Events in Music History in December 1937

Hooray for What!

Dec 1 Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's anti-war musical "Hooray for What!", starring Ed Wynn and directed by Vincente Minnelli, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC; runs for 200 performances

  • Dec 10 William Grant Still's Symphony No. 2 ("Song of a New Race") premieres at the Academy of Music by the Philadelphia Orchestra led by conductor Leopold Stokowski

First "Symphony of the Air"

Dec 25 Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st "Symphony of the Air" concert over NBC Radio