Music year 1936
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Overview of the music years
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Events
Olympic games
- August 1st to 16th : Art competitions will be held again at the Summer Olympics in Berlin . Werner Egk becomes Olympic champion in the discipline of orchestral music with his work Olympic Festival Music .
World premieres
Opera
- February 22 : The world premiere of the opera Judith by Natanael Berg takes place at the Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm.
- February 28 : The opera Bloud (The Gate) by Josef Bohuslav Foerster is premiered at the National Theater in Prague .
- March 27 : The world premiere of the opera Rossini in Naples by Bernhard Paumgartner takes place at the Stadttheater Zürich .
- May 26th : The opera Doktor Johannes Faust by Hermann Reutter is premiered at the Städtische Bühnen in Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Walter Felsenstein . The libretto comes from Ludwig Andersen alias Ludwig Strecker the Younger . It is based on the old puppet show Doctor Faust in the version by Karl Simrock .
- November 15 : The world premiere of the opera Enoch Arden or the Möwenschrei by Ottmar Gerster takes place in Düsseldorf. The libretto was written by Karl Michael von Levetzow . It is based on the ballad Enoch Arden written in 1864 by the English poet Alfred Tennyson . The work became one of the most frequently performed contemporary operas for a short time, but was soon forgotten.
- December 6th : The opera Schwarzer Peter by Norbert Schultze is premiered at the Hamburg State Opera.
operetta
- January 2nd : The world premiere of the operetta The Great Sinner by Eduard Künneke takes place in the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin .
- January 18 : The operetta Kaiserin Josephine by Emmerich Kálmán based on the libretto by Paul Kepler and Géza Herczeg is premiered at the Zurich City Theater.
- April 17th : World premiere of the operetta Mädel ahoi by Walter Kollo in the German National Theater, Osnabrück
- October 9th : The Austrian version of the Czech operetta Na tý louce zelený by Jara Beneš is premiered at the Volksoper Vienna under the title Auf dergrün Wiese .
- December 31 : The world premiere of the operetta Love in Lerchengasse by Arno Vetterling takes place in Magdeburg.
musical
- April 11 : The musical On Your Toes by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart premieres on Broadway at the Imperial Theater. With the book musical , created in collaboration with George Abbott , Rodgers and Hart attempt for the first time to use ballet as a plot-based part of the play structure. The choreography is by George Balanchine .
- October 29th : Red, Hot and Blue! , a musical comedy with the music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse , premieres at the Alvin Theater in New York. Ethel Merman stars alongside Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope .
Instrumental music
- April 19 : The Violin Concerto by Alban Berg after the composer's death, led by Hermann Scherchen at the music festival in the Palau de la Música Catalana premiered in Barcelona.
- May 2 : The musical fairy tale Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev premiered after the return of the composer in the Soviet Union, encouraged by Natalija Saz , artistic director of the Moscow Central Children's Theater for children with the instruments of the symphony orchestra to get acquainted. The piece attracts little attention.
Jazz / swing
- January : With The Music Goes Round and Round , Tommy Dorsey and his small information Clambake Seven can place his first number 1 hit in the national charts; Edythe Wright is the band vocalist.
- February 15 : Benny Goodman & His Orchestra land a number 1 hit in the United States with the Walter Donaldson title It's Been So Long . At the end of the month, Goodman repeated the No. 1 hit with "Goofy Goofy," again with Helen Ward as the singer.
- April 4th : Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy are the first to hit the US charts with the swing classic Christopher Columbus ; Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson and Teddy Wilson follow , all from April 25, 1936.
- May 2nd : You was originally written as a choir song by Walter Donaldson for the film musical The Great Ziegfeld ; Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra have another number 1 hit in the USA. That same week, Fats Waller had a hit with All My Life , a song from the movie Laughing Irish Eyes
- May 30th : Jimmy Dorsey has his first number 1 hit with Alan Jay Lerner's It Is True What they say About Dixie? , a piece that many dance bands had in their repertoire.
- June 27 : With the ballad " These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) " arranged by Jimmy Mundy , Benny Goodman made it to number 1 on the charts for the fifth time. The song soon becomes a popular jazz standard . In the same week, Fats Waller's It's a Sin to Tell a Lie entered the US charts and ended up also at position 1.
- July 4 : Andy Kirk has his first number 1 hit with Gus Kahn's Until the Real Thing Comes Along (It Will Have to Do) , a track that also has success in versions by Jan Garber , Fats Waller and Erskine Hawkins becomes.
