 11 weeks Dec 1951, US BB 2 of 1951, DDD 4 of 1951, RYM 5 of 1951, POP 6 of 1952, Italy 68 of 1955, Acclaimed 1084 | |||
2 | 1951 | US | US BB 1 of 1952, POP 1 of 1952, RYM 4 of 1951, US 1940s 14 – Nov 1951, DDD 25 of 1951, Europe 63 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 78 of vocal, WXPN 500 | |||
3 | 1951 | US | US 1940s 1 – Mar 1951, US 1 for 9 weeks Apr 1951, DDD 10 of 1951, US BB 12 of 1951, POP 12 of 1951, RYM 19 of 1951, RIAA 317, Acclaimed 514 | |||
4 | 1951 | US | US 1940s 1 – Apr 1951, US 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1951, POP 1 of 1951, DDD 5 of 1951, RYM 10 of 1951 | |||
5 | 1951 | US | US 1940s 1 – Dec 1950, US 1 for 1 weeks Mar 1951, US BB 9 of 1951, POP 9 of 1951, Europe 79 of the 1950s, RYM 137 of 1951 |
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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Symphony No. 1 in D minor | 1951-07-06 | Cheltenham (Festival), UK | Hallé Orchestra – Arnold[16] [17] | |
1951-03-30 | Mexico City | Mexico National Symphony – Chávez[18] | ||
Duo for violin and piano | 1951-10-19 | Lack, [pianist][19] | ||
1951-06-25 | Frankfurt, Germany (ISCM Festival) | Bavarian Radio Symphony – Lehmann[20] | ||
Polyphonie X | 1951-10-06 | Donaueschingen, Germany (Musiktage) | SWF Radio Symphony – Rosbaud[21] | |
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid | 1951-06-14 | Aldeburgh, UK (Festival) | Boughton. [pianist unknown][22] | |
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 | 1951-05-10 | New York City[23] | ||
1951-05-17 | London | Rapaport, Cross[24] | ||
"How Sweet I Roamed", for soprano and piano | 1951-12-11 | Turash, Garvey[25] | ||
1951-06-07 | Paris | RTF National Orchestra – Désormière[26] | ||
Harlem | 1951-06-20 | New York (Lewisohn Stadium) | NBC Symphony Orchestra – Ellington[27] | |
1951-06-22 | Belfast, UK | Ferguson / City of Belfast Orchestra – Mulgan[28] | ||
1951-10-07 | Venice, Italy (Biennale) | Foss / La Fenice Philharmonic – Sanzogno[29] | ||
1951-07-26 | Liverpool, UK | Liverpool Philharmonic – Rignold[30] | ||
Sinfonia pastorale | 1951-06-? | Bournemouth, UK | Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra – [conductor unknown][31] | |
Symphony No. 1, Op. 2 | 1951-07-05 | Cheltenham, UK (Festival) | Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli[32] | |
God, Thy Earth Is Aflame cantata, completed by Skulte | 1951-03-10 | Brooklyn (Brooklyn Academy of Music) | [performers unknown][33] | |
1951-06-16 | Aldeburgh, UK (Festival) | Newton-Wood / Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra – Del Mar[34] | ||
A Canticle of Christmas, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra | 1951-12-10 | Charlotte, North Carolina | White / Charlotte Symphony – Pfohl[35] | |
1951-05-10 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | Polekh / Leningrad Radio Symphony – Glière[36] | ||
1951-04-21 | Stuttgart, Germany | Stuttgart Radio Symphony – Müller-Kray[37] | ||
Six Songs for women's voices and harp | 1951-06-[8–17] | Aldeburgh, UK (Festival) | [performers unknown] – Holst | |
Saint Vartan Symphony (Symphony No. 9, Op. 180) | 1951-03-? | [orchestra] – Hovhaness. | ||
1951-02-23 | Basel, Switzerland | Shann / Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[38] | ||
Drumming of Japan | 1951-11-17 | Tokyo | Tokyo Symphony – Ueda[39] | |
Symphony No. 2 (1901) | 1951-02-22 | New York Philharmonic – Bernstein | ||
Symphonic Suite for strings | 1951-07-04 | Cheltenham, UK (Festival) | Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli[40] | |
1951-06-19 | Strasbourg, France (Festival) | Descaves / Strasbourg Radio Orchestra – Jolivet[41] | ||
1951-08-05 | London | Morris / New London Orchestra – Sherman[42] | ||
Symphony No. 5 | 1951-08-26 | Edinburgh, UK (Festival) | Scottish National Orchestra – Susskind[43] | |
Short Suite for concert band | 1951-05-08 | Waco, US (Baylor University) | Baylor University Golden Wave Band – Moore[44] [45] | |
Sinfonia in E (a.k.a. Symphony in E) | 1951-05-02 | Rochester, New York | Eastman-Rochester Orchestra – Hanson[46] | |
Prélude sur le nom de Fauré for strings | 1951-03-02 | London (French Institute) | ["a string orchestra"][47] | |
Symphony No. 3 | 1951-06-17 | Amsterdam | Concertgebouw Orchestra – Kubelik[48] | |
Silesian Triptych | 1951-12-02 | Warsaw | Polish National Radio Symphony – Fitelberg | |
Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra No. 2 (1950) | 1951-01-14 | Dallas, US | G. Beal, W. Beal / [unknown orchestra and conductor] [49] | |
Concerto for cello and orchestra | 1951-03-03 | London (Royal Albert Hall) | Canning / BBC Symphony Orchestra – Cameron[50] | |
The Commandment of Love song cycle | 1951-06-[8–17] | Aldeburgh, UK (Festival) | Pears, Britten | |
1951-03-10 | Stockholm | Frydén / Ridderstad, Nihlman, Jonsson, Ericson[51] | ||
1951-03-30 | Minneapolis | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Doráti[52] | ||
Piano Sonata No. 9 (1947) | 1951-04-21 | Moscow | Richter[53] | |
1951-06-17 | London (Festival of Britain) | Curzon / London Symphony – Sargent[54] | ||
Serenade for Winds | 1951-07-[9–14] | Cheltenham, UK (Festival) | The London Wind Players | |
Sonatas de Castilla | 1951-11-08 | Madrid | Rodrigo[55] | |
Festival Te Deum | 1951-06-30 | [unknown performers][56] | ||
String Quartet [No. 1?] | 1951-07-[9–14] | Griller String Quartet | ||
Serenade Fantastique for oboe and strings | 1951-07-08 | Cheltenham, UK (Festival) | Goosens / Boyd Neel Orchestra – Neel[57] [58] | |
"The Dance around the Golden Calf" from Moses und Aron | 1951-07-02 | Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) | Orchester und Chor des Landestheaters Darmstadt – Scherchen[59] | |
1951-11-12 | Moscow | USSR Radio Symphony – Gauk[60] | ||
1951-07-06 | Cheltenham, UK (Festival) | [unknown oboist] / Boyd Neel Orchestra – Barbirolli | ||
Sonatine for violin and piano | 1951-08-24 | Cologne, Germany | Marschner, Stockhausen[61] | |
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo, choral dialogue | 1951-12-14 | Juilliard Chorus – Hufstader[62] | ||
1951-11-17 | Rio de Janeiro, Auditório do Palácio de Cultura, | , Orquestra de Câmara do Ministério da Educação e Cultura – Villa-Lobos[63] | ||
Symphony No. 1 in A minor | 1951-07-03 | Cheltenham, UK (Festival) | Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli[64] [65] | |
Summer Scenes for flute, oboe, and strings | 1951-11-05 | Little Orchestra – Scherman[66] | ||
See main article: 1951 in jazz.