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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.

==Specific locations==
*[[1952 in British music]]
*[[1952 in Scandinavian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1952 in country music]]
*[[1952 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 26]] – Popular American singer [[Jo Stafford]] marries bandleader/arranger [[Paul Weston]].<ref>{{cite book|title=TV Personalities: Biographical Sketch Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09gQAAAAIAAJ|year=1954|publisher=TV Personalities|page=13}}</ref>
*[[March 1]] – [[Sun Records]] records its first release in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Reagan Wilson|author2=William R. Ferris|title=Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Literature-Recreation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlWPAopfSdAC|year=1991|publisher=Anchor Books|isbn=978-0-385-41547-7|page=428}}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – ''[[New Musical Express]]'' is launched as a weekly newspaper in the United Kingdom.
*[[March 21]] – First major [[rock and roll]] concert, [[Alan Freed]]'s [[Moondog Coronation Ball]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], United States.
*[[May 31]] – [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] is set up by the government of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sections/drama|title=Drama|website=Sangeet Natak Akademi|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>
*c. July – Finnish composer [[Aarre Merikanto]] wins the Olympic hymn competition.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ruth-Esther Hillila|author2=Barbara Blanchard Hong|title=Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUQDFlj1ykkC&pg=PA226|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27728-3|pages=226}}</ref>
*[[August 29]] – [[David Tudor]] gives the premiere of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[4′33″]]'', during which the performer does not play, in [[Woodstock, New York]].
*September – Bill Haley and His Saddlemen change their image to become [[Bill Haley & His Comets]].
*[[October 7]] – First edition of ''[[Bob Horn (broadcaster)|Bob Horn]]'s Bandstand'' is broadcast as a local show from station WFIL-TV in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. It is later renamed ''[[American Bandstand]]'' and syndicated.
*[[November 14]] – The first [[UK Singles Chart]] is published by the ''[[NME|New Musical Express]]'', with [[Al Martino]]'s "[[Here in My Heart]]" as number one.
*''date unknown''
**Jazz singer [[Ernesto Bonino]] moves from [[Italy]] to the [[United States]].
**[[Accordionist]] [[John Serry Sr.]] first performs in [[Broadway theatre]] with [[Shirley Booth]] in ''[[The Time of the Cuckoo]]''.

==Publications==
*[[Pierre Schaeffer]] – ''A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music)'', an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.
*[[John Serry Sr.]] – ''The Syncopated Accordionist''.<ref>Library of Congress,''The Syncopated Accordionist'', Serrapica, John (aka Serry, John). Publisher/Editor Charles Colin, New York, 1952, http://lccn.loc.gov/unk84158102</ref>

==Musical groups formed==
*[[76th Army Band (United States)|76th Army Band]]
*[[338th Army Band (United States)|338th Army Band]] (reactivated)
*[[The Duke's Men of Yale]] (''a cappella'' singing group)
* [[Steiner Brothers (tap-dancing trio)|Steiner Brothers]], tap-dancing trio and singing group<ref name="Steiner">{{cite work|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/tapping-into-fame-404555716.html|title=Winnipeg's Steiner Brothers didn't seek celebrity but made it big In addition to dancing; Brothers danced alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin|work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|author=John Einarson|date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>

==Albums released==
*''[[Anthology of American Folk Music]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[As You Desire Me (Jo Stafford album)|As You Desire Me]]'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
*''[[Billie Holiday Sings]]'' – [[Billie Holiday]]
*''[[Bird and Diz]]'' – [[Charlie Parker]] and [[Dizzy Gillespie]]
*''[[Christmas Day in the Morning]]'' – [[Burl Ives]]
*''Christmas with Eddie Fisher'' – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*''[[Eddie Fisher Sings]]'' – Eddie Fisher
*''Favorite Spirituals'' – [[Ames Brothers]]
*''[[Harmony Encores]]'' – [[The Chordettes]]
*''Home on the Range'' – Ames Brothers
*''[[Johnnie Ray (album)|Johnnie Ray]]'' – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*''[[I'm in the Mood for Love (Eddie Fisher album)|I'm in the Mood for Love]]'' – Eddie Fisher
*''Mr. Rhythm Sings'' – [[Frankie Laine]]
*''[[Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''[[Penthouse Serenade]]'' – [[Nat King Cole]]
*''Song Favorites By Frankie Laine'' – Frankie Laine
*''[[Tennessee Waltz (album)|Tennessee Waltz]]'' – [[Patti Page]]

==US No. 1 hit singles==
These singles reached the top of US [[Billboard magazine]]'s charts in 1952.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!First week!!Number of weeks!!Title!!Artist
|-
|March 15, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|9||"[[Wheel of Fortune (1952 song)|Wheel of Fortune]]"||[[Kay Starr]]
|-
|May 17, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|5||"[[Blue Tango]]"||[[Leroy Anderson]]
|-
|June 21, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[Here in My Heart]]"||[[Al Martino]]
|-
|July 5, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Delicado (song)|Delicado]]"||[[Percy Faith]] & his Orchestra
|-
|July 12, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|9||"[[Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart]]"||[[Vera Lynn]]
|-
|September 13, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|5||"[[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]]"||[[Jo Stafford]]
|-
|October 18, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|5||"[[I Went to Your Wedding]]"||[[Patti Page]]
|-
|November 22, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[It's in the Book]]"||[[Johnny Standley]]
|-
|November 29, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|4||"[[Why Don't You Believe Me?]]"||[[Joni James]]
|-
|December 27, 1952|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus]]"||[[Jimmy Boyd]]
|}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1952.htm |title=Songs from the Year 1952 |website=Tsort.info |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! <big>#</big>
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1 || [[Percy Faith]] || [[Delicado (song)|Delicado]] || 1952 || Canada || US 1940s 1 – Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952
|-
| 2 || [[Jo Stafford]] || [[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]] || 1952 || US || UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952
|-
| 3 || [[Al Martino]] || [[Here in My Heart]] || 1952 || US || UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952
|-
| 4 || [[Kay Starr]] || [[Wheel of Fortune (1952 song)|Wheel of Fortune]] || 1952 || US || US 1940s 1 – Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343
|-
| 5 || [[Frankie Laine]] || [[High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)]] || 1952 || US || Oscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 – Jul 1952, UK 7 – Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952
|}

