1903 in Nordic music

none November 2024 1903 1903 Nordic music Events 2 May – Composer Edvard Grieg, in Paris, becomes the first Norwegian to make a gramophone record.https://www.marstonrecords.com/products/legendary-piano#:~:text=Grieg's%20Recordings&text=A%20month%20later%2C%20on%202,whose%20health%20was%20obviously%20failing. Legendary Piano Recordings Marston Records 23 November 2024 25 November – Swedish soprano Olive Fremstad (Anna Olivia Rundquist) makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, United States, as Sieglinde in Die Walküre.John Culshaw Wagner, the man and his music E. P. Dutton 1978 9780525229605 102 New works Hugo Alfvén – Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (Midsommarvaka)David Daniels David W Oertel David A Rahbee Daniels' Orchestral Music Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2022 9781442275218 15 Carl Nielsen – Helios OvertureCategory:Nielsen, Carl https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Nielsen,_Carl ISMLP Sigurd Lie – Symfoni i a-mollNils Grinde Norsk musikk historie: hovedlinjer i norsk musikkliv gjennom 1000 år no Universitetsforlaget 1971 237 Jean Sibelius – KuolemaLevas, Santeri Jean Sibelius: Muistelma suuresta ihmisestä 2nd Helsinki WSOY 1986 466 951-0-13306-X Finnish Births 18 April – Lulu Ziegler, Danish actress and singer (died 1973)https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1659/origin/170/query/ziegler/ Lulu Ziegler (1903 - 1973) Skaarup, Hans Kvinfo 2003 3 November 2021 da 25 April – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 1984)https://nbl.snl.no/Sparre_Olsen Sparre Olsen Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-23 28 April – Egil Rasmussen, Norwegian author, literature critic and pianist (died 1964).https://snl.no/Egil_Rasmussen Egil Rasmussen no Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2010-08-02 2017-04-23 2 May – Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian orchestra conductor, violinist, and conducted the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1983).https://nbl.snl.no/%C3%98ivin_Fjeldstad Øivin Fjeldstad Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Arvid O. Vollsnes Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-08-22 2017-04-23 5 August – Otto Lington, Danish violinist, jazz bandleader and composer (died 1903)https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/358549/Lington_Otto Otto Lington Discography of American Historical Recordings 12 May 2025 17 August – Bjarne Amdahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).https://nbl.snl.no/Bjarne_Amdahl Bjarne Amdahl Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-23 29 September – Karl Andersen, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1970)https://snl.no/Karl_August_Andersen Karl August Andersen no Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2010-08-02 2017-04-23 13 October – Jens Bjerre Jacobsen, Danish organist and composer (died 1986)Jens Bjerre http://www.komponistforeningen.dk/node/3880 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231137/http://www.komponistforeningen.dk/node/3880 4 March 2016 Danish Composers Association 12 May 2025 30 October – Leif Rustad, Norwegian cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976)https://snl.no/Leif_Rustad Leif Rustad no Store Norske Leksikon Jon Gunnar Arntzen Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2012-03-08 2017-04-23 Deaths 24 July – Adolf Thomsen (50), organist and composerhttps://snl.no/Adolf_Thomsen Adolf Thomsen Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-07-09 2017-04-23 27 July – Lina Sandell (71), Swedish hymn writer (born 1832)Robert J Morgan Near to the Heart of God: Meditations on 366 Best-Loved Hymns Baker Publishing Group 2010 9780800733957 217 27 October – Erika Nissen (58), pianisthttps://nbl.snl.no/Erika_Lie_Nissen Erika Lie Nissen Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Inger Elisabeth Haavet Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-26 See also 1903 in Norway 1903 in Sweden Norway Music References Category:Music of Norway Category:1903 in music Category:1900s in Norwegian music Category:Years in Nordic music