1931 in Nordic music

none June 2025 1931 1931 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1931 in Nordic music. Events 13 January – Jussi Björling makes an early starring appearance as Jonatan in Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David.Harald Henrysson A Jussi Björling phonography Timber Press 1993 9789185172108 18 24 April – Carl Nielsen's last major work, Commotio, is privately premièred at Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen.https://www.carlnielsen.dk/gb/sidste-hojdepunkter/ Last Years Carl Nielsen Society 4 June 2025 unknown date – Robert Kajanus takes a Finnish orchestra to London, where Jean Sibelius's First and Second Symphonies are recorded by EMI, to be issued by the "Sibelius Society".https://www.fmq.fi/articles/a-hundred-years-of-finnish-recordings A hundred years of Finnish recordings January 2001 Pekka Gronow Finnish Music Quarterly 5 June 2025 New works Hugo Alfvén – Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 (Dalarapsodien), for orchestra, op. 47 Kurt Atterberg – Suite No. 8, for orchestra (Suite pastorale in modo antico), op. 34 John H. Yoell The Nordic Sound: Explorations Into the Music of Denmark, Norway, Sweden Crescendo Publishing Company 1974 9780875970905 66 Vagn HolmboeRapoport, Paul Vagn Holmboe: a catalogue of his music, discography, bibliography, essays' Triad Press 1974 Allegro affettuoso, for piano Allegro sostenuto, for violin and piano Chamber Music No. 1, for chamber orchestra Choral Pieces, for children's chorus Concerto for chamber orchestra Concerto, for solo piano Duets, for two recorders Provinsen [The Provinces], for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, choir, flute, oboe, violin, and cello Requiem, for children's voices, children's chorus, and chamber orchestra Edvin Kallstenius – Dalarapsodi (1st Swedish rhapsody)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/kallstenius-edvin/SMH-W2403-Dalarapsodi_Dalecarlia_Erste_schwedische_Rhapsodie_1st_Swedish_rhapsod Dalarapsodi ('Dalecarlia') Swedish Musical Heritage 4 June 2025 Sigvaldi Kaldalóns – "Á föstudaginn langa" (hymn)https://imslp.org/wiki/%C3%81_f%C3%B6studaginn_langa_(Kaldal%C3%B3ns%2C_Sigvaldi) Á föstudaginn langa (Kaldalóns, Sigvaldi) IMSLP 5 June 2025 Yrjö Kilpinen – Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 81, unpublishedhttps://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=musicstudent Yrjö Kilpinen's Kanteletar-lauluja, Opus 100: A Performance Guide 33 Lisa-Marie Howell University of Nebraska 6 June 2025 Uuno Klami Hommage à Haendel, for orchestrahttps://core.musicfinland.fi/works/hommage-a-haendel Hommage à Haendel Music Finland Core 4 June 2025 Scenes from a Puppet Theatre, for orchestraMusic and Nationalism in 20th-century Great Britain and Finland Von Bockel 1997 9783928770996 203 Rag-Time and Blues, for two violins, clarinet, trumpet, and pianohttps://www.fmq.fi/articles/the-success-story-of-the-man-who-forged-the-sampo The success story of the man who forged the Sampo January 2000 Helena Tyrväinen Finnish Music Quarterly 7 June 2025 Cheremis Fantasia, for cello and orchestra Lars-Erik Larsson – Duo, for violin and viola, op. 6https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Lars-Erik-Larsson-Duo-Op-6/ Duo, Op. 6 earsense 5 June 2025 Jón Leifs Íslendingaljóð [Poems of Icelanders], for male choir, op. 15aIngólfsson, Árni Heimir Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland Indiana University Press 2019 9780253044075 348 Íslenskir söngdansar [Icelandic Dance-Songs], for voices with ad lib instrumental accompaniment, op. 17a Ný rímnadanslög [New Icelandic Dances], for piano, op. 14bhttps://shop.mic.is/work/jon-leifs/ny-rimnadansloeg-op-14b-nr-12/3496 NÝ RÍMNADANSLÖG Op. 14b, nr. 1&2 Icelandic Music Information Centre 7 June 2025 Preludes (Three), for organ, op. 16https://shop.mic.is/work/jon-leifs/preludiae-organo-op-16/3393 PRELUDIAE ORGANO Op. 16 Icelandic Music Information Centre 7 June 2025 Sjávarvísur [Ocean Verses], for male choir, op. 15bhttps://shop.mic.is/work/jon-leifs/sjavarvisur-op-15b/10145 SJÁVARVÍSUR OP. 15B Icelandic Music Information Centre 7 June 2025 Carl Nielsen Allegretto, in C major, for two recordersAllegretto in C major, CNW 72 (Nielsen, Carl) Allegretto in C Major Commotio, for organ, op. 50 "Kvadet om Nordens harpe", for TTBB choirKvadet om Nordens Harpe, CNW 365 (Nielsen, Carl) Kvadet om Nordens harpe Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Danslek ur Ran [Dance Game