World premiere of the 1st piano sonata, the “Kleines Konzert für Streichquartett und Schlagzeug” [Little Concerto for String Quartet and Percussion], the Sonatina for piano and the Toccata variata at the concerts of the Munich Artists’ Association “Die Juryfreien e.V.”
World premiere of the trumpet concerto (preliminary stage of the 5th Symphony) during a music-dramatic workshop in Strasbourg conducted by Hermann Scherchen
The “Burleske Musik für Bläser, Schlagzeug und Klavier” [Burlesque music for winds, percussion and piano] is published by Benno Balan in Berlin
Wedding with Elisabeth Reußmann (1913–2003), whom he met at the events of the Munich artists’ association “Die Juryfreien e.V.”
World premiere of “Miserae” at the IGNM festival in Prague (conductor: Hermann Scherchen); the orchestral work reviewed by Max Brod was dedicated by Hartmann: “Meinen Freunden, die hundertfach sterben mußten, die für die Ewigkeit schlafen – wir vergessen Euch nicht. (Dachau, 1933–1934)” [To my friends, who had to die a hundred times, who sleep for eternity – we do not forget you.]
First prize at the Geneva chamber music competition “Carillon” for the 1st string quartet, which is premiered the same year by the Végh-Quartett
Award for the choral cantata “Friede Anno 48” (text: Andreas Gryphius and Karl Amadeus Hartmann) by the Emil Hertzka Memorial Foundation in Vienna (jury member: Anton Webern)
Second performance of the 1st string quartet at the 16th IGNM Festival in London by the Kutcher Quartet (addition to Hartmann’s name in the programme: “Germany, Independent”)
Meeting with Elias Canetti