23 January: BÉLA BARTÓK's Piano Concerto No. 2 is premiered in Frankfurt
Also in 1933:-
National Association for American Composers and Conductors is founded by HENRY HADLEY
BILLIE HOLIDAY is "discovered" singing at Monette's club
PERRY COMO begins singing with the Freddie Carlone orchestra
GORNI KRAMER forms his first jazz band
JOHN SERRY, Sr. performs as the first on stage concert accordion soloist at the Radio City Music Hall
GEORGES BIZET's Symphony in C is rediscovered in the library of the Paris Conservatory
Published Popular Music
"After All, You're All I'm After" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ. Introduced by JOHN BEAL in the play 'She Loves Me Not'
"Ah, But Is It Love?" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by JAY GORNEY. Introduced by LILLIAN MILES and ROGER PRYOR in the film 'Moonlight And Pretzels'
"Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More" = lyrics by JOE YOUNG & JOHNNY BURKE; music by HAROLD SPINA
"Are You Makin' Any Money?" = lyrics & music by HERMAN HUPFELD. Introduced by LILLIAN MILES in the film 'Moonlight And Pretzels'
"Beautiful Girl" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film 'Going Hollywood'
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" = English language lyrics SAMMY CAHN & SAUL CHAPLIN, Yiddish lyrics by JACOB JACOBS; music by SHOLEM SECUNDA
"Black Moonlight" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON & SAM COSLOW. Introduced by KITTY KELLY in the film 'Too Much Harmony'
"Blue Jazz" = music by GENE GIFFORD
"Blue Lou" = lyrics & music by EDGAR SAMPSON & IRVING MILLS
"Blue Prelude" = lyrics & music by JOE BISHOP & GORDON JENKINS
"Build a Little Home" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"By a Waterfall" = lyrics by IRVING KAHAL; music by SAMMY FAIN. Introduced by RUBY KEELER and DICK POWELL in the film 'Footlight Parade'
"Carioca" = lyrics by GUS KAHN & EDWARD ELISCU; music by VINCENT YOUMANS. Introduced by ETTA MOTEN in the film 'Flying Down to Rio'
"Close Your Eyes" = lyrics & music by BERNICE PETKERE
"Coffee in the Morning, Kisses in the Night" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"The Day You Came Along" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON & SAM COSLOW
"Deep Purple" (When The Deep Purple Falls) = lyrics (1938) by MITCHELL PARISH; music by PETER DE ROSE
"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"Dinner at Eight" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Doin' the Uptown Lowdown" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"Don't Blame Me" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Down the Old Ox Road" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"Drop Me Off in Harlem" = lyrics by NICK KENNY; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"Dusty Shoes" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by JAY GORNEY. From the film 'Moonlight And Pretzels'
"Easter Parade" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Everything I Have Is Yours" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by BURTON LANE
"Experiment" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Flying Down to Rio" = lyrics by EDWARD ELISCU & GUS KAHN; music by VINCENT YOUMANS. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film 'Flying Down to Rio'
"Forty-Second Street" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Gimme a Pigfoot" = lyrics & music by WESLEY WILSON
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER. Introduced by CLAUDETTE COLBERT in the film 'Torch Singer'
"Gotta Get Up and Go to Work" = lyrics & music by HERMAN HUPFELD. From the film 'Moonlight and Pretzels'
"A Guy What Takes His Time" = lyrics & music by RALPH RAINGER. Introduced by MAE WEST in the film 'She Done Him Wrong'
"Happy as the Day Is Long" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Harlem on My Mind" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by ETHEL WATERS in the musical 'As Thousands Cheer'
"Heat Wave" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by ETHEL WATERS in the revue 'As Thousands Cheer'. Performed by MARILYN MONROE in the 1954 film 'There's No Business Like Show Business'
"Hey, Young Fella" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Honeymoon Hotel" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by DICK POWELL and RUBY KEELER in the film 'Footlight Parade'
"How Could We Be Wrong?" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by GERTRUDE LAWRENCE in the musical 'Nymph Errant'
"How's Chances?" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN, Introduced by MARILYN MILLER and CLIFTON WEBB in the musical 'As Thousands Cheer'
"A Hundred Years from Today" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON & JOE YOUNG; music by VICTOR YOUNG
"Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby" = lyrics & music by HARRY M. WOODS
"I Cover the Waterfront" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by JOHN GREEN
"I Found a New Way to Go to Town" = by DUBOIS, ELLISON, HARVEY
"I Just Couldn't Take It Baby" = lyrics by MANN HOLINER; music by ALBERTA NICHOLS
"I Like Mountain Music" = lyrics by JAMES CAVANAUGH; music by FRANK WELDON
"I Took My Harp to a Party" = lyrics by DESMOND CARTER; music by NOEL GAY
"I Wanna Be Loved" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN & BILLY ROSE; music by JOHN GREEN
