Williams Records with Sterling
Dec 11 Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label
- Dec 14 "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 performances
"Pacific 1860"
Dec 19 Noël Coward's musical "Pacific 1860" premieres in London
Milhaud's 2nd Symphony
Dec 20 Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres with the Boston Symphony conducted by the composer; the work was commissioned as a memorial to the wife of group's music director Serge Koussevitzky
- Dec 21 "If the Shoe Fits" closes at Century Theater NYC after 20 performances
"Minstrel Show"
Dec 21 Morton Gould's "Minstrel Show" premieres in Indianapolis
- Dec 22 "Bal Negre" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 54 performances
Music Premiere
Dec 26 Duke Ellington and John La Touche's musical "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 111 performances
- Dec 26 Sammy Fain and George Marion Jr's musical "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater ,NYC; runs for 60 performances
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