Shostakovich Named Professor
Feb 1 Dmitri Shostakovich named professor at conservatoire of Leningrad
- Feb 15 Sammy Fain and George Marion Jr's musical "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater, NYC, after 60 performances
Symphony No. 3
Feb 16 Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres
- Feb 18 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone" premieres in NYC