"I'm No Angel" = lyrics & music by GLADYS DU BOIS, BEN ELLISON & HARVEY O. BROOKS
"I'm Satisfied" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"Inka Dinka Doo" = lyrics & music by JIMMY DURANTE & BEN RYAN
"Isn't It a Pity?" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by GEORGE GIVOT and JOSEPHINE HOUSTON in the musical 'Pardon My English'
"Isn't It Heavenly" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"It Isn't Fair" = lyrics & music by RICHARD HIMBER, FRANK WARSHAUER & SYLVESTER SPRIGATO
"It's Only a Paper Moon" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG & BILLY ROSE; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"It's the Talk of the Town" = lyrics by MARTY SYMES & AL J. NEIBURG; music by JERRY LIVINGSTON
"I've Found the Right Girl" = lyrics & music by STANLEY LUPINO & NOEL GAY
"I've Got the World on a String" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Keep Young and Beautiful" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"The Last Round-Up" = lyrics & music by BILLY HILL
"Lazybones" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MERCER & HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Learn to Croon" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"Let's Begin" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by GEORGE MURPHY in the musical 'Roberta'
"Let's Fall in Love" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Let's Make Love Like the Crocodiles" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by JAY GORNEY. From the film 'Moonlight and Pretzels'
"Lorelei" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Love Locked Out" = lyrics by MAX KESTER; music by RAY NOBLE
"Love Me" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by VICTOR YOUNG
"Maria Elena" = English lyrics by S. K. RUSSELL; music by LORENZO BARCLELATA
"The Moment I Saw You" = lyrics & music by NOEL GAY
"Moonlight and Pretzels" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by JAY GORNEY. From the film 'Moonlight and Pretzels'
"Moonstruck" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"My Hat's on the Side of My Head" = lyrics & music by HARRY M. WOODS & CLAUDE HURLBURT
"My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" = lyrics & music by BILLY COGSWELL, TOM HARRISON & JOHNNY NOBLE
"My Moonlight Madonna" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by WILLIAM SCOTTI
"My Shawl" = English lyrics by STANLEY ADAMS, Spanish lyrics by PEDRO BERRIOS; music by XAVIER CUGAT
"My Song Goes 'Round the World" = lyrics & music by HANS MAY, ERNST NEUBACH & JIMMY KENNEDY
"Not for All the Rice in China" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Nymph Errant" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Oceans of Time" = lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER, CLIFFORD GREY & GREATREX NEWMAN; music by JOHNNY GREEN
"Old Father Thames" = lyrics & music by RAYMOND WALLACE & BETSY O'HOGAN
"Old Man Harlem" = lyrics & music by RUDY VALLEE & HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"On the Trail" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by FERDE GROFE
"One Morning in May" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Oodles of Noodles" = music by JIMMY DORSEY
"Pettin' in the Park" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"The Physician" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away" = lyrics & music by BENJAMIN HAPGOOD BURT
"Remember My Forgotten Man" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Roll Up the Carpet" = lyrics by RAYMOND KLAGES; music by RAYMOND KLAGES, AL GOODHART & AL HOFFMAN
"Shadow Waltz" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Shanghai Lil" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"She Loves Me Not" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ from the musical 'She Loves Me Not'
"Shuffle Off to Buffalo" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by JEROME KERN
"Snowball" = lyrics & music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Solomon" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER from the musical 'Nymph Errant'
"Song of Surrender" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Sophisticated Lady" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH & IRVING MILLS; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"Stormy Weather" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Sweetheart Darlin'" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by HERBERT STOTHART. Introduced by MARION DAVIES in the film 'Peg o' My Heart'
"Temptation" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Thanks" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"There's a Cabin in the Pines" = lyrics & music by BILLY HILL
"There's a Little Bit of You in Every Love Song" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by SAMMY FAIN. From the film 'Moonlight and Pretzels'
"There's Something About a Soldier" = lyrics & music by NOEL GAY
"They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk" = lyrics & music by GLADYS DUBOIS, BEN ELLISON & HARVEY O. BROOKS
"Tony's Wife" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by BURTON LANE
"The Touch of Your Hand" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by JEROME KERN
"Twenty Million People" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON from the film 'Hello, Everybody!'
