Music Premiere
Jan 18 Dmitri Shostakovich's satirical opera "The Nose" premieres in Leningrad
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Feb 1 Arnold Schönbergs opera, Von heute auf Morgen premieres in Frankfurt
- Feb 8 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
Music Premiere
Feb 18 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Simple Simon" premieres in NYC
Richard Rodgers
- Feb 26 Play "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
- Mar 9 Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's satirical opera "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" premieres in Leipzig, Germany
- Mar 28 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
Film Premier
Apr 1 "The Blue Angel" starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany
Marlene Dietrich
- Apr 18 BBC news announcer announces "there is no news" at 20:45 news bulletin, plays music instead
Theater Premiere
Sep 24 Noël Coward's play "Private Lives" premieres in London
Noël Coward
Music Premiere
Oct 14 George Gershwin and Ira Gershin's musical "Girl Crazy" starring Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman premieres in NYC
Ginger Rogers
George Gershwin
- Oct 22 1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra, at Queen's Hall, under Adrian Boult
- Oct 26 Dmitri Shostakovich's ballet "Zolotoy Vyek" premieres in Leningrad
- Nov 17 Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
Music Premiere
Nov 18 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
Fred Astaire
Bob Hope
Music Premiere
Nov 28 Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic" premieres
Howard Hanson
- Dec 3 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Evergreen" premieres in London
Music Premiere
Dec 8 Cole Porter's musical "NYCers" premieres in NYC
Cole Porter