Musicians Born in 1850

Jan 14 Jean de Reszke, Polish tenor, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1925)
Jan 17 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1918)
Feb 17 Anton Urspruch, composer
Feb 17 Ludwig Bonvin, composer
Feb 18 George Henschel, composer
Mar 5 Daniel Brink Towner, American hymn composer (d. 1919)
Mar 9 Alexandre Luigini, French composer (Ballet égyptien), born in Lyon, France (d. 1906)
Mar 13 Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, Spanish composer, born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (d. 1939)
Apr 9 Hermann Zumpe, German composer, born in Oppach, Germany (d. 1903)
May 16 Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer
May 17 Antonio Scontrino, Italian composer, born in Trapani, Italy (d. 1922)
May 20 Eaton Faning, composer
May 22 Johann Schrammel, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1893)
Jun 18 Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer, critic and teacher, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1914)

Jun 27 Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer, born in Östergarn, Sweden (d. 1928)
Jun 29 Joseph Paul Skelly, Irish-American composer (I Should Say So!), born in Ireland (d. 1895)
Jul 3 Alfredo Keil, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal (d. 1907)
Jul 4 Ole Olsen, Norwegian composer and organist, born in Hammerfest, Finnmark (d. 1927)
Aug 5 Anton Simon, Russian composer, born in Paris (d. 1916)
Sep 9 Leopoldo Miguez, Brazilian composer, born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (d. 1902)
Oct 18 Francis Thome, French composer, born in Port Louis, Mauritius (d. 1909)
Nov 8 Karel Komzák II, Viennese composer, born in Prague (d. 1905)
Nov 20 Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer, born Ratton Park, Sussex, , England (d. 1892)
Dec 1 Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer
Dec 9 Emma Abbott, American soprano, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1891)
Dec 13 Iver Holter, Norwegian composer, born in Gausdal, Norway (d. 1941)
Dec 21 Zdenek Fibich, Czech classical composer (Šárka, The Bride of Messina), born in Všebořice (d. 1900)
Dec 29 Tomás Bretón, Spanish conductor and composer, born in Salamanca, Spain (d. 1923)