1936 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1936.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1936.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1Bing CrosbyPennies From Heaven1936United StatesUS Billboard 1 – 1936 (15 weeks), US BB 1 of 1936, Your Hit Parade 1 of 1936, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1936), POP 1 of 1936, Oscar in 1936 (film 'Pennies from Heaven') (Nominated), Music Imprint 8 of 1930s, nuTsie 23 of 1930s, Europe 32 of the 1930s (1936), RYM 41 of 1936, RIAA 129, Acclaimed 1222 (1936)
2Fred AstaireThe Way You Look Tonight1936United StatesUS Billboard 1 – 1936 (17 weeks), Oscar in 1936 (film 'Swing Time'), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1936), US BB 2 of 1936, Your Hit Parade 2 of 1936, POP 2 of 1936, Brazil 26 of 1937, nuTsie 38 of 1930s, RYM 40 of 1936, AFI 43, Europe 94 of the 1930s (1936), Song of 1936
3Billie HolidaySummertime1936United StatesEurope 1 of the 1930s (1936), RYM 2 of 1936, US Billboard 12 – 1936 (2 weeks), nuTsie 70 of 1930s, Scrobulate 84 of jazz
4Benny GoodmanGoody Goody1936United StatesUS Billboard 1 – 1936 (13 weeks), Your Hit Parade 5 of 1936, US BB 6 of 1936, POP 6 of 1936, Brazil 32 of 1936, nuTsie 71 of 1930s
5Benny GoodmanGlory of Love1936United StatesUS Billboard 1 – 1936 (15 weeks), Your Hit Parade 3 of 1936, US BB 10 of 1936, POP 10 of 1936, Brazil 67 of 1936, nuTsie 96 of 1930s

Top hit recordings

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Barber, SamuelString Quartet1936-12-14Italy RomePro Arte Quartet [2]
Barber, SamuelSymphony in One Movement (Symphony No. 1)1936-12-13Italy RomeAugusteo Philharmonic – Molinari [2]
Berg, AlbanViolin Concerto1936-04-19Spain Barcelona (ISCM)Krasner / Pau Casals Orchestra – Scherchen [3]
Britten, BenjaminThree Divertimenti for String Quartet1936-02-25United Kingdom LondonStratton Quartet [4]
Britten, BenjaminOur Hunting Fathers1936-09-25United Kingdom NorwichWyss / London Philharmonic – Britten [5]
Britten, BenjaminSuite for Violin and Piano1936-04-21Spain Barcelona (ISCM)Brosa, Britten [6]
Britten, BenjaminTemporal Variations1936-12-12United Kingdom LondonCaine, Hallis [7]
Chávez, CarlosSinfonía india (Symphony No. 2)1936-04-10United States BostonBoston Symphony – Chávez [8]
Copland, AaronStatements1936-01-09United States MinneapolisMinneapolis Symphony
DallapiccolaMusica per tre pianoforti1936-03-30Switzerland GenevaDallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche [9]
Diamond, DavidPsalm for Orchestra1936-12-10United States Rochester, NYRochester Philharmonic – Hanson [10]
Gershwin, GeorgeCatfish Row1936-01-21United States PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Orchestra – Smallens [11]
Hindemith, PaulTrauermusik1936-01-21United Kingdom LondonHindemith / BBC Symphony – Boult [12]
Ifukube, AkiraJapanese Rhapsody1936-04-05United States BostonBoston Symphony – Sevitzky [13]
Jolivet, AndréAndante for Strings1936-05-25France ParisJane Evrard Orchestra [14]
Jolivet, AndréDanse incantatoire1936-06-03France ParisParis Symphony – Désormière [15]
Jolivet, AndréPrélude apocalyptique1936-12-06France ParisMessiaen [16]
Kabalevsky, DmitriPiano Concerto No. 21936-05-12Soviet Union Moscow [17][Unknown performers]
Kodály, ZoltánBudavári Te Deum1936-09-02Hungary BudapestRitter, Kisfaludy, Laczó, Mezey, Varhelyi / St. Matthew Church – Sugár [18]
Krenek, ErnstFragment from Karl V1936-04-19Spain Barcelona (ISCM)Meyer / Pau Casals Orchestra – Ansermet [19]
Lambert, ConstantSummer's Last Will and Testament1936-01-29United Kingdom LondonHenderson / Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony – Lambert [20]
Martinů, BohuslavConcerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orch.1936-12-27France ParisM. Moyse, B. Moyse / Paris Concerts Society Orchestra – Gaubert [21]
Messiaen, OlivierPièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas1936-04-25France ParisNin-Culmell [22]
Messiaen, OlivierVocalise-Étude1936-05-18France ParisQuéru-Bedel, Messiaen [23]
Myaskovsky, NikolayAviation Symphony (Symphony No. 16)1936-10-24Soviet Union MoscowMoscow Philharmonic – Szenkar [24]
Prokofiev, SergeiPeter and the Wolf1936-05-02Soviet Union MoscowMoscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev [25]
Prokofiev, SergeiSuite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet1936-11-24Soviet Union MoscowMoscow Philharmonic – Sebestyén [26][27]
Rachmaninoff, SergeiSymphony No. 31936-11-06United States PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Orchestra – Stokowski [28]
Revueltas, SilvestreHomenaje a Federico García Lorca1936-11-14Mexico Mexico CityMusicians from the National Conservatory – Revueltas [29]
Strauss, RichardOlympische Hymne1936-08-01Germany Berlin (Olympics)Berlin Philharmonic, National Socialist Symphony – Strauss [30]
Varèse, EdgardDensity 21.51936-02-16United States New York CityBarrère [31]
Vaughan Williams, RalphDona nobis pacem1936-10-02United Kingdom HuddersfieldFlynn, Henderson / Huddersfield Society, Hallé Orchestra – Coates [32]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ "British Crown Records – IAJRC Journal". Faqs.org. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works
  3. ↑ Style and Idea in the Lyric Suite of Alban Berg
  4. ↑ Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938
  5. ↑ Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938
  6. ↑ Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrdi
  7. ↑ IRCAM
  8. ↑ Boston Symphony Orchestra
  9. ↑ IRCAM
  10. ↑ Stephlandra.com
  11. ↑ "Sydney Symphony Orchestra" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ Hyperion Records
  13. ↑ Akira Ifukube official website
  14. ↑ IRCAM
  15. ↑ IRCAM
  16. ↑ IRCAM
  17. ↑ Naxos Records
  18. ↑ Universal Edition
  19. ↑ IRCAM
  20. ↑ Musicweb International
  21. ↑ Hyperion Records
  22. ↑ IRCAM
  23. ↑ IRCAM
  24. ↑ Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich & other Soviet composers page
  25. ↑ Orchestra Toronto
  26. ↑ Sikorski
  27. ↑ Prokofiev, by Israel V. Nestyev
  28. ↑ Culture Catch
  29. ↑ Oregon Symphony Orchestra|Oregon Symphony
  30. ↑ Sport, Music, Identities
  31. ↑ Carnegie Hall
  32. ↑ A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works
  33. ↑ "Death of Miss Florence Smithson". The Times. London. 1936-02-13. p. 10.
  34. ↑ "Gorter, Albert" (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-24.
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