"We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow" = by HARRY M. WOODS
"We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"We're in the Money" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN introduced by GINGER ROGERS in the film 'Gold Diggers of 1933'
"Weep No More, My Baby" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by JOHN GREEN. Introduced by BILLY HOUSE and UNA VILON in the musical 'Murder at the Vanities'
"When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley" = lyrics & music by JOE LYONS, SAM C. HART & THE VAGABONDS
"White Jazz" = music by GENE CLIFFORD
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" = lyrics by FRANK CHURCHILL & ANN RONELL; music by FRANK CHURCHILL
"Yesterdays" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by JEROME KERN
"You Gotta Be a Football Hero" = lyrics & music by AL LEWIS, AL SHERMAN & BUDDY FIELDS
"You Ought to See Sally on Sunday" = lyrics & music by HARRY M. WOODS
"Young and Healthy" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Your Mother's Son-In-Law" = lyrics by MANN HOLINER; music by ALBERTA NICHOLS
"You're My Thrill" = lyrics by SIDNEY CLARE; music by JAY GORNEY
"You've Got Me Crying Again" = lyrics by CHARLES NEWMAN; music by ISHAM JONES
Top Hit Records
"Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?"
recorded by EDDY DUCHIN
"Just An Echo In the Valley"
recorded by BING CROSBY
recorded by RUDY VALLEE
"Lazy Bones"
recorded by TED LEWIS Band
recorded by DON REDMAN's Band
"Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing"
recorded by BEN BERNIE
"Night and Day"
recorded by EDDY DUCHIN
"Shadow Waltz"
recorded by BING CROSBY
"Stormy Weather"
recorded by ETHEL WATERS
"You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me"
recorded by BING CROSBY with GUY LOMBARDO's Royal Canadians
Classical Music
KURT ATTERBERG
A Varmland Rhapsody
PAUL CRESTON
Seven Theses for piano
LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
Partita
ROBERT M. HELMSCHROTT
Concerto for Organ and Percussion "Lamento"
GUSTAV HOLST
Lyric Movement
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Psaume for soprano, female chorus and orchestra
XAVIER MONTSALVATGE
Tres Impromptus
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf
ARNOLD SCHOENBERRG
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (after Monn)
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel, Concerto Grosso, op. 6 no. 7)
Drei Lieder, op. 48
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Perséphone
Opera
AARON AVSHALOMOV
The Twilight Hour of Yan Kuei Fei
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Vercingétorix
LOUIS GRUENBERG
The Emperor Jones
RICHARD STRAUSS
Arabella
Musical Theatre
AS THOUSANDS CHEER
(Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Moss Hart)
Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on September 30 and ran for 400 performances
BALL AT THE SAVOY
(Music: Paul Abraham (composer) Lyrics and Book: Oscar Hammerstein II)
London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on September 8 and ran for 96 performances.
COMMAND PERFORMANCE
(Waller & Tunbridge/Grey)
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on October 17 and ran for 31 performances
GAY DIVORCE
(Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Dwight Taylor)
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on November 2 and ran for 180 performances
GIVE ME A RING
(Broones/Bolton)
London production opened at the Hippodrome on June 22 and ran for 239 performances.
HE WANTED ADVENTURE
(Music by Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge; Book and lyrics by R.P. Weston and Bert Lee based on Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure)
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on March 28 and ran for 152 performances
MURDER AT THE VANITIES
(Music by Victor Young)
Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 8 and moved ot the Majestic Theatre on November 6 for a total run of 207 performances
MUSIC IN THE AIR
(Kern/Hammerstein II)
London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on May 19 and ran for 275 performances
NICE GOINGS ON
(Schwartz/Furber & Eyton)
London production opened at the Strand Theatre on September 13 and ran for 221 performances
NYMPH ERRANT
(Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Romney Brent)
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on October 6 and ran for 154 performances
PARDON MY ENGLISH
(Music by: George Gershwin; Book by: Herbert Fields; Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin)
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 20 and ran for 43 performances
ROBERTA
(Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics and Book: Otto Harbach)
Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 18 and ran for 295 performances
THAT'S A PRETTY THING
(Music: Noel Gay Lyrics: Desmond Carter Book: Stanley Lupino)
London production opened at Daly's Theatre on November 22 and ran for 103 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 5th August 2011
Last edited: 23rd December 2023
