1902 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1902 in Scandinavian music.

Events

9 April – The Finnish National Theatre's new building opens with the premiere of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's The Origin of Fire ("Tulen synty").^[1]
28 November – Danish composer Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David receives its premiere in Copenhagen^[2]
1 December – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, De fire Temperamenter ("The Four Temperaments").^[3]
unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg produces the first of his Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances).^[4]

New works

Jean Sibelius
- "Lastu lainehilla" ("Driftwood") from Seven Songs, Op. 17^[5]
- Symphony No. 2^[6]

Births

7 May – Jolly Kramer-Johansen, Norwegian composer (died 1968).^[7]
30 October – Bias Bernhoft, Norwegian singer and revue writer (died 1986).^[8]
21 November – Harald Lie, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1942).^[9]

Deaths

7 January – Adolfina Fägerstedt (90), Swedish ballet dancer^[10]
17 January – Elias Blix (65), Norwegian organist and composer^[11]
19 August – Lars Fykerud (42), Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and composer.^[12]
12 April – Herman Amberg (67), Danish composer^[13]

References

^ Finnish Theatre Today. Finnish Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 1971. p. 10.
^ "Carl Nielsen: Saul and David", Carl Nielsen Edition Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ Foltmann, Niels Bo, ed. (1998). "Symphony No. 2". Carl Nielsen Works (PDF). II. Instrumental Music. Vol. 2. Carl Nielsen Edition, Royal Danish Library. p. xii. ISBN 978-87-598-0913-6. ISMN 979-0-66134-000-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2014.
^ Finn Benestad; Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe (1993). Edvard Grieg, Chamber Music: Nationalism, Universality, Individuality. Scandinavian University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9788200216995.
^ Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-300-16397-1.
^ Goddard, Scott (April 1931). "Sibelius's Second Symphony." Music & Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 156–163.
^ "Jolly Kramer Johansen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Bias Bernhoft". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ "Harald Lie". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Nils Personne: Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838
^ Bull, Tove (13 February 2009). "Elias Blix". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Andersen, Rune J. (9 July 2013). "Adolf Thomsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. 1938. p. 40.

[1] Finnish Theatre Today. Finnish Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 1971. p. 10.

[2] "Carl Nielsen: Saul and David", Carl Nielsen Edition Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[3] Foltmann, Niels Bo, ed. (1998). "Symphony No. 2". Carl Nielsen Works (PDF). II. Instrumental Music. Vol. 2. Carl Nielsen Edition, Royal Danish Library. p. xii. ISBN 978-87-598-0913-6. ISMN 979-0-66134-000-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2014.

[4] Finn Benestad; Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe (1993). Edvard Grieg, Chamber Music: Nationalism, Universality, Individuality. Scandinavian University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9788200216995.

[5] Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-300-16397-1.

[6] Goddard, Scott (April 1931). "Sibelius's Second Symphony." Music & Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 156–163.

[7] "Jolly Kramer Johansen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[8] Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Bias Bernhoft". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[9] "Harald Lie". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[10] Nils Personne: Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838

[11] Bull, Tove (13 February 2009). "Elias Blix". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[12] Andersen, Rune J. (9 July 2013). "Adolf Thomsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[13] The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. 1938. p. 40.

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