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.

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
1 Bing Crosby Pennies From Heaven 1936 United States US 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)
2 Fred Astaire The Way You Look Tonight 1936 United States US 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
3 Billie Holiday Summertime 1936 United States Europe 1 of the 1930s (1936), RYM 2 of 1936, US Billboard 12 - 1936 (2 weeks), nuTsie 70 of 1930s, Scrobulate 84 of jazz
4 Benny Goodman Goody Goody 1936 United States US 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
5 Benny Goodman Glory of Love 1936 United States US 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
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber, Samuel String Quartet 1936-12-14 Italy Rome Pro Arte Quartet [2]
Barber, Samuel Symphony in One Movement (Symphony No. 1) 1936-12-13 Italy Rome Augusteo Philharmonic – Molinari [2]
Berg, Alban Violin Concerto 1936-04-19 Spain Barcelona (ISCM) Krasner / Pau Casals Orchestra – Scherchen [3]
Britten, Benjamin Three Divertimenti for String Quartet 1936-02-25 United Kingdom London Stratton Quartet [4]
Britten, Benjamin Our Hunting Fathers 1936-09-25 United Kingdom Norwich Wyss / London Philharmonic – Britten [5]
Britten, Benjamin Suite for Violin and Piano 1936-04-21 Spain Barcelona (ISCM) Brosa, Britten [6]
Britten, Benjamin Temporal Variations 1936-12-12 United Kingdom London Caine, Hallis [7]
Chávez, Carlos Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) 1936-04-10 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Chávez [8]
Copland, Aaron Statements 1936-01-09 United States Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony
Dallapiccola Musica per tre pianoforti 1936-03-30 Switzerland Geneva Dallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche [9]
Diamond, David Psalm for Orchestra 1936-12-10 United States Rochester, NY Rochester Philharmonic – Hanson [10]
Gershwin, George Catfish Row 1936-01-21 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Smallens [11]
Hindemith, Paul Trauermusik 1936-01-21 United Kingdom London Hindemith / BBC Symphony – Boult [12]
Ifukube, Akira Japanese Rhapsody 1936-04-05 United States Boston Boston Symphony – Sevitzky [13]
Jolivet, André Andante for Strings 1936-05-25 France Paris Jane Evrard Orchestra [14]
Jolivet, André Danse incantatoire 1936-06-03 France Paris Paris Symphony – Désormière [15]
Jolivet, André Prélude apocalyptique 1936-12-06 France Paris Messiaen [16]
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Piano Concerto No. 2 1936-05-12 Soviet Union Moscow [17] [Unknown performers]
Kodály, Zoltán Budavári Te Deum 1936-09-02 Hungary Budapest Ritter, Kisfaludy, Laczó, Mezey, Varhelyi / St. Matthew Church - Sugár [18]
Krenek, Ernst Fragment from Karl V 1936-04-19 Spain Barcelona (ISCM) Meyer / Pau Casals Orchestra – Ansermet [19]
Lambert, Constant Summer's Last Will and Testament 1936-01-29 United Kingdom London Henderson / Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony – Lambert [20]
Martinů, Bohuslav Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orch. 1936-12-27 France Paris M. Moyse, B. Moyse / Paris Concerts Society Orchestra – Gaubert [21]
Messiaen, Olivier Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas 1936-04-25 France Paris Nin-Culmell [22]
Messiaen, Olivier Vocalise-Étude 1936-05-18 France Paris Quéru-Bedel, Messiaen [23]
Myaskovsky, Nikolay Aviation Symphony (Symphony No. 16) 1936-10-24 Soviet Union Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Szenkar [24]
Prokofiev, Sergei Peter and the Wolf 1936-05-02 Soviet Union Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev [25]
Prokofiev, Sergei Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet 1936-11-24 Soviet Union Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Sebestyén [26][27]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei Symphony No. 3 1936-11-06 United States Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski [28]
Revueltas, Silvestre Homenaje a Federico García Lorca 1936-11-14 Mexico Mexico City Musicians from the National Conservatory – Revueltas [29]
Strauss, Richard Olympische Hymne 1936-08-01 Germany Berlin (Olympics) Berlin Philharmonic, National Socialist Symphony – Strauss [30]
Varèse, Edgard Density 21.5 1936-02-16 United States New York City Barrère [31]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Dona nobis pacem 1936-10-02 United Kingdom Huddersfield Flynn, 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
  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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