1909 in Nordic music

none March 2025 1909 1909 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1909 in Nordic music. Events 23 January – The first performance of Jean Sibelius's Night Ride and Sunrise takes place in St Petersburg, and reception is hostile. 13 February – Sibelius conducts a performance of Finlandia at the Queen's Hall in London, UK.Andrew Barnett Sibelius Yale University Press 2007 9780300111590 193–194 unknown date – Composer Armas Järnefelt becomes a Swedish citizen.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/jarnefelt-armas/ Swedish Musical Heritage Armas Järnefelt (1869−1958) 14 March 2025 New works Hugo Alfvén – Wedding Marchhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W1624-Wedding_March/ Wedding March Swedish Musical Heritage 14 March 2025 Kurt Atterberg – Scherzo and Adagio for string quartethttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/atterberg-kurt/SMH-W1587-Scherzo_och_Adagio_for_strakkvartett_Scherzo_and_Adagio_for_string_qua Scherzo och Adagio för stråkkvartett [Scherzo and Adagio for string quartet] Swedish Musical Heritage 14 March 2025 Erkki Melartin – Lyrik I, Op.59 Carl Nielsen – De unges Sang, CNW 291Category:Nielsen, Carl https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Nielsen,_Carl ISMLP Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in D minor (Voces intimae)String Quartet ‘Voces intimae’, Op.56 (Sibelius, Jean) String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae, Op. 56 Christian Sinding – Serenade No. 2, Op. 92 Popular music Jean Sibelius – "Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt" ("Julvisa"), setting of lyric by Zacharias TopeliusGlenda Dawn Goss Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland University of Chicago Press 2009 9780226304793 30 Births 11 January – Gunnar Berg, Swiss-born Danish composer (died 1989)International Music & Opera Guide 1986 Gunnar Berg Tantivy Press 43 London Catriona Hall 978-0900730436 10 February – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and traditional folk music composer (died 1988)https://digitaltmuseum.no/011085440245/eit-hundrearsminne-spelemannen-peter-l-rypdal Eit hundreårsminne – Spelemannen Peter L. Rypdal Jorun Marie Rypdal Kvernberg Jorun Marie Kvernberg DigitaltMuseum.no no 2009 14 April 2017 21 March – Miff Görling, Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (died 1988)Erik Kjellberg Miff Görling The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz 2 Barry Kernfeld 14 October – Kalervo Tuukkanen, Finnish composer (died 1979)https://www.uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-170045-TuukkanenKalervo Tuukkanen, Kalervo Uppslagsverket Finland 25 July 2025 18 October – Jan Wølner, Norwegian classical pianist (died 1991).http://snl.no/Jan_W%C3%B8lner Jan Wølner Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-15 28 April 2017 18 November – Valdemar Söderholm, Swedish composer (died 1980)https://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/3dd3ef01-42cb-447b-91c0-3c6018650b63 Söderholm, Valdemar Svenskagravar 16 July 2025 15 December – Randi Heide Steen, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 1990)Randi Heide Steen Store norske leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo https://www.snl.no/Randi_Heide_Steen Henriksen, Petter Norwegian 10 July 2025 20 December – Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer and teacher (died 1996)Rapoport, Paul 2001 Holmboe, Vagn (Gylding) The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd Stanley Sadie John Tyrrell London Macmillan Publishers Deaths 7 May – Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, conductor and composer (born 1847)Woodwind Anthology: Flute, General articles Instrumentalist Company 1992 282 19 July – Leopold Rosenfeld, Danish composer and singing teacher (born 1849)Oscar Thompson The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians Dodd, Mead 1975 1868 22 July – Oscar Byström Swedish composer (born 1821)Layton Robert Rabes Lennart Oscar Byström amp 10 November – Ludvig Schytte, Danish composer, pianist and teacher (born 1848)Nicolas Slonimsky Music Since 1900 Coleman-Ross Company 1949 96 4 December – Christian Teilman, Norwegian organist, pianist, and composer (born 1843)https://nbl.snl.no/Christian_Teilman_-_2 Christian Teilman 2 Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kari Michelsen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-14 See also 1909 in Denmark 1909 in Norwegian music 1909 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music