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.
12 March – Jack Hylton makes his first recording since leaving the Decca label, for His Master's Voice.
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
"Where the Arches Used To Be", by D. O'Connor and K. Russell, performed by Flanagan and Allen
"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
Sir George Dyson – Belshazzar's Feast
Joseph Holbrooke – Aucassin and Nicolette
Michael Tippett – String Quartet No. 1
William Walton – Symphony No. 1
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 opens at the Gaiety Theatre; it later transfers to the Cambridge Theatre and runs for 126 performances in all.
2 May – Glamorous Night 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
27 February – Alberto Remedios, operatic tenor
4 March – Nancy Whiskey, née Wilson, Scottish folk singer
29 March
* Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone
* Ruby Murray, Northern Ireland-born pop singer
5 April – Peter Grant, music manager
10 April – Tony Zemaitis, guitar maker
19 April – Dudley Moore, comedy writer-performer, composer and jazz pianist
27 May – Mal Evans, roadie
28 May – Richard Van Allen, operatic bass
5 July – Shirley Collins, folk singer
12 July – Barry Mason, songwriter
24 July – Les Reed, songwriter and light orchestra leader
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 and dairy farmer
20 October – Roy Bailey, folk singer
21 October – Derek Bell, Northern Ireland-born harpist and composer
4 November – Elgar Howarth, conductor and composer
5 November – Nicholas Maw, composer
23 December – Johnny Kidd, singer

Deaths

3 March – Caradog Roberts, composer, 56
17 March – Mary Grant Carmichael, pianist and composer, 83
17 April – Templar Saxe, actor and singer, 69
28 April – Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer, 87
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