Editing 1950 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 3]] – [[Sam Phillips]] launches [[Sun Records]] at 706 Union Avenue in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
*[[March 14]] – [[Pablo Casals]] terminates his recording contract with [[RCA Records]] and signs with their chief competitor, [[Columbia Records]].<ref>Anon., "Columbia Records Acquires Casals", ''The New York Times'' (14 March): 21.</ref>
*[[June 26]] – [[Louis Armstrong]] records the first American version of ''[[C'est si bon]]'' with the English lyrics by [[Jerry Seelen]].
*[[August 29]] – The first American Music Competition of the [[Sigma Alpha Iota]] music fraternity is won by Richard Winslow for ''Huswifery'', a choral composition for women's voices.<ref>{{cite news|title=Composer Wins Music Contest|work=The New York Times|date=30 August 1950|page=27}}</ref>
*August – [[Herbert Howells]]' ''[[Hymnus Paradisi]]'' is premiered at the [[Three Choirs Festival]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Hymnus Paradisi|journal=[[The Musical Times]]|volume=91|issue=1291|pages=352–353|date=September 1950|doi=10.2307/935574|publisher=Musical Times Publications Ltd|jstor=935574}}</ref>
*[[September 24]] – [[Alan Lomax]] sets sail from the United States for London and spends until 1959 recording in Europe for the ''Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music''.
*[[October 1]] – Italian composer [[Luciano Berio]] marries American mezzo-soprano [[Cathy Berberian]].
*[[October 11]] – On temporary release from [[Ellis Island]] pending a deportation decision from U. S. immigration authorities, 20-year-old [[Friedrich Gulda]] makes his [[Carnegie Hall]] debut.<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Howard Taubman]]|title=Gulda Impresses in Piano Program: 20-Year-Old Austrian Artist Shows Great Musical Gifts in Recital at Carnegie Hall|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 October 1950|page=51}}</ref>
*November – The [[Eleanor Steber]] Award is won by soprano Willabelle Underwood.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soprano Winds Steber Award|work=The New York Times|date=4 November 1950|page=13}}</ref>
*[[Johann Sebastian Bach]] is reburied in [[St. Thomas Church, Leipzig]].
*[[Malcolm Sargent]] becomes chief conductor of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>[[Ronald Crichton]], "Sargent, Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts)", ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'', 2nd edition, edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] and [[John Tyrrell (musicologist)|John Tyrrell]] (London: Macmillan, 2001).</ref>
*[[Isaak Dunayevsky]] is named [[People's Artist of the USSR]].
*[[Mitch Miller]] signs as A&R man with Columbia Records.
*[[Patti Page]] becomes the first (and only) artist to have a Number One record on the Pop, R&B and Country charts concurrently.
*Al Cernick is signed to Columbia by [[Mitch Miller]], who changes the singer's name to [[Guy Mitchell]].
*Columbia Records lures [[Jo Stafford]] away from Capitol.
*[[Georgia Gibbs]] leaves the Majestic label and scores her first charting single with Coral.
*Bandleader [[Les Baxter]] founds the school of "Outer Space" exotica.
*[[Sam Cooke]] replaces [[R. H. Harris]] as lead singer of [[The Soul Stirrers]].