1926 in Nordic music

none May 2025 1926 1926 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1926 in Nordic music. Events 26 June Jean Sibelius's cantata Väinämöinen's Song is premièred at a singing festival in Sortavala (then still part of Finland), with the Robert Kajanus conducting. 21 October – Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto is given its world première in Paris.Friis Mogens Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto http://www.flutist.dk/Reviews.htm Flutist.dk 12 March 2014 13 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221113174454/http://www.flutist.dk/Reviews.htm dead 26 December – The world première of Sibelius's tone poem Tapiola is given by Walter Damrosch and the New York Philharmonic, the last substantial composition to be made public by the composer for the remaining 30 years of his life.Jean Sibelius and His World Daniel M. Grimley Princeton University Press 2011 9781400840205 111 unknown date – Norwegian soprano Karen-Marie Flagstad takes her first major professional stage role as Hannah in Eduard Künneke's operetta The Cousin from Nowhere.Karl-Josef Kutsch Leo Riemens 2003 Großes Sängerlexikon 4 4 de K. G. Saue 788 New works Leevi Madetoja – Symphony No. 3The New Records, volume 48 H. R. Smith Company 1980 2 Harald Sæverud – Symphony in B-flat minorBjarne Kortsen Contemporary Norwegian Chamber Music Edition Norvegica 1971 205 Jean Sibelius – Väinämöinen's SongBarnett Andrew Sibelius Yale University Press 2007 9780300111590 7 Popular music Poul Schierbeck – "I Danmark er jeg født"14 May 2025 I Danmark er jeg født https://hojskolesangbogen.dk/om-sangbogen/historier-om-sangene/h-i/i-danmark-er-jeg-foedt Hojskolesangbogen Births 9 January – Randi Hultin, Norwegian jazz critic and impresario (died 2000).http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=955016324 Randi Hultin – Under the Spell of Jazz JazzHouse.org 7 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084125/http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=955016324 2007-09-29 dead 20 February – Hans-Jørgen Holman, Norwegian musicologist and educationalist (died 1986)Hans-Jörgen Holman Obituary Focus, Andrews University Alumni Magazine Winter 1986/1987 11 July – Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (died 2017)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/10/nicolai-gedda-obituary#:~:text=The%20Swedish%20tenor%20Nicolai%20Gedda,in%20at%20least%20six%20languages Nicolai Gedda obituary 10 February 2017 Guardian Alan Blyth 11 May 2025 13 July – Bengt-Arne Wallin, Swedish composer, arranger, trumpeter, and flugelhornist (died 2015)https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/bengt-arne-wallin/ Bengt-Arne Wallin All About Jazz 14 May 2025 Deaths 12 January – Roger Henrichsen, Danish pianist and composer (born 1876)2011-07-17 Roger Henrichsen https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Roger_Henrichsen 2025-03-14 Dansk Biografisk Leksikon da 26 May – Vendela Andersson-Sörensen, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1845)https://runeberg.org/nfcr/0770.html Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 38. Supplement. Sörensen, Vendela L. Nordisk familjebok 1926 21 May 2021 Swedish 18 July – Robert Emil Hansen, Danish cellist and composer (born 1860)The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume Kiribati Macmillan 1938 760 9 September – Anton Jörgen Andersen, Norwegian cellist and composer (born 1845)https://snl.no/Anton_J%C3%B8rgen_Andersen Anton Jørgen Andersen Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-07-09 7 April 2017 See also 1926 in Denmark 1926 in Iceland 1926 in Norwegian music 1926 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music