==Top hits on record==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[[A-round the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)|A-round the Corner]]" – [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[All of Me (Ruth Etting song)|All of Me]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Anytime (1921 song)|Anytime]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart]]" – [[Vera Lynn]]
*"[[Be My Life's Companion]]" – [[The Mills Brothers]]
*"[[Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)]]" – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*"[[Comes A-Long A-Love]]" – [[Kay Starr]]
*"[[Delicado (song)|Delicado]]" – [[Percy Faith]] & his Orchestra
*"[[The Glow-Worm]]" – [[The Mills Brothers]]
*"[[Goin' Home (Fats Domino song)|Goin' Home]]" - [[Fats Domino]]
*"[[A Guy Is a Guy]]" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[Half As Much]]" – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*"[[Heart and Soul (1938 song)|Heart and Soul]]" – [[The Four Aces]] featuring [[Al Alberts]]
*"[[Here in My Heart]]" – [[Al Martino]]
*"[[High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me]]" – [[Karen Chandler]]
*"[[How Long (Fats Domino song)|How Long]]" - [[Fats Domino]]
*"[[I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus]]" – [[Jimmy Boyd]]
*"[[I Went To Your Wedding]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[I'll Walk Alone]]" – [[Don Cornell]]
*"[[I'm Confessin']]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[I'm Yours (1952 song)|I'm Yours]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Kiss Of Fire]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[A Kiss to Build a Dream On]]" – [[Louis Armstrong]]
*"[[Lady of Spain (song)|Lady of Spain]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Lover (Rodgers and Hart song)|Lover]]" – [[Peggy Lee]]
*"[[Maybe (Allan Flynn and Frank Madden song)|Maybe]]" – [[Perry Como]] & [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Meet Mister Callaghan]]", recorded by
**[[Les Paul]]
**[[Mitch Miller]]
**[[Carmen Cavallaro|Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra]]
*"[[My Song (Johnny Ace song)|My Song]]" – [[Johnny Ace]]
*"[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (song)|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[Please, Mr. Sun]]", recorded by:
**[[Johnnie Ray]] & [[The Four Lads]]
**[[Perry Como]]
**[[Tommy Edwards]]
*"[[Poor Poor Me]]" - [[Fats Domino]]
*"[[Ramblin' Man (Hank Williams song)|Ramblin' Man]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Rock of Gibraltar]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Settin' the Woods on Fire]]" – [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jo Stafford]]
*"[[Slow Poke]]" – [[Arthur Godfrey]]
*"[[So Madly in Love]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[Somewhere Along The Way]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Sugarbush (song)|Sugarbush]]" – [[Doris Day]] & [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Tell Me Why (1951 song)|Tell Me Why]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[Temptation (1933 song)|Temptation]]" – [[Mario Lanza]]
*"[[Tenderly]]" – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*"[[Tiger Rag]]" – [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]]
*"[[Till I Waltz Again With You]]" – [[Teresa Brewer]]
*"[[Tonight You Belong to Me]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[Trying (The Hilltoppers song)|Trying]]" – [[The Hilltoppers (band)|The Hilltoppers]]
*"[[Unforgettable (Irving Gordon song)|Unforgettable]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[Walkin' My Baby Back Home (song)|Walkin' My Baby Back Home]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Wheel of Fortune (1952 song)|Wheel of Fortune]]" – [[Kay Starr]]
*"[[When I Fall in Love (song)|When I Fall in Love]]" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[Why Don't You Believe Me]]" – [[Joni James]]
*"[[Winter Wonderland]]" – [[Perry Como]]
*"[[Wish You Were Here (1952 song)|Wish You Were Here]]" – [[Eddie Fisher]]
*"[[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]]" – [[Jo Stafford]]
}}

==Published popular music==
* "[[Blue Tango]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;words: [[Mitchell Parish]], music: [[Leroy Anderson]]
* "[[Comes A-Long A-Love]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Al Sherman]]
* "[[Delicado (song)|Delicado]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] m. Waldyr Azevedo
* "[[(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Don't Laugh at Me ('Cause I'm a Fool)]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Norman Wisdom]] & June Tremayne
* "[[Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Barbara Trammel]], [[Cactus Pryor]] & [[Slim Whitman]]
* "[[Faith Can Move Mountains]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Ben Raleigh m. [[Guy Wood]]
* "[[Feet Up]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[A Fool Such As I]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Bill Trader
* "[[Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Milton Kellem
* "[[A Guy Is A Guy]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Oscar Brand]]
* "[[(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Charles Singleton & J. H. Wallace
* "[[Here in My Heart]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Pat Genaro]], [[Lou Levinson]] & [[Bill Borrelli]]
* "[[The Ballad of High Noon|High Noon]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
* "[[Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Helen Deutsch]] m. [[Bronislau Kaper]]
* "[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Harry Noble]]
* "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jerry Leiber]] & [[Mike Stoller]]
* "I Know a Place" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Vernon Duke]] Introduced by [[Doris Day]] & [[Ray Bolger]] in the film ''[[April in Paris (film)|April in Paris]]''
* "[[I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Tommie Connor]]
* "[[I Went To Your Wedding]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jessie Mae Robinson]]
* "[[I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Hank Williams]] & [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
* "[[I'm Hans Christian Andersen]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Inchworm (song)|Inchworm]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. J. D. Miller
* "[[It's In The Book]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Johnny Standley]] & Art Thorsen
* "[[Jambalaya (song)|Jambalaya]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
* "[[Kaw-Liga (song)|Kaw-Liga]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Hank Williams]] & [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
* "[[Keep It A Secret]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jessie Mae Robinson]]
* "[[The King's New Clothes]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Lloyd Price]]
* "[[Lean Baby]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Roy Alfred m. [[Billy May]]
* "[[Lullaby of Birdland]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. B. Y. Forster (pseudonym for [[George David Weiss]]) m. [[George Shearing]]
* "[[Luna Rossa]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. (Eng) Kermit Goell (Ital) V. de Crescenzo m. A. Vian
* "[[Mister Taptoe]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Terry Gilkyson]], Richard Dehr & Frank Miller
* "[[Never Smile at a Crocodile]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F. Churchill, J. Lawrence
* "[[Oh Happy Day (1952)|Oh Happy Day]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Donald Howard Koplow & Nancy Binns Reed
* "[[The Ol' Spring Fever]]" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harry Warren]] from the film ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just For You]]''
* "[[One Mint Julep]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Rudy Toombs]]
* "[[Outside of Heaven]]" w. [[Sammy Gallop]] m. [[Chester Conn]]
* "[[Petite Fleur]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;m. [[Sidney Bechet]]
* "[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (song)|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Lew Douglas]], [[Cliff Parman]] & [[Frank Levere]]
* "[[Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Kay Twomey]], [[Fred Wise (lyricist)|Fred Wise]] & [[Ben Weisman]]
* "[[Raminay]] (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)" w.m. J. Lawrence, [[Sammy Fain]]
* "[[She Wears Red Feathers]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Sugar Bush (song)|Sugar Bush]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Josef Marais]]
* "[[Take These Chains from My Heart]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]] & [[Hy Heath]]
* "[[Takes Two to Tango]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Dick Manning]]
* "[[That's All (1952 song)|That's All]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Alan Brandt m. Bob Haymes
* "[[That's Entertainment! (song)|That's Entertainment!]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]]
* "[[Till I Waltz Again With You]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Sidney Prosen
* "[[The Ugly Duckling (song)|The Ugly Duckling]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[To Know You (Is to Love You)]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Allan Roberts (songwriter)|Allan Roberts]] m. [[Robert Allen (songwriter)|Robert Allen]]
* "[[Walkin' To Missouri]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "[[Wheel of Fortune (1951 song)|Wheel Of Fortune]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bennie Benjamin]] & [[George David Weiss]]
* "[[When I Fall in Love (song)|When I Fall in Love]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Edward Heyman]] m. [[Victor Young]]
* "[[Why Don't You Believe Me?]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Lew Douglas]], [[King Laney]] & [[Roy Rodde]]
* "[[Wish You Were Here (1952 song)|Wish You Were Here]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Harold Rome]]
* "[[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Pee Wee King]], Redd Stewart & Chilton Price
* "[[Your Cheatin' Heart]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
* "[[Zing A Little Zong]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]

