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

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Published popular music

Top popular recordings 1936

The twenty popular records listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,[2] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1 Bing Crosby "Pennies from Heaven"[3] Decca 947 July 24, 1936 (1936-07-24) November 1936 (1936-11) US BB 1936 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004, Jazz Standards 1936
2 Fred Astaire "The Way You Look To-night"[4] Brunswick 7717 July 26, 1936 (1936-07-26) August 1936 (1936-08) US BB 1936 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Jazz Standards 1936
3 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) "The Glory Of Love"[5] Victor 25316 April 23, 1936 (1936-04-23) May 6, 1936 (1936-05-06) US BB 1936 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
4 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Alone"[6] Victor 25191 November 7, 1935 (1935-11-07) December 1935 (1935-12) US BB 1936 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks
5 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) "Goody Goody"[7] Victor 25245 January 24, 1936 (1936-01-24) February 1936 (1936-02) US BB 1936 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
6 Fred Astaire "A Fine Romance"[4] Brunswick 7716 July 28, 1936 (1936-07-28) August 1936 (1936-08) US BB 1936 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks
7 Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven "The Music Goes Round and Round"[8] Victor 25201 May 25, 1936 (1936-05-25) August 1936 (1936-08) US BB 1936 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks
8 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "Did I Remember?"[9] Bluebird 6476 July 3, 1936 (1936-07-03) July 31, 1936 (1936-07-31) US BB 1936 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
9 Fats Waller and his Rhythm "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"[10] Victor 25342 June 5, 1936 (1936-06-05) June 17, 1936 (1936-06-17) US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
10 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?"[11] Decca 768 March 29, 1936 (1936-03-29) August 1936 (1936-08) US BB 1936 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
11 Jan Garber and His Orchestra "Melody from the Sky"[12] Decca 761 February 27, 1936 (1936-02-27) April 1936 (1936-04) US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
12 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra "Moon Over Miami"[13] Victor 25212 December 23, 1935 (1935-12-23) December 27, 1935 (1935-12-27) US BB 1936 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
13 Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Band "The Music Goes 'Round and Around"[14] Decca 578 October 24, 1935 (1935-10-24) November 1935 (1935-11) US BB 1936 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 100,000 sales[15]
14 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "In the Chapel in the Moonlight"[16] Bluebird 6640 October 22, 1936 (1936-10-22) November 4, 1936 (1936-11-04) US BB 1936 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
15 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra "There's a Small Hotel"[4] Brunswick 7634 March 12, 1936 (1936-03-12) April 1936 (1936-04) US BB 1936 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
16 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "When Did You Leave Heaven"[17] Victor 25357 July 2, 1936 (1936-07-02) July 17, 1936 (1936-07-17) US BB 1936 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
17 Jan Garber and His Orchestra "A Beautiful Lady in Blue"[18] Decca 651 December 16, 1935 (1935-12-16) January 1936 (1936-01) US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks
18 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) "It's Been So Long"[19] Victor 25245 January 24, 1936 (1936-01-24) February 1936 (1936-02) US BB 1936 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks
19 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You"[20] Victor 25351 June 15, 1936 (1936-06-15) July 1, 1936 (1936-07-01) US BB 1936 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1935
20 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra "When I'm with You"[4] Brunswick 7681 May 13, 1936 (1936-05-13) July 1936 (1936-07) US BB 1936 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks

Classical music

Premieres

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber, Samuel String Quartet 1936-12-14 Rome Pro Arte Quartet[21]
Barber, Samuel Symphony in One Movement (Symphony No. 1) 1936-12-13 Rome Augusteo Philharmonic – Molinari[21]
Berg, Alban Violin Concerto 1936-04-19 Barcelona (ISCM) Krasner / Pau Casals Orchestra – Scherchen[22]
Britten, Benjamin Three Divertimenti for String Quartet 1936-02-25 London Stratton Quartet[23]
Britten, Benjamin Our Hunting Fathers 1936-09-25 Norwich, UK Wyss / London Philharmonic – Britten [24]
Britten, Benjamin Suite for Violin and Piano 1936-04-21 Barcelona (ISCM) Brosa, Britten [25]
Britten, Benjamin Temporal Variations 1936-12-12 London Caine, Hallis[26]
Chávez, Carlos Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) 1936-04-10 Boston Boston Symphony – Chávez [27]
Copland, Aaron Statements 1936-01-09 Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony
Dallapiccola, Luigi Musica per tre pianoforti 1936-03-30 Geneva Dallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche [28]
Diamond, David Psalm for Orchestra 1936-12-10 Rochester, New York Rochester Philharmonic – Hanson[29]
George Enescu Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, Op. 26, No. 2 1936-3-4 Paris Alexanian, Enescu[30]
Gershwin, George Catfish Row 1936-01-21 Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Smallens[31]
Hindemith, Paul Trauermusik 1936-01-21 London Hindemith / BBC Symphony – Boult[32]
Ifukube, Akira Japanese Rhapsody 1936-04-05 Boston Boston Symphony – Sevitzky[33]
Jolivet, André Andante for Strings 1936-05-25 Paris Jane Evrard Orchestra [34]
Jolivet, André Danse incantatoire 1936-06-03 Paris Paris Symphony – Désormière[35]
Jolivet, André Prélude apocalyptique 1936-12-06 Paris Messiaen[36]
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Piano Concerto No. 2 1936-05-12 Moscow [37] [Unknown performers]
Kodály, Zoltán Budavári Te Deum 1936-09-02 Budapest Ritter, Kisfaludy, Laczó, Mezey, Varhelyi / St. Matthew Church – Sugár[38]
Krenek, Ernst Fragment from Karl V 1936-04-19 Barcelona (ISCM) Meyer / Pau Casals Orchestra – Ansermet[39]
Lambert, Constant Summer's Last Will and Testament 1936-01-29 London Henderson / Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony – Lambert [40]
Louis Lavater 'By Starlight' Serenade for piano and string 1936 Melbourne unknown orchestra[41]
Martinů, Bohuslav Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orch. 1936-12-27 Paris M. Moyse, B. Moyse / Paris Concerts Society Orchestra – Gaubert[42]
Messiaen, Olivier Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas 1936-04-25 Paris Nin-Culmell[43]
Messiaen, Olivier Vocalise-Étude 1936-05-18 Paris Quéru-Bedel, Messiaen [44]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Aviation Symphony (Symphony No. 16) 1936-10-24 Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Szenkar[45]
Prokofiev, Sergei Peter and the Wolf 1936-05-02 Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev [46]
Prokofiev, Sergei Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet 1936-11-24 Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Sebestyén[47][48]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei Symphony No. 3 1936-11-06 Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski[49]
Revueltas, Silvestre Homenaje a Federico García Lorca 1936-11-14 Mexico City Musicians from the National Conservatory – Revueltas [50]
Strauss, Richard Olympische Hymne 1936-08-01 Berlin (Olympics) Berlin Philharmonic, National Socialist Symphony – Strauss [51]
Varèse, Edgard Density 21.5 1936-02-16 New York City Barrère[52]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Dona nobis pacem 1936-10-02 Huddersfield, UK Flynn, Henderson / Huddersfield Society, Hallé Orchestra – Coates[53]

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Main article: 1936 in jazz

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Births

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References

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