1919 in Nordic music

none April 2025 1919 1919 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1919 in Nordic music. Events February/March – Jean Sibelius resumes work on his Fifth Symphony, partly in tribute to his friend Axel Carpelan.James Hepokoski Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 Cambridge University Press 1993 56 27 September – The re-founded Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkester) gives its first concert, with the Norwegian royal family in attendance.Series B--Skrifter, volume 144 Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning no 2012 70 Johan Halvorsen, its main conductor, begins work on his Norwegian Rhapsodies. 24 November – The final revised version of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony is premièred by the Helsinki Philharmonic, conducted by the composer.http://www.rpo.org/s_7/s_100/p_634/Program_Notes_-_Sibelius%27_Fifth/ Program Notes – Sibelius' Fifth – Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra www.rpo.org 9 February 2017 26 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151226105427/http://www.rpo.org/s_7/s_100/p_634/Program_Notes_-_Sibelius%27_Fifth dead New works Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 39, "Från havsbandet"https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W830-Fran_Havsbandet_Symphony_no_4_in_C_minor Från Havsbandet Symphony no. 4 in C minor Swedish Musical Heritage 13 April 2025 Natanael Berg – Violin concerto in E minorhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/berg-natanael/SMH-W3889-Violinkonsert_e-moll_Violin_concerto_in_E_minor Violinkonsert (e-moll) [Violin concerto (in E minor)] Swedish Musical Heritage 12 April 2025 Hakon Børresen – Den Kongelige Gæst (The Royal Guest) (opera)Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc... U.S. Government Printing Office 1919 1491 Carl Nielsen – Aladdin (for theatre)https://www.carlnielsen.dk/familieliv/ Family Life Carl Nielsen Society da 13 April 2025 Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 (final revised version) Wilhelm Stenhammar – Lodolezzi sjunger suitehttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/stenhammar-wilhelm/SMH-W325-Lodolezzi_sjunger_Suite Lodolezzi sjunger, Suite Swedish Musical Heritage 13 April 2025 Popular music Evert Taube – "Fritiof Andersson"Taube Evert Palm Anders Stenström Johan Sångboken 2009 Bonnier fakta Stockholm sv 41 978-91-7424-031-3 Births 15 February – Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due, Norwegian violinist and music teacher (died 1985).https://snl.no/Stephan_Henrik_Barratt-Due Stephan Henrik Barratt Due Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2016-06-24 13 April 2017 11 August – Dan Fog, Danish music antiquarian and publisher (died 2000)http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Medier/Musikforl%C3%A6gger/Dan_Fog Dan Fog Dansk Bibliografisk Leksikon 13 June 2015 Danish 24 August – Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer (died 2000)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/18/guardianobituaries1 Niels Viggo Bentzon 18 May 2000 Guy Rickards The Guardian 12 April 2025 8 September – Johan Kvandal, composer and music critic (died 1999)https://nbl.snl.no/Johan_Kvandal Johan Kvandal Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Nils Grinde Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-13 16 September – Sven-Erik Bäck, composer (died 1994)http://www.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/MetaEMN/BB1B9BBCBB0BA51341256492002D1D3E!OpenDocument Sven-Erik Bäck STIM 8 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191842/http://www.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/MetaEMN/BB1B9BBCBB0BA51341256492002D1D3E!OpenDocument 2007-09-27 28 September – Fred Lange-Nielsen, Norwegian jazz musician and medical specialist (died 1989)April 2025 20 December – Reinhold Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist, organist and composer (died 1968)William F Lee People in jazz: jazz keyboard improvisors of the 19th & 20th centuries....  Columbia Lady Music 1984 9780898983586 92 Deaths 27 February – Zulamith Wellander, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1857)https://sv.wikisource.org/wiki/Kungl._teatrarne_under_ett_halft_sekel_1860-1910/Zulamith_Maria_Wellander Zulamith Maria Wellander Svanberg, Johannes Kungl. teatrarne under ett halft sekel 1860-1910 30 June 2017 sv 11 March – Harald Fryklöf, Swedish composer and teacher (born 1882; pneumonia)https://swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/fryklof-harald/ Harald Fryklöf (1882-1919) Swedish Musical Heritage 13 April 2025 24 March – Axel Carpelan, Finnish nobleman, friend and supporter of Sibelius (born 1858) 7 July – Adèle Almati, German-born Swedish mezzo-soprano (born 1861)https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=5671 A Adele L Almati-Rundberg sv Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 13 April 2025 10 September – Helena Munktell, Swedish composer (born 1852) https://skbl.se/sv/artikel/HelenaMunktell Helena Mathilda Munktell Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon Karin Wiberg 1 March 2019 17 October – Sven August Körling, Swedish organist and composer (born 1842)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/korling-august/ August Körling (1842−1919) Swedish Musical Heritage 13 April 2025 See also 1919 in Denmark 1919 in Finland 1919 in Iceland 1919 in Norwegian music 1919 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music