==Top R&B and country hits on record==
*"[[5-10-15 Hours]]" – [[Ruth Brown]]
*"Daddy Daddy" – [[Ruth Brown]]
*"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Big Mama Thornton]]
*"[[Jambalaya (On the Bayou)]]" – [[Hank Williams]]
*"[[Juke (song)|Juke]]" – [[Little Walter]]
*"[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]" – [[Lloyd Price]]
*"[[Midnight Special (song)|Midnight Special]]" – [[The Weavers]]
*"[[Night Train (composition)|Night Train]]" – [[Jimmy Forrest (musician)|Jimmy Forrest]]
*"[[Wimoweh]]" – [[The Weavers]]
*"Worry, Worry, Worry" – [[Joe Houston]]
*"[[It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels]]" – [[Kitty Wells]]

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Malcolm Arnold|Arnold, Malcolm]] || ''[[English Dances]]'', set 2, Op. 33 || 1952-08-05 ||London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNCLqUq4F94C&q=arnold+14+april+1951+english+dances&pg=PA22 |title=Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-bibliography |author=Stewart R. Craggs |page=22 |date=1951-04-14 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9780313292545 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Conrad Beck|Beck, Conrad]] || ''[[Hymne (Beck)|Hymne]]'' || 1952-10-11 || [[Donaueschingen Festival]], Germany || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/products/show,150364,,f.html?showOldPerformances=true |title=Shop – Conrad Beck – Hymne |publisher=Schott Music |date=1952-10-11 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luciano Berio|Berio, Luciano]] || [[Due pezzi (Berio)|Due pezzi]] for violin and piano || 1952–?-? || Lenox, Massachusetts ([[Tanglewood Music Festival|Tanglewood MF]]) || [[Lorin Maazel]] (violin), [[Seymour Lipkin]] (piano)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.lucianoberio.org/node/1368?2120422682=1|title = Due pezzi (nota dell'autore) {{pipe}} Centro Studi Luciano Berio – Luciano Berio's Official Website|language = it|website = Lucianoberio.org|access-date = 2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[John Cage|Cage, John]] || ''[[4′33″]]'' || 1952-08-29 || Woodstock, New York || [[David Tudor|Tudor]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/searching-for-silence|title=Searching for Silence|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=2010-10-04|author=[[Alex Ross (music critic)|Alex Ross]]|access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || [[Violin Concerto (Chávez)|Violin Concerto]] || 1952-02-29 || Mexico City || Viviane Bertolami (violin), [[National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)|OSN]] – Chávez<ref>[[Roberto García Morillo]], ''Carlos Chávez: Vida y obra'', Tierra Firme (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica): 135. {{ISBN|968-16-0222-6}}.</ref>
|-
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Michel Ciry|fr|3=Ciry, Michel}} || [chamber-music work] || 1952-07-21 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]<ref name=IMMB>Imke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), ''Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe'' (Kürten: Stockhausen Stiftung für Musik, 2001): 21. {{ISBN|3-00-007290-X}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Henry Cowell|Cowell, Henry]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Cowell)|Symphony No. 7]], for chamber orchestra || 1952-11-25 || Baltimore || [[The Little Orchestra of Baltimore|Baltimore Little Orchestra]] – [[Reginald Stewart (conductor)|Stewart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=151960247&CFTOKEN=70519153 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170914214134/http://www.henrycowell.org/hc/sf002/catalogNp246.cfm?CFID=226663596&CFTOKEN=37026095&jsessionid=8430a7891751ecddfd13227031d1114387e6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |title=Henry Cowell Web Site |website=Henrycowell.org |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Tartiniana]]'' || 1952-03-04 || Bern, Switzerland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26294/04chapter4.pdf|title='N Oorsig oor Dallapiccola se Werke |website=Repository.up.ac.za |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>||
|-
| [[Renzo dall'Oglio|dall'Oglio, Renzo]]|| ''[[Espressioni (dall'Oglio)|Espressioni]]'' (5) for orchestra || 1952-07-20 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
|-
| [[Hans Ulrich Engelmann|Engelmann, Hans Ulrich]] || ''[[Orchester-Phantasie]]'' || 1952-07-20 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
|-
| [[Wolfgang Fortner]] || ''[[Isaacs Opferung]]'', oratory scene || 1952-10-12 || [[Donaueschingen Festival]], Germany || [[Shirley Sudock|Sudock]], [[Helmut Krebs|Krebs]], [[Heinz Rehfuss|Rehfuss]] / [[South German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,34482,cmss,3230.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207032139/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,34482,cmss,3230.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-02-07 |title=Shop – Wolfgang Fortner – Isaaks Opferung |publisher=Schott Music |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Peter Racine Fricker|Fricker, Peter Racine]] || [[Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra (Fricker)|Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra]]|| 1952-07-20 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Richard Hartung|Hartung]] / [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Ginastera)|Piano Sonata No. 1]]|| 1952-11-29 || Pittsburgh ([[1952 Pittsburgh International Contemporary Music Festival|ICMF]]) || [[Johana Harris|Harris]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1944936/Piano-Sonata-No-1 |title=Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 {{pipe}} work by Ginastera {{pipe}} Britannica.com |website=Global.britannica.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Karel Goeyvaerts|Goeyvaerts, Karel]] || [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Goeyvaerts)|Violin Concerto No. 2]]|| 1952-07-20 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[André Gertler|Gertler]] / [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || ''[[Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony]]'' || 1952-01-25 || Basel, Switzerland || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schott-music.co.uk/shop/1/1001142/2660684/show,34189,s.html |title=The Schott Music Shop – Shop – Paul Hindemith – Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt" |website=Schott-music.co.uk |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162927/http://www.schott-music.co.uk/shop/1/1001142/2660684/show,34189,s.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Bertold Hummel|Hummel, Bertold]] || ''[[Missa brevis 1951]]'' || 1952-10-12 || [[Donaueschingen Festiva]], Germany || [[Domchor Freiburg]] – [[Franz Stemmer|Stemmer]]<ref name="swr.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/donaueschingen/programme/1921-1997/1952/-/id=2136956/did=3459890/nid=2136956/1oiqexg/index.html |title=1952 {{pipe}} 1921–1997 {{pipe}} Programme seit 1921 {{pipe}} Donaueschinger Musiktage {{pipe}} Festivals |website=SWR.de |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Karel Husa|Husa, Karel]] || [chamber-music work] || 1952-07-21 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || [[Harp Concerto (Jolivet)|Harp Concerto]]|| 1952-10-12 || [[Donaueschingen Festival]], Germany || [[Lily Laskine|Laskine]] / [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref name="swr.de"/>
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| [[Giselher Klebe|Klebe, Giselher]] || [[Nocturnes (Klebe)|Nocturnes]] (2) for orchestra || 1952-07-20 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheaterorchester Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[Gail Kubik|Kubik, Gail]] || [[Symphony Concertante (Kubik)|Symphony Concertante]] [1952 Pulitzer]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Music |title=The Pulitzer Prizes |website=Pulitzer.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref> || 1952-01-07 || New York City || [[The Little Orchestra]] – [[Thomas Scherman|Scherman]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKuT49sbJUwC&q=kubik+symphony+concertante+scherman&pg=PA47 |title=The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music: Composer Biographies, Premiere ... |page=47 |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9783631596081 |last1=Fischer |first1=Heinz Dietrich |year=2010 |publisher=Peter Lang }}</ref>
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| [[Aleksandr Lokshin|Lokshin, Aleksandr]] || ''[[Hungarian Fantasy (Lokshin)|Hungarian Fantasy]]'' for violin and orchestra || 1952–?-? || Moscow || [[Julian Sitkovetsky|Sitkovetsky]] / [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Kurt Sanderling|Sanderling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lokshin.org/en.htm |title=Alexander L Lokshin |website=Lokshin.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna, Bruno]] || ''[[Musica su due dimensioni]]'' <span style="font-size:65%; line-height: 1.3em;">for flute, cymbals and tape</span> || 1952-07-21 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Severino Gazzelloni|Gazzelloni]], [[Romolo Grano|Grano]]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[Gian Francesco Malipiero|Malipiero, G. Francesco]] || ''[[Sinfonia dello Zodiaco]]'' || 1952-01-23 || Lausanne, Switzerland || [[Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]] – [[Nino Sanzogno|Sanzogno]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rodoni.ch/malipiero/catalogo1gfm.html |title=G. F. Malipiero – Musica Sinfonica |website=Rodoni.ch |date=1923-10-25 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Frank Martin (composer)|Martin, Frank]] || [[Violin Concerto (Martin)|Violin Concerto]]|| 1952-01-24 || Basel, Switzerland || [[Hansheinz Schneeberger|Schneeberger]] / [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/327.html |title=Repertoire Explorer {{pipe}} Sheet Music {{pipe}} Musikproduktion Höflich |website=Musikmph.de |access-date=2016-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530164224/http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/327.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 }}</ref>
