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Overview of the events of 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 [ ]
January 4 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade
January 28 – An article "Muddle Instead of Music " is published anonymously, almost certainly with Stalin 's approval, in the Soviet newspaper Pravda , denouncing Dmitri Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District .
March 28 – Inaugural concert of the , conducted by Ernst Mehlich
April 19 – In Barcelona , Alban Berg 's Violin Concerto is given its première, by Louis Krasner
May 2 – Peter and the Wolf (Петя и волк, Petya i volk ), a Russian fairy tale of Sergei Prokofiev 's composition, debuts at the Nezlobin Theater in Moscow, Soviet Union , but attracts little attention at this time.
May – Shostakovich completes composition of his Symphony No. 4 , but withdraws it from its planned premiere in December and it is not first performed until 1961 .
December 24 – Release of the film Natalka Poltavka in Ukraine , the first filmed Russian opera.
Nat King Cole 's recording career begins.
Count Basie begins recording with his own band, which includes Lester Young .
José Iturbi becomes conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in the United States.
John Serry Sr. begins extended appearances at the Star Light Roof in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel with the Lester Lanin Orchestra in New York City.
Published popular music [ ]
"At The Codfish Ball" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Lew Pollack . Introduced by Shirley Temple and Buddy Ebsen in the film Captain January
"Au Revoir (But Not Goodbye)" w.m. Joe Gilbert
"Awake in a Dream" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander . Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film Desire .
"Bojangles Of Harlem" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Swing Time .
"By Strauss " w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin . Introduced by and in the revue
"Christopher Columbus" w. Andy Razaf m. Leon Berry
"Cloudy" m. Mary Lou Williams
"Cool Water " w.m. Bob Nolan
"Does Your Heart Beat For Me?" w. Mitchell Parish m. Russ Morgan
"Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor) " w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Red, Hot and Blue .
"Easy To Love " w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by James Stewart and reprised by Frances Langford in the film Born to Dance
"Empty Saddles " w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Billy Hill
"Everybody Swing" w. Sidney Clare m. Harry Akst
"Fancy Meeting You" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen . Introduced by Dick Powell and Jeanne Madden in the film Stage Struck .
"Farewell To Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. Sigmund Romberg
"A Fine Romance " w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time .
"Gee! But You're Swell " w. Charles Tobias m. Abel Baer
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan " w.m. Irving Berlin . Introduced by Harriet Hilliard in the film Follow the Fleet
"Glad To Be Unhappy " w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers . Introduced by and in the musical On Your Toes
"Gloomy Sunday " w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis m. Rezső Seress
"The Glory of Love " w.m. Billy Hill
"Goodnight, Irene " w.m. Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
"Goodnight My Love " w. Harry Revel m. Mack Gordon
"Goody Goody " w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matty Malneck
"Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?" w.m. Noël Coward
"He Ain't Got Rhythm" w.m. Irving Berlin . Introduced by Alice Faye in the film On the Avenue .
"He Hasn't a Thing Except Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. Vernon Duke . Introduced by Fanny Brice in the revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 .
"I Can't Escape From You" w.m. Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting . Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Rhythm on the Range .
"I Love To Sing-a " w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen . Introduced by Al Jolson and Cab Calloway in the film The Singing Kid .
"If I Should Lose You " w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger . Introduced by Gladys Swarthout and John Boles in the film Rose of the Rancho .
"I'm An Old Cow Hand " w.m. Johnny Mercer . Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Rhythm on the Range .
"I'm in the Mood for Love " Introduced by Darla Hood in a clubhouse and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer on a radio in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short, The Pinch Singer (1936).
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket " w.m. Irving Berlin . Introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Follow the Fleet .
"In The Chapel In The Moonlight " w.m. Billy Hill
"Is It True What They Say About Dixie? " w. Irving Caesar & Sammy Lerner
"It's A Sin To Tell A Lie " w.m. Billy Mayhew
"It's De-Lovely " w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope in the musical Red, Hot and Blue
"It's Got to Be Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers . Introduced by Ray Bolger and in the musical On Your Toes .
