- On January 18, violinist Oscar Borgerth performs, in his first audition, the Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra (1947) by Radamés Gnattali, with the Orquestra Sinfônica da Rádio Nacional, conducted by Leo Peracchi.
- A Brasiliana nº 3 (symphony), of 1948, is performed in Rio de Janeiro by the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, conducted by Erich Kleiber.
- A Suite for small orchestra, of 1940, is performed, in Belo Horizonte (MG), by the Belo Horizonte Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guido Santorsola.
- Radamés signs the musical direction of the film Morning StarThe film is narrated by Jonald (Oswaldo Marques de Oliveira), with songs by Dorival Caymmi interpreted by the composer himself.
- Rádio Nacional creates the Brazilian Music Department and launches, as its first project, the program Instantâneos Sonoros do Brasil (Instantaneous Sound of Brazil).
Snapshots of Brazil,
fronted by Mário Faccini, Paulo Tapajós and Radamés Gnattali; it is a program similar to Instantâneos Sonoros do Brasil , launched in 1940 by Almirante, José Mauro and Radamés.
A Noite (RJ), 08/22/1950.
- In partnership with Alberto Ribeiro, Radamés records on Continental his most famous samba-canção,
Bitterness
,
by Lucio Alves, with Cópia and his Orchestra. He also records the toada Segura a saia, iaiá, interpreted by Trio Melodia, and the
Quadrilha de coquinhos
with the Maxambomba Philharmonic Orchestra. - The Continental label, rescuing the memory of the unjustly forgotten composer Noel Rosa, releases an album with three 78-rpm phonograms, with 6 songs by the composer (two of them in partnership with Vadico), interpreted by the singer Aracy de Almeida. Radamés(Vero and his orchestra) is in charge of the arrangements and accompaniment. The album cover illustration is by Di Cavalcanti.
- Radamés composes:
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Concerto Carioca No. 1, for electric guitar, piano, popular percussion and large orchestra
[1]
– dedicated to Laurindo Almeida - Choreographic Sonatina (Four dancing movements),
for piano
Toccata in Samba Rhythm
[nº 1]
for guitar
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- O compositor paulista Camargo Guarnieri publica a sua Carta aberta aos músicos e críticos do Brasil , in which he emphatically attacks atonalism, considering dodecaphonism an anti-Brazilian system of composition.
- On September 18, São Paulo’s TV Tupi, the first television station in Latin America, goes on the air.
- Getúlio Vargas is elected president of Brazil, for the PTB, with 49% of the valid votes.
- On June 2nd, Rio de Janeiro’s Mário Filho Stadium, better known as Maracanã, is inaugurated. The stadium was specially built for the IV World Soccer Championship to be held in Brazil. The Brazilian scratch qualifies for the final, but loses 2 x 1 to Uruguay, which becomes world champion.