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Piano Trio No. 3 (Martinu)|Piano Trio No. 3]]|| 1952-02-25 || New York City || [[Mannes Trio]]<ref name=BM>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLmuAwAAQBAJ&q=martinu+piano+trio+3+new+york+1951&pg=PA24 |title=Bohuslav Martinů: A Research and Information Guide |author=Robert Simon |page=24 |date=2014-05-30 |publisher=Routledge |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9781317806103 }}</ref>
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Serenade for Two Clarinets and String Trio]]|| 1952-01-04 || New York City || [[Robert McGinnis|McGinnis]], [[Napoleon Cerminara|Cerminara]], J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, [[Bernard Greenhouse|Greenhouse]]<ref name=BM />
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| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || ''[[Stowe Pastorals]]'' || 1952-05-07 || Basel, Switzerland || [[Trapp Family Ensemble]]<ref name=BM />
|-
| [[Peter Mennin|Mennin, Peter]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Mennin)|String Quartet No. 2]]|| 1952-02-24 || New York City || [[Juilliard Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2012choral.carlfischer.com/fischer/composers/menninworks.html |title=Peter Mennin – Works List|access-date=2015-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530161104/http://2012choral.carlfischer.com/fischer/composers/menninworks.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 }}</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Le merle noir]]'' || 1952-06-? || Paris || Contestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + [[Noël Lee|Lee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giraud-badin.com/fr/auction/product/95/32280/diapo/288 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530210516/http://www.giraud-badin.com/fr/auction/product/95/32280/diapo/288 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |title=Ventes |website=Giraud-badin.com |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
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| [[Xavier Montsalvatge|Montsalvatge, Xavier]] || ''[[Cuarteto indiano]]'' || 1952-05-04 || Madrid || [[Agrupación Nacional de Música de Cámara|National Chamber Music Association]]
|-
| [[Luigi Nono|Nono, Luigi]] || ''[[España en el corazón]]'' || 1952-07-21 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Gabrille Dumaine|Dumaine]], [[Hans Hildebrandt|Hildebrandt]] / Ferienkurse, [[Landestheater Darmstadt|Landestheater Orchestra]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<sup>1</sup>
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| [[Andrzej Panufnik|Panufnik, Andrzej]] || ''[[Heroic Overture (Panufnik)|Heroic Overture]]'' (2nd version) || 1952-05-16 || Warsaw, Poland || [[Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra|Warsaw Philharmonic]] – [[Witold Rowicki|Rowicki]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panufnik.polmic.pl/index.php/en/tworczosc/omowienia-utworow/35-heroic-overture |title=Heroic Overture |website=Panufnik.polmic.pl |date=1952-05-16 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Allan Pettersson|Pettersson, Allan]] || [[Concerto for Strings No. 1 (Pettersson)|Concerto for Strings No. 1]]|| 1952-04-06 || Stockholm || [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra|Swedish Radio Symphony]] – [[Tor Mann|Mann]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908075423/http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 8, 2008 |title=Styrelsen |website=Allanpettersson.org |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)|Symphony-Concerto]] for cello and orchestra || 1952-02-18 || Moscow || [[Mstislav Rostropovich|Rostropovich]] / [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Youth Orchestra]] – [[Sviatoslav Richter|Richter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/program_notes/prokofievSympohnyConcertoforcelloandOrcestra.pdf |title=Sergei Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra, Opus 125 |website=Bso.http.internapcdn.net |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 7]] || 1952-10-11 || Moscow || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Samuil Samosud|Samosud]]{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
|-
| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Rubbra)|String Quartet No. 2]] in E-flat, Op. 73 || 1952-05-11<ref>Edmund Rubbra, "String Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 73: An Analytical Note by the Composer", ''The Music Review'' 14 (1953): 36–44. Citation on 36.</ref> || London ([[Victoria and Albert Museum]]) || [[Griller Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-may-1952/15/music-of-the-month |title=Music of the Month – from the Tablet Archive |website=Archive.thetablet.co.uk |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092137/http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-may-1952/15/music-of-the-month |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[24 Preludes and Fugues (Shostakovich)|Preludes and Fugues (24)]] for piano || 1952-12-23 || Leningrad || [[Tatiana Nikolayeva|Nikolayeva]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosfina.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162736/http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosfina.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |title=Opus by Shostakovich |website=Home.online.nl |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Kreuzspiel]]'' || 1952-07-21 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || <span style="font-size:65%; line-height: 1.3em;">[[Romolo Grano|Grano]], [[Friedrich Wildgans|Wildgans]], [[Irmela Sandt|Sandt]], [[Hans Rossmann|Rosmann]], [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]], [[Willy Trumpfheller|Trumpfheller]], [[Paul Geppert|Geppert]] – [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]</span><ref>[http://www.universaledition.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen/composers-and-works/composer/698/work/3248 Universal Edition]; ''50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt'', Vol. 1. CD recording. Col Legno WWE 1CD 31894. Munich: Col Legno, 1996. Also issued as part of 4-CD set, ''50 Jahre neue Musik in Darmstadt''. Col Legno WWE 4CD 31893 (box); vol. 1: WWE 1 CD 31894; vol. 2: WWE 1 CD 31895; vol. 3: WWE 1 CD 31896; vol. 4: WWE 1 CD 31897. Munich: Col Legno, 1996.</ref>
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Spiel (Stockhausen)|Spiel]]'' || 1952-10-11 || [[Donaueschingen Festival]], Germany<sup>2</sup> || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Radio Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUazwZH_zMwC&q=stockhausen+spiel+rosbaud+1953+orchestra&pg=PA21|title=Stockhausen: Life and Work|author=Karl Heinrich Wörner |translator=[[Bill Hopkins (composer)|Bill Hopkins]]|page=21 |date=1973 |publisher=University of California Press |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9780520032729 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || [[Cantata (Stravinsky)|Cantata]] || 1952-11-11 || Los Angeles || [[Los Angeles Symphony Society]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Stravinskij/Stravinskij-Cantata89.html |title=Stravinskij – Cantata |website=Flaminioonline.it |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Camillo Togni|Togni, Camillo]] || ''[[Omaggio a Bach]]'' for two pianos || 1952-07-21 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Gerd Kämper]], Togni<ref name=IddonB>{{harvnb|Iddon|2013|pp=xvi, 68}}</ref>
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| [[Jacques Wildberger]] || [[Quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello (Wildberger)|Quartet]] for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello || 1952-07-21 ||[[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Hans Mertens (musician)|Mertens]], [[Sigmar Rosokowsky|Rosokowsky]], [[Kurt Christian Stier|Stier]], [[Werner Huth|Huth]]<ref name=IMMB />
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| [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann|Zimmermann, Bernd Alois]] || [[Oboe Concerto (Zimmermann)|Oboe Concerto]]|| 1952-10-11 || [[Donaueschingen Festival]], Germany || [[Horst Schneider|Schneider]] / [[South German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12955|title=Konzert für Oboe und kleines Orchester, Bernd Alois Zimmermann}}</ref>
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*<sup>1</sup> The ensemble Bruno Maderna conducted comprised both faculty and students of the Ferienkurse and members of the [[Lendestheater Darmstadt|Landestheater Orchestra Darmstadt]].
*<sup>2</sup> Only the first half of ''Spiel'' was performed at Donaueschingen in 1952. The complete score was only first performed in a radio recording made in July 1973 with the [[SWR Symphony Orchestra]], Baden-Baden, conducted by the composer. The first public performance of the complete composition was given by the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] on 14 September 1975, also under the composer's baton.<ref>Karlheinz Stockhausen, "''Spiel'' für Orchester (1952)", in his ''Texte zur Musik 1970–1977'' 4, selected and compiled by [[Christoph von Blumröder]], 52–54, DuMont Dokumente (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978): 54. {{ISBN|3-7701-1078-1}}.</ref>

