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 HMV.
 * 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)
 * "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 (ballet)
 * 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 (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.
 * 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, rock singer (died 1982)
 * 27 February – Alberto Remedios, operatic tenor (died 2016)
 * 4 March – Nancy Whiskey, folk singer (died 2003)
 * 29 March – Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone (died 2001)
 * 19 April – Dudley Moore, composer, jazz pianist, actor (died 2002)
 * 15 August – Jim Dale, actor, singer, and songwriter
 * 1 October – Julie Andrews, singer and actress
 * 4 November – Elgar Howarth, conductor and composer
 * 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, 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