1850 in music
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See also: 1849 in music, other events of 1850, 1851 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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[edit] Events
- Jenny Lind tours America, with Julius Benedict as her accompanist.
[edit] Published popular music
- "Camptown Races" by Stephen Foster
- "Home Again" w.m. M. S. Pike
- "Molly Do You Love Me?" w.m. Stephen Collins Foster
- "Nelly Bly" by Stephen Foster
[edit] Classical music
- Hector Berlioz - La Fuite en Égypte (from l'Enfance du Christ)
- Edouard Lalo - Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor
- Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 3 op. 97 in E-flat, Cello Concerto op. 129 in A minor
- Louis Spohr - String Quintet No. 7 in G minor (of 7)
- Robert Volkmann - Piano Trio No. 2 op. 5 in B-flat minor
[edit] Opera
- Jacques Fromental Halévy - La Tempesta
- Robert Schumann - Genoveva
- Richard Wagner - Lohengrin
[edit] Births
- February 18 - Sir George Henschel, Prussia-born singer, conductor, composer, founder of London Symphony Orchestra (d. 1934)
- March 9 - Alexandre Luigini, composer
- July 4 - Ole Olsen, Norwegian composer
- December 1 - Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller, Danish composer (d. 1926)
- December 9 - Emma Abbott, singer
- December 21 - Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer (d. 1900)
- December 29 - Tomás Bretón, composer
- unknown date - Franz Xaver Scharwenka, composer
[edit] Deaths
- January 27 - Philipp Roth, composer
- March 19 - Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer (b. 1763)
- April 3 - Václav Tomášek, pianist and composer
- December 3 - Andrei Sychra, guitarist and composer
