| 1950 in music | ||
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| See also: Other events in 1950 Theater Events and Movie Events | ||
Content
Released Albums
- Swing and Dance with Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra)
Classical music
- Arnold, Malcolm (Malcolm Arnold) - English dances for orchestra op. 27
- Harutyunyan, Alexander - Concert for trumpet and orchestra
- Babajanyan, Arno - Heroic Ballad
- Ernst Bloch - Suite hébraïque
- Cage John - String Quartet
- Krum, George (George Crumb) - A Cycle of Greek Lyrics for voice and piano
- Kshenek, Ernst Krenek - Suite for String Trio - Parvula Corona Musicalis
Persons
Born
- January 21 - Billy Ocean , author and performer of 1980s disco hits.
- February 13 - Peter Gabriel , composer.
- March 21 - Firsova, Elena Olegovna , composer.
- May 8 - Lepo Sumera , composer.
- May 13 - Stevie Wonder , vocalist and multi-instrumentalist .
- June 8 - Alex Van Halen , Van Halen .
- June 21 - Joe Cramer , Aerosmith .
- August 7 - Anatoly Nimensky , composer
- September 10 - Joe Perry , Aerosmith .
- April 5 - Agneta Faltskog , Swedish singer, member of ABBA .
Died
- January 3 - Angel Bukorestliev , Bulgarian composer, conductor, folklorist and teacher
- April 3 - Kurt Weil ( German: Kurt Julian Weill )), German composer, author of the three- penny opera, etc.
- August 8 - Myaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich , Russian composer, author of 27 symphonies and other works.
- October 23 - Al Jolson , founder of popular music in the United States.
See also
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