1900 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1900 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 2 July – The revised version of Jean Sibelius's tone poem Finlandia is premièred by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kajanus. ^[1]

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Vid sekelskiftet (cantata composed for the inauguration of the year 1900) ^[2]
• Hjalmar Borgstrøm – Fiskeren (not performed until 2003) ^[3]
• August Enna – The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep (ballet) ^[4]
• Edvard Grieg
  • 5 Songs, Op. 69
  • 5 Songs, Op. 70 ^[5]
• Carl Nielsen – Fest-præludium ved Aarhundredskiftet, CNW 84 ^[6]
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Frösöblomster II
• Jean Sibelius – Snöfrid ^[7]
• Wilhelm Stenhammar
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • Violin Sonata ^[8]

Popular music

• "Stjernsången", poem with words by Esaias Tegnér, to a new melody by King Oscar I of Sweden. ^[9]

Births

• 11 April – Kai Normann Andersen, Danish film composer and songwriter (died 1967) ^[10]
• 11 June – Jules Sylvain (Axel Stig Hansson), Swedish musician, songwriter and composer (died 1968) ^[11]
• 20 September – Uuno Klami, Finnish composer (died 1961) ^[12]

Deaths

• 7 January – Augusta Schrumpf, Norwegian operatic soprano and actress (born 1813) ^[13]
• 26 January – Carl Leopold Sjöberg, Swedish composer (born 1861) ^[14]
• 10 March – Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish composer (born 1805) ^[15]

See also

• 1900 in Denmark
• 1900 in Norwegian music
• 1900 in Sweden
• 1900 in Iceland

References

1. Georg Predota (2 July 2022). "On This Day 2 July: Sibelius' Finlandia Was Premiered". Interlude. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
2. "Vid sekelskiftet Cantata composed for the inauguration of the year 1900". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
3. "The Norwegian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra releases Hjalmar Borgstrøms Opera - Fiskeren (The Fisherman)". Kommunikas NTB (in Norwegian). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
4. Vagn Kappel (1967). Contemporary Danish Composers Against the Background of Danish Musical Life and History. Det Danske Selskab. p. 49.
5. "Category:Grieg, Edvard". ISMLP.
6. "Category:Nielsen, Carl". ISMLP.
7. Andrew Barnett (2007). Sibelius. Yale University Press. p. 140. ISBN   9780300111590.
8. "Wilhelm Stenhammar". ISMLP.
9. "Stjernsången [Stjärnsången][The star song]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
10. Daimi Gentle; Dario Campeotto (2010). "Aage Stentoft & Kai Normann Andersen". Daimi og Dario. Med showbiz i bakspejlet. Lindhardt og Ringhof.
11. "A Stig (Jules Sylvain) Hansson". SBL. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
12. The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Harvard University Press. 2002. p. 350. ISBN   9780674255722.
13. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "Schrumpf, Augusta". Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XV. Bind. Scalabrini - Skanke / 302 - Runeberg.org. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
14. "Carl Sjöberg (1861−1900)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
15. "Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius, 1805-1900". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2020.