"I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"I've Got You Under My Skin " w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by Virginia Bruce in the film Born to Dance .
"Keep a Twinkle In Your Eye" Johnny Mercer , Rube Bloom
"Let Yourself Go " w.m. Irving Berlin . Introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Follow the Fleet
"Let's Call a Heart a Heart" w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston from the film Pennies From Heaven
"Let's Face the Music and Dance " w.m. Irving Berlin . Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet .
"Life Begins at Forty" Yellen , Shapiro
"Little Old Lady" w. Stanley Adams m. Hoagy Carmichael
"The Love Bug Will Bite You" w.m. Pinky Tomlin
"Me and the Moon" w. Walter Hirsch m. Lou Handman
"Moonburn " w. Edward Heyman m. Hoagy Carmichael . Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Anything Goes
"Moonlight and Shadows" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander . Introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the film The Jungle Princess
"Music in May" w. Christopher Hassall m. Ivor Novello . Introduced by Dorothy Dickson in the musical Careless Rapture
"Never Gonna Dance " w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Swing Time
"The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful" w. Billy Rose & Irving Kahal m. Dana Suesse
"On The Beach At Bali-Bali " w.m. Al Sherman , Jack Meskill & Abner Silver
"The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" w.m. Del Lyon & Lani McIntyre
"One, Two, Button Your Shoe" w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston
"Oooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty?" w. Clarence Todd m. Carmen Lombardo
"Organ Grinder's Swing " w. Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills m. Will Hudson
"Pennies from Heaven " w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston
"Pick Yourself Up " w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time
"Play, Orchestra, Play" w.m. Noël Coward
"Poinciana" w. (Sp) Manuel Lliso (Eng) Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon
"Poor Little Angeline" w.m. Will Grosz & Jimmy Kennedy
"Rainbow on the River" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Louis Alter
"Ridin' High " w.m. Cole Porter
"San Francisco " w. Gus Kahn m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann
"Sing Me A Swing Song" w. Stanley Adams m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Sing, Sing, Sing " w.m. Louis Prima
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue " m. Richard Rodgers
"There's A Bridle Hangin' On The Wall" w.m. Carson Robison
"There's a Small Hotel " w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"To You, Sweetheart, Aloha" w.m. Harry Owens
"Too Good for the Average Man" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"The Touch Of Your Lips" w.m. Ray Noble
"Waltz In Swingtime" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
"The Way You Look Tonight " w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Swing Time
"We Saw The Sea" w.m. Irving Berlin . Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet
"When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South" w.m. Michael Cleary, Jacques Krakeur & David Oppenheim
"When Did You Leave Heaven?" w. Walter Bullock m. Richard A. Whiting
"When I'm With You" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel . Introduced by Shirley Temple and Tony Martin in the film Poor Little Rich Girl .
"When My Dreamboat Comes Home" w.m. Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin
"The Window Cleaner " George Formby , Gifford, Cliffe
"With My Shillelagh Under My Arm" w.m. Billy O'Brien & Raymond Wallace
"With Plenty of Money and You" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Would You?" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"You (Gee But You're Wonderful)" w. Harold Adamson m. Walter Donaldson
"You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes" w.m. Milton Ager, Charles Newman & Murray Mencher
"You Gotta S-M-I-L-E to Be H-A-P-P-Y" w.m. Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
"You Turned the Tables on Me " w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Louis Alter
"You Were There" w.m. Noël Coward
