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"Colorful Fetes Mark Royal Wedding that will Link Egypt and Persian". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 13, 1939. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

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"Frank Walker". Variety. December 21, 1938. p. 24. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Record Research.

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"Decca matrix 63693. A-tisket, a-tasket / Chick Webb Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Some New Highs". Variety. February 1939. p. 39. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-024049. My reverie / Larry Clinton Orchestra; Bea Wain – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-023211. Music, maestro, please / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Edythe Wright – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Decca Records 20th Anniversary". The Billboard: 14. August 28, 1954.

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"photo of CD" (jpg). theatreorgans.com.

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"Adagio for Strings" (PDF). Library of Congress.

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"Piano Concerto, Benjamin Britten" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Alan Bush Music Trust – Music – Concertos / Solo Instrument and Orchestra". www.alanbushtrust.org.uk.

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"An Outdoor Overture, Aaron Copland" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Signature, Aaron Copland" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Sei cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane, Luigi Dallapiccola" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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Elena Zottoviceanu, Adrian Rațiu, and Myriam Marbe, "Premiera Operei Oedip (1934–1936)", in George Enescu: Monografie, 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 739–876 (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1971): 750.

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"Cantos del Tucumán, Alberto Evaristo Ginastera" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Ouverture Rondeau, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Poèmes pour l'enfant, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Suite, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 2, Ernst Krenek" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest 1931–1941". May 4, 2009.

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"World Premieres: The 1900s". www.bso.org. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

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"Chicago Symphony Orchestra" (PDF).

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Schaarwächter, Jürgen (February 27, 2015). Two Centuries of British Symphonism: From the beginnings to 1945. A preliminary survey. With a foreword by Lewis Foreman. Volume 2. Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 9783487152288 – via Google Books.

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"Johannes Brahms: Klavierquartett g-Moll [original op. 25], Arnold Schoenberg" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 1". www.quartets.de.

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"Suite No. 2, Dimitri Chostakovitch" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Concerto en mi bémol, Igor Stravinsky" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Sonate No. 1, Sir Michael Tippett" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Das Augenlicht, Op. 26, Anton Webern" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Opera Composers: A". opera.stanford.edu.

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The Big Broadcast of 1938 at IMDb

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Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013. p.153

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Randel, Don Michael (October 30, 2002). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Harvard University Press. p. 866. ISBN 978-0-674-25572-2.

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Rank	Artist	Title	Label	Recorded	Released	Chart positions<
1	Chick Webb Orchestra (vocal Ella Fitzgerald)	"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"^[4]	Decca 1840	May 2, 1938 (1938-05-02)	June 1938 (1938-06)	US Billboard 1938 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986, 250,000 sales^[5]
2	Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain)	"My Reverie"^[6]	Victor 26006	July 16, 1938 (1938-07-16)	August 3, 1938 (1938-08-03)	US Billboard 1938 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 100,000 sales^[5]
3	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal Edythe Wright)	"Music, Maestro, Please"^[7]	Victor 25866	May 12, 1938 (1938-05-12)	June 8, 1938 (1938-06-08)	US Billboard 1938 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks
4	Artie Shaw and his Orchestra	"Begin the Beguine"	Bluebird 7746	July 24, 1938 (1938-07-24)	August 17, 1938 (1938-08-17)	US Billboard 1938 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1977, National Recording Registry 2012, Jazz Standards 1935
5	Horace Heidt And His Brigadiers	"Ti-Pi-Tin"	Brunswick 8078	February 11, 1938 (1938-02-11)	March 1938 (1938-03)	US Billboard 1938 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
6	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Martha Tilton)	"Don't Be That Way"	Victor 25792	February 16, 1938 (1938-02-16)	March 2, 1938 (1938-03-02)	US Billboard 1938 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987
7	The Andrews Sisters	"Bei Mir Bistu Shein"	Decca 1562	November 24, 1937 (1937-11-24)	December 1937 (1937-12)	US Billboard 1938 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 10 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, National Recording Registry 2008, 100,000 sales, 100,000 sales^[8]
8	Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain)	"Cry, Baby, Cry"	Victor 25819	March 31, 1938 (1938-03-31)	April 13, 1938 (1938-04-13)	US Billboard 1938 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 25 total weeks
9	Bing Crosby	"I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams"	Decca 1562	July 11, 1937 (1937-07-11)	July 1937 (1937-07)	US Billboard 1938 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 17 total weeks
10	Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	"Thanks for the Memory"	Bluebird 7318	November 29, 1937 (1937-11-29)	December 1937 (1937-12)	US Billboard 1938 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1938
11	Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey)	"Says My Heart"	Brunswick 8135	April 19, 1938 (1938-04-19)	May 1938 (1938-05)	US Billboard 1938 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
12	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"	Brunswick 8108	March 3, 1938 (1938-03-03)	March 1938 (1938-03)	US Billboard 1938 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks
13	Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra	"Love Walked In"	Vocalion 4017	March 20, 1938 (1938-03-20)	April 1938 (1938-04)	US Billboard 1938 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks
14	Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	"Cathedral in the Pines"	Bluebird 7533	April 20, 1938 (1938-04-20)	May 4, 1938 (1938-05-04)	US Billboard 1938 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
15	Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey)	"Please Be Kind"	Brunswick 8088	February 10, 1938 (1938-02-10)	March 1938 (1938-03)	US Billboard 1938 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
16	Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra	"Rosalie"	Vocalion 4017	September 7, 1938 (1938-09-07)	October 1938 (1938-10)	US Billboard 1938 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
17	Russ Morgan and His Orchestra	"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams"	Decca 1936	July 7, 1938 (1938-07-07)	August 1938 (1938-08)	US Billboard 1938 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
18	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	"Change Partners"	Decca 2002	July 29, 1938 (1938-07-29)	September 1938 (1938-09)	US Billboard 1938 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
19	Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy	"I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)"	Decca 2127	September 2, 1938 (1938-09-02)	October 1938 (1938-10)	US Billboard 1938 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
20	Bing Crosby	"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"	Decca 2147	October 14, 1938 (1938-10-14)	November 1938 (1938-11)	US Billboard 1938 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
21	Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell	"Alexander's Ragtime Band"	Decca 1887	January 26, 1938 (1938-01-26)	March 1938 (1938-03)	US Billboard 1938 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
22	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	"Two Sleepy People"	Bluebird 10000	October 13, 1938 (1938-10-13)	November 2, 1938 (1938-11-02)	US Billboard 1938 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
23	Fred Astaire	"Change Partners"	Brunswick 8189	March 24, 1938 (1938-03-24)	July 1938 (1938-07)	US Billboard 1938 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
24	Fred Astaire	"Nice Work if You Can Get It"	Brunswick 7983	October 17, 1937 (1937-10-17)	November 1937 (1937-11)	US Billboard 1938 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1937
25	Larry Clinton and His Orchestra	"Heart and Soul"	Victor 26046	September 1, 1938 (1938-09-01)	September 21, 1938 (1938-09-21)	US Billboard 1938 #25, US #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1938