- September 12th : Billie Holiday made it to # 12 on the US charts with her version of Gershwin's classic Summertime . The song from Porgy and Bess first made it back onto the charts in the late 1950s, but it became a popular standard.
- October 3rd : Benny Goodman has another number 1 hit with the song You Turned the Tables On Me from the film musical Sing, Sing, Sing . Band singer Helen Ward disappoints all male fans when she then temporarily retires from the stage to get married.
- October 24 : Jimmy Lunceford & His Orchestra successfully hits the charts for Will Hudson / Mitchell Parish's “Organ Grinder's Swing”; Sy Oliver first arranges the soon-to-be popular version in the studio.
- November 14 : The Way You Look Tonight is a hit song from the movie Swing Time , with which Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday hit # 3 on the US charts. Even Fred Astaire and Guy Lombardo are successful with the song.
- December 19 : Teddy Wilson and Lady Day hit the charts again with I Can't Give You Anything but Love , which stayed in the charts for four weeks and reached # 5.
Others
- January 4 : The US magazine The Billboard publishes the first time in the world a hit parade of popular music.
- January 26 : After the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Shostakovich has celebrated one success after the other since its premiere in 1934 , Stalin , Molotov , Mikoyan and Zhdanov attend the performance of the opera in the Bolshoi Theater in their government box. After the performance, Stalin disappears without having received the composer in his box. On January 28, Pravda will bring the unsigned article “ Chaos Instead of Music ” about the work. As a result, all performances are stopped. One after another, critics apologize and stumble upon their previous opinions. The work cannot be performed again until 1963 in a form that has been thoroughly revised by the composer.
- December 26th : The newly founded Israel Philharmonic Orchestra gives its first concert , conducted by Arturo Toscanini . The program includes the 2nd symphony by Johannes Brahms and the overture to the opera " Oberon " by Carl Maria von Weber .
Born
First quarter
- January 2 : Iván Eröd , Austrian composer, pianist and university teacher († 2019 )
- January 2 : Paul Freeman , American conductor († 2015 )
- January 2 : Roger Miller , American country singer and songwriter († 1992 )
- January 3rd : Raúl Garello , Argentinian bandoneonist, orchestra leader and bandoneonist
- January 12 : Raimonds Pauls , Latvian composer
- January 16 : Peter Bares , German organist and important composer for church music († 2014 )
- January 19 : Willie "Big Eyes" Smith , American blues musician († 2011 )
- January 24 : Jack Scott , Canadian country pop and rockabilly musician († 2019 )
- January 29 : James Jamerson , American bass player († 1983 )
- January 30th : Horst Jankowski , German jazz pianist and band leader († 1998 )
- January 31 : Hiroshi Hoshina , Japanese composer and conductor
- February 5th : Horst Fascher , German manager and music promoter, co-founder and managing director of the Hamburg Star Club
- February 7th : William Bennett , British flautist
- February 16 : Eliahu Inbal , Israeli conductor
- February 19 : Sieglinde Ahrens , German organist and university professor
- March 2 : Buell Neidlinger , American double bass player, cellist and university professor († 2018 )
- March 4 : Jay Chevalier , American rockabilly musician († 2019 )
- March 4th : Aribert Reimann , German composer and pianist
- March 6 : Elmar Schloter , German organist and conductor († 2011 )
- March 9 : Mickey Gilley , American country singer and pianist
- March 17th : Ladislav Kupkovič , Slovak composer, conductor and university professor
- March 20 : Lee Perry , Jamaican record producer
- March 21 : Mike Westbrook , British jazz musician
- March 22nd : Roger Whittaker , British singer and songwriter
- March 25th : Giora Feidman , Argentine clarinetist
- March 26th : Erich Urbanner , Austrian composer and music teacher
- March 27 : Malcolm Goldstein , American composer, violinist and improviser
- March 29 : Danny Marino , Italian chanson and pop singer and songwriter who works mainly in Germany († 2003 )
Second quarter
- April 3 : Rocco Scott LaFaro , American musician († 1961 )
