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• 2.1 January / February
• 2.2 March / April
• 2.3 May / June
• 2.4 July / August
• 2.5 September / October
• 2.6 November / December

• 3.1 First Quarter
• 3.2 Second Quarter
• 3.3 Third Quarter
• 3.4 Fourth Quarter

Events

Classical

• FEBRUARY 26: Georges Bizet's Symphony in C majeur (1855 ) is first listed under Felix Weingartner in Basel.
• March 30: World premiere of the operetta heart overboard by Eduard Künneke in Zurich and Dusseldorf.
• April 8: premiere of the opera Maria Malibran by Robert Russell Bennett at The Juilliard School in New York.
• April 8: Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5 has in Washington DC Premiere.
• April 10: World premiere of the Symphony No. 4 by Ralph Vaughan Williams in London's Queen 's Hall.
• MAY 22: premiere of the opera The Magic Violin by Werner Egk in Frankfurt am Main
• 24 June: World première of the opera The Silent Woman by Richard Strauss at the Dresden State Opera
• October 5: World premiere of the operetta Three Waltzes by Oscar Straus at the Stadttheater Zurich
• October 10: After the preview at the Colonial Theatre in Boston on September 30, 1935, the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin with Todd Duncan and Anne Wiggins Brown in the title roles on October 10 at New York's Alvin Theatre her Broadway debut. The songs contained in their Summertime and later I Got Plenty o ' Nuttin' be interpreted in the pop and jazz context.
• November 2 premiere of the comic opera Ero s onoga svijeta ( Ero the rogue ) of Jakov Gotovac in Zagreb
• November 6: First complete performance of the Symphony No. 1 by William Walton in London.
• November 14: World premiere of the Concerto for Viola and Small Orchestra The Swan spin by Paul Hindemith in Amsterdam
• November 19: World premiere of the musical comedy The little court concert by Edmund Nick in Munich
• November 30: World premiere of the operetta Hopsa by Paul Burkhard at the Stadttheater Zurich
• December 1: Sergei Prokofiev's 2nd Violin Concerto In Madrid Premiere
• December 21: World premiere of the operetta Dschainah, the girl from the dance house of Paul Abraham in Vienna
• December 31: First performance of the comic opera The great sinner by Eduard Künneke at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin

Jazz / Swing

• In the United States the swing is popular.

• January 5: The Rodgers and Hart composition " Blue Moon", the Casa Loma Orchestra manages a number 1 hit; originally written Revue for Jean Harlow in the movie musical Hollywood.
• JANUARY 19: Tommy Dorsey comes with Fats Waller's " Honeysuckle Rose " in the top 20
• JANUARY 26: Benny Goodman Also comes with "Blue Moon" in the charts; his version with vocalist Helen Ward comes to # 2 on the U.S. charts. In the same week as Red Norvo is represented in the charts (# 20) as well as a studio band for Claude Thornhill under the pseudonym Harry Rosenthal with " All Through the Night" (# 18).
• February 9: The Casa Loma Orchestra has another number 1 hit with " When I Grow Too Old to Dream " by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein. Fats Waller comes with its own version of " Honeysuckle Rose " on # 17
• March 2: The Dorsey Brothers come up with "Night Wind " in the top ten.
• MARCH 16: Benny Goodman is successful in the U.S. charts with "Clouds" by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson; has arranged the number Fletcher Henderson.
• March 30: With the Ellington classic " Solitude" gets the Mills Blue Rhythm Band in the charts (# 8).
• April 6: With " Lullaby of Broadway " the Dorsey Brothers succeeds another number 1 hit; two weeks, keeps the song by Harry Warren and Al Dubin on the film Gold Diggers of 1935 at the top. On May 4, Chick Bullock and comes with his version just below the Top 20
• MAY 11: With "Rhythm Is Our Business " manages Jimmy Lunceford and his orchestra once where it remains 16 weeks in total on the top of the U.S. charts.
• MAY 25: Once again the charts Lunceford comes with Duke Ellington's " Black and Tan Fantasy"; has arranged the number Sy Oliver.
• June 1: successfully represented in the U.S. charts this week are the Mills Blue Rhythm Band ( "Dancing Dag ", # 8 ) and Louis Prima ( " I'm Living in a Great Big Way ", # 13).
• June 8: The Duke Ellington Orchestra comes to # 6 with "Merry -Go-Round "; in the title Ellington used two bassists, Hayes Alvis and Billy Taylor.
• June 15: With the later jazz standard "Body and Soul " Red Allen arrives at # 17 on the charts.
• June 22: Bob Crosby, Fats Waller and the Casa Loma Orchestra are successful in Hizparade, the number 1 on the charts reached " Chasing Shadows" in the version of the Dorsey Brothers.
• June 29: Bob Crosby reached the top position on the U.S. charts with " In a Little Gypsy Tearoom ". In the same week, Jimmy Lunceford is represented with his version of the classic " Stardust " in the top ten; Fats Waller comes with "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter " on # 5
• July 6th: The Duke Ellington Orchestra come with " In a Sentimental Mood" at # 14; Glenn Miller's " Solo Hop " on the other hand creates # 7