===Compositions===
*[[Jean Barraqué]]
**[[Piano Sonata (Barraqué)|Piano Sonata]]
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Canticles (Britten)|Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac]]'', Op. 51
*[[John Cage]]
**''[[4′33″]]''
*[[Carlos Chávez]]
**[[Symphony No. 4 (Chávez)|''Sinfonía romántica'' (Symphony No. 4)]]
*[[George Crumb]]
**String Trio
**''[[Three Pastoral Pieces]]''
*[[Luigi Dallapiccola]]
**''Quaderno musicale di Annalibera'', solo piano
*[[Alberto Ginastera]]
**[[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Ginastera)|Piano Sonata No. 1]]
*[[Carlos Guastavino]]
**''Suite argentina'', ballet
*[[Dmitry Kabalevsky]]
**[[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Kabalevsky)|Piano Concerto No. 3]]
*[[Wojciech Kilar]]
**''Conjured'' for baritone and seven instruments
**Quintet for woodwind instruments
**''Suite No. 2'' for piano
**''Sonata No. 1'' for piano
*[[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
**[[Symphony in F-sharp major (Korngold)|Symphony]]
*[[Otto Luening]]
**''Fantasy in Space'' for flute and tape
**''Invention in Twelve Notes'' for flute and tape
**''Low Speed'' for flute and tape
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]]
**Harpsichord Concerto
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**[[Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola (Martinu)|Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola]] and Orchestra
*[[Olivier Messiaen]]
**''[[Le Merle noir]]''
*[[Wilhelm Peterson-Berger]]
**''[[Canzone for Violin and Piano (Peterson-Berger)|Canzone]]'' for Violin and Piano
*[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]]
**[[Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 7]]
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo]]
**[[Concierto serenata|Concierto Serenata]] for Harp and Orchestra
*[[Edmund Rubbra]]
**[[Viola Concerto (Rubbra)|Viola Concerto]]
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
**[[String Quartet No. 5 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 5]]
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]
**''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)|Klavierstücke I–IV]]''
**''[[Punkte]]'' [withdrawn, revised in 1962]
**''[[Schlagtrio|Schlagquartett]]''
**''[[Spiel]]''
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
**[[Cantata (Stravinsky)|Cantata]]
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams, Ralph]]
**''[[Sinfonia antartica]]'' (Symphony No. 7)
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
** [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Villa-Lobos)|Piano Concerto No. 4]]
** [[Symphony No. 9 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 9]]
*[[Dag Wirén]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Wirén)|Symphony No. 4]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dagwiren.se/english/list-of-works-and-discography/| title=List of works and discography| last=Åhlén| first= Carl-Gunnar| date=n.d.| website=dagwiren.se (The Dag Wirén Foundation)| access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>

