1887 in Scandinavian music

List of years in Scandinavian music
… 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +...
	v t e

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1887 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 17 September – Danish composer Carl Nielsen plays the violin at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen at the premiere of his own Andante tranquillo e Scherzo for strings. ^[1]
• 29 December – Ivar Hallström's "fairy play" Per Svinaherde receives its premiere at the Stockholm Opera House. ^[2]
• unknown date
  • Danish conductor and composer Frederik Rung sets up the Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association (Caeciliaforening) of Copenhagen. ^[3]
  • Danish poet Holger Drachmann meets cabaret singer Amanda Nielsen, who becomes his muse. ^[4]
  • Norwegian organist, music teacher and critic Catharinus Elling graduates from the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, Germany. ^[5]

New works

• Catharinus Elling – Valse capriser ^[5]
• Edvard Grieg – Third Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor, opus 45 (written at Troldhaugen the previous autumn) ^[6]
• Jean Sibelius – Piano Trio in D major ^[7]

Births

• 17 February – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish conductor, composer and teacher (died 1947) ^[8]
• 23 February – Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (died 1955) ^[9]
• 3 April – Edvard Bræin, Norwegian organist, conductor and composer (died 1957) ^[10]
• 30 May – Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, conductor, composer and musical director (died 1964) ^[11]
• 4 June – Irma Tervani, Finnish operatic contralto (died 1936) ^[12]
• 25 August – Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer (died 1952) ^[13]
• 12 December – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer, also an engineer (died 1974) ^[14]

Deaths

• 7 February – Hanna Brooman, Swedish composer and teacher (born 1809) ^[15]
• 11 March – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer (born 1812) ^[16]
• 7 May – Alette Due, Norwegian singer and composer (born 1812) ^[17]
• 15 August – Hedvig Willman, Swedish opera singer (born 1841) ^[18]
• 2 November – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano called "the Swedish Nightingale" (born 1820) ^[19]

See also

• 1880s in Danish music
• 1887 in Norwegian music
• 1887 in Sweden

References

1. "Ung og lovende". Carl Nielsen Society (in Danish). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
2. "Per Svinaherde. Sagospel i 3 Akter". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
3. Nineteenth-Century Choral Music. Taylor & Francis. 2013. p. 173. ISBN   9781136294099.
4. Thomsen, Allan Mylius. "Amanda Nielsen (1866-1953)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
5. Rune J. Andersen. "Catharinus Elling". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
6. Chris Woodstra (2005). All music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music. Backbeat Books. p. 531.
7. Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 27–30. ISBN   978-0-300-11159-0.
8. "Madetoja, Leevi". Fennica Gehrman. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
9. Slonimsky, Nicolas (1938). Music Since 1900. W.W. Norton Incorporated. p. 465.
10. "Edvard Bræin". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
11. Jens Cornelius (2023). Emil Reesen. Danske komponister, bd. 16. Multivers. ISBN   9788779176256.
12. "Tervani, Irma" (in Swedish). Nordisk familjebok. 1919. p. 971. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
13. "Fartein Valen". Classical Music Daily. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
14. "Kurt Atterberg". Classical Music Daily. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
15. "Hanna Brooman". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
16. "Ludvig Mathias Lindeman". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
17. "Alette (Alethe) Due (1812−1887)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
18. "Hedvig Willman". 565-566 Nordisk famijebok (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
19. Cecilia Jorgensen; Jens Jorgensen (2003). Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale: The Life and Times of Chopin and a Romance Unveiled 154 Years Later. Icons of Europe. p. 89. ISBN   978-2-9600385-0-7.