"(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) " w.m. Sam Coslow
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
U.S. Billboard 1 – 1936 (15 weeks), U.S. Billboard 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
U.S. Billboard 1 – 1936 (17 weeks), Oscar in 1936 (film 'Swing Time'), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1936), U.S. Billboard 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
Europe 1 of the 1930s (1936), RYM 2 of 1936, U.S. Billboard 12 – 1936 (2 weeks), nuTsie 70 of 1930s, Scrobulate 84 of jazz
4
Benny Goodman
Goody Goody
1936
U.S. Billboard 1 – 1936 (13 weeks), Your Hit Parade 5 of 1936, U.S. Billboard 6 of 1936, POP 6 of 1936, Brazil 32 of 1936, nuTsie 71 of 1930s
5
Benny Goodman
Glory of Love
1936
U.S. Billboard 1 – 1936 (15 weeks), Your Hit Parade 3 of 1936, U.S. Billboard 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
Rome
Pro Arte Quartet [2]
Barber, Samuel
Symphony in One Movement (Symphony No. 1)
1936-12-13
Rome
Augusteo Philharmonic – Molinari [2]
Berg, Alban
Violin Concerto
1936-04-19
Barcelona (ISCM )
Krasner / Pau Casals Orchestra – Scherchen [3]
Britten, Benjamin
1936-02-25
London
Stratton Quartet [4]
Britten, Benjamin
Our Hunting Fathers
1936-09-25
Norwich
Wyss / London Philharmonic – Britten [5]
Britten, Benjamin
1936-04-21
Barcelona (ISCM )
Brosa , Britten [6]
Britten, Benjamin
1936-12-12
London
Caine , Hallis [7]
Chávez, Carlos
Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2)
1936-04-10
Boston
Boston Symphony – Chávez [8]
Copland, Aaron
1936-01-09
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Symphony
Dallapiccola, Luigi
1936-03-30
Geneva
Dallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche [9]
Diamond, David
1936-12-10
Rochester, NY
Rochester Philharmonic – Hanson [10]
George Enescu
Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano , Op. 26, No. 2
1936-3-4
Paris
Alexanian , Enescu [11]
Gershwin, George
Catfish Row
1936-01-21
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra – Smallens [12]
Hindemith, Paul
Trauermusik
1936-01-21
London
Hindemith / BBC Symphony – Boult [13]
Ifukube, Akira
1936-04-05
Boston
Boston Symphony – Sevitzky [14]
Jolivet, André
1936-05-25
Paris
Jane Evrard Orchestra [15]
Jolivet, André
1936-06-03
Paris
Paris Symphony – Désormière [16]
Jolivet, André
1936-12-06
Paris
Messiaen [17]
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Piano Concerto No. 2
1936-05-12
Moscow [18]
[Unknown performers]
Kodály, Zoltán
Budavári Te Deum
1936-09-02
Budapest
, , , , / – [19]
Krenek, Ernst
Fragment from Karl V
1936-04-19
Barcelona (ISCM )
/ Pau Casals Orchestra – Ansermet [20]
Lambert, Constant
Summer's Last Will and Testament
1936-01-29
London
Henderson / Philharmonic Choir , BBC Symphony – Lambert [21]
Louis Lavater
'By Starlight' Serenade for piano and string
1936
Melbourne
unknown orchestra[22]
Martinů, Bohuslav
1936-12-27
Paris
M. Moyse , B. Moyse / Paris Concerts Society Orchestra – Gaubert [23]
Messiaen, Olivier
1936-04-25
Paris
Nin-Culmell [24]
Messiaen, Olivier
1936-05-18
Paris
, Messiaen [25]
Myaskovsky, Nikolay
Aviation Symphony (Symphony No. 16)
1936-10-24
Moscow
Moscow Philharmonic – Szenkar [26]
Prokofiev, Sergei
Peter and the Wolf
1936-05-02
Moscow
Moscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev [27]
Prokofiev, Sergei
Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet
1936-11-24
Moscow
Moscow Philharmonic – Sebestyén [28] [29]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Symphony No. 3
1936-11-06
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski [30]
Revueltas, Silvestre
Homenaje a Federico García Lorca
1936-11-14
Mexico City
Musicians from the National Conservatory – Revueltas [31]
Strauss, Richard
Olympische Hymne
1936-08-01
Berlin (Olympics )
Berlin Philharmonic , – Strauss [32]
Varèse, Edgard
Density 21.5
1936-02-16
New York City
Barrère [33]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Dona nobis pacem
1936-10-02
Huddersfield
, Henderson / Huddersfield Society , Hallé Orchestra – Coates [34]
Compositions [ ]
Grażyna Bacewicz – Trio for Oboe, Violin and Piano
Samuel Barber –
Symphony No. 1 , Op. 9
String Quartet, Op. 11
Béla Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Arnold Bax –
Threnody and Scherzo
String Quartet No. 3 in F major
Ernest Bloch – Voice in the Wilderness
