1935 in British music

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. ^[1]
• 12 March – Jack Hylton makes his first recording since leaving the Decca label, for His Master's Voice. ^[2]
• 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. ^[3]
• 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 ) ^[4]
• "Where the Arches Used To Be", by D. O'Connor and K. Russell, performed by Flanagan and Allen ^[5]
• "Who's Been Polishing The Sun", words & music by Noel Gay

Classical music: new works

• Arnold Bax – Symphony No. 6
• Arthur Bliss – Music for Strings ^[6]
• Sir George Dyson – Belshazzar's Feast
• Joseph Holbrooke – Aucassin and Nicolette (ballet)
• Michael Tippett – String Quartet No. 1
• William Walton – Symphony No. 1 ^[7]
• Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 4
• Charles Williams – Majestic Fanfare

Film and Incidental music

• Jack Beaver – Airport ^[8]
• Benjamin Britten – God's Chillun ^[9]
• Louis Levy – Hyde Park Corner ^[10]
• Eric Spear – Play Up the Band
• William Trytel – The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes ^[11]

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. ^[12]
• 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 ^[13]
• The Divine Spark , directed by Carmine Gallone, starring Marta Eggerth and Philip Holmes ^[14]
• 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 ^[15]
• Music Hath Charms , directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Henry Hall and Carol Goodner ^[16]
• 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) ^[17]
• 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) ^[18]
• 28 May – Richard Van Allen, operatic bass (died 2008)
• 5 July – Shirley Collins, folk singer
• 12 July – Barry Mason, songwriter (died 2021) ^[19]
• 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) ^[20]
• 4 November – Elgar Howarth, conductor and composer (died 2025)
• 5 November – Nicholas Maw, composer (died 2009) ^[21]
• 23 December – Johnny Kidd, singer (died 1966)

Deaths

• 3 March – Caradog Roberts, composer, 56
• 17 March – Mary Grant Carmichael, pianist and composer, 83 ^[22]
• 17 April – Templar Saxe, actor and singer, 69 ^[23]
• 28 April – Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer, 87 ^[24]
• 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 ^[25]
• 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

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