The year 1950 in classical music and in lyrical art
1950. With other artists, Arnold Schoenberg, Sergei Prokofiev and Pau Casals influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Kurt Weill. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Stabat Mater, Op. 148” de Francis Poulenc, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1950 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 340 of these moments for 1950.
1950, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Vyacheslav PolozovThat year: 1950, Classical music, Ukrainian singer
02
Death of Theophrastos SakellaridisThat year: 1950, Classical music, Greek composer (born in 1883)
03
Birth of Frank Sumner DodgeThat year: 1950, Classical music, American musician
05
Birth of William SweeneyThat year: 1950, Classical music, British composer
Birth of Nikolay KonovalovThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer
07
Death of Melitta HeimThat year: 1950, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1888)
08
Birth of Emine GjataThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer
Death of Marie-Louise DebogisThat year: 1950, Classical music, Swiss singer (1879-1950) (born in 1879)
10
Birth of Donnie Ray AlbertThat year: 1950, Classical music, Operatic baritone
Birth of Petr SkusnichenkoThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer and teacher
11
Death of Eugène LacroixThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer, organist (born in 1858)
13
Birth of Olivier GreifThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2000)
14
Birth of Nicholas McGeganThat year: 1950, Classical music, English conductor
15
Birth of Olga GraceljThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer
16
Birth of John WegnerThat year: 1950, Classical music, (1950--2019) German-born Australian opera singer (dead in 2019)
Birth of Henri BrassardThat year: 1950, Classical music, Canadian pianist
18
Birth of Julia Biszak SarkanyThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer
25
Birth of Jaakko A. J. TuomikoskiThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer
30
Death of Yevgeny GunstThat year: 1950, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1877)
Birth of Sylvie GazeauThat year: 1950, Classical music, French violinist
Birth of Donato RenzettiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian conductor
February
03
Birth of Simone AlaimoThat year: 1950, Classical music, Bass-baritone opera singer
04
Birth of Zachos TerzakisThat year: 1950, Classical music, Greek singer, actor and opera singer
06
Death of Frank SpeckThat year: 1950, Classical music, American anthropologist (born in 1881)
07
Birth of Dominique ProustThat year: 1950, Classical music, Astrophysicist and organist
Birth of Massimo de BernartThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian conductor (dead in 2004)
10
Death of Armen TigranianThat year: 1950, Classical music, Armenian composer and conductor (born in 1879)
11
Birth of Ranveig EckhoffThat year: 1950, Classical music, Norwegian journalist and writer
15
Birth of Guy TouvronThat year: 1950, Classical music, Musician, music teacher
17
Death of Anna BartelsThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1869)
19
Death of Edyth WalkerThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (1867-1950) (born in 1867)
21
Death of Mikhail SkorulskyiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (born in 1887)
22
Birth of Peter StrakaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech born operatic singer
23
Death of Cally MonradThat year: 1950, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1879)
24
Birth of Stig Fogh AndersenThat year: 1950, Classical music, Danish opera singer
27
Death of Francesc Montserrat i AyarbeThat year: 1950, Classical music, Spanish composer (1879-1950) (born in 1879)
28
Birth of Stephen ChatmanThat year: 1950, Classical music, Canadian composer
March
02
Death of Josephine TrottThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)
08
Death of Jaroslav KociánThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer (born in 1883)
09
Birth of Howard ShelleyThat year: 1950, Classical music, British pianist and conductor
11
Birth of Katia LabèqueThat year: 1950, Classical music, French pianist
Birth of Esa RuuttunenThat year: 1950, Classical music, Finnish opera singer
12
Death of Heinrich AlbertThat year: 1950, Classical music, German composer (born in 1870)
Death of Adaline ShepherdThat year: 1950, Classical music, American composer (born in 1883)
17
Birth of Carlos ChaussonThat year: 1950, Classical music, Spanish opera singer
18
Birth of James ConlonThat year: 1950, Classical music, American conductor
Birth of Jan-Hendrik RooteringThat year: 1950, Classical music, German opera singer
21
Birth of Elena FirsovaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Russian composer
Death of Katherine GreyThat year: 1950, Classical music, American actress (1873-1950) (born in 1873)
26
Birth of Édith Canat de ChizyThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer
27
Birth of Maria EwingThat year: 1950, Classical music, soprano opera singer
28
Birth of Mario LecarosThat year: 1950, Classical music, musician, composer, jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, pianist
April
02