- April 3 : Jimmy McGriff , American blues, soul and jazz organist († 2008 )
- April 6th : Manfred Schoof , German jazz trumpeter
- April 10 : Ricky Valance , Welsh pop singer († 2020 )
- April 11th : Jocy de Oliveira , Brazilian pianist and composer
- April 11 : Jimmy Sabater , American musician and songwriter († 2012 )
- April 15th : Héctor Quintanar , Mexican composer
- April 22nd : Glen Campbell , American country singer († 2017 )
- April 22 : Michael Höltzel , German horn player and music professor († 2017 )
- April 23 : Roy Orbison , American country and rock singer († 1988 )
- April 26 : Carson Parks , American singer and lyricist († 2005 )
- April 29 : Zubin Mehta , Indian conductor
- April 29th : April Stevens , American singer
- May 2 : Engelbert , British-American pop singer
- May 2 : Helga Brauer , German pop singer († 1991 )
- May 8 : Henning Frederichs , German composer, conductor and music teacher († 2003 )
- May 11 : Carla Bley , American musician and composer
- May 12 : Klaus Doldinger , German musician, composer and saxophonist
- May 14 : Bobby Darin , American pop musician († 1973 )
- May 15 : Jean Balissat , Swiss composer and professor († 2007 )
- May 15 : Wally Deane , American rockabilly musician († 1986 )
- May 17th : Philippe Boesmans , Belgian composer and organist
- May 20 : Gerhard Paul , Redemptorist and author of New Spiritual Songs († 1994 )
- May 23 : Ingeborg Hallstein , German opera singer
- May 25 : Tom T. Hall , American country musician
- May 29th : Wyn Hoop , German pop singer
- May 29 : Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Ovtschinnikow , Russian composer († 2019 )
- June 6 : Levi Stubbs , American soul singer († 2008 )
- June 6 : Dwight Winenger , American composer
- June 8 : James Darren , American singer, actor and director
- June 12 : Hans Eibl , Austrian composer and professor († 2019 )
- June 14 : Josef Haselbach , Swiss composer and organist († 2002 )
- June 14 : Renaldo Benson , American soul and R&B singer († 2005 )
- June 22nd : Hermeto Pascoal , Brazilian musician
- June 22nd : Kris Kristofferson , American country musician
- June 26th : Reinhard Stollreiter , German choir director and university professor
- June 28 : Tom Drake , Canadian singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director († 2008 )
- June 30th : Dave Van Ronk , American blues musician († 2002 )
Third quarter
- July 2 : Rex Gildo , German singer and actor († 1999 )
- July 6 : Chris White , American jazz bassist
- July 7th : Friedhelm Döhl , German professor of composition († 2018 )
- July 7th : Françoise Cotron-Henry , French pianist and composer († 1975 )
- July 16 : Johann Sengstschmid , Austrian composer of sound series
- July 17 : Nick Brignola , American musician († 2002 )
- July 18 : Damian Luca , Romanian musician
- July 18 : Gerd Böttcher , German pop singer and actor († 1985 )
- July 19 : Guy Reibel , French composer, music teacher and choir director
- July 21 : Ursula Schröder-Feinen , German opera singer († 2005 )
- July 22nd : Don Patterson , American jazz organist († 1988 )
- July 26 : Antonio Mastrogiovanni , Uruguayan composer and music educator
- July 29th : Jean-Charles Capon , French jazz cellist
- July 30th : Buddy Guy , American blues musician
- July 30 : Istvàn Zelenka , Hungarian composer
- August 2nd : Anthony Payne , British composer
- August 4th : Mani Matter , Swiss musician († 1972 )
- August 6 : Ray Doggett , American rockabilly musician, songwriter and producer († 2002 )
- August 7th : Rahsaan Roland Kirk , American saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist († 1977 )
- August 11 : Rolf Krenzer , children's book author and musical composer († 2007 )
- August 12th : Margot Eskens , German pop singer
- August 27 : Hans Georg Bertram , German composer and organist
- August 29 : Gilbert Amy , French composer and conductor
- September 2 : Klaus Koch , German jazz musician († 2000 )
- September 6 : Clifford Thornton , American jazz trombonist and trumpeter († 1989 )
- September 7th : Buddy Holly , American rock 'n' roll musician and composer († 1959 )
- September 10 : Wayne Riddell , Canadian conductor, organist, and music educator
- September 13 : Werner Hollweg , German opera singer and opera director († 2007 )
