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"Victor matrix BS-98102. Alone / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Cliff Weston – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-98363. The music goes 'round and 'round / Clambake Seven; Tommy Dorsey; Edythe Wright – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-102338. Did I remember / Charles Chester; Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-101667. It's a sin to tell a lie / Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Decca matrix DLA 319. Is it true what they say about Dixie? / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Decca matrix C 90619. Melody from the sky / Jan Garber Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-98456. Moon over Miami / Eddy Duchin Orchestra; Lew Sherwood – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Decca matrix 60110. The music goes 'round and around / Mike Riley, Eddie Farley and their Onyx Club Boys – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Decca Records 20th Anniversary". The Billboard: 14. August 28, 1954.

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"Victor matrix BS-02192. In the chapel in the moonlight / Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-100766. When did you leave heaven? / Carmen Lombardo; Guy Lombardo; Royal Canadians – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-98362. A beautiful lady in blue / Al Bowlly; Ray Noble Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-96567. It's been so long / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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"Victor matrix BS-101256. These foolish things remind me of you / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

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Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works

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Style and Idea in the Lyric Suite of Alban Berg

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Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938

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Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938

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Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrdi

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"Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"Boston Symphony Orchestra". Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

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"Luigi Dallapiccola: Musica per tre pianoforti" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"André Jolivet: Andante for Strings" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"André Jolivet: Danse incantatoire" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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"André Jolivet: Prélude apocalyptique" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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Naxos Records

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"Ernst Krenek: Fragment from Karl V" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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Musicweb International

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Australasian Radio Relay League (1936), "Friday 24th February radio program", Wireless Weekly, Wireless Press: 38

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"Olivier Messiaen: Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.