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Barber, Samuel	Adagio for Strings	1938-11-05	New York City	NBC Symphony – Toscanini^[10]
Britten, Benjamin	Piano Concerto	1938-08-18	London (BBC Proms)	Britten / BBC Symphony – Wood^[11]
Bush, Alan	Piano Concerto, with baritone and chorus	1938-03-04	London	Bush, Noble / BBC Symphony – Boult^[12]
Copland, Aaron	An Outdoor Overture	1938-12-16	New York City	High School of Music & Art Orchestra, Alexander Richter (conductor)^[13]
Copland, Aaron	Signature	1938-02-23	New York City	High-Low Chamber Orchestra – Karman^[14]
Dallapiccola, Luigi	Sei cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane	1938-04-26	Prague	[unknown ensemble] – Kabelác^[15]
Enescu, George	Piano Sonata No. 3	1938-12-06	Salle Gaveau, Paris	Marcel Ciampi^[16]
Ginastera, Alberto	Cantos del Tucumán	1938-07-26	Buenos Aires	Frías de López Buchardo, [unknown ensemble] ^[17]
Jolivet, André	Ouverture Rondeau for four ondes Martenot, two pianos and percussion	1938-06-02	Paris	Lesur, Steytler, Berthier, Breitner, Stein, Chapiro, Carasso – Evrard^[18]
Jolivet, André	Poèmes pour le enfant	1938-05-12	Paris	Croiza / [unknown ensemble] – Désormière^[19]
Jolivet, André	Suite for String Trio	1938-11-24	Paris	Trio Pasquier^[20]
Krenek, Ernst	Piano Concerto No. 2	1938-03-17	Amsterdam	Krenek / Concertgebouw Orchestra – Walter^[21]^[22]
Piston, Walter	Symphony No. 1	1938-04-08	Boston	Boston Symphony – Piston ^[23]
Revultas, Silvestre	Sensemayá	1938-12-15	Mexico City	[unknown orchestra] – Revueltas ^[24]
Rubbra, Edmund	Symphony No. 2	1938-12-16	London	BBC Symphony – Rubbra^[25]
Schoenberg, Arnold	Orchestration of Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet	1938-05-07	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Philharmonic – Klemperer^[26]
Shostakovich, Dmitri	String Quartet No. 1	1938-10-10	Leningrad	Glazunov Quartet^[27]
Shostakovich, Dmitri	Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2	1938-11-28	Moscow	USSR State Jazz Band^[28]
Stravinsky, Igor	Dumbarton Oaks Concerto	1938-05-08	Washington DC	[unknown ensemble] – Boulanger^[29]
Tippett, Michael	Piano Sonata No. 1	1938-11-11	London	Sellick^[30]
Webern, Anton	Das Augenlicht	1938-06-17	London (ISCM 38)	BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Scherchen^[31]

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