==Opera==
*[[Franco Alfano]] – ''[[Sakùntala]]'' (revision of his 1921 opera ''La leggenda di Sakùntala'')
*[[Leonard Bernstein]] – ''[[Trouble in Tahiti]]''
*[[Raymond Chevreuille]] – ''Atta Troll''
*[[Camargo Guarnieri|Mozart Camargo Guarnieri]] – ''Pedro Malazarte'' (comic opera in one act, libretto by [[Mario de Andrade]], premiered in May at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro)

==Film==
*[[Georges Auric]] - ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]''
*[[Charlie Chaplin]] - ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|Limelight]]''
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] - ''[[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)|The Snows of Kilimanjaro]]''
*[[Alfred Newman]] - ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film)|The Prizoner of Zenda]]''
*[[Alex North]] - ''[[Viva Zapata!]]''
*[[Miklós Rózsa]] - ''[[Ivanhoe (1952 film)|Ivanhoe]]''
*[[Dimitri Tiomkin]] - ''[[High Noon]]''
*[[Victor Young]] - ''[[The Quiet Man]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1952 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Bet Your Life]]'' London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on [[February 18]] and ran for 362 performances
* ''[[Curtain Going Up]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[The Globe Revue]]'' London [[revue]] opened on [[July 10]] at the [[Gielgud Theatre|Globe Theatre]]
* ''[[Love from Judy]]'' London production opened at the [[Saville Theatre]] on [[September 25]] and ran for 594 performances
* ''[[New Faces of 1952]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Lorenz Hart]]) – Broadway revival of original 1940 production
* ''[[Ring Out the Bells]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Victoria Palace Theatre]] on [[November 12]]
* ''[[Three Wishes for Jamie]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] on [[March 21]] and moved to the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]] on [[May 27]] for a total run of 92 performances
* ''[[Two's Company (musical)|Two's Company]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Wish You Were Here (musical)|Wish You Were Here]]'' Broadway production

==[[Musical film]]s==
[[File:Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Road to Bali.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] ''On the Road to Bali'']]
* ''[[Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick]]'' starring [[Alan Young]], [[Dinah Shore]], [[Robert Merrill]] and [[Adele Jergens]]. Directed by [[Claude Binyon]].
*''[[Affair in Trinidad]]'' starring [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Glenn Ford]]
* ''[[April in Paris (film)|April in Paris]]'' starring [[Doris Day]] and [[Ray Bolger]]
*''[[Because You're Mine]]'' starring [[Mario Lanza]] and [[Doretta Morrow]]
* ''[[Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 film)|Bloodhounds of Broadway]]'' starring [[Mitzi Gaynor]], [[Scott Brady (actor)|Scott Brady]] and [[Mitzi Green]]
* ''[[Everything I Have Is Yours (film)|Everything I Have Is Yours]]'' starring [[Marge Champion]], [[Gower Champion]] and [[Monica Lewis]]
* ''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian Andersen]]'' starring [[Danny Kaye]] and [[Jane Wyman]]
* ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Jane Wyman]]
* ''[[The Las Vegas Story (film)|The Las Vegas Story]]'' starring [[Jane Russell]], [[Victor Mature]] and [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* ''[[Lovely to Look At]]'' starring [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[Red Skelton]], [[Howard Keel]], [[Marge Champion]], [[Gower Champion]] and [[Ann Miller]]
* ''[[Meet Danny Wilson (film)|Meet Danny Wilson]]'' starring [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Shelley Winters]]
* ''[[The Merry Widow (1952 film)|The Merry Widow]]'' starring [[Lana Turner]], [[Fernando Lamas]] and [[Una Merkel]]
* ''[[Road to Bali]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Bob Hope]] and [[Dorothy Lamour]]
* ''[[She's Working Her Way Through College]]'' starring [[Virginia Mayo]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]
* ''[[Sing Along with Me]]'' starring [[Donald Peers]], [[Dodo Watts]] & [[Dennis Vance]] directed  by [[Peter Graham Scott]]
* ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]], [[Donald O'Connor]] and [[Debbie Reynolds]]
* ''[[Skirts Ahoy!]]'' starring [[Esther Williams]], [[Joan Evans (actress)|Joan Evans]], [[Vivian Blaine]] and [[Keefe Brasselle]], and featuring [[Billy Eckstine]], [[The DeMarco Sisters]], [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Bobby Van]].
* ''[[Son of Paleface]]'' starring [[Bob Hope]], [[Jane Russell]], [[Roy Rogers]] and [[Trigger (horse)|Trigger]]
* ''[[Where's Charley? (film)|Where's Charley?]]'' starring [[Ray Bolger]] and [[Allyn Ann McLerie]]
* ''[[With a Song in My Heart (film)|With a Song in My Heart]]'' starring [[Susan Hayward]] and [[Rory Calhoun]]

