1890 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1890 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• February – Carl Nielsen obtains a scholarship worth 1800 Danish kroner. ^[1]
• 23 April – Icelandic composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson marries his Scottish wife, Eleanor. ^[2]
• October – In Berlin, on his way to Vienna, Jean Sibelius meets two other young Scandinavian composers, Carl Nielsen and Armas Järnefelt. ^[3]

New works

• Edvard Grieg
  • Gammel norsk melodi med variasjoner ^[4]
  • Klaverstykker etter egne sanger, hefte II ^[4]
• Johan Halvorsen – Suite for Violin and Piano
• Carl Nielsen – String Quartet No. 2 in F minor ^[5]
• Jean Sibelius – Piano Quintet in G minor ^[6]
• Christian Sinding – Symphony No. 1 in D minor ^[7]

Popular music

• Johan Halmrast (lyrics) & Kristian Wendelborg (music) – "Å, salige stund uten like" ^[8]

Births

• 12 March – Evert Taube, Swedish composer and singer (died 1976) ^[9]
• 4 April – Per Kvist, Norwegian entertainer and revue writer (died 1947) ^[10]
• 5 August – Pauline Hall, Norwegian music critic and composer (died 1969). ^[11]
• 8 September – Bjørn Talén, Norwegian operatic tenor (died 1945). ^[12]
• 11 September – Marius Ulfrstad, composer, organist and music teacher (died 1968). ^[13]
• 13 October – Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer (died 1966) ^[14]

Deaths

• 7 January – Hans Matthison-Hansen, Danish organist and composer (born 1817) ^[15]
• 21 December – Niels Gade, Danish conductor and composer (born 1817) ^[16]

See also

• 1890 in Denmark
• 1890 in Norwegian music
• 1890 in Sweden

References

1. "Carl Nielsen". Carl Nielsen 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
2. "Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847-1926)". Naxos Records. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
3. Erik Tawaststjerna (1976). Sibelius: 1865-1905. University of California Press. p. 72.
4. Fog, Dan; Grinde, Kirsti; Norheim, Øyvind (2008): Edvard Grieg - Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Henry Litolffs Verlag: Frankfurt/Main Leipzig London New York. ISBN   978-3-87626-990-0
5. "Carl Nielsen Edition - Prefaces and Critical Commentaries" (PDF). The Royal Library. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
6. Dahlström, Fabian (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke[Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. p. 598. ISBN   3-7651-0333-0.
7. The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music. Cambridge University Press. 2001. p. 733. ISBN   9780521590174.
8. Norges offentlige utredninger (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget. 1981. p. 155.
9. "Evert Taube". DAHR. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
10. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Per Kvist". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
11. Faurdal, Inger Lokjær (13 February 2009). "Pauline Hall". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
12. Svendsen, Trond Olav (13 February 2009). "Bjørn Talén". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
13. Grinde, Nils (13 February 2009). "Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
14. David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers. Doubleday. p. 1182. ISBN   9780385142786.
15. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. 1938. p. 1143.
16. "Gade, Niels Wilhelm". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2020.