1891 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1891 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 10 May – Danish composer Carl Nielsen marries fellow Dane, artist and sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen, in St Mark's English Church, Florence, Italy. ^[1]
• unknown date – Swedish composer Hanna Hallberg marries church musician Nils Peter Norlind. ^[2]

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Till Mamma af Hugo Julen ^[3]
• Elfrida Andrée – Organ Symphony in B minor ^[4]
• Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces , Book V, Opus 54 ^[5]
• Andreas Hallén – I skymningen (At Dusk) ^[6]
• Carl Nielsen – Five Piano Pieces, Opus 3 ^[1]
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Berceuse ^[7]
• Amanda Röntgen-Maier – ^[8]
• Jean Sibelius – Seven Runeberg Songs (first four) ^[9]

Births

• 27 February (Old Style)/15 February – Issay Dobrowen, Russian-Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (died 1953) ^[10]
• 15 April – Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer (died 1945) ^[11]
• 19 April – Henrik Adam Due, US-Norwegian violinist (died 1966) ^[12]

Deaths

• 8 January – Fredrik Pacius, German-born Finnish conductor and composer (born 1809) ^[13]
• 3 June – Balduin Dahl, Danish conductor and composer (born 1834) ^[14]
• 28 April – Cora Nyegaard, Danish composer (born 1812) ^[15]
• 29 September – Joseph Glæser, German-born Danish organist and composer (born 1809) ^[16]

See also

• 1891 in Denmark
• 1891 in Norwegian music
• 1891 in Sweden

References

1. "Love and marriage". Carl Nielsen Society. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
2. "Hanna Hallberg-Norlind (1858−1929)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
3. "Till Mamma af Hugo Julen". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
4. "Organ Symphony (h-moll) [in B minor]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
5. 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
6. "I skymningen. Tondikt för stråkorkester [At dusk. Tone poem for string orchestra]/ In der Abenddämmerung". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
7. "Berceuse". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
8. "Quartett für Clavier, Violine, Bratsche und Violoncell". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
9. Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 404. ISBN   978-0-300-16397-1.
10. Musical courier (1954). The Music magazine, Issue 149. New York: Musical Courier Co. OCLC   1779900.
11. "Väinö Raitio". Classical Music Daily. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
12. "Henrik Adam Due". Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
13. "Fredrik Pacius". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland.
14. Musical News, Volume 1. Musical News. 1891. p. 389.
15. Ahlgren Jensen, Lisbeth. "Cora Nyegaard (1812-1891)". kvinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
16. "Joseph Glæser". Musicalics. Retrieved 15 February 2025.