1897 in Nordic music

none February 2025 1897 1897 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1897 in Nordic music. Events 27 April – Carl Nielsen's first choral work, Hymnus amoris, completed the previous year, receives its première at the Music Society (Musikforeningen) in Copenhagen, with the composer conducting. Viggo Bielefeldt, Tia Krëtma and Katie Adler are the soloists.Daniel M Grimley Carl Nielsen and the Idea of Modernism Boydell 2010 9781843835813 xviii 11 June – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary at the Fossli Hotel near the Vøringfossen waterfall. In recognition of the occasion, Grieg would write his famous piano piece, "Gratulanterne kommer", later known as Wedding Day at TroldhaugenDenis Arnold The New Oxford Companion to Music, Volume 2 1983 1972Grimley Daniel M. Grieg: Music, Landscape and Norwegian Identity 2006 Boydell Press 184-383-210-0 68 New works Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 1The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1996 9780674372993 14 August Enna – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D majorFrederic Barclay Emery The Violin Concerto Da Capo Press 1969 305 Ivar Hallstrom – Little Karin (opera)https://swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/hallstrom-ivar/SMH-W3507-Liten_Karin_Little_Karin Liten Karin [Little Karin] Swedish Musical Heritage 23 February 2025 Johan Halvorsen 2 Danses norvégiennes Sarabande con variazioni Asger Hamerik – Symphony no. 6 ("Spirituelle") for string orchestraFanfare HAMERIK : Symphony No. 6 14 3–4 J. Flegler 1991 400 Ernst Mielck – Symphony in F minor, Op. 4Tawaststjerna Erik Erik W. Tawaststjerna Sibelius: Volume I, 1865–1905 2008 1965/1967; trans. 1976 (Robert Layton, English translation) London Faber and Faber 9780571247721 29 Jean Sibelius – 9 Songs for Chorus, Op. 23 Popular music Alice Tegnér "Årstiderna"Alice Tegnér Våra visor Bonnier Carlsen 2020 9789178038572 45 "Lasse liten"Gustav Djupsjöbacka The Songs of Jean Sibelius: Poetry, Music, Performance Boydell Press 2023 9781783277810 127 Births 6 March Ingrid Lang-Fagerström, Swedish royal harpist (died 1990)Intervju med harpisten Ingrid Fagerström Kungliga Hovkapellet Royal Swedish Orchestra http://www.hovkapellet.com/2008/05/07/intervju-med-harpisten-ingrid-fagerstrom/ 22 February 2025 sv-SE Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer (died 1974)https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=knudaageriisager 2004 gravsted.dk Knudåge Riisager – Dansk komponist 22 February 2025 17 April – Harald Sæverud, Norwegian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1992)https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Harald_Saeverud/20947 Harald Sæverud Naxos Records 22 February 2025 31 July – Eric Bengtson, Swedish film score composer (died 1948)Eric Bengtson (1897−1948) https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/bengtsson-eric/ Swedish Musical Heritage 22 February 2025 29 August – Helge Rosvaenge, Danish operatic tenor (died 1972)The Record Collector Helge Rosvaenge 23 Record Collector 1976 102 22 September – Victor Cornelius (Corneliussen), Danish composer, pianist and singer (died 1961)Rainer E. Lotz German Ragtime & Prehistory of Jazz: The sound documents Storyville Publications 1985 9780902391086 65 6 December – John Fernström, Swedish violinist, conductor and composer (died 1972)John Fernström (1897−1961) https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/fernstrom-john/ Swedish Musical Heritage 22 February 2025 Deaths 17 October – Isidor Dannström, Swedish composer (born 1812)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/dannstrom-isidor/ Isidor Dannström (1812−1897) Swedish Musical Heritage 22 February 2025 See also 1897 in Denmark 1897 in Norwegian music 1897 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music