This is a summary of 1935 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events February – At the suggestion of Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten is invited to a job interview by the BBC's director of music Adrian Boult and his assistant Edward Clark.Carpenter, Humphrey (1992). Benjamin Britten: A Biography. London: Faber and Faber. ., pp. 62–63 12 March – Jack Hylton makes his first recording since leaving the Decca label, for His Master's Voice.Jack Hylton Biography 1931–1935 . Accessed 10 September 2014 19 November – The first performance in England of Shostakovich's Symphony No 1 takes place at the Proms, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Henry Wood. 19 November – Kathleen Ferrier marries Albert Wilson; the marriage is never consummated. date unknown – Michael Tippett joins the British Communist Party.
Popular music "Fanlight Fanny", words & music by George Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe "Men About Town", words & music by Noël Coward "Mrs Worthington", words & music by Noël Coward "The Canoe Song", by Mischa Spoliansky (sung by Paul Robeson in the film Sanders of the River)BFI Screenonline: Sanders of the River. Accessed 10 September 2014 "Where the Arches Used To Be", by D. O'Connor and K. Russell, performed by Flanagan and AllenSutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929–1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000. "Who's Been Polishing The Sun", words & music by Noel Gay
Classical music: new works Arnold Bax – Symphony No. 6 Arthur Bliss – Music for StringsCole, Hugo and Andrew Burn. "Bliss, Sir Arthur." Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 21 March 2011 Sir George Dyson – Belshazzar's Feast Joseph Holbrooke – Aucassin and Nicolette (ballet) Michael Tippett – String Quartet No. 1 William Walton – Symphony No. 1Ottaway, Hugh. "Walton's First Symphony: The Composition of the Finale" The Musical Times, Vol. 113, No. 1549 (March 1972), pp. 254–257. Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 4 Charles Williams – Majestic Fanfare
Film and Incidental music Jack Beaver – Airport Benjamin Britten – God's Chillun Louis Levy – Hyde Park Corner Eric Spear – Play Up the Band William Trytel – The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Musical theatre 25 February – Jack O'Diamonds (w. Clifford Gray & H. F. Maltby, m. Noel Gay) opens at the Gaiety Theatre; it later transfers to the Cambridge Theatre and runs for 126 performances in all.overthefootlights.co.uk . Accessed 10 September 2014 2 May – Glamorous Night (w. Christopher Hassall m. Ivor Novello) opens at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and runs for 243 performances.
Musical films Be Careful, Mr Smith, starring Bobbie Comber Brewster's Millions, directed by Thornton Freeland, starring Jack Buchanan and Lili Damita Come Out of the Pantry, directed by Jack Raymond, starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray and James Carew The Divine Spark, directed by Carmine Gallone, starring Marta Eggerth and Philip Holmes Heart's Desire, directed by Paul L. Stein, starring Richard Tauber and Leonora Corbett In Town Tonight, directed by Herbert Smith, starring Jack Barty and Stanley Holloway Music Hath Charms, directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Henry Hall and Carol Goodner Radio Pirates, directed by Ivar Campbell, starring Leslie French and Mary Lawson Variety, directed by Adrian Brunel, starring George Carney and Barry Livesey
Births 5 February – Alex Harvey, Scottish rock singer (died 1982) 27 February – Alberto Remedios, operatic tenor (died 2016) 4 March – Nancy Whiskey, née Wilson, Scottish folk singer (died 2003) 29 March Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone (died 2001) Ruby Murray, Northern Ireland-born pop singer (died 1996) 5 April – Peter Grant, music manager (Led Zeppelin) (died 1995) 10 April – Tony Zemaitis, guitar maker (died 2002) 19 April – Dudley Moore, comedy writer-performer, composer and jazz pianist (died 2002) 27 May – Mal Evans, roadie (The Beatles) (killed 1976) 28 May – Richard Van Allen, operatic bass (died 2008) 5 July – Shirley Collins, folk singer 12 July – Barry Mason, songwriter (died 2021) 24 July – Les Reed, songwriter and light orchestra leader (died 2019) 15 August – Jim Dale, actor and singer-songwriter 16 September – Robin Field, composer 1 October – Julie Andrews, née Wells, musical performer 17 October – Michael Eavis, music promoter (Glastonbury Festival) and dairy farmer 20 October – Roy Bailey, folk singer (died 2018) 21 October – Derek Bell, Northern Ireland-born harpist and composer (died 2002) 4 November – Elgar Howarth, conductor and composer (died 2025) 5 November – Nicholas Maw, composer (died 2009) 23 December – Johnny Kidd, singer (died 1966)
Deaths 3 March – Caradog Roberts, composer, 56 17 March – Mary Grant Carmichael, pianist and composer, 83Fuller, Sophie (1994). The Pandora guide to women composers: Britain and the United States. 17 April – Templar Saxe, actor and singer, 69Evelyn Mack Truitt, Who Was Who on Screen, 3rd Edition c.1983 28 April – Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer, 87The Times obituary, 29 April 1935, p. 16 3 May – Charles Manners, operatic bass and opera manager, 77 19 July – Philip Napier Miles, philanthropist, music patron and composer, 70 2 September – Isidore de Lara, singer and composer, 77 27 September – Alan Gray, organist and composer, 79 6 October – Frederic Hymen Cowen, pianist, conductor and composer, 83
See also 1935 in British television 1935 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1935
References