Shostakovich's 2nd Symphony
Dec 4 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Symphony premieres in Moscow
Ellington at the Cotton Club
Dec 4 Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem, NYC
- Dec 10 "Grand Ole Opry" first named as such during Barn Dance radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee
"Show Boat"
Dec 27 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's landmark musical "Show Boat", based on Edna Ferber's novel, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre, NYC; runs for 572 performances
"Antigone"
Dec 28 Arthur Honegger's opera "Antigone" premieres with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, sets by Pablo Picasso and costumes by Coco Chanel at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels
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