Death of Adolf WiklundThat year: 1950, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1879)
Death of Gottfried GalstonThat year: 1950, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist, author and music educator (born in 1879)
03
Death of Kurt WeillThat year: 1950, Classical music, German composer (born in 1900)
04
Death of Máša FleischerováThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1887)
05
Death of Eugène LandaisThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)
06
Death of Signe LundThat year: 1950, Classical music, Norwegian-American composer (born in 1868)
07
Death of Martha AtwoodThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1886)
Birth of Joseph Nicholas FriedThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer
08
Birth of Leo Marian VodičkaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech actor and opera singer
Death of Erna von Weymarn-PetersenThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer (born in 1889)
13
Death of Semyon ChernetskyThat year: 1950, Classical music, Soviet military music composer (born in 1881)
14
Birth of Tetsuo KawakamiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese composer, music arranger and conductor
Death of Vincenzo D'AnnibaleThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1894)
15
Death of Žofie NapravilováThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1910)
17
Birth of Cristina OrtizThat year: 1950, Classical music, Brazilian pianist
18
Birth of Grigory SokolovThat year: 1950, Classical music, Russian pianist
19
Death of Lord BernersThat year: 1950, Classical music, British composer, writer, painter, politician, novelist and autobiographer (1883-1950) (born in 1883)
Death of Giocondo FinoThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1867)
20
Death of Paul FranzThat year: 1950, Classical music, French singer and opera singer (born in 1876)
Birth of Barry CarlThat year: 1950, Classical music, American opera singer
21
Death of Adam Tadeusz WieniawskiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1879)
Birth of Richard BernasThat year: 1950, Classical music, American conductor
23
Death of Gemma BellincioniThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer (born in 1864)
Death of Evemero NardellaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian composer and singer (born in 1878)
24
Birth of Vadim BrodskiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Ukrainian musician
27
Birth of Christian ZachariasThat year: 1950, Classical music, German pianist and conductor
Death of Karl StraubeThat year: 1950, Classical music, German church musician, organist, and choral conductor (born in 1873)
Birth of Tamara TakácsThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer
29
Inauguration: National Theater of KoreaThat year: 1950, Classical music (Seoul, South Korea)
30
Death of Olga BjörkegrenThat year: 1950, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1857)
May
03
Birth of Valentin MinovskiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer
05
Birth of Aleksandr Jakovlevitsj GromisjThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2016)
07
Death of Jan Nepomuk WünschThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1855)
08
Birth of Lepo SumeraThat year: 1950, Classical music, Estonian composer (dead in 2000)
09
Birth of Michel BéroffThat year: 1950, Classical music, French pianist and conductor
Birth of James ButtThat year: 1950, Classical music, American triple jumper (dead in 2003)
Death of Georges RenardThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
11
Death of Charles RousselièreThat year: 1950, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1875)
12
Birth of Stella KleindienstThat year: 1950, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2019)
13
Death of Pauline de AhnaThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer (born in 1863)
Birth of Lyudmila KolosThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue, singer
14
Birth of Natalia RomThat year: 1950, Classical music, Operatic soprano
17
Death of Eduardo FabiniThat year: 1950, Classical music, Uruguayan composer (born in 1882)
18
Death of Antanas DvarionasThat year: 1950, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1899)
Birth of C.M. BatesThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer
20
Birth of Julie KaufmannThat year: 1950, Classical music, American musician, singer and opera singer
24
Death of Alois JiránekThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, painter and choirmaster (1858-1950) (born in 1858)
25
Birth of Otomar KvěchThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and university educator (dead in 2018)
27
Birth of Naoko TanakaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese violinist and concertmaster
28
Death of Olga Bakhutashvili-ShulginaThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1879)
Death of Elbert FranssenThat year: 1950, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1873)
June
06
Death of Alfred Edward MoffatThat year: 1950, Classical music, Scottish musician and composer (born in 1863)
07
Death of Gertrud FoerstelThat year: 1950, Classical music, German opera singer (1880-1950) (born in 1880)
09
Death of Joe BurkeThat year: 1950, Classical music, American composer, popular during Tin Pan Alley era (1884-1950) (born in 1884)