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Rank	Artist	Title	Label	Recorded	Released	Chart positions
1	Bing Crosby	"Pennies from Heaven"^[3]	Decca 947	July 24, 1936 (1936-07-24)	November 1936 (1936-11)	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"^[4]	Brunswick 7717	July 26, 1936 (1936-07-26)	August 1936 (1936-08)	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"^[5]	Victor 25316	April 23, 1936 (1936-04-23)	May 6, 1936 (1936-05-06)	US BB 1936 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
4	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	"Alone"^[6]	Victor 25191	November 7, 1935 (1935-11-07)	December 1935 (1935-12)	US BB 1936 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks
5	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward)	"Goody Goody"^[7]	Victor 25245	January 24, 1936 (1936-01-24)	February 1936 (1936-02)	US BB 1936 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
6	Fred Astaire	"A Fine Romance"^[4]	Brunswick 7716	July 28, 1936 (1936-07-28)	August 1936 (1936-08)	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"^[8]	Victor 25201	May 25, 1936 (1936-05-25)	August 1936 (1936-08)	US BB 1936 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks
8	Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	"Did I Remember?"^[9]	Bluebird 6476	July 3, 1936 (1936-07-03)	July 31, 1936 (1936-07-31)	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"^[10]	Victor 25342	June 5, 1936 (1936-06-05)	June 17, 1936 (1936-06-17)	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?"^[11]	Decca 768	March 29, 1936 (1936-03-29)	August 1936 (1936-08)	US BB 1936 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
11	Jan Garber and His Orchestra	"Melody from the Sky"^[12]	Decca 761	February 27, 1936 (1936-02-27)	April 1936 (1936-04)	US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
12	Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra	"Moon Over Miami"^[13]	Victor 25212	December 23, 1935 (1935-12-23)	December 27, 1935 (1935-12-27)	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"^[14]	Decca 578	October 24, 1935 (1935-10-24)	November 1935 (1935-11)	US BB 1936 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 100,000 sales^[15]
14	Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	"In the Chapel in the Moonlight"^[16]	Bluebird 6640	October 22, 1936 (1936-10-22)	November 4, 1936 (1936-11-04)	US BB 1936 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
15	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra	"There's a Small Hotel"^[4]	Brunswick 7634	March 12, 1936 (1936-03-12)	April 1936 (1936-04)	US BB 1936 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
16	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians	"When Did You Leave Heaven"^[17]	Victor 25357	July 2, 1936 (1936-07-02)	July 17, 1936 (1936-07-17)	US BB 1936 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
17	Jan Garber and His Orchestra	"A Beautiful Lady in Blue"^[18]	Decca 651	December 16, 1935 (1935-12-16)	January 1936 (1936-01)	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"^[19]	Victor 25245	January 24, 1936 (1936-01-24)	February 1936 (1936-02)	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"^[20]	Victor 25351	June 15, 1936 (1936-06-15)	July 1, 1936 (1936-07-01)	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"^[4]	Brunswick 7681	May 13, 1936 (1936-05-13)	July 1936 (1936-07)	US BB 1936 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Barber, Samuel	String Quartet	1936-12-14	Rome	Pro Arte Quartet^[21]
Barber, Samuel	Symphony in One Movement (Symphony No. 1)	1936-12-13	Rome	Augusteo Philharmonic – Molinari^[21]
Berg, Alban	Violin Concerto	1936-04-19	Barcelona (ISCM)	Krasner / Pau Casals Orchestra – Scherchen^[22]
Britten, Benjamin	Three Divertimenti for String Quartet	1936-02-25	London	Stratton Quartet^[23]
Britten, Benjamin	Our Hunting Fathers	1936-09-25	Norwich, UK	Wyss / London Philharmonic – Britten ^[24]
Britten, Benjamin	Suite for Violin and Piano	1936-04-21	Barcelona (ISCM)	Brosa, Britten ^[25]
Britten, Benjamin	Temporal Variations	1936-12-12	London	Caine, Hallis^[26]
Chávez, Carlos	Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2)	1936-04-10	Boston	Boston Symphony – Chávez ^[27]
Copland, Aaron	Statements	1936-01-09	Minneapolis	Minneapolis Symphony
Dallapiccola, Luigi	Musica per tre pianoforti	1936-03-30	Geneva	Dallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche ^[28]
Diamond, David	Psalm for Orchestra	1936-12-10	Rochester, New York	Rochester Philharmonic – Hanson^[29]
George Enescu	Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, Op. 26, No. 2	1936-3-4	Paris	Alexanian, Enescu^[30]
Gershwin, George	Catfish Row	1936-01-21	Philadelphia	Philadelphia Orchestra – Smallens^[31]
Hindemith, Paul	Trauermusik	1936-01-21	London	Hindemith / BBC Symphony – Boult^[32]
Ifukube, Akira	Japanese Rhapsody	1936-04-05	Boston	Boston Symphony – Sevitzky^[33]
Jolivet, André	Andante for Strings	1936-05-25	Paris	Jane Evrard Orchestra ^[34]
Jolivet, André	Danse incantatoire	1936-06-03	Paris	Paris Symphony – Désormière^[35]
Jolivet, André	Prélude apocalyptique	1936-12-06	Paris	Messiaen^[36]
Kabalevsky, Dmitri	Piano Concerto No. 2	1936-05-12	Moscow ^[37]	[Unknown performers]
Kodály, Zoltán	Budavári Te Deum	1936-09-02	Budapest	Ritter, Kisfaludy, Laczó, Mezey, Varhelyi / St. Matthew Church – Sugár^[38]
Krenek, Ernst	Fragment from Karl V	1936-04-19	Barcelona (ISCM)	Meyer / Pau Casals Orchestra – Ansermet^[39]
Lambert, Constant	Summer's Last Will and Testament	1936-01-29	London	Henderson / Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony – Lambert ^[40]
Louis Lavater	'By Starlight' Serenade for piano and string	1936	Melbourne	unknown orchestra^[41]
Martinů, Bohuslav	Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orch.	1936-12-27	Paris	M. Moyse, B. Moyse / Paris Concerts Society Orchestra – Gaubert^[42]
Messiaen, Olivier	Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas	1936-04-25	Paris	Nin-Culmell^[43]
Messiaen, Olivier	Vocalise-Étude	1936-05-18	Paris	Quéru-Bedel, Messiaen ^[44]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai	Aviation Symphony (Symphony No. 16)	1936-10-24	Moscow	Moscow Philharmonic – Szenkar^[45]
Prokofiev, Sergei	Peter and the Wolf	1936-05-02	Moscow	Moscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev ^[46]
Prokofiev, Sergei	Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet	1936-11-24	Moscow	Moscow Philharmonic – Sebestyén^[47]^[48]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei	Symphony No. 3	1936-11-06	Philadelphia	Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski^[49]
Revueltas, Silvestre	Homenaje a Federico García Lorca	1936-11-14	Mexico City	Musicians from the National Conservatory – Revueltas ^[50]
Strauss, Richard	Olympische Hymne	1936-08-01	Berlin (Olympics)	Berlin Philharmonic, National Socialist Symphony – Strauss ^[51]
Varèse, Edgard	Density 21.5	1936-02-16	New York City	Barrère^[52]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph	Dona nobis pacem	1936-10-02	Huddersfield, UK	Flynn, Henderson / Huddersfield Society, Hallé Orchestra – Coates^[53]

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