1915 in Nordic music

none March 2025 1915 1915 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1915 in Nordic music. Events March – Carl Nielsen succeeds Franz Xaver Neruda as a director of the Copenhagen music society and composes a Prologue for recitation and orchestra In memoriam Franz Neruda.https://imslp.org/wiki/Franz_Neruda_in_memoriam%2C_CNW_109_(Nielsen%2C_Carl) Franz Neruda in memoriam, CNW 109 (Nielsen, Carl) IMSLP 31 March 2025 8 December – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 5 at his own 50th birthday concert in Helsinki.Jon Paxman Classical Music 1600–2000: A Chronology London Omnibus 2014 978-1-84449-773-7 New works Gustaf Hägg – Legend for pump organhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/hagg-gustaf/SMH-W6040-Legend_for_pump_organ Legend for pump organ Swedish Musical Heritage 30 March 2025 Ture Rangström – Gammal bonde for voice and pianohttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/rangstrom-ture/SMH-W7370-Gammal_bonde_An_old_farmer_Alter_Bauer Gammal bonde [An old farmer] (Alter Bauer) Swedish Musical Heritage 30 March 2025 Jean Sibelius – Violin SonatinaAndrew Barnett 2007 Sibelius Yale University Press 978-0-300-11159-0 249 Wilhelm Stenhammar – Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op 34https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/stenhammar-wilhelm/SMH-W282-Symphony_no_2_G_minor Symphony no. 2 G minor Swedish Musical Heritage 30 March 2025 Popular music "Ritsch, ratsch, filibom" (first publication of traditional Swedish Christmas song)Palm Anders Stenström Johan Barnens svenska sångbok Bonnier Stockholm 91-0-057050-8 Births 13 January – Aino Bergö, Swedish singer and dancer (died 1944)Obituaries Issue 49905; col E 6 The Times 11 July 1944 23 January – Aage Samuelsen, Norwegian evangelist, singer, and composer (died 1987)https://nbl.snl.no/Aage_Samuelsen Aage Samuelsen Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Tormod Engelsviken Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2015-04-15 13 April 2017 8 May – Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor (died 1993)https://nbl.snl.no/Arvid_Fladmoe Arvid Fladmoe Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Elef Nesheim Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2017-04-13 13 May – Ingeborg Cook, US-born Norwegian actress and singer (died 2003)March 2025 11 June – Ebbe Grims-land Swedish viola and mandolin player and composer (died 2015)Stig Jacobsson Hans-Gunnar Peterson Swedish composers of the 20th century: members of the Society of Swedish Composers Swedish Music Information Center 1988 70 21 August – Raquel Rastenni, Danish-Russian singer (died 1998)https://kvindebiografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Rachel_Rastenni Rachel Rastenni Pia Rasmussen 17 March 2025 3 September – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer (died 2014)https://nbl.snl.no/Knut_Nystedt Knut Nystedt Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2014-12-10 13 April 2017 23 September – Finn Arnestad, Norwegian contemporary composer and musician (died 1994).https://snl.no/Finn_Oluf_Arnestad Finn Oluf Arnestad Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-12-29 2017-04-13 25 October – Torleiv Bolstad, Norwegian fiddle player (died 1979)https://snl.no/Torleiv_Bolstad Torleiv Bolstad Marianne Granheim Trøyflat Store Norske Leksikon 31 March 2025 14 November – Jens Book Jenssen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (died 1998)https://nbl.snl.no/Jens_Book_Jenssen Jens Book Jenssen Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 13 April 2017 Deaths 2 January – Bertha Tammelin, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano, pianist and composer (born 1836)https://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/b81ee749-c44b-4b77-a349-c199b09e212a Tammelin, Berta Matilda Svenskagravar 30 March 2025 24 January – Thorvald Hansen, Danish trumpeter and composer (born 1847)https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/10/0864.html Hansen, Frederik Thorvald Salmonsens konversationsleksikon sv 31 March 2025 19 March – Franz Xaver Neruda, Czech-Danish cellist and composer (born 1843)https://runeberg.org/dbl/12/0180.html Neruda, Franz Xaver Dansk biografisk Lexikon (1887-1905) / XII. Bind. Münch - Peirup Carl Frederik Bricka da 31 March 2025 5 October – Otto Malling, Danish organist and composer (born 1848)Nicolas Slonimsky Music Since 1900 W.W. Norton, Incorporated 1938 467 19 November – Joe Hill (born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund), Swedish-American labor leader and songwriter (born 1879; executed by firing squad in the United States)Labor Notes Joe Hickerson Joe's Last Will December 2, 2010 http://labornotes.org/2010/11/joe-hills-last-will November 21, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121016113404/http://labornotes.org/2010/11/joe-hills-last-will October 16, 2012 See also 1915 in Denmark 1915 in Norwegian music 1915 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music