Benjamin Britten – Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
Carlos Chávez – Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2)
Aaron Copland – El Salón México
Henry Cowell – String Quartet No. 4, "United"
David Diamond –
Violin Concerto No. 1
Concerto for String Quartet
John Fernström – Clarinet Concerto
Berthold Goldschmidt – String Quartet No. 2
Paul Hindemith – Trauermusik (Funeral Music)
Alan Hovhaness – Cello Concerto
Aram Khachaturian – Piano Concerto
Bohuslav Martinů – Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Olivier Messiaen – Poèmes pour Mi , song cycle for piano and soprano
Sergei Prokofiev –
Peter and the Wolf , for narrator and orchestra
Romeo and Juliet (ballet)
Russian Overture for orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 3
Albert Roussel – Concertino for Cello and Orchestra
Edmund Rubbra –
Sinfonia Concertante
Symphony No. 1, Op. 44
Arnold Schoenberg –
Violin Concerto , Op. 36 (1935–36)
String Quartet No. 4 , Op. 37
Roger Sessions – String Quartet No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 4 in C minor , Op. 43 (1935–1936)
Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem
Anton Webern – Variations for Piano (1935–1936)
Percy Whitlock – Sonata for Organ in C minor
Opera [ ]
Franco Alfano – Cyrano de Bergerac
George Enescu – Œdipe , op. 23 (completed by 1931); first staged March 13, 1935, at the Paris Opera
Emmerich Kalman – Kaiserin Josephine
Bohuslav Martinů – Divadlo za branou (Theater Behind the Gate)
Gian Carlo Menotti – Amelia Goes to the Ball
Film [ ]
Jazz [ ]
Musical theater [ ]
Balalaika London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 22 and ran for 570 performances.
Careless Rapture (Ivor Novello ) – London production opened at the Theatre Royal on September 11 and ran for 295 performances.
Broadway revue opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on May 19 and ran for 193 performances.
On Your Toes Broadway production opened on April 11 at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 315 performances.
Over She Goes (Music: Billy Mayerl Lyrics: Desmond Carter & Frank Eyton Book: Stanley Lupino ) London production opened at the Saville Theatre on September 23 and ran for 248 performances
Red, Hot And Blue Broadway production opened on October 29 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 183 performances.
Broadway revue opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 25 and ran for 237 performances.
London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on September 2 and ran for 311 performances
This'll Make You Whistle London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 15 and transferred to Daly's Theatre on January 21, 1937, for a total run of 190 performances. Starred Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph
Tonight at 8.30 London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on January 9 and ran for 157 performances.
White Horse Inn Broadway production opened on October 1 at the Center Theatre and ran for 223 performances.
Musical films [ ]
Anything Goes starring Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman
Born to Dance released November 27 starring Eleanor Powell , Virginia Bruce , James Stewart , Frances Langford , Buddy Ebsen and the vocal group The Foursome .
Cain and Mabel starring Marion Davies , Clark Gable and Allen Jenkins
Can This Be Dixie? starring Jane Withers , Slim Summerville , Helen Wood and Thomas Beck . Directed by George Marshall
Captain January starring Shirley Temple , Guy Kibbee and Slim Summerville . Directed by David Butler .
Circus , starring Lyubov Orlova and directed by Grigori Aleksandrov , with music by Isaak Dunayevsky [35]
Collegiate released January 22 starring Jack Oakie and Frances Langford and featuring songwriters Mack Gordon and Harry Revel .
Dancing Pirate starring Charles Collins , Frank Morgan and Steffi Duna
Everybody Dance starring Cicely Courtneidge
Everything Is Rhythm starring Harry Roy and and featuring Mabel Mercer
Follow the Fleet starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
The Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell , Myrna Loy , Luise Rainer , Frank Morgan , Fanny Brice , Virginia Bruce and Ray Bolger .
Hats Off starring Mae Clark and John Payne . Directed by .
