Bartòk's Concerto for Orchestra
Dec 1 Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres in Symphony Hall, Boston, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
Glenn Miller MIA
Dec 15 American bandleader Major Glenn Miller, lost over the English Channel
"On the Town"
Dec 28 Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolf Green's musical "On the Town", with choreography by Jerome Robbins, opens at the Adelphi Theater, NYC; runs for 462 performances
- Dec 30 Sergei Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres in Moscow
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