1908 in Nordic music

none March 2025 1908 1908 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1908 in Nordic music. Events 12 May – Jean Sibelius undergoes a preliminary operation for suspected throat cancer. On doctors' advice, he travels to Berlin for further operations, which are eventually successful, and he spends July recuperating.Andrew Barnett Sibelius Yale University Press 2007 9780300111590 190–191 28 September – Swedish baritone John Forsell gives a recital in Stockholm, accompanied by Finnish composer Armas Järnefelt at the piano.https://www.armasjarnefelt.fi/index.php/en/?view=category&id=8&start=12 An essay of the recordings Carl-Gunnar Åhlén Armas Järnefelt 9 March 2025 October – US sound recordist Fred Gaisberg visits Stockholm and records baritone August Svenson singing "I Småland där ä' de' så gutt, gutt, gutt"Discography of American Historical Recordings Gramophone matrix 11523b. I Småland där ä' de' så gutt, gutt, gutt / August Svenson 9 March 2025 https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/1000000575/11523b-I_Smland_dr_de_s_gutt_gutt_gu unknown date Armas Järnefelt and his wife, soprano Maikki Pakarinen, are divorced, following her affair with composer Selim Palmgren, whom she subsequently marries.Barbara B. Hong Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland 1997 9780313387753 147 Leevi Madetoja is accepted for private tuition by Jean Sibelius.Tawaststjerna Erik 1976 Sibelius: Volume 1, 1865–1905 London Faber and Faber (Robert Layton, English translation) 133 New works Hugo Alfvén – Drapahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W1612-Drapa/ Drapa Swedish Musical Heritage 8 March 2025 Toivo Kuula – Piano Triohttps://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Trio,_Op.7_(Kuula,_Toivo) Piano Trio, Op.7 (Kuula, Toivo) IMSLP 9 March 2025 Erkki Melartin – Pienoiskuvia III, Op.53 Carl Nielsen – Saga-Drøm (tone poem)Peter Hauge http://img.kb.dk/ma/cn/forord/CNU_II_08_1_cr.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070625163404/http://img.kb.dk/ma/cn/forord/CNU_II_08_1_cr.pdf dead 2007-06-25 Saga Dream Royal Danish Library 8 March 2025 Jean Sibelius Nightride and Sunrise Swanwhite, incidental music for a play by August StrindbergBarnett Andrew Sibelius 2007 Yale University Press 9780300111590 187–189, 257 Popular music Edwin Ericsson and Olof Thunman – "Vi gå över daggstänkta berg"Ellenius Allan Brusewitz Gunnar Thunman Olof Olof Thunmans Uppland 2005 Atlantis 91-7486-784-9 92 Births 20 February – Seymour Österwall, Swedish jazz musician, bandleader and composer (died 1981)Made in Sweden: Studies in Popular Music Alf Björnberg Thomas Bossius Taylor & Francis 2016 9781134858507 5 24 March – Birgit Åkesson, Swedish choreographer, dancer and dance researcher (died 2001)https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/dansade-sin-egen-vag/ Dansade sin egen väg 17 April 2008 Dagens Nyheter sv 9 March 2025 15 May – Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish conductor and composer (died 1986) 20 July – Gunnar de Frumerie, Swedish pianist and composer (died 1987)https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gunnar-de-frumerie-mn0002174324 Gunnar de Frumerie AllMusic 8 March 2025 3 August – Birgit Cullberg choreographer (died 1999)Cullberg Birgit Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon 3 August 1908 https://skbl.se/en/article/BirgitCullberg 27 February 2024 31 August – Conrad Baden, Norwegian organist, composer, teacher and music critic (died 1989).https://nbl.snl.no/Conrad_Baden Conrad Baden Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Elef Nesheim Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 8 March 2025 1 October – Herman David Koppel, Danish composer (died 1998)https://lex.dk/Herman_D._Koppel Herman D. Koppel denstoredanske.dk 17 March 2025 19 October – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (died 1981)https://nbl.snl.no/Geirr_Tveitt Geirr Tveitt Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Reidar Storaas Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-03-12 8 March 2025 8 November – Henning Elbirk, Danish conductor and composer (died 1985)Saaby Svend Dansk Biografisk Leksikon Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 14 August 2017 Bech Svend Cedergreen 3rd da Henning Elbirk 28 February 2024 https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Henning_Elbirk Deaths 8 June – Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher (born 1842)https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=10506 Johannes (Johan) Lindegren SBL 9 March 2025 11 June – August Lagergren, Swedish organist and composer (born 1848)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/lagergren-august/ August Lagergren (1848−1908) Swedish Musical Heritage 9 March 2025 See also 1908 in Denmark 1908 in Norwegian music 1908 in Sweden 1908 in Iceland References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music