- September 17th : Urs Frauchiger , Swiss music theorist, author and cellist
- September 19 : Gene Dinwiddie , American blues saxophonist
- September 21 : Dickey Lee , American singer and songwriter
- September 21 : Sunny Murray , American jazz musician († 2017 )
- September 23 : Klaus Knall , German conductor and cantor
- September 30th : Flemming Flindt , Danish ballet dancer and choreographer († 2009 )
Fourth Quarter
- October 3 : Steve Reich , American composer
- October 5th : Annerose Schmidt , German pianist
- October 7 : Charles Dutoit , Swiss-Canadian conductor
- October 11 : Billy Higgins , American jazz drummer († 2001 )
- October 12th : Inge Brück , German singer
- October 16 : Gerardo Gandini , Argentine composer
- October 18 : JC Moses , American jazz drummer († 1977 )
- October 24th : Jimmy Dawkins , American blues guitarist
- October 24 : Rainer Kunad , German composer († 1995 )
- October 24th : Bill Wyman , English bass player, member of the Rolling Stones
- October 26 : Al Casey , American guitarist († 2006 )
- October 26 : György Pauk , Hungarian violinist
- October 28 : Charlie Daniels , American rock musician († 2020 )
- October 28 : Carl Davis , American composer
- November 14 : Carey Bell , American blues musician († 2007 )
- November 15th : Wolf Biermann , German songwriter
- November 16 : Antonio Gades , Spanish dancer, choreographer († 2004 )
- November 18 : Don Cherry , jazz musician († 1995 )
- November 19 : Michel Decoust , French composer
- November 21 : James DePreist , American conductor and music educator
- November 22nd : Hans Zender , German conductor and composer († 2019 )
- November 23 : Roswitha Trexler , German singer (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
- November 30th : Arndt Bause , German composer († 2003 )
- December 2 : Peter Michael Braun , German composer († 2019 )
- December 15 : Eddie Palmieri , American singer, pianist and orchestra leader
- December 17th : Tommy Steele , British singer, actor and entertainer
- December 24th : Chris McGregor , South African pianist, composer and band leader († 1990 )
- December 31 : Siw Malmkvist , Swedish pop singer
Exact date of birth unknown
- Józef Brejza , Polish horn player
- Elroy Dietzel , American rockabilly musician († 1990 )
- Jimmy Evans , American rockabilly musician
- Maria Grevesmühl , German violinist and university lecturer
- Renate Zimmermann , German organist
- Juan Carlos Zorzi , Argentine composer and conductor († 1999 )
Died
Day of death secured
- January 22nd : Louis Glass , Danish composer (* 1864 )
- March 3 : Theodor Albin Findeisen , German double bass player and teacher (* 1881 )
- March 4th : Ruben Liljefors , Swedish composer (* 1871 )
- March 30 : Karel Hoffmann , Czech violinist and music teacher (* 1872 )
- April 11 : Karl Schell , Swiss composer, conductor and organist (* 1864 )
- April 15 : Hilda Sehested , Danish pianist and composer (* 1858 )
- April 18 : Ottorino Respighi , Italian composer (* 1879 )
- May 25 : Ján Levoslav Bella , Slovak composer (* 1843 )
- May 27 : Anton Schmutzer , Austrian musician and composer (* 1864 )
- June 4th : Mathilde Verne , English pianist and music teacher (* 1865 )
- June 5 : Luigi Forino , Italian cellist and music teacher (* 1868 )
- June 6 : Posey Rorer , American old-time musician (* 1892 )
- June 10 : Marcel Chailley , French violinist and music teacher (* 1881 )
- July 20 : Arthur Whiting , American composer, organist and pianist (* 1861 )
- August 4th : Henry Schoenfeld , American composer (* 1857 )
- August 6 : Willi Ostermann , German songwriter and carnivalist (* 1876 )
- August 9 : Máximo Arrates Boza , Panamanian composer (* 1859 )
- November 17th : Ernestine Schumann-Heink , Austrian opera singer (* 1861 )
- December 6th : Emil Adamič , Slovenian composer (* 1877 )
- December 6th : Leylâ Saz , Turkish composer (* 1850 )
- December 8 : William C. Carl , American organist and music teacher (* 1865 )
- December 23 : Karel Navrátil , Czech composer (* 1867 )
- December 25th : Pierre Maurice , Swiss composer (* 1868 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Charlie Green , American blues and jazz trombonist (* around 1900 )
- Occide Jeanty , Haitian composer (* 1860 )
See also
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