10
Birth of Laurent PetitgirardThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer
11
Death of Marcel MaasThat year: 1950, Classical music, Dutch-Belgian pianist (born in 1897)
14
Birth of Christopher YavelowThat year: 1950, Classical music, American composer
20
Birth of Julian GembalskiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Polish pipe organist
23
Birth of Pavel GililovThat year: 1950, Classical music, German pianist
Birth of Livia Budaï-BatkyThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer, musician, singer
Birth of Néstor GuestrinThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer
25
Birth of Barry McCauleyThat year: 1950, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2001)
26
Death of Antonina NezhdanovaThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer (born in 1873)
28
Death of H. Balfour GardinerThat year: 1950, Classical music, British composer and conductor (born in 1877)
July
01
Death of Émile Jaques-DalcrozeThat year: 1950, Classical music, Swiss composer, musician and music educator (1865-1950) (born in 1865)
02
Birth of Nazzareno AntinoriThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer
06
Death of Lamberto LandiThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer, conductor, teacher (born in 1882)
10
Birth of Graham JohnsonThat year: 1950, Classical music, Rhodesian-born, British-based, classical pianist
15
Death of Aimé Simon-GirardThat year: 1950, Classical music, French actor (born in 1889)
Death of Emile StiebelThat year: 1950, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1876)
Birth of Eva DeákováThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera director, opera singer
19
Death of Henri MiroThat year: 1950, Classical music, Canadian composer/arranger, conductor, pianist, and music critic (born in 1879)
Birth of Larysa ShevchenkoThat year: 1950, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator
26
Death of Jenny SpennertThat year: 1950, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1879)
27
Birth of Péter KelenThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer
29
Birth of Elżbieta TowarnickaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Polish singer
Death of Gérald DesmaraisThat year: 1950, Classical music, Canadian bass singer (born in 1906)
30
Death of Guilhermina SuggiaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Portuguese musician (born in 1885)
31
Death of Basil HorsfallThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
August
02
Birth of Joan Albert AmargósThat year: 1950, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor
Birth of Eivind BøksleThat year: 1950, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer
03
Death of Georg HøebergThat year: 1950, Classical music, Danish composer and conductor (1872-1950) (born in 1872)
05
Death of Roza TamarkinaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Soviet pianist (born in 1920)
08
Death of Nikolai MyaskovskyThat year: 1950, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1881)
19
Birth of Anita AmmersfeldThat year: 1950, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
21
Death of Aagot LobsteinThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue (born in 1875)
Death of Midori HosokawaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1906)
25
Birth of Rainer KüchlThat year: 1950, Classical music, Austrian classical violinist
26
Death of Giuseppe De de LucaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1876)
31
Birth of Jo-Michael ScheibeThat year: 1950, Classical music, American conductor
September
02
Death of May FortescueThat year: 1950, Classical music, British actress and singer (born in 1862)
06
Birth of Eugen SârbuThat year: 1950, Classical music, Romanian violinist
10
Death of Anatoli DrozdovThat year: 1950, Classical music, Soviet composer, musicologist and pianist (1883-1950) (born in 1883)
11
Death of Rudolph PalmThat year: 1950, Classical music, Curaçao composer (born in 1880)
14
Birth of Raúl GiménezThat year: 1950, Classical music, Argentine opera singer
15
Death of Vojtěch ŘíhovskýThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1871)
Death of Pavel Zakharovich AndreevThat year: 1950, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1874-1950) (born in 1874)
18
Birth of Carl VerbraekenThat year: 1950, Classical music, Belgian composer
19
Birth of Bonaventura BottoneThat year: 1950, Classical music, British opera singer
21
Birth of Gail Varina GilmoreThat year: 1950, Classical music, African-American opera, jazz, and gospel singer
24
Death of Anatol ProvazníkThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1887)
26
Birth of Gary LakesThat year: 1950, Classical music, American opera singer
28
Birth of Catherine RobbinThat year: 1950, Classical music, Canadian opera singer
29
Birth of Andrew DaltonThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian opera singer
30
Death of Zulfugar HajibeyovThat year: 1950, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (born in 1884)
October
04
Birth of Francisco AraizaThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer
Death of Herbert OliverThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)
13
Birth of Peeter LiljeThat year: 1950, Classical music, conductor (dead in 1993)
