Classical music in 1950

[Music Aficionado]

A new article series focused on classical music in the year 1950: Part 1 reviews works by Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold and Alexander Arutiunian.

https://musicaficionado.blog/2025/02/17/1950-classical-music-part-1-britten/

[Brian]

This is an excellent idea for a blog! Reminds me of a friend of mine's jazz blog, The 1959 Project.

[Music Aficionado]

Part 2 in the series reviewing classical music in 1950, covering American composers Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Elliott Carter and Leroy Anderson.
https://musicaficionado.blog/2025/02/26/1950-classical-music-part-2-copland/

[Music Aficionado]

Part 3 in the series reviewing classical music in 1950, covering modern classical and avant-garde composers John Cage, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen and Karlheinz Stockhausen:
https://musicaficionado.blog/2025/03/06/1950-classical-music-part-3-john-cage/

[Kalevala]

Neat!  I'll have to work my way through them.  Who writes the articles by the way.  Is he/she "just" a music collector or do they have any musical education, etc.?  Just curious.

K

[Music Aficionado]

Neat!  I'll have to work my way through them.  Who writes the articles by the way.  Is he/she "just" a music collector or do they have any musical education, etc.?  Just curious.

K

Thank you. The Music Aficionado blog is written by mmm... a music aficionado. Me. He. Limited music education but endless passion for music.

[DaveF]

Yes, it's a fascinating idea, putting often very different works in their historical context, and I for one will be following along.  Looking forward to 1955, which includes Le marteau sans maître, the Canticum sacrum, Oiseaux exotiques, Shostakovich 1st violin concerto, Arnold's Tam O'Shanter and many more.

[steve ridgway]

Part 3 in the series reviewing classical music in 1950, covering modern classical and avant-garde composers John Cage, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen and Karlheinz Stockhausen:
https://musicaficionado.blog/2025/03/06/1950-classical-music-part-3-john-cage/

I enjoyed this one and am pleased to see the blog covers a range of genres . I first got into modern classical having explored various rock genres (Krautrock is a favourite) and finding little to interest me before the mid 1960s.

[W.A. Mozart]

I suggest to also cover Joly Braga Santos. His fourth symphony was written in 1950.