Her Master's Voice starring Edward Everett Horton and Peggy Conklin
King of Burlesque starring Alice Faye , Jack Oakie and Warner Baxter and featuring Fats Waller and Kenny Baker
Pigskin Parade starring Stuart Erwin , Patsy Kelly , Jack Haley , Betty Grable , Dixie Dunbar and Judy Garland and featuring The Yacht Club Boys
Poor Little Rich Girl released July 24 starring Shirley Temple , Alice Faye , Jack Haley and featuring Tony Martin .
Public Nuisance No. 1 starring Frances Day .
Rhythm on the Range released July 1 starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer .
Rose-Marie starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
Show Boat starring Irene Dunne , Allan Jones , Helen Morgan , Paul Robeson and Hattie McDaniel
Soft Lights and Sweet Music film revue featuring Ambrose & his Orchestra, Evelyn Dall , Turner Layton and Elisabeth Welch
Stage Struck starring Dick Powell , Joan Blondell , Frank McHugh , Jeanne Madden and The Yacht Club Boys .
Suzy starring Jean Harlow , Franchot Tone , Cary Grant and Inez Courtney
Swing Time starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Three Smart Girls
Variety Parade
Births [ ]
January 2
Iván Erőd , Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist (died 2019)
Roger Miller , country singer (died 1992)
January 8 – Zdeněk Mácal , Czech-American conductor
January 12 – Raimonds Pauls , composer and piano player
January 14 – Clarence Carter , soul singer
January 23 – Cécile Ousset , pianist
January 24
Doug Kershaw , fiddle player
Jack Scott , rock singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
Bobby Wellins , Scottish saxophonist (d. 2016)
January 29 – James Jamerson , American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983 )
February 6 – Donnie Brooks , singer (d. 2007)
February 8 – Larry Verne , American novelty singer (d. 2013)
February 9 – Stompin' Tom Connors , folk musician (d. 2013)
February 19 – Bob Engermann (The Lettermen ) (d. 2013)
February 22 – Ernie K-Doe , R&B singer (d. 2001)
February 24 – Luis Aguilé , Argentine singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009 )
March 4 – Aribert Reimann , pianist and composer
March 6 – Elmira Zherzdeva , Soviet singer and voice actress
March 17 – Ladislav Kupkovič , composer (d. 2016)
c. March 20 – Lee "Scratch" Perry , reggae artist, composer (d. 2021)
March 22 – Roger Whittaker , singer-songwriter
March 26 – Fred Parris (The Five Satins )
March 29 – Richard Rodney Bennett , composer and pianist (d. 2012)
April 10 – Bobby Smith , R&B singer (The Spinners ) (d. 2013)
April 13 – Dieter Klöcker , clarinetist[36] (died 2011)
April 17 – Alexander Walton (Pete Graves), R&B singer (The Moonglows ) (d. 2006)
April 22 – Glen Campbell , country singer (The Beach Boys ) (d. 2017)
April 23 – Roy Orbison , singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
April 29
Zubin Mehta , conductor
April Stevens , singer
May 2 – Engelbert Humperdinck , born Arnold George Dorsey, pop singer
May 6 – Sylvia Robinson , hip hop singer (Mickey & Sylvia ) (d. 2011)
May 14 – Bobby Darin , singer (d. 1973)
May 23 – Ingeborg Hallstein , German opera singer
May 24 – Harold Budd , American avant-garde composer (d. 2020 )
May 25 – Tom T. Hall , country singer-songwriter (d. 2021 )
May 28 – Maki Ishii , Japanese composer (d. 2003 )
June 6 – Levi Stubbs , vocalist (The Four Tops ) (d. 2008)
June 15 – Alexandru Hrisanide , Romanian pianist and composer (d. 2018)
June 19
June 20 – Billy Guy , R&B singer (The Coasters ) (d. 2002)
June 22
Kris Kristofferson , singer-songwriter and actor
Hermeto Pascoal , composer and instrumentalist
June 30 – Dave Van Ronk , folk singer (d. 2002)
July 10 – David Zinman , violinist and conductor
July 13 – Vaza Azarasvili, Georgian composer
July 30 – Buddy Guy , blues guitarist
