1906 in Nordic music

none March 2025 1906 1906 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1906 in Nordic music. Events 11 November – Carl Nielsen's opera Maskarade, with a libretto by Vilhelm Andersen, is given its first performance at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen.Schepelern Gerhard Opera bogen 1987 Gyldendal A/S Danish 87-00-19464-6 346–351 3 December – Hugo Alfvén's Symphony no. 3 in E major is performed for the first time in Gothenburg by the Gothenburg Orchestral Society, with the composer conducting.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W812-Symphony_no_3_in_E_major Symphony no. 3 in E major Swedish Musical Heritage 3 March 2025 6 December – The Oscarsteatern, one of Stockholm's premier private theatres, opens with a Swedish-language production of Jacques Offenbach's operetta Frihetsbröderna (Les brigands).https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-operetta/operetta-in-the-nordic-countries-18501970/6ECA30A6D0058D7DC5154E02CD77B35D Pentti Paavolainen 10 - Operetta in the Nordic Countries (1850–1970) 20 March 2025 Cambridge Core 29 December – Jean Sibelius's symphonic tone poem Pohjola's Daughter is given its première in Saint Petersburg, with the composer conducting.Burbank Richard Twentieth Century Music New York City, USA Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY 1984 0-87196-464-3 30 unknown date – Sara Wennerberg-Reuter begins a 40-year tenure as organist at Sofia Church in Stockholm.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/wennerberg-reuter-sara/ Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875−1959) Swedish Musical Heritage 3 March 2025 New works Hugo Alfvén – Fosterlandspsalmhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W1677-Fosterlandspsalm/ Fosterlandspsalm Swedish Musical Heritage 4 March 2025 Edvard Grieg – 4 Psalms, Op. 74Category:Grieg, Edvard https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Grieg,_Edvard ISMLP Erkki Melartin – Surullinen Puutarha, Op.52 Carl Nielsen String Quartet No. 4 Op 44https://www.editionsilvertrust.com/nielsen-string-quartet4.htm Carl Nielsen: String Quartet No.4 in F Major, Op.44 Editions Silvertrust 3 March 2025 Maskarade, CNW 2 Hr. Oluf han rider, CNW 7 Fædrelandssang, CNW 288Category:Nielsen, Carl https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Nielsen,_Carl ISMLP Jean Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter Belshazzar's Feast Emil Sjögren – Böndir skulu kluckara fahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/sjogren-emil/SMH-W4971-Bondir_skulu_kluckara_fa_ur_gamla_Da-le-la-gens_kyrkobalk_from_the_par "Böndir skulu kluckara fa" (ur gamla Da-le-la-gens kyrkobalk Swedish Musical Heritage 4 March 2025 Popular music "Krummavísa" (first published; passed down by folklorist Olafur Davidsson)Bjarni Þorsteinsson 1906 Íslenzk þjóðlög Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja 510 Copenhagen http://baekur.is/bok/000042130/0/538/Islenzk_thjodlog_Bls_538 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Births 21 January – Gunnar Johansen, Danish pianist and composer (died 1991)http://www.wiscomposers.org/news/1998_02/feature.html Gunnar Johansen: Master Musician Gordon Rumson WAC 3 March 2025 2 May – Aulikki Rautawaara, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1990)Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland Ruth-Esther Hillila, Barbara Blanchard Hong 1997 Greenwood 0-313-27728-1 333 19 July – Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer and music critic (died 1979) https://nbl.snl.no/Klaus_Egge Klaus Egge Norsk biografisk leksikon Morten Eide Pedersen 1 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180523101237/https://nbl.snl.no/Klaus_Egge 23 May 2018 live 1 September – Aksel Schiøtz, Danish lieder singer (died 1975)https://greatsingersofthepast.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/aksel-schiotz-tenor/ AKSEL SCHIØTZ, Tenor Great Singers of the Past 3 March 2025 10 October – Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz musician, singer and bandleader (died 1969)https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/leo-mathisen/ Leo Mathisen All About Jazz 3 March 2025 Deaths 22 March – Martin Wegelius, Finnish composer and musicologist (born 1846)Jean Sibelius: his life and personality Karl Ekman 1938 187 8 June – C. F. E. Horneman, Danish conductor, composer and music publisher (born 1840) https://runeberg.org/dbl/8/0089.html Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil Dansk biografisk Lexikon 1 January 2020 16 November – Wilhelmina Josephson, Swedish pianist (born 1816)The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians Macmillan 1938 1690 See also 1906 in Denmark 1906 in Norwegian music 1906 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music