Death of Henryk AdamusThat year: 1950, Classical music, Polish composer, conductor and violoncellist (born in 1880)
Birth of Katherine CiesinskiThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer
14
Death of Florence AylwardThat year: 1950, Classical music, English composer (born in 1862)
15
Death of Clément DoucetThat year: 1950, Classical music, Belgian pianist (born in 1895)
Birth of David ShallonThat year: 1950, Classical music, Israeli conductor (dead in 2000)
18
Death of Giuseppe BorgattiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1871)
19
Birth of George FentonThat year: 1950, Classical music, British film composer
20
Birth of Elodie LautenThat year: 1950, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2014)
23
Death of Al JolsonThat year: 1950, Classical music, American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950) (born in 1886)
29
Birth of James DillonThat year: 1950, Classical music, British composer
30
Death of Reinhold FritzThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1884)
31
Death of Octávio PintoThat year: 1950, Classical music, Brazilian composer and architect (born in 1890)
November
03
Death of Alejandro MonestelThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)
04
Death of Karl KämpfThat year: 1950, Classical music, German composer (born in 1874)
07
Death of Josef HassidThat year: 1950, Classical music, Polish violinist (born in 1923)
Death of Arnold Safroni-MiddletonThat year: 1950, Classical music, British composer, musician and writer (born in 1873)
09
Birth of Ludwig BaumannThat year: 1950, Classical music, German opera singer
10
Death of Giuseppina HuguetThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer (born in 1871)
11
Death of Charles Valentine BoultThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1887)
16
Birth of David Wilson-JohnsonThat year: 1950, Classical music, British operatic baritone
17
Birth of Philip KrausThat year: 1950, Classical music, American opera singer and director
18
Death of Horace StevensThat year: 1950, Classical music, Operatic bass-baritone (born in 1876)
19
Birth of Marshall TuttleThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer
20
Death of Francesco CileaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1866)
21
Birth of Vinson ColeThat year: 1950, Classical music, American opera singer
22
Birth of Javanshir GuliyevThat year: 1950, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer
23
Birth of Sergey MusaelyanThat year: 1950, Classical music, Russian pianist
25
Birth of Yvonne KennyThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian soprano
26
Death of Martinus SievekingThat year: 1950, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1867)
Death of Willem WillekeThat year: 1950, Classical music, Dutch-born American cellist and conductor (born in 1879)
Birth of Eero HeinonenThat year: 1950, Classical music, Finnish pianist
Birth of Vladimir BukinThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2018)
29
Birth of Marcos FinkThat year: 1950, Classical music, Slovenian opera singer
December
01
Death of Ernest John MoeranThat year: 1950, Classical music, English composer (born in 1894)
02
Death of Dinu LipattiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Pianist, Composer (born in 1917)
Death of Konstantin EigesThat year: 1950, Classical music, Russian composer, teacher and pianist (born in 1875)
04
Death of AbingThat year: 1950, Classical music, Chinese musician (born in 1893)
06
Birth of Joe HisaishiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese composer and musician
09
Death of Georg HannThat year: 1950, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1897)
10
Birth of Mícheál Ó SúilleabháinThat year: 1950, Classical music, Irish musician (dead in 2018)
12
Birth of Richard GallianoThat year: 1950, Classical music, French musician
Birth of Martin VojtíšekThat year: 1950, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist
14
Birth of John RawnsleyThat year: 1950, Classical music, British operartic baritone, actor and vocal coach
Death of Frédéric SaliThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer, musician and writer (born in 1862)
15
Death of Robert Müller-HartmannThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)
16
Birth of Vyacheslav KhramovThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2011)
18
Birth of W. Stephen SmithThat year: 1950, Classical music, American opera singer
20
Birth of Arturo MárquezThat year: 1950, Classical music, Mexican composer
Death of Stanisław NawrockiThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1894)
21
Death of Ernest ClossonThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
22
Death of Walter DamroschThat year: 1950, Classical music, German American conductor and composer (born in 1862)
Death of Julius WeismannThat year: 1950, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1879)
Birth of Naďa Patriková-HaanováThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer, singer
23
Death of Vincenzo TommasiniThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1878)
Death of Árpád PalotayThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher, actor (born in 1880)
24
Birth of Libby LarsenThat year: 1950, Classical music, American composer and educator
25