• JULY 20: His second (and final ) chart success "One Weather" Adrian Rollini with, achieved with the he # 11. Wingy Manone and Carmen Mastren are his vocalists.
• July 27: Red Norvo arrives with his version of " Honeysuckle Rose " into the Top Ten; Bunny Berigan and Chu Berry are among the soloists.
• August 24: Chick Webb comes into the top 20 with Edgar Sampson's " Do not Be That Way ", a popular piece in the swing bands that should make 1938 Benny Goodman popular.
• August 30: Fats Waller succeeds with " Truckin ' " by Rube Bloom and Ted Koehler, a number - one hit. The number from the Cotton Club Parade of 1935 holds 13 weeks in the charts. Even with the re-release of Tin Pan Alley classic " 12th Street Rag " is the pianist in the Top 20
• September 7: One of the seminal recordings of the swing era in a small band was the trio recording of the later classic "Body and Soul" by Benny Goodman with Teddy Wilson ( piano) and Gene Krupa (drums). Goodman comes to # 5 on the charts, where it considers that eight weeks.
• September 21: Duke Ellington comes to # 6 on the charts with " Accent On South " from the eponymous film starring Sylvia Sidney. It is also the first time that Ben Webster makes its appearance in a recording of the orchestra; Soloist, however, Johnny Hodges.
• October 11: The broadcasting of jazz music is banned all German radio stations kingdom of transmission conductor Eugen Hadamovsky.
• October 12: The Dorsey Brothers are represented in the charts two times; originate with Arthur Freed numbers " You're My Lucky Star" and " I've Got a Feelin ' You're Foolin' " dia from the movie musical Broadway Melody of 1935. This is also taken from the song "Cotton " with the Ellington band comes to # 4 on the charts.
• October 19: Another Hiterfolg with his trio has Benny Goodman with " After You've Gone".
• OCTOBER 26: Louis Armstrong conquered the U.S. charts with " I'm in the Mood for Love" and comes to # 3 The number - one hit lands in this week Tommy Dorsey with "On Treasure Iceland ". The Christmas song "Jingle Bells" comes with Benny Goodman's version in the arrangement of Fletcher Henderson for the first time in the charts (# 18).
• November 23: Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday manages a chart hit (# 6) with "Twenty- Four Hours a Day", a tune from the movie Sweet Surrender (1935 ).
• December 7: "Lady Day" is again successful in the charts with " If You Were Mine " by Johnny Mercer, known from the movie musical To Beat the Band (1935 ).
• December 14: Another number 1 hit succeeds Fats Waller with "A Little Bit Independent". Joe Venuti provides it with " Stop, Look and Listen " in the top ten.
• December 21: With the dance song "The Music Goes Round and Round " succeeds Tommy Dorsey, five weeks to maintain the top position in the charts.
• December 28: Teddy Wilson manages it with the solo piano version of " On Treasure Iceland " into the charts at # 16

More events

• February 22: The Comedian Harmonists be banned by the Nazi government.
• April 23: Your Hit Parade was first aired on American radio.

Born

January / February

• January 7: Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist († 2006)

• January 8: Elvis Presley, American singer († 1977)
• January 10: Werner Andreas Albert, German conductor
• January 10: Georg Katzer, German composer
• January 11: Ronnie Hawkins, American singer and pianist
• January 11: Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer
• January 16: Werner Benz, German deacon, church music director and country trombone Wart
• JANUARY 18: Clemens Ganz, German church musician
• JANUARY 26: Peter Ronnefeld, German composer and conductor († 1965)
• JANUARY 30: Ambros Seelos, German saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and arranger.

