1902 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1902 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 9 April – The Finnish National Theatre's new building opens with the premiere of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's The Origin of Fire ("Tulen synty"). ^[1]
• 28 November – Danish composer Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David receives its premiere in Copenhagen ^[2]
• 1 December – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, De fire Temperamenter ("The Four Temperaments"). ^[3]
• unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg produces the first of his Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances). ^[4]

New works

• Carl Nielsen
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Saul og David ^[5]
• Jean Sibelius
  • "Lastu lainehilla" ("Driftwood") from Seven Songs, Op. 17 ^[6]
  • Symphony No. 2 ^[7]

Popular music

• Vilhelm Svedbom – "Hej dunkom" ^[8]

Births

• 7 May – Jolly Kramer-Johansen, Norwegian composer (died 1968) ^[9]
• 27 June – Georg Malmstén, Finnish entertainer (died 1981) ^[10]
• 30 October – Bias Bernhoft, Norwegian singer and revue writer (died 1986). ^[11]
• 21 November – Harald Lie, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1942). ^[12]

Deaths

• 7 January – Adolfina Fägerstedt (90), Swedish ballet dancer ^[13]
• 17 January – Elias Blix (65), Norwegian organist and composer ^[14]
• 19 August – Lars Fykerud (42), Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and composer ^[15]
• 12 April – Herman Amberg (67), Danish composer ^[16]

See also

• 1902 in Denmark
• 1902 in Norway
• 1902 in Sweden

• Norway portal
• Music portal

References

1. Finnish Theatre Today. Finnish Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 1971. p. 10.
2. "Carl Nielsen: Saul and David", Carl Nielsen Edition Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine , Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
3. Foltmann, Niels Bo, ed. (1998). "Symphony No. 2". Carl Nielsen Works (PDF). II. Instrumental Music. Vol. 2. Carl Nielsen Edition, Royal Danish Library. p. xii. ISBN   978-87-598-0913-6. ISMN  979-0-66134-000-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2014.
4. Finn Benestad; Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe (1993). Edvard Grieg, Chamber Music: Nationalism, Universality, Individuality. Scandinavian University Press. p. 184. ISBN   9788200216995.
5. "Category:Nielsen, Carl". ISMLP.
6. Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 406. ISBN   978-0-300-16397-1.
7. Goddard, Scott (April 1931). "Sibelius's Second Symphony." Music & Letters , vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 156–163.
8. "Hej dunkom. Svensk folkvisa". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
9. "Jolly Kramer Johansen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
10. "Malmstén, Georg (1902 - 1981)" (in Finnish). Kansallisbiografia . Retrieved 25 April 2017.
11. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Bias Bernhoft". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
12. "Harald Lie". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
13. Nils Personne: Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838
14. Bull, Tove (13 February 2009). "Elias Blix". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
15. Andersen, Rune J. (9 July 2013). "Adolf Thomsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
16. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. 1938. p. 40.