Death of Edward d' EvryThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
Death of Dorothy ForsterThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)
28
Death of Charles L. JohnsonThat year: 1950, Classical music, American composer (born in 1876)
Death of Georges JacobThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer, organist and improviser (born in 1877)
31
Death of Charles KoechlinThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer, teacher and writer on music (born in 1867)
This was also in 1950
Inception: Baltimore Opera CompanyThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Elgin Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Gabrielle GillsThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1850). Inception: The Elizabethan Madrigal SingersThat year: 1950, Classical music. Birth of Menachem WiesenbergThat year: 1950, Classical music, Israeli composer . Birth of Brian Henderson-SellersThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian computer scientist . Inception: Flagstaff Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of François LeclèreThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2015). Inception: Sheffield Bach ChoirThat year: 1950, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Murray BorenThat year: 1950, Classical music, American composer . Birth of Yoel LeviThat year: 1950, Classical music, israeli musician . Birth of Paul KildeaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian conductor and author . Birth of Jung ChanwooThat year: 1950, Classical music, violinist, concertmaster . Birth of Reinhart GinzelThat year: 1950, Classical music, German tenor . Birth of Barry ClarkThat year: 1950, Classical music, British opera singer and actor . Birth of Alain DamiensThat year: 1950, Classical music, clarinetist . Inception: Pforzheim Chamber OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music. Birth of Keiko KataokaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese singer . Birth of Franz BinderThat year: 1950, Classical music, Austrian opera singer . Birth of Isabel PalaciosThat year: 1950, Classical music, Venezuelan opera singer and musician . Birth of Irène CompaneezThat year: 1950, Classical music, cantatrice . Inception: Iceland Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music (Iceland). Death of Laurence Hibbard MontagueThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1881). Inauguration: InterVarsity Choral FestivalThat year: 1950, Classical music (Queensland, Australia). Birth of Lyndon TerraciniThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian opera singer and artistic director . Birth of Luigi SeviroliThat year: 1950, Classical music, Italian composer, musician . Inception: Knabenchor HannoverThat year: 1950, Classical music (Germany). Inception: Munich Chamber OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Norbert KraftThat year: 1950, Classical music, Canadian guitarist, music teacher, producer and arranger . Birth of Yoshio WatanabeThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese conductor . Birth of Philip PerryThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer . Inauguration: Pablo Casals FestivalThat year: 1950, Classical music (Prades, France). Birth of Vasiliy LeonovThat year: 1950, Classical music, conductor . Inception: Melos EnsembleThat year: 1950, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Miron LevinThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1900). Birth of Rosario La SpinaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian opera tenor . Birth of David GriffithsThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer, baritone and convener of the Conservatorium of Music at the University of Waikato . Birth of Tanja Ariane BaumgartnerThat year: 1950, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano . Birth of Kiyomitsu ObanaThat year: 1950, Classical music, violinist, concertmaster . Death of Kathleen Heron-MaxwellThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1874). Death of Mary BowdenThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1868). Inception: American Opera SocietyThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Columbia Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Daniel BelcherThat year: 1950, Classical music, American opera singer . Death of Arthur BrookeThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1866). Inception: Canadian Opera CompanyThat year: 1950, Classical music (Canada). Inauguration: Baltimore Opera CompanyThat year: 1950, Classical music (Baltimore, United States of America). Birth of Wiesław BednarekThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer, opera singer . Death of Reginald Lindsay SweetThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1885). Birth of Ioanna (Joan) Sfekas-KarvelasThat year: 1950, Classical music, singer . Birth of Lianna HaroutounianThat year: 1950, Classical music, Armenian opera singer . Inception: Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto AlegreThat year: 1950, Classical music (Brazil). Death of Bruno Siegfried HuhnThat year: 1950, Classical music, British composer, pianist, organist and musical director (born in 1871). Birth of Taro IchiharaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese