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Overview of the events of 1850 in music
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
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J S Bach – The
Brandenburg Concertos published for the first time
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Hector Berlioz – La Fuite en Égypte (later incorporated into
l'Enfance du Christ)
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Ernesto Cavallini – Elégie for clarinet and piano
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Carl Czerny – Album élégant des dames pianistes, Op. 804
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Louise Farrenc – Sonata for violin and piano in A, Op. 39
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Niels Gade – Symphony No. 4
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Ferdinand Hiller – 4 Gesänge, Op.41
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Édouard Lalo – Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor
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Franz Liszt –
Prometheus
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Anton Rubinstein
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Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony in A Major
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Robert Schumann –
Symphony No. 3 op. 97 in E-flat,
Cello Concerto Op. 129 in A minor
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Louis Spohr – String Quintet No. 7 in G minor (of 7)
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Johann Strauss Jr.
- Kaiser Franz Josef Marsch, Op. 67
- Aeols-Töne Walzer, Op. 68
- Die Gemütlichen Walzer, Op. 70
- Künstler-Quadrille, Op. 71
- Scherz-Polka, Op. 72
- Frohsinns-Spenden Walzer, Op. 73
- Lava-Ströme Walzer, Op. 74
- Sofien-Quadrille, Op. 75
- Attaque-Quadrille, Op. 76
- Wiener Garnison Marsch, Op. 77
- Rendez-vous Polka, Op. 78
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Robert Volkmann – Piano Trio No. 2 op. 5 in B-flat minor
Opera
Births
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January 4 –
Max Kalbeck, librettist and music critic (died 1921)
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January 6 –
Xaver Scharwenka, pianist and composer (d. 1924)
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January 13 – Leon Francis Victor Caron, French-Australian conductor and composer (d. 1907)
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February 18 – Sir
George Henschel,
Prussia-born singer, conductor, composer, founder of
London Symphony Orchestra (d. 1934)
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March 5 –
Daniel B. Towner, composer (d. 1919)
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March 9 –
Alexandre Luigini, composer (d. 1906)
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March 18 –
Olefine Moe, opera singer (d. 1933)
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March 19 –
Elias Oechsler, composer (d. 1917)
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March 26 –
Amalia Riégo, opera singer (d. 1926)
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April 25 –
Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer (d. 1927)
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July 3 –
Alfredo Keil, composer and painter (d. 1907)
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July 4 –
Ole Olsen,
Norwegian composer (d. 1927)
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July 5 –
Aloÿs Claussmann, French organist (died 1926)
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September 9 –
Leopoldo Miguez, composer (d. 1902)
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September 21 –
Hans Sitt, German violinist, teacher and composer (d. 1922)
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November 10 –
Arthur Goring Thomas, composer (d. 1892)
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December 1 –
Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller,
Danish composer (d. 1926)
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December 9 –
Emma Abbott, singer (d. 1891)
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December 13 –
Iver Holter, conductor and composer (d. 1941)
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December 20 –
Theo Marzials, composer, singer and poet (d. 1920)
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December 21 –
Zdeněk Fibich,
Czech composer (d. 1900)
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December 29 –
Tomás Bretón, composer (d. 1923)
Deaths
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February 15 –
Elisabeth Forsselius, actress and singer (b. 1771)
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March 19 –
Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer (b. 1763)
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March 25 –
Francesco Basili, conductor and composer (b. 1767)
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April 3 –
Václav Tomášek, pianist and composer (b. 1774)
- May –
Ludwig Schuberth, composer (b. 1806)
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July 28 –
Stefano Pavesi, composer (b. 1779)
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August 22 –
Nikolaus Lenau, lyricist and poet (born 1802)
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October 12 –
Luigia Boccabadati, operatic soprano (b. 1800)
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October 14 –
Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, operatic soprano (b. 1780)
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November 6 –
Christopher Meineke, organist and composer (b. 1782)
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December 3 –
Andrei Sychra, guitarist and composer (b. c. 1773)
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