August 4 – Elsbeary Hobbs (The Drifters ) (d. 1996)
August 7 – Charles Pope (The Tams ) (d. 2013)
August 23 – Rudy Lewis (The Drifters ) (d. 1964)
August 29 – Gilbert Amy , French composer and conductor
August 31 – Igor Zhukov , Russian pianist (d. 2018 )
September 7 – Buddy Holly , rock and roll singer-songwriter (d. 1959)
September 14 – John Boyden , classical music administrator (d. 2021 )
September 18 – Big Tom , Irish country music singer (d. 2018 )
September 21 – Dickey Lee , country singer-songwriter
October 3
James Darren , actor and singer
Steve Reich , minimalist composer
October 5 – George Jones Jr. (The Edsels ) (d. 2008)
October 7 – Charles Dutoit , conductor
October 24 – Bill Wyman , rock bassist and producer (The Rolling Stones )
November 11 – Jack Keller , songwriter (d. 2005)
November 14
Antonio Gades , flamenco dancer (d. 2004)
Cornelius Gunter (The Coasters ) (The Flairs ) (d. 1990)
November 18 – Don Cherry , jazz musician (d. 1995)
November 19 – Ray Collins , rock musician (The Mothers of Invention ) (d. 2012)
November 22 – Hans Zender , conductor (d. 2019)
December 14 – Arve Tellefsen , violinist
December 17
Tommy Banks , Canadian jazz pianist, composer and politician (d. 2018 )
Tommy Steele , British pop singer
Deaths [ ]
January 1 – Harry B. Smith , US songwriter, 75
January 2 – Earl Burtnett , bandleader and songwriter, 39
January 7 – Guy d'Hardelot , composer and pianist, 77
January 22 – Louis Glass , composer, 71
January 23 – Dame Clara Butt , contralto opera singer, 63
January 25 – Hermann Bischoff , composer, 68
February 11 – Florence Smithson , singer, 51.[37]
March 6 – Rubin Goldmark , pianist and composer, 63
March 21 – Alexander Glazunov , composer, 70
March 26 – Maximilian Maksakov , opera singer (b. 1869)
April 7 – Marilyn Miller , US actress, dancer and singer, 37
April 18 – Ottorino Respighi , composer, 56
April 24 – Bernard van Dieren , composer, 48
May 5 – Eva von der Osten , operatic soprano, 54
May 24 – Claudia Muzio , opera singer, 47
May 25 – Ján Levoslav Bella , composer and conductor, 92
June 4 – Mathilde Verne , English pianist and educator, 71[38]
June 27 – Mike Bernard , ragtime musician, 61
August 15 – Sir Henry Lytton , Gilbert & Sullivan comic baritone singer and actor, 71
August 19 – Harry Plunket Greene , baritone concert singer, 71
August 28 – Albert Périlhou , French composer, organist and pianist, 90
September 5 – Béla Szabados , composer, 69
September 11 - Byron G. Harlan , singer, 75
October 11 – Antonio José Martínez Palacios , Spanish composer, 33
October 22 – Anne Caldwell , playwright and lyricist, 68
November 11 – Sir Edward German , composer, 74
November 17 – Ernestine Schumann-Heink , contralto singer, 75
December 6 – Emil Adamič , composer, 58
December 31 – Oreste Riva , composer, 76
Date unknown [ ]
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^ Orchestra Toronto [permanent dead link ]
^ Sikorski
^ Prokofiev, by Israel V. Nestyev
^ Culture Catch [permanent dead link ]
^ Oregon Symphony Orchestra|Oregon Symphony
^ Sport, Music, Identities
^ "Carnegie Hall" . Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^ A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works
^ Rimgaila Salys (2009). The Musical Comedy Films of Grigorii Aleksandrov: Laughing Matters . Intellect Books. pp. 121–197. ISBN 978-1-841-50282-3 .
^ http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr2/index.jsp?rubrik=13286&key=standard_document_27288586 Archived September 30, 2007, at archive.today
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^ Schonberg, Harold C. (1998). The Great Pianists . New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-67164-200-6 .
^ "Gorter, Albert" (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2016 .