1896 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1896 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 18 March – Danish composer Carl Nielsen conducts a performance of his First Symphony in Dresden, resulting in the start of his international success. ^[1]
• 26 May – Jean Sibelius's choral work Hymn is premiered by an amateur choir at a memorial service in Helsinki. ^[2]

New works

• Eyvind Alnæs – Symphony No. 1 ^[3]
• August Enna – Aucassin og Nicolette (opera) ^[4]
• Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces , Book VIII, Op. 65 ^[5]
• Andreas Hallén – Hexfällan (opera) ^[6]
• Carl Nielsen – Hymnus amoris (cantata) ^[1]
• Wilhelm Stenhammar – Excelsior! ^[7]

Popular music

• Sigurd Lie – "Sne (Snow)" (setting of poem by Helge Rode) ^[8]
• Christian Sinding – "Frühlingsrauschen" ^[9]

Births

• 20 January – Elmer Diktonius, Finnish poet and composer (died 1979) ^[10]
• 3 November – Trygve Lindeman, Norwegian cellist and music teacher (died 1961) ^[11]
• 30 December – Hans Stenseth, Norwegian flautist (died 1994) ^[12]

Deaths

• 1 August – Wilhelm Herman Barth, Danish musician and composer (born 1813) ^[13]
• 21 February – Fritz Arlberg, Swedish operatic baritone and composer (born 1830) ^[14]
• 13 December – Emma Dahl, Norwegian opera singer and composer (born 1819) ^[15]

See also

• 1896 in Denmark
• 1896 in Norwegian music
• 1896 in Sweden

References

1. "Symphony and opera composer". Carl Nielsen Society. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
2. "Review". Hufvudstadsbladet. No. 140. 1896. p. 3.
3. "Eyvind Alnæs". Hyperion Records. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
4. Annals of Opera, 1597-1940. Rowman and Littlefield. 1970. p. 1941. ISBN   9780714537771.
5. Free scores by Lyric Pieces, Book VIII at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
6. "Hexfällan (Häxfällan) [Witch's trap] / Walpurgisnacht". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
7. "Excelsior!". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
8. Anna Hersey (2016). Scandinavian Song: A Guide to Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Repertoire and Diction. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 349. ISBN   9780810884540.
9. Frühlingsrauschen : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
10. Leonard Klein; Steven Serafin; Walter D. Glanze (1981). Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Ungar. p. 566.
11. "Trygve Lindeman". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
12. "Historisk befolkningsregister - Hans Stenset" (in Norwegian). hbr2.nr.no. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
13. "Wilhelm H. Barth" (in Danish). Gravsted. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
14. "Fritz Arlberg". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
15. Cecilie Dahm (1987). Kvinner komponerer: ni portretter av norske kvinnelige komponister i tiden 1840-1930 (in Norwegian). Solum Forlag. ISBN   9788256004850