1936 in music

• January 4 - Billboard Magazine began publishing music charts .
• On January 28, the newspaper Pravda published an article entitled “ Muddle instead of Music, ” criticizing the work of D. D. Shostakovich .
• May 2 - the premiere of the symphonic tale for children of Sergei Prokofiev " Peter and the Wolf ", created in the spring of 1936.
• The State Academic Russian Choir named after A. V. Sveshnikov and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia were founded.
• The Great Siegfeld musical film receives an Academy Award.
• Georges Bocham and Adolf Rickenbacker , founders of Rickenbacker , patented the first electric guitar with magnetic pickups and a metal body (the so-called “ frying pan ”).

• April 19 - premiere of the Berg Concerto for Violin and Orchestra .
• November 6 - premiere of the Third Symphony of Rachmaninov.

• Jazz Heritage: Satchmo's Discoveries (Louis Armstrong)

Born

• February 14 - Anna German , Polish singer and composer
• June 22 - Krasimir Kyurkchiy , Bulgarian composer, conductor and teacher.
• November 18 - Nikolai Evrov , Bulgarian pianist and teacher.

Died

• March 21 - Alexander Glazunov .
• June 1 - Khristina Morfova , Bulgarian opera singer, teacher and public figure.
• December 6 - Emil Adamic , Slovenian composer, conductor, music critic and teacher.