1885 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1885 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• unknown date
  • Finn Jean Sibelius, already a budding composer, passes his final school examination, qualifying him for university. ^[1]
  • Swedish music teacher Alice Sandström marries Jakob Tegnér. ^[2]

New works

• Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite (expanded version for string orchestra) ^[3]
• Robert Kajanus – Aino ^[4]
• Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in E-flat major ^[5]
• August Winding – Concert Overture, Op. 14 (published) ^[6]

Popular music

• Carl Boberg – O Store Gud (written; published the following year) ^[7]

Births

• 6 March – Hildor Lundvik, Swedish musician and composer (died 1951) ^[8]
• 11 August – Lilly Kajanus-Blenner, Finnish harpist, daughter of Robert Kajanus (died 1963) ^[9]
• 15 October – Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher (died 1959) ^[10]
• 6 December – Helge Klæstad, Norwegian Supreme Court judge and composer (died 1965) ^[11]

Deaths

• 11 February – Niels Peter Hillebrandt, Danish organist and composer (born 1831) ^[12]
• 28 March – Ludvig Norman, Swedish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1831) ^[13]
• 17 July – Søffren Degen, Danish guitarist and composer (born 1816) ^[14]
• 21 November – Amalia Redec, Swedish pianist, teacher and composer (born 1810) ^[15]

See also

• 1880s in Danish music
• 1885 in Norwegian music
• 1885 in Sweden

References

1. Ringbom, Nils-Eric (1950). Sibelius (in Danish). translated from the Swedish by Johan Koch. Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck. p. 14.
2. "Alice Tegnér". skbl.se. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
3. Schlotel, Brian (1986). Grieg. London: BBC Musical Guides. p. 24. ISBN   9780563204794.
4. Goss, Glenda Dawn (2003). "A Backdrop for Young Sibelius: The Intellectual Genesis of the Kullervo Symphony". 19th-Century Music. 27 (1). University of California Press: 55. doi:10.1525/ncm.2003.27.1.48. JSTOR   10.1525/ncm.2003.27.1.48.
5. Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke[Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 616–617. ISBN   3-7651-0333-0.
6. Oscar Thompson (1975). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead. p. 2471.
7. "Story behind the song: 'How Great Thou Art'". St Augustine Record. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
8. "Hildor Lundvik". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
9. Barbara B. Hong (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. p. 161. ISBN   9780313387753.
10. Norheim, Øyvind (13 February 2009). "Fridtjof Backer Grøndahl". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon . Retrieved 27 April 2017.
11. Halvorsen, Marit (13 February 2009). "Helge Klæstad". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon . Retrieved 27 April 2017.
12. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, Volumes 17–18 (in German). 1885. p. 75.
13. "Ludwig Norman". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
14. Schiørring, Nils. "Søffren Degen". In Bech, Svend Cedergreen (ed.). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3rd ed.). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
15. Hanna Bendz. "skbl.se - Amalia Leonilda Redec". skbl.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 July 2020.