1881 in Nordic music

none January 2025 1881 1881 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1881 in Nordic music. Events 16 October – Andreas Hallén's groundbreaking opera Harald Viking, dedicated to his home town of Gothenburg, is premièred in Leipzig, Germany.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/hallen-andreas/SMH-W3643-Harald_Viking__Harald_der_Wiking Harald Viking / Harald der Wiking Swedish Musical Heritage 5 February 2025 30 October The wedding cantata composed by Johan Svendsen to celebrate the wedding of future king Gustaf V of Sweden and Princess Victoria of Baden (which took place on 20 September) is premiered in Kristiania, Norway.Finn Benestad Johan Svendsen : the man, the maestro, the music Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe William H. Halverson University of Nebraska Press 1995 9780964523807 387 Polish violin virtuoso Stanisław Barcewicz premières Svendsen's Romanse with the composer conducting.https://www.musikkarven.no/komponister/svendsen/verker/html-preview_79.htm Romanse, op. 26 musikkarven.no 14 January 2025 unknown date Edvard Grieg writes to Aimar Grønvold: "I must admit, unlike Svendsen, that I left Leipzig Conservatory just as stupid as I entered it. Naturally, I did learn something there, but my individuality was still a closed book to me."https://greatcomposers.nifc.pl/en/grieg/catalogs/places/282_leipzig-conservatory Edvard Grieg – Leipzig Conservatory The Fryderyk Chopin Institute 13 January 2025 Student Jean Sibelius transcribes a short pizzicato piece, Vattendroppar (Water Drops), for violin, probably a musical exercise; the manuscript survives.Murtomäki Veijo :fi:Veijo Murtomäki 2000 Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957) Roderick Fletcher Marjomaa Ulpu 100 Faces from Finland: A Biographical Kaleidoscope Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura [The Finnish Literature Society] 978-951-746-215-0 http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/?id=3630 https://web.archive.org/web/20150621185326/http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/?id=3630 21 June 2015 dead 30 November 2011Music becomes a serious pursuit 1881–1885 Jean Sibelius Finnish Club of Helsinki http://www.sibelius.fi/english/elamankaari/sib_musiikkiharrastus.htm 21 June 2015 1 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150201063455/http://www.sibelius.fi/english/elamankaari/sib_musiikkiharrastus.htm live New works Niels Gade – Nye Akvarellerhttps://www.kb.dk/dcm/nwgw.html Niels W. Gade. Thematic-Bibliographic Catalogue of His Works Royal Danish Library 11 June 2021 Edvard Grieg – Norske danser, Op.35https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Norwegian_Dances,_Op.35_(Grieg,_Edvard) 4 Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 IMSLP 13 January 2025 Andreas Hallén – Harald Viking (opera)Jean Christensen New Music of the Nordic Countries Pendragon Press 2002 9781576470190 510 Robert Kajanus – Suomalainen rapsodia (Finnish rhapsody) No. 1 in D minor, Op. 5https://imslp.org/wiki/Rhapsody_No.1%2C_Op.5_(Kajanus%2C_Robert) Rhapsody No.1, Op.5 (Kajanus, Robert) IMSLP 14 January 2023 Peter Lange-Müller – Fulvia, Op. 15 Jean Sibelius – Water Droplets Johan Svendsen – Violin Romance, Op. 26 Births 13 January – Sigvaldi Kaldalóns, Icelandic composer (died 1946)https://www.musik.is/Baldur/TsagaRvk/1900-1930/til1930_9.html Tónlistarsaga Reykjavíkur: III Tímabilið 1900 – 1930: Sigvaldi Kaldalóns musik.is 2018-06-07 7 May – Edvard Sylou-Creutz, Norwegian classical pianist, composer and radio personality (died 1945).http://www.begravdeioslo.no/maler/grav/grave_id/110752 Gravferdsetaten i Oslo kommune BegravdeIOslo.no Oslo no 2017-04-28 14 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250114165244/https://www.begravdeioslo.no/maler/grav/grave_id/110752 dead 6 July – Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer (died 1949)https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/composers/23100--dalberg?srsltid=AfmBOoow4JE8JhTeM-eIqewZP9lPU7mb2AlE6euWAayXdICRegTx43uv Nancy Dalberg Presto Music 13 January 2025 27 August – Sigurd Islandsmoen, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1964).https://nbl.snl.no/Sigurd_Islandsmoen Sigurd Islandsmoen Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Fredrik Th. Bolin Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-28 28 August – Arne Eggen, Norwegian composer and organist (died 1955).https://nbl.snl.no/Arne_Eggen Arne Eggen Store Norske Leksikon Morten Eide Pedersen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-28 29 August – Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer (died 1967)Grove, George and Stanley Sadie (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers, 978-0-333-23111-1 25 November – Peder Gram, Danish organist and composer (died 1956) Kappel V. Contemporary Danish composers against the background of Danish musical life and history Det Danske Selskab Danes of the present and past 1967 https://books.google.com/books?id=0YEsAQAAIAAJ 14 February 2018 50 27 December – Viktor Widqvist, Swedish military musician and composer (died 1952)https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/composers/9001--widqvist Victor Widqvist (composer) Presto Music 13 January 2025 Deaths 24 September – Petrine Fredstrup, ballet dancer and teacher (born 1827)http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/775/origin/170/ Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Petrine Fredstrup 2007-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20070823193327/http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/775/origin/170/ 2007-08-23 13 January 2025 See also 1881 in Denmark 1881 in Norwegian music 1881 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music