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Graeme Strachan]], Australian singer-songwriter (died 2001)
*[[January 10]] – [[Scott Thurston]], American guitarist and songwriter
*[[January 15]] 
** [[Skay Beilinson]], Argentinian guitar player 
** [[Boris Blank (musician)|Boris Blank]], Swiss musician
** [[Melvyn Gale]], cellist ([[Electric Light Orchestra]])
*[[January 17]] – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese electronic musician and composer (died 2023)
*[[January 20]] – [[Paul Stanley]], rock guitarist and singer ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]])
*[[January 21]] – [[Cyril and Libbye Hellier]], American operatic sopranos
*[[January 22]] – Teddy Gentry, country bass player ([[Alabama (band)|Alabama]])
*[[January 25]] – [[Timothy White (editor)|Timothy White]], American rock journalist (died [[2002 in music|2002]])
*[[January 29]] – [[Tommy Ramone]], punk rock drummer, producer ([[The Ramones]])
*[[January 30]] – [[Steve Bartek]], new wave rock guitarist ([[Oingo Boingo]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Jenő Jandó]], Hungarian pianist
*[[February 4]] – [[Jerry Shirley]], English rock drummer ([[Humble Pie]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]], American rock singer-songwriter ([[The Doobie Brothers]])
*[[February 13]] – [[Ed Gagliardi]], American rock bass guitarist ([[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]])
*[[February 16]] – [[James Ingram]], American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)
*[[February 18]] – [[Juice Newton]], American pop and country singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[February 20]]
**Halvor Haug, Norwegian composer
**[[Matti Rantanen (accordionist)|Matti Rantanen]], Finnish accordionist
*[[February 21]] – [[Jean-Jacques Burnel]], English rock bass guitarist and vocalist ([[The Stranglers]])
*[[February 23]] – [[Brad Whitford]], American hard rock rhythm guitarist ([[Aerosmith]])
*[[February 24]] – [[Jadwiga Rappé]], Polish contralto (died 2025)
*[[March 11]] – [[Vince Giordano]], American bass saxophonist and band leader for the [[Nighthawks Orchestra]]
*[[March 13]] – [[Wolfgang Rihm]], German composer (died 2024)
*[[March 15]] – [[Howard Devoto]], English punk rock singer-songwriter ([[Buzzcocks]], [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]], [[Luxuria (band)|Luxuria]], [[ShelleyDevoto]])
*[[March 22]] – [[Jay Dee Daugherty]], American rock drummer and songwriter ([[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]])
*[[April 2]] – [[Leon Wilkeson]], American bassist ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]])
*[[April 4]] – [[Gary Moore]], Northern Irish blues guitarist and singer (died 2011)
*[[April 13]] – [[Rosa Passos]], Brazilian Bossa Nova singer
*[[April 17]] – [[Jerry Knight]], American vocalist, bassist, songwriter and producer (died 1996)
*[[April 23]] – [[Narada Michael Walden]], American drummer, singer, composer and record producer ([[Mahavishnu Orchestra]])
*[[April 26]] – [[Ewa Podleś]], Polish opera singer (died 2024)
*[[May 11]] – [[Renaud]], composer
*[[May 14]] – [[David Byrne]], singer-songwriter ([[Talking Heads]])
*[[May 18]] – [[George Strait]], country singer, actor and music producer
*[[May 19]] – [[Barbara Joyce Lomas]], funk/disco singer ([[B. T. Express]])
*[[May 23]] – [[Dillie Keane]], cabaret performer
*[[May 30]] – [[Zoltán Kocsis]], composer and pianist (died 2016)
*[[June 5]] – [[Nicko McBrain]], heavy metal drummer ([[Iron Maiden]], [[Trust (French band)|Trust]], etc.)
*June or July 6 – [[Jamie Spears]], father of singer-songwriters and actresses [[Jamie Lynne Spears]] and [[Britney Spears]] (estranged)
*[[June 7]] – [[Royce Campbell]], American guitarist, composer and producer
*[[June 11]] – [[Donnie Van Zant]] rock guitarist and vocalist ([[38 Special (band)|38 Special]])
*[[June 12]]
**[[Junior Brown]], country guitarist and singer
**[[Oliver Knussen]], composer (died 2018)
*[[June 16]] – [[Gino Vannelli]], Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and composer
*[[June 19]] – [[Jim Johnston (composer)|Jim Johnston]], American composer and musician
*[[June 25]] 
** [[Tim Finn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter
** [[Radka Toneff]], Norwegian jazz singer (died [[1982 in music|1982]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Radka_Toneff/utdypning |title=Radka Toneff |first=Tore |last=Halvorsen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=14 November 2012 |encyclopedia=[[Norsk Biografisk Leksikon]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget}}</ref>
*[[July 1]]
**[[Dan Aykroyd]], actor (''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'')
**[[Leon "Ndugu" Chancler]], drummer, composer and record producer (died 2018)
**[[Timothy J. Tobias]], American pianist and composer (died 2006)
*[[July 2]] – [[Johnny Colla]] ([[Huey Lewis and the News]])
*[[July 3]] – [[Laura Branigan]], American singer (Gloria) and actress (died 2004)
*[[July 4]] - [[John Waite]], English musician
*[[July 12]] – [[Philip Taylor Kramer]], American bass player ([[Iron Butterfly]]) (died 1995)
*[[July 14]] – [[Bob Casale]], American guitarist, keyboard player and producer ([[Devo]]) (died 2014)
*[[July 15]] – [[David Pack]], frontman, vocalist and guitarist with rock group Ambrosia
*[[July 16]] – [[Stewart Copeland]], drummer ([[The Police]])
*[[July 17]]
**[[Nicolette Larson]], singer (died 1997)
**[[Phoebe Snow]], singer-songwriter (died 2011)
*[[July 19]] – [[Allen Collins]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Rossington Collins Band]] and [[Allen Collins Band]]) (died 1990)
*[[July 22]]