• On February 2nd, Glenn Barber, American country and rockabilly musician († 2008)
• FEBRUARY 3: Dieter Bäumle, Swiss composer

• FEBRUARY 3: Johnny Guitar Watson, American blues, soul and funk musician († 1996)
• February 5: Alex Harvey, British rock singer († 1982)
• February 5: Siegfried Kessler, French jazz musician († 2007)
• February 9: Carmen Miranda, Portuguese - Brazilian singer and actress
• February 10: Theodore Antoniou, Greek conductor and composer
• February 10, Helmut Klotz, German opera singer and choir director
• FEBRUARY 11: Gene Vincent, American rockabilly singers († 1971)
• FEBRUARY 11: Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer
• February 12: Gene McDaniels, American pop music singer, composer and producer, singer-songwriter († 2011)
• FEBRUARY 15: George Alexander Albrecht, German conductor
• FEBRUARY 16: Sonny Bono, American singer, actor and producer († 1998)
• FEBRUARY 18: Ciaran Bourke, Irish folk musician († 1988)
• FEBRUARY 18: Bosko Petrovic, Croatian jazz musician and music producer († 2011)
• FEBRUARY 27: Mirella Freni, Italian opera singer

March / April

• MARCH 8: George Coleman, American jazz musician
• March 17: Elizabeth Steiner, German opera singer († 2006)
• MARCH 20: Sam Lay, American blues musician
• March 21: Erich Kunzel, American conductor († 2009)
• MARCH 26: Pere Pubill Calaf, Catalan guitarist and singer
• MARCH 29: Tibby Edwards, American country musician († 1999)
• MARCH 29: Ruby Murray, British pop singer († 1996)
• March 30: Karl Berger, a jazz musician
• March 30: John Eaton, American composer

• MARCH 31: Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and bandleader
• MARCH 31: Adolf Dresen, German theater director and opera director

• April 5: Peter Grant, British music manager in the rock business (1995 )
• April 5: Friedrich Wolf, Austrian choir director, music teacher and composer († 2008)
• April 5: Peter Grant, American music manager († 1995)
• April 6: Pierre Durand, French composer
• April 6: Rolf Urs Ringger, Swiss composer and publicist
• April 7: Bobby Bare, American singer -songwriter
• April 9: Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer
• APRIL 11: Richard Berry, American singer and songwriter († 1997)
• April 11: Dieter Einfeldt, German composer and university teacher
• April 11: Vader Abraham, Dutch singer, composer, lyricist and producer
• APRIL 12: Jimmy Makulis, Greek pop singers († 2007)
• APRIL 14: Loretta Lynn, American country music singer and songwriter
• APRIL 16: Bobby Vinton, American singer
• APRIL 19: Dudley Moore, British composer, jazz pianist and actor († 2002)
• April 20: Ran Blake, American jazz pianist and Third Stream composer
• April 22: Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist († 1969)
• April 23: Bunky Green, American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
• APRIL 23: Ray Peterson, American singer († 2005)

May / June

• May 4: Don Friedman, American jazz pianist
• May 10: Larry Williams, American rhythm and blues musician († 1980)
• MAY 12: Gary Peacock, American jazz bassist
• MAY 13: Yizhak Sadai, Israeli composer
• MAY 15: Utah Phillips, American folk singer, poet and trade unionist
• MAY 19: Cecil McBee, American jazz bassist
• May 20: Dino Saluzzi, Argentine bandoneon player and composer
• May 22 Giuseppi Logan, American jazz musician
• May 27: Ramsey Lewis, American jazz musician and composer
• MAY 28: Richard Van Allan, a British opera singers († 2008)
• May 30: Harry Beckett, British trumpeter († 2010)
• MAY 31: Hiroshi Wakasugi, Japanese conductor († 2009)

• June 2: Samuel Jones, American composer and conductor
• June 3: Ervin Acél, Hungarian conductor († 2006)
• June 3: Michael Hampe, German theater and opera director
• June 5th: Misha Mengelberg, Dutch pianist, composer and bandleader
• June 5: Günter Noris, German bandleader, pianist, arranger and composer († 2007)
• June 6: Grant Green, American jazz guitarist († 1979)
• 15 June: François Jeanneau, French jazz musician
• June 16: Helmut Zehetmair, Austrian musician, music teacher and university professor emeritus
• June 17: Peggy Seeger, American ( and between early British ) folk singer and songwriter
• June 22: Peter Meisel, German music publisher and producer ( † 2010)

• 24 June: Terry Riley, American composer and pianist
• JUNE 25: Lloyd McCollough, American rockabilly musician († 1976)
• JUNE 25: Eddie Floyd, American soul singer and songwriter
• JUNE 25: Kurt Schwertsik, Austrian composer and music teacher
• June 29: Julian Priester, American jazz musician

