1921 in Nordic music

none April 2025 1921 1921 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1921 in Nordic music. Events January–March – Jean Sibelius makes the last of his four visits to Britain.Jean Sibelius and His World Daniel M. Grimley Princeton University Press 2011 9781400840205 126 26 November – Rued Langgaard's Music of the Spheres is performed for the first time, at the Konzerthaus, Karlsruhe, Germany. After 1921, it is not performed again until the 1960s, after Langgaard's death.Viinholt Nielsen, Bendt Sfærernes Musik (Music of the Spheres) http://www.langgaard.dk/musik/vaerker/128e.htm langgaard.dk New works Hakon Børresen – Kaddara (opera)Alastair H. Thomas The A to Z of Denmark Scarecrow Press 2010 9780810872059 70 Rued Langgaard – Music of the Spheres Wilhelm Stenhammar – Sången. En symfonisk kantathttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/stenhammar-wilhelm/SMH-W3656-Sangen_En_symfonisk_kantat_The_Song_A_symphonic_cantata Sången. En symfonisk kantat [The Song. A symphonic cantata] Swedish Musical Heritage 26 April 2025 Popular music Gustaf Nordqvist & Edvard Evers – "Jul, jul, strålande jul"https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/nordqvist-gustaf/SMH-W1925-Jul_jul_stralande_jul Jul, jul, strålande jul! Swedish Musical Heritage 19 April 2025 Births 7 May – Reidar Bøe, Norwegian singer and composer (died 1969)https://snl.no/Kurt_Foss_og_Reidar_B%C3%B8e Kurt Foss Og Reidar Bøe no Store Norske Leksikon Sindre Ness Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2014-01-28 26 March 2017 18 October – Willy Andresen, Norwegian jazz pianist and orchestra leader (died 2016).http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Willy-Andresen-er-dod---Musikklivet-blir-fattigere-nar-en-slik-mester-er-borte-522421b.html Willy Andresen er død: – Musikklivet blir fattigere når en slik mester er borte no Bakke Asbjørn Aanstad Kristine Hellem Aftenposten 2016-06-17 3 December 2016 13 November – Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (died 1996)http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/1492/ Kokkonen, Joonas (1921–1996) Salmenhaara Erkki 2001 Finnish National Biography SKS 26 October 2016 registration fi 21 November – Margrethe Schanne, Danish ballerina (died 2014)Schanne, Margrethe (1921–) https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/schanne-margrethe-1921 Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages 2006 22 April 2021 Encyclopedia.com 27 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210527211401/https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/schanne-margrethe-1921 live 7 December – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, poet, translator and music collector (died 2006).http://www.recordedsound.no/artikler/nekrolog.php Arne Dørumsgaard er død – nekrolog Norwegian Per Dahl RecordedSound.no 2017-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20170312031354/http://www.recordedsound.no/artikler/nekrolog.php 2017-03-12 dead Deaths 22 November – Christina Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano and composer (born 1843)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/nilsson-kristina/ Christina Nilsson (1843−1921) Swedish Musical Heritage 19 April 2025 5 December – Ellen Bergman, Swedish musician and singing teacher (born 1842)https://www.kvinnofronten.nu/Formodrar/ellenbergman.htm Ellen Bergman kvinnofronten.nu 19 April 2025 unknown date – Hilda Sandels, Swedish opera singer (born 1830)April 2025 See also 1921 in Denmark 1921 in Iceland 1921 in Norwegian music 1921 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music