**[[John Rutsey]], Canadian drummer ([[Rush (band)|Rush]]) (died 2008)
**[[Janis Siegel]], American singer ([[The Manhattan Transfer]])
*[[July 28]] – [[Glenn A. Baker]], Australian music journalist
*[[July 31]] – [[Reinhard Goebel]], German early music conductor and violinist
*[[August 4]] – [[Moya Brennan]], Irish folk harpist and singer ([[Clannad]])
*[[August 6]] – [[Pat MacDonald (musician)|Pat MacDonald]], American new wave musician ([[Timbuk 3]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Gianna Rolandi]], American soprano (died 2021)
*[[August 20]] – [[John Hiatt]], guitarist, pianist and singer
*[[August 21]] – [[Joe Strummer]], singer-songwriter ([[The Clash]]) (died 2002)
*[[August 26]] – Billy Rush, guitarist ([[Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes|Asbury Jukes]])
*[[August 27]] – [[Laurie Wisefield]], English guitarist and vocalist ([[Wishbone Ash]])
*[[September 4]] – [[Martin Chambers]], [[The Pretenders]]
*[[September 9]] – [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]], English musician, songwriter and record producer ([[Eurythmics]])
*[[September 12]]
**[[Gerry Beckley]], rock singer-songwriter ([[America (band)|America]])
**[[Neil Peart]], rock drummer & songwriter ([[Rush (band)|Rush]]) (died 2020)
*[[September 13]] – [[Randy Jones (singer)|Randy Jones]], singer ([[Village People]])
*[[September 18]] – [[Dee Dee Ramone]], bassist ([[Ramones|The Ramones]]) (died 2002)
*[[September 19]] – [[Nile Rodgers]], American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist ([[The Honeydrippers]], [[Chic (band)|Chic]])
*[[September 22]] – [[Oliver Mtukudzi]] ("Tuku"), Zimbabwean Afro jazz singer-guitarist (died 2019)
*[[September 30]] – [[John Lombardo]], American musician ([[10,000 Maniacs]], [[John & Mary]])
*[[October 2]] – [[Janusz Olejniczak]], Polish pianist (died 2024)
*[[October 9]] – [[Sharon Osbourne]], English-American television personality, music manager and author wife of [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
*[[October 21]] – [[Miroslav Žbirka]], Slovak singer-songwriter
*[[November 2]]
**[[Maxine Nightingale]], singer
**[[Alan Winstanley]], producer
*[[November 14]] – [[Johnny A.]], guitarist and songwriter
*[[November 17]] – [[Runa Laila]], Bangladeshi playback singer and composer
*[[November 18]] - [[John Parr]], English musician and singer-songwriter
*[[November 20]] – [[Semyon Bychkov (conductor)|Semyon Bychkov]], conductor
*[[November 27]] – [[Bappi Lahiri]], Indian film composer
*[[December 3]] – [[Don Barnes]] ([[38 Special (band)|38 Special]])
*[[December 23]] – [[Hans Abrahamsen]], Danish composer<ref>{{cite book|author=Anders Beyer|chapter=Abrahamsen, Hans|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|edition=2|editor1=[[Stanley Sadie]]|editor2=[[John Tyrrell (professor of music)|John Tyrrell]]|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|year=2001}}</ref>
*[[December 27]] – [[David Knopfler]] ([[Dire Straits]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 9]] – [[Midge Williams]], singer
*[[January 14]] – [[Artur Kapp]], Estonian composer (d. 1878)
*[[January 16]] – [[René Voisin]], trumpeter
*[[January 20]] – [[Arthur Farwell]], composer and conductor
*[[February 13]] – [[Alfred Einstein]], musicologist
*[[March 17]] – [[Percy Wenrich]], ragtime composer
*[[March 22]] – [[Uncle Dave Macon]], musician
*[[April 19]] – [[Steve Conway (singer)|Steve Conway]], British singer (born 1920)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-conway-mn0000032317/biography|access-date=2021-09-23|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
*[[April 23]] – [[Elisabeth Schumann]], operatic soprano
*[[May 23]] – [[Georg Schumann (composer)|Georg Schumann]], German composer (born 1866)
*[[May 15]] – [[Italo Montemezzi]], composer
*[[June 9]] – [[Adolf Busch]], violinist and composer
*[[June 13]] – [[Emma Eames]], operatic soprano
*[[June 14]] – [[John Kirby (musician)|John Kirby]], jazz musician
*[[June 25]] – [[Luke Jordan]], blues musician
*[[July 2]] – [[Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans]], Dutch composer and pianist (born 1895)
*[[July 10]] – [[Rued Langgaard]], Danish composer and organist (born 1893)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Mason Greene|title=Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers|publisher=Doubleday|year=1985|isbn=9780385142786|page=1220}}</ref>
*[[September 6]] – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], English actress, singer, dancer
*[[September 16]] – [[Vesta Tilley]], music hall entertainer
*[[September 18]] – [[Frances Alda]], operatic soprano
*[[September 19]] – [[Nat Ayer]], composer
*[[October 25]] – [[Sergei Bortkiewicz]], pianist and composer
*[[October 26]] – [[Hattie McDaniel]]
*[[November 1]] – [[Dixie Lee]], singer, dancer and actress, wife of [[Bing Crosby]]
*[[November 4]] – [[Max Adler (1866–1952)|Max Adler]], violinist
*[[November 17]] – [[Charles Penrose (entertainer)|Charles Penrose]], music hall performer
*[[December 25]] – [[Bernardino Molinari]], arranger and conductor (born 1880)
*[[December 26]] – [[Paul Breisach]], conductor
*[[December 28]] – [[Fletcher Henderson]], jazz musician
*[[December 30]]
**[[Willie Brown (musician)|Willie Brown]], blues musician
**[[Nakayama Shimpei]], songwriter
*''date unknown''
**[[Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller]], singer
**[[Georgette Harvey]], actress and singer

==References==
{{Reflist}}
'''Sources'''
* {{cite book|last=Iddon|first=Martin|title=New Music at Darmstadt: Nono. Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez|series=Music since 1900|location=Cambridge and New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2013|isbn=9781107033290}}

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