July / August

• JULY 9: Mercedes Sosa, South American folklore singer and political protest songs († 2009)
• July 9, Mighty Sparrow, Calypso singer
• July 9: Frank Wright, American jazz musician († 1990)
• July 12: Barry Mason, English songwriter
• July 15: Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
• JULY 17: Peter Schickele, American composer
• JULY 19: Gerd Albrecht, German conductor
• July 21. Margit Schramm, German opera, song and operetta singer († 1996)
• July 24: Les Reed, English songwriter, musician, arranger and orchestra leader
• JULY 29: Jacques Levy, American songwriter († 2004)

• JULY 29: Peter Schreier, German singer (tenor ) and conductor

• August 2: Hank Cochran, American country musician († 2010)
• August 10: Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer
• August 12. Harry Kupfer, German opera director
• August 15: Jim Dale, British actor, singer and comedian
• August 16th: Bobby Mitchell, American New Orleans, doo-wop and R & B singers († 1986)
• AUGUST 19: Al Ferrier, American country, Cajun and rockabilly musician
• August 30: John Phillips, American singer and songwriter ( The Mamas & the Papas ) ( † 2001)

September / October

November / December

• November 3rd: Henry Grimes, American jazz musician
• NOVEMBER 17: Roswell Rudd, American jazz musician and ethnomusicologist
• November 18: Alain Barrière, French singer and composer
• November 21: Fairuz, Lebanese singer
• November 21: Peter Warren, American jazz and improvisational musicians
• November 27: Al Jackson, Jr. ( Booker T. & the MG's ), American drummer, music producer and songwriter († 1975)
• NOVEMBER 27: Helmut Lachenmann, German composer and teacher of composition
• NOVEMBER 27: Michel Portal, a French musician

Died in 1935

First Quarter

• February 2: Franz Paul Fiebrich, Austrian composer of Viennese songs, folk singer, choir director and poet
• On February 2nd, Clara Smith, American blues singer
• February 3: Quincas Laranjeiras, Brazilian guitarist and composer
• February 9: Heinrich Hagleitner, Austrian high school professor of music, composer and theologian
• FEBRUARY 26: John Victor Bergquist, American composer and organist
• FEBRUARY 28: Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian choro composer

Second Quarter

• April 2: Bennie Moten, American jazz pianist and band leader.
• April 5: Franz von Vecsey, Hungarian violinist and composer
• APRIL 16: Viktor Vladimirovich Ewald, Russian composer, cellist, engineer and university teacher
• APRIL 24: Paul Klengel, German conductor and composer
• April 28, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish composer and conductor
• April 29: Leroy Carr, American blues pianist and singer

• May 6: Herfrid Kier, Austrian music historian and former Artistic Director of the German subsidiary of the British record company EMI
• MAY 17: Paul Dukas, French composer
• MAY 19: Charles Martin Loeffler, a German-born American composer, violinist and violist.
• MAY 29: Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist
• May 30: Lothar Windsperger, German composer, editor and publisher of B. Schott & Söhne

• JUNE 24: Carlos Gardel, tango singer and composer

Third Quarter

• August 3: Andrew Hilaire, American jazz drummer
• August 10: Jasper Bisbee, American Old-time musicians
• August 20: Otakar Ostrčil, Czech composer and conductor
• AUGUST 21: Joseph Cyril Sychra, Czech composer, conductor and music teacher
• AUGUST 28: Yoshitomo, German composer, choral director and conductor

• September 20: Amy Sherwin, Australian opera singer

Fourth Quarter

• 4 October: Marie Gutheil- Schoder, German opera singer
• October 6: Frederic Hymen Cowen, English composer, pianist and conductor.
• October 6: Ivan Stepanovich Prokhanov, engineering, theologian and hymn writer
• October 22: Vardapet Komitas, Armenian priest, composer, singer, choir musician, music teacher, music ethnologist and musicologist
• October 23: Franz Bölsche, German musician and composer
• OCTOBER 26: Ákos Buttykay, Hungarian composer

• November 4: Miklós Radnai, Hungarian composer and opera director
• November 6: Hugo Heermann, German violinist
• November 16: Kurt Schindler, German - American conductor and composer
• NOVEMBER 17: Franz Kaim, German concert promoter and royal Württemberg Councilor
• November 18: Anton Hekking, Dutch cellist
• November 28: Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, Austrian ethnomusicologist
• November 30: Hoyt Johnson, American country, rockabilly and gospel musicians († 1989)

• December 24: Alban Berg, an Austrian composer