Barber's 2nd Symphony
Mar 3 Premiere performance of US Army Corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony by the Boston Symphony, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky in Boston, Massachusetts
Piston's 2nd Symphony
Mar 5 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony by the National Symphony, in Washington, D.C.
- Mar 19 British composer Michael Tippett's oratorio "A Child of Our Time" premieres at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England