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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year
1904 in Scandinavian music
.
Contents
Events
New works
Births
Deaths
See also
References
Events
24 April
–
Pikku pyhimys
(translation of
Hervé
's
Mam'zelle Nitouche
), starring
Aino Haverinen
, is the first operetta to be performed in the Finnish language, in Viipuri.
[
1
]
10 May
–
Hugo Alfven
's
Swedish Rhapsody for orchestra
,
Midsommervaka
, is premiered in Stockholm.
[
2
]
December –
Adolf Østbye
, a Norwegian revue artist, becomes the first musician to make a gramophone record in Norway.
[
3
]
unknown date
– Finnish soprano
Alma Fohström
(probably) makes her only known recording.
[
4
]
New works
Hakon Børresen
– Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major
[
5
]
Armas Järnefelt
–
Berceuse (Kehtolaulu)
[
6
]
Johan Halvorsen
–
Fossegrimen
, Op. 21
Carl Nielsen
–
Søvnen
, Op.18
[
7
]
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione
[
8
]
Violin Concerto
, Op. 47
Births
1 February
–
Lea Piltti
, Finnish operatic soprano (died
1982
)
[
9
]
7 September
Ernst Glaser
, Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died
1979
)
[
10
]
Ragnar Steen
, Norwegian guitarist (died
1958
).
[
11
]
11 September
–
Hans Jacob Højgaard
, Faroese composer (died
1992
)
[
12
]
26 October
–
Torbjørn Knutsen
, Norwegian composer and violinist (died
1987
).
[
13
]
Deaths
15 January
–
Eduard Lassen
, Danish-born composer and conductor (born
1830
)
[
14
]
18 March
–
Carl Johan Frydensberg
, Danish composer (born
1835