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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Template:YYYY music Template:Year nav topic5 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1936.

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The twenty popular records listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,<ref name=PopMemories>Template:Cite book</ref> 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 947 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick 7717 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25316 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
4 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Alone"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25191 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks
5 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) "Goody Goody"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25245 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
6 Fred Astaire "A Fine Romance"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick 7716 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25201 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks
8 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "Did I Remember?"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 6476 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25342 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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?"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 768 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
11 Jan Garber and His Orchestra "Melody from the Sky"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 761 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
12 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra "Moon Over Miami"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25212 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 578 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 100,000 sales<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
14 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "In the Chapel in the Moonlight"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 6640 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
15 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra "There's a Small Hotel"<ref name=Brunswick>Template:Cite web</ref> Brunswick 7634 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
16 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "When Did You Leave Heaven"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25357 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
17 Jan Garber and His Orchestra "A Beautiful Lady in Blue"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 651 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25245 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25351 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick 7681 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks

Classical music

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Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber, Samuel String Quartet 1936-12-14 Rome Pro Arte Quartet<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works</ref>
Barber, Samuel Symphony in One Movement (Symphony No. 1) 1936-12-13 Rome Augusteo Philharmonic – Molinari<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
Berg, Alban Violin Concerto 1936-04-19 Barcelona (ISCM) Krasner / Pau Casals Orchestra – Scherchen<ref>Style and Idea in the Lyric Suite of Alban Berg</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Three Divertimenti for String Quartet 1936-02-25 London Stratton Quartet<ref>Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Our Hunting Fathers 1936-09-25 Norwich, UK Wyss / London Philharmonic – Britten<ref>Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Suite for Violin and Piano 1936-04-21 Barcelona (ISCM) Brosa, Britten<ref>Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrdi</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Temporal Variations 1936-12-12 London Caine, Hallis<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Chávez, Carlos Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) 1936-04-10 Boston Boston Symphony – Chávez<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Copland, Aaron Statements 1936-01-09 Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony
Dallapiccola, Luigi Musica per tre pianoforti 1936-03-30 Geneva Dallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Diamond, David Psalm for Orchestra 1936-12-10 Rochester, New York Rochester Philharmonic – Hanson<ref>Stephlandra.com</ref>
George Enescu Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, Op. 26, No. 2 1936-3-4 Paris Alexanian, Enescu<ref>Elena Zottoviceanu, Adrian Rațiu, and Myriam Marbe, "Premiera Operei Oedip (1934–1936)", in George Enescu: Monografie, 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 739–876 (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1971): 764.</ref>
Gershwin, George Catfish Row 1936-01-21 Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Smallens<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Hindemith, Paul Trauermusik 1936-01-21 London Hindemith / BBC Symphony – Boult<ref>Hyperion Records</ref>
Ifukube, Akira Japanese Rhapsody 1936-04-05 Boston Boston Symphony – Sevitzky<ref>Akira Ifukube official website</ref>
Jolivet, André Andante for Strings 1936-05-25 Paris Jane Evrard Orchestra<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Jolivet, André Danse incantatoire 1936-06-03 Paris Paris Symphony – Désormière<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Jolivet, André Prélude apocalyptique 1936-12-06 Paris Messiaen<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Piano Concerto No. 2 1936-05-12 Moscow<ref>Naxos Records</ref> [Unknown performers]
Kodály, Zoltán Budavári Te Deum 1936-09-02 Budapest Ritter, Kisfaludy, Laczó, Mezey, Varhelyi / St. Matthew Church – Sugár<ref>Universal Edition</ref>
Krenek, Ernst Fragment from Karl V 1936-04-19 Barcelona (ISCM) Meyer / Pau Casals Orchestra – Ansermet<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Lambert, Constant Summer's Last Will and Testament 1936-01-29 London Henderson / Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony – Lambert<ref>Musicweb International</ref>
Louis Lavater 'By Starlight' Serenade for piano and string 1936 Melbourne unknown orchestra<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Martinů, Bohuslav Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orch. 1936-12-27 Paris M. Moyse, B. Moyse / Paris Concerts Society Orchestra – Gaubert<ref>Hyperion Records</ref>
Messiaen, Olivier Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas 1936-04-25 Paris Nin-Culmell<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Messiaen, Olivier Vocalise-Étude 1936-05-18 Paris Quéru-Bedel, Messiaen<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Aviation Symphony (Symphony No. 16) 1936-10-24 Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Szenkar<ref>Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich & other Soviet composers page</ref>
Prokofiev, Sergei Peter and the Wolf 1936-05-02 Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev<ref>Orchestra Toronto</ref>
Prokofiev, Sergei Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet 1936-11-24 Moscow Moscow Philharmonic – Sebestyén<ref>Sikorski</ref><ref>Prokofiev, by Israel V. Nestyev</ref>
Rachmaninoff, Sergei Symphony No. 3 1936-11-06 Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski<ref>Culture Catch</ref>
Revueltas, Silvestre Homenaje a Federico García Lorca 1936-11-14 Mexico City Musicians from the National Conservatory – Revueltas<ref>Oregon Symphony Orchestra|Oregon Symphony</ref>
Strauss, Richard Olympische Hymne 1936-08-01 Berlin (Olympics) Berlin Philharmonic, National Socialist Symphony – Strauss<ref>Sport, Music, Identities</ref>
Varèse, Edgard Density 21.5 1936-02-16 New York City Barrère<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Dona nobis pacem 1936-10-02 Huddersfield, UK Flynn, Henderson / Huddersfield Society, Hallé Orchestra – Coates<ref>A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works</ref>

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