opera tenor . Birth of Chris FreemanThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian musician, teacher (dead in 1992). Death of Johann PickartThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1873). Inception: NDR RadiophilharmonieThat year: 1950, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Takashi MatsuokaThat year: 1950, Classical music, Japanese composer . Inauguration: Canadian Opera CompanyThat year: 1950, Classical music (Toronto, Canada). Birth of Andreas WaldetoftThat year: 1950, Classical music, Swedish composer . Inception: Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Arthur F. TateThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1870). Death of Auguste AraminiThat year: 1950, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1870). Birth of Daniel Lewis WilliamsThat year: 1950, Classical music, American operatic bass . Inception: Hamann-QuartettThat year: 1950, Classical music. Inauguration: San Diego OperaThat year: 1950, Classical music (San Diego, United States of America). Birth of Maria AbajanThat year: 1950, Classical music, opera singer . Inception: Chelsea Opera GroupThat year: 1950, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Anna Van GhellThat year: 1950, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (born in 1850). Birth of Sasha LazardThat year: 1950, Classical music, American singer . Inception: Canberra Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music (Australia). Inception: San Diego OperaThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of John TreleavenThat year: 1950, Classical music, British opera singer . Inception: Billings Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1950, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Barbara HowittThat year: 1950, Classical music, English mezzo-soprano . Inception: Nordwestdeutsche PhilharmonieThat year: 1950, Classical music (Germany). Death of Eusebio DanielThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1862). Birth of Robert IscherThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer . Death of Vincenzo RicciardiThat year: 1950, Classical music, composer (born in 1873). Inauguration: Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration PointThat year: 1950, Classical music (Eureka Springs, United States of America). Birth of Craig OgdenThat year: 1950, Classical music, Australian guitarist . Birth of Seiji SagawaThat year: 1950, Classical music, conductor . Death of Louis MaingueneauThat year: 1950, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1884).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Arnold Schoenberg (age 76) - Modern psalm, Op. 50c (Work for choir)
- Psalm CXXX (130), Op. 50b, “De profundis” (Work for choir)
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Sergei Prokofiev (age 59) - Soldiers' Marching Song, Op. 121 (Work for choir)
- On Guard for Peace, Op. 124 (Work for choir)
- Winter Bonfire, Op. 122 (Work for choir)
- Summer Night, Op. 123 (Work for orchestra)
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Arthur Honegger (age 58) - Symphony No. 5 in D, “Di tre re”That year: 1950, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1953
- Bourdelle (Film score)
- De la musique (Ballet)
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Darius Milhaud (age 58) - String Quartet No. 16, Op. 303 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 17, Op. 307 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 18, Op. 308 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Quintet No. 1, Op. 312 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Suite, Op. 300 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Gauguin, Op. 299 (Film score)
- La cueillette des citrons, Op. 298b (Ballet)
- Life Begins Tomorrow, Op. 304 (Film score)
- Le conte d'hiver, Op. 306 (Incidental music)
- Le repos du septième jour, Op. 301 (Music for radio)
- Jeu, Op. 302 (Work for soloist)
- Barba Garibo, Op. 298 (Work for choir)
- Cantate des proverbes, Op. 310 (Work for choir)
- Les temps faciles, Op. 305 (Song, lied)
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 53) - Cello Concerto in C major, Op. 37 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Francis Poulenc (age 51) - Stabat Mater, Op. 148That year: 1950, Classical music (Work for choir)
- La fraîcheur et le feu, Opp. 147 (Song, lied)
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Aaron Copland (age 50) - Old American Songs No. 1 (Song, lied)
- 12 Poems (Song, lied)
- Quartet (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Dmitri Shostakovich (age 44) - Vissarion Belinsky, Op. 85 (Film score)
- 2 Romances, Opp. 84 (Song, lied)
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Olivier Messiaen (age 42) - Four studies in rhythm (Work for soloist)
- Pentecost mass (Work for soloist)
- Cinq Rechants (Work for choir)
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Benjamin Britten (age 37) - 5 Flower Songs, Opp. 47 (Work for choir)
- Lachrymae (1), Op. 48 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Henri Dutilleux (age 34) - Choral, cadence et fugato (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 22) - Chöre für Doris, Op. 1/11 (Work for choir)
- Chorale, Op. 1/9 (Work for choir)
- 3 Lieder, Opp. 1/10 (Song, lied)
