1899 in Nordic music

none February 2025 1899 1899 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1899 in Nordic music. Events 25 January – Swedish aristocrat Baron Rolf Cederström (1870–1947) marries world-famous operatic soprano Adelina Patti, who is thirty years his senior.Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1971 31 8 April – Andreas Hallén's opera Waldemarsskatten, with a libretto by Axel von Klinkowström, is premièred at the Royal Swedish Opera.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/hallen-andreas/SMH-W2-Waldemarsskatten_romantic_opera_in_4_acts Waldemarsskatten, romantic opera in 4 acts Swedish Musical Heritage 25 February 2025 26 April – Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 in E minor is premièred by the Helsinki Orchestral Society. This version has not survived.Finlandia pictorial, Volumes 5–9 Yhtyneet kuvalehdet 1950 23 New works Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 2 in Dhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W789-Symphony_no_2_in_D_major_Zweite_Symphonie_in_D_major Symphony no. 2 in D major Swedish Musical Heritage 25 February 2025 Tor Aulin – 4 Aquarellen for Violin and Piano, Op. 12 or 15https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/aulin-tor/SMH-W958-Four_Aquarelles Four Aquarelles Swedish Musical Heritage 25 February 2025 Agathe Backer Grøndahl – Sommer, Op. 50 Axel Gade – Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra in F majorIvan March Edward Greenfield Robert Layton Paul Czajkowski Guide to Compact Discs Penguin 2002 94 Johan Halvorsen – Norwegian Festival Overturehttps://nbl.snl.no/Johan_Halvorsen no Johan Halvorsen Norsk biografisk leksikon 26 November 2024 25 February 2025 Erkki Melartin 2 Ballades, Op. 5 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 8 Jean Sibelius – Finlandia Christian Sinding – 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 49 Popular music Jean Sibelius – "Song of the Athenians"3 Songs for Chorus, Op.31 (Sibelius, Jean) - IMSLP https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Songs_for_Chorus,_Op.31_(Sibelius,_Jean) 13 June 2024 imslp.org Alice Tegnér – "Kring julgranen"Alice Tegnér Våra visor Bonnier Carlsen 2020 9789178038572 45 Births 2 March – Harald Agersnap, Danish pianist, cellist, conductor and composer (died 1982)Harald Agersnap 14 November 2011 http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Musik/Komponist/Harald_Agersnap Den Store Danske 20 February 2014 10 March – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (died 1997) Finn Høffding - Library of Congress https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86098887 id.loc.gov 30 March 2022 29 April – Yngve Sköld, Swedish pianist and composer (died 1992)http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/25936?q=Yngve+Sköld&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1 Sköld, Yngve in Oxford Music Online Rolf Haglund Grove Music Online oxfordmusiconline.com 15 October 2017 http://gulabin.com/composers/pdf/YNGVE%20SKOLD.pdf Yngve Skold: A Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music Colin Mackie 7 January 2013 2017-10-15 1 May – Jón Leifs, Icelandic pianist, conductor and composer (died 1968)Gudmundur Halfdanarson The A to Z of Iceland Scarecrow Press, Incorporated 2010 9780810872080 134 9 June – Signe Amundsen, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 1987)https://www.hf.uio.no/imv/forskning/prosjekter/norgesmusikk/musikkhistarkiv/hurum/amundsen_s.html SIGNE AMUNDSEN (Finsland) (1899-1987) Norsk Operahistorie 22 November 2003 24 February 2025 no 20 July – Sven Sköld, Swedish conductor and film composer (died 1956)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/skold-sven/ Sven Sköld Swedish Musical Heritage 24 February 2025 23 September – Odd Grüner-Hegge, Norwegian conductor (died 1973).https://nbl.snl.no/Odd_Gr%C3%BCner-Hegge Odd Grüner Hegge Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Elef Nesheim Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-24 13 October – Einar Fagstad, Norwegian accordionist, singer and composer (died 1961). https://nkl.snl.no/Einar_Fagstad Einar Fagstad Norsk Kunstnerleksikon 20 February 2017 24 February 2025 29 November – Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer (died 1929).https://snl.no/Arvid_Parly_Kleven Arvid Parly Kleven Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2016-01-23 2017-04-06 Deaths 4 February – Eduard Holst, Danish composer, playwright, actor, dancer and dance master (born 1843)William H. Rehrig The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music Integrity Press 1991 349 22 March – Anna Henriette Levinsohn, Danish operatic soprano (born 1839)Singer Isidore https://books.google.com/books?id=q2ChpeRkc_MC&pg=PA42 The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Adler Cyrus Funk and Wagnalls 1912 42 16 June – August Winding, Danish pianist and composer (born 1843)Frederic Barclay Emery The Violin Concerto Through a Period of Nearly 300 Years: Covering about 3300 Concertos, with Brief Biographies of 1000 Composers Violin Literature Publishing Company 1928 302 17 August – Erik Bøgh, Danish journalist, playwright and songwriter (born 1822)Nathan Haskell Dole The Bibliophile Dictionary: A Biographical Record of the Great Authors University Press of the Pacific 2003 9781410210401 8 22 October – Ernst Mielck, Finnish composer (born 1877; tuberculosis)https://www.fmq.fi/articles/thrice-homeless Ernst Mielck - Thrice homeless FMQ 24 February 2025 See also 1899 in Denmark 1899 in Norwegian music 1899 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music