1850 in music
Events
Classical music
- J S Bach – The Brandenburg Concertos published for the first time
- Hector Berlioz – La Fuite en Égypte
- Ernesto Cavallini – Elégie for clarinet and piano
- Carl Czerny – Album élégant des dames pianistes, Op. 804
- Louise Farrenc – Sonata for violin and piano in A, Op. 39
- Niels Gade – Symphony No. 4
- Ferdinand Hiller – 4 Gesänge, Op.41
- Édouard Lalo – Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor
- Franz Liszt
- *Prometheus
- *Consolations
- *Liebesträume
- Anton Rubinstein
- *Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 25
- *Dimitri Donskoy
- Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony in A Major
- 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
- 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
- Robert Volkmann – Piano Trio No. 2 op. 5 in B-flat minor
Opera
Births
- January 4 – Max Kalbeck, librettist and music critic
- January 6 – Xaver Scharwenka, pianist and composer
- January 13 – Leon Francis Victor Caron, French-Australian conductor and composer
- February 18 – Sir George Henschel, Prussia-born singer, conductor, composer, founder of London Symphony Orchestra
- March 5 – Daniel B. Towner, composer
- March 9 – Alexandre Luigini, composer
- March 18 – Olefine Moe, opera singer
- March 19 – Elias Oechsler, composer
- March 26 – Amalia Riégo, opera singer
- April 25 – Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer
- July 3 – Alfredo Keil, composer and painter
- July 4 – Ole Olsen, Norwegian composer
- July 5 – Aloÿs Claussmann, French organist
- September 9 – Leopoldo Miguez, composer
- September 21 – Hans Sitt, German violinist, teacher and composer
- November 10 – Arthur Thomas, composer
- December 1 – Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller, Danish composer
- December 9 – Emma Abbott, singer
- December 13 – Iver Holter, conductor and composer
- December 20 – Theo Marzials, composer, singer and poet
- December 21 – Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer
- December 29 – Tomás Bretón, composer
Deaths
- February 15 – Elisabeth Forsselius, actress and singer
- March 19 – Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
- March 25 – Francesco Basili, conductor and composer
- April 3 – Václav Tomášek, pianist and composer
- May – Ludwig Schuberth, composer
- July 28 – Stefano Pavesi, composer
- August 22 – Nikolaus Lenau, lyricist and poet
- October 12 – Luigia Boccabadati, operatic soprano
- October 14 – Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, operatic soprano
- November 6 – Christopher Meineke, organist and composer
- December 3 – Andrei Sychra, guitarist and composer