from Ran], for choir a capella or choir and piano Jämtlandssången [Song of Jämtland], for unison choir and pianoSvensk tidskrift för musikforskning: Swedish journal of musicology Svenska samfundet för musikforskning 2000 69 Harald Sæverud – Variazioni piccole (50), for orchestra, op. 8https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105756925 Harald Saeverud Oxford Reference 7 June 2025 Yngve Sköld – Alla Leggendahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/skold-yngve/SMH-W1554-Alla_Leggenda Alla Leggenda Swedish Musical Heritage 4 June 2025 Popular music Carl Nielsen – "Det som lysner over vangen", for voice and pianoJean-Luc Caron Carl Nielsen: vie et œuvre, 1865-1931 fr L'Age d'homme 1990 9782825100073 284 Jules Sylvain – "Beate-Christine"https://runeberg.org/rolf1931/0035.html Beate-Christine Project Runeberg 4 June 2025 Film music Kai Normann Andersen – Hotel ParadisPer Brink Abrahamsen Danske dramatikeres forbund 1978: en fortegnelse over medlenmernes arbejder Danske Dramatikeres Forbund 1978 97 Eric Bengtson – Röda dagenhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/roda-dagen Röda dagen MUBI 4 June 2025 Einar Fagstad – Skepparkärlekhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/skepparkarlek Skepparkärlek (1931) MUBI 4 June 2025 Helge Lindberg – Kärlek och landstormLarsson, Mariah Marklund, Anders Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader Nordic Academic Press 2010 122 Ragnar Nordin – Flickan från Värmlandhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/flickan-fran-varmland Flickan från Värmland MUBI 4 June 2025 Jules Sylvain – Dantes mysterierhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/dante-s-mysteries Dante's Mysteries MUBI 4 June 2025 Births 26 January – Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist, music teacher (died 2013)https://snl.no/Kaare_%C3%98rnung Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kaare Ørnung] 4 June 2025 20 February – Margareta Hallin, Swedish actress, opera singer and composer (died 2001)https://operawire.com/obituary-margareta-hallin-dies-at-88/ Obituary:Margareta Hallin 14 February 2020 Francisco Salazar Operawire 5 June 2025 4 March – Sonya Hedenbratt, Swedish jazz singer (died 2001)https://www.skbl.se/en/article/SonyaHedenbratt Sonya Elisabeth Hedenbratt Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon 4 June 2025 9 March – Thore Skogman, Swedish popular singer (died 2007)http://www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/LookupBiografier/6D47384B564EB9E44125649500566EA3?OpenDocument Thore Skogman STIM Svensk Musik 5 June 2025 27 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192604/http://www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/LookupBiografier/6D47384B564EB9E44125649500566EA3?OpenDocument bot: unknown 20 June – Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer (died 2010)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/28/arne-nordheim-obituary Arne Nordheim Obituary Guardian 28 June 2010 Guy Rickards 4 June 2025 31 August – Brita Koivunen, Finnish schlager singer (died 2014)https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1013 Koivunen, Brita (1931-2014) Kari Kallioniemi 21 March 2005 Kansallisbiografia 6 June 2025 16 September – Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist (died 1968)https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=12147 Jan Johansson SBL 4 June 2025 16 September – Ferry Graf, Austrian singer who held Finnish citizenship (died 2017)June 2025 Deaths 20 January – Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian teacher, children's writer, songwriter, and playwright (born 1860)https://nbl.snl.no/Margrethe_Munthe Margrethe Munthe Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Gunvor Risa Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 6 April 2017 3 May – Otto Winter-Hjelm, Norwegian musician, conductor, writer, composer, and music critic (born 1837)https://nbl.snl.no/Otto_Winter-Hjelm Otto Winter Hjelm Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Øyvin Dybsand Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-09-16 6 April 2017 18 August – Johan Fridolf Hagfors, Finnish music critic and composer (born 1857) 3 October – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)https://www.carlnielsen.dk/gb/bio/ Last Years Carl Nielsen Society 4 June 2025 See also 1931 in Denmark 1931 in Iceland 1931 in Norwegian music 1931 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music