1917 in Nordic music

none April 2025 1917 1917 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1917 in Nordic music. Events 24 October – The Norwegian Society of Composers (Norsk komponistforening) is founded in Oslo by Gerhard Schjelderup, Eyvind Alnæs and others.https://komponist.no/om-nkf/historikk Historie no Komponist 9 April 2025 early in the year – Jean Sibelius, following another drinking bout, is inspired by the Russian Revolution and begins writing the Jäger March, setting Heikki Nurmio's words to music. http://www.sibelius.fi/english/elamankaari/sib_viides_sinfonia.htm The war and the fifth symphony 1915-1919 Jean Sibelius Finnish Club of Helsinki 1 December 2015 17 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151217130628/http://www.sibelius.fi/english/elamankaari/sib_viides_sinfonia.htm dead New works Hugo Alfvén – Kantat vid Reformationsfesten i Uppsala 1917 [Cantata for the 1917 Reformation Festivities in Uppsala]https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W5187-Kantat_vid_Reformationsfesten_i_Uppsala_1917_Cantata_for_the_1917_Refo/ Kantat vid Reformationsfesten i Uppsala 1917 Swedish Musical Heritage 9 April 2025 Nancy Dalberg – Symphony in C-sharp minorCarl Nielsen Studies Denmark Royal Library 2005 40–41 Launy Grøndahl – Violin Concerto in D Majorhttps://www.danacord.dk/collections/violin.html Kai Laursen plays 26 Danish Violin Concertos Danacord 9 April 2025 Armas Launis – Kullervo (opera)Kullervo (Launis, Armas) Carl Nielsen – Chaconne, for pianoDaniel M Grimley Carl Nielsen and the Idea of Modernism Boydell 2010 9781843835813 203 Jean Sibelius – Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra op. 87 and 89Eskola Jari 2016 Jean Sibelius: Six Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Opp. 87 & 89 Urtext Painojussit, Kerava Fennica Gehrman Jaako Mäntyjärvi 979-0-55011-261-2 ii, xii Popular music Hjalmar Peterson – "Nikolina"Culture Work: Folklore for the Public Good University of Wisconsin Press 2022 9780299338206 21 Jean Sibelius & Heikki Nurmio – "Jäger March" Jean Sibelius & Jonatan Reuter – "Till havs"http://www.sibelius.fi/svenska/musiikki/opus_8190.htm Förteckning enligt opusnummer fi Sibelius Musiiki https://web.archive.org/web/20050217175733/http://www.sibelius.fi/svenska/musiikki/opus_8190.htm 9 April 2025 17 February 2005 Births 2 January – Vera Zorina, Norwegian dancer and actress (died 2003) en https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/may/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Vera Zorina The Guardian 5 May 2003 27 December 2022 18 February – Eva Gustavson, Norwegian operatic contralto (died 2009)https://snl.no/Eva_Gustavson Eva Gustavson no Store Norske Leksikon 2014-07-25 18 March 2017 20 April – Eva Prytz, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 1987)https://snl.no/Eva_Prytz Eva Prytz no Store Norske Leksikon Henriksen, Petter Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2016-01-15 13 April 2017 19 May – Ingvar Wieslander, Swedish composer (died 1963)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/wieslander-ingvar/ Ingvar Wieslander Swedish Musical Heritage 9 April 2025 9 September – Maj Sønstevold, Norwegian composer and music teacher (died 1996).https://nbl.snl.no/Maj_S%C3%B8nstevold Maj Sønstevold Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Cecilie Dahm Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 13 April 2017 22 December – Hans W. Brimi, Norwegian folk musician (died 1998)https://nbl.snl.no/Hans_Brimi Hans Brimi Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Arvid Møller Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 13 April 2017 Deaths 4 March – Julius Bechgaard, Danish composer (born 1843)Bechgaard, Julius 20 March – Sophie Cysch, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1847)https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=15754 Sophie Cysch (f. Wiberg) Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 9 April 2025 See also 1917 in Denmark 1917 in Norwegian music 1917 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music