Editing 1950 in music (section)

===Compositions===
*[[Hendrik Andriessen]] – Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
*[[Malcolm Arnold]] – ''[[English Dances (Arnold)|English Dances]]'' for orchestra, Op. 27
*[[Alexander Arutiunian]] – [[Trumpet Concerto (Arutiunian)|Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra]]
*[[Arno Babajanian]] – ''Heroic Ballade''
*[[Ernest Bloch]] – ''Suite hébraïque'' <!--possibly 1951, remove from this list?-->
*[[Karl-Birger Blomdahl]] – Symphony No. 3 ''Facetter''
*[[Pierre Boulez]] –
**''[[Polyphonie X]]''
**''Le soleil des eaux'', for soprano, chorus and orchestra (second version)
*[[John Cage]] – ''[[String Quartet in Four Parts]]''
*[[Carlos Chávez]] – [[Violin Concerto (Chávez)|Concerto for Violin and Orchestra]]
*[[Jani Christou]] – First Symphony
*[[Arnold Cooke]] – Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
*[[George Crumb]] – ''A Cycle of Greek Lyrics'' for voice and piano
*[[Henri Dutilleux]] – ''Blackbird'' for piano
*[[Jesús Guridi]] – String Quartet in A minor
*[[Eivind Groven]]
**''Hjalarljod Overture'', Op. 38
**Piano Concerto, Op. 39a
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] – Symphony No. 5 ''Symphonie Concertante''
*[[Hans Henkemans]] – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – Symphony No. 7
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Toccata'' for piano
*[[Ernst Krenek]] – Suite for String Trio ''Parvula Corona Musicalis''
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]] –
**Concerto No. 2 for two violins and orchestra
**Duo No. 2, for Violin and Viola
**Intermezzo for Large Orchestra
**Sinfonietta ''La Jolla'', in A major, for piano and chamber orchestra
**Trio No. 2, for violin, cello, and piano, in D minor
*[[Luigi Nono]] – ''Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell’op.41 di A. Schönberg'', for chamber orchestra
*[[Vincent Persichetti]] – Divertimento for Band
*[[Allan Pettersson]] – First Concerto for Strings
*[[Walter Piston]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Piston)|Symphony No.4]]
*Theodor Rogalski – ''Three Romanian Dances'' for orchestra
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] –
**Psalm 130 "De profundis", Op. 50b
**Modern Psalm, Op. 50c (unfinished)
**''[[Style and Idea]]'' (collection of essays and other works, translated by [[Dika Newlin]])
*[[Humphrey Searle]] – ''Poem for 22 Strings''
*[[John Serry Sr.]] –
** ''Eight Accordion Quartet Arrangements''
**''La Culebra'', for flute & accordion
**''African Bolero'', for flute & accordion
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] –
**''[[Choral (Stockhausen)|Choral]]'' ("Wer uns trug mit Schmerzen in dies Leben"), for a cappella choir, Nr. 1/9 (1950)
**''[[Chöre für Doris]]'', for a cappella choir, Nr. <sup>1</sup>/<sub>11</sub> (1950)
**''[[Drei Lieder (Stockhausen)|Drei Lieder]]'', for alto voice and chamber orchestra, Nr. 1/10 (1950)
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] –
** [[String Quartet No. 12 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 12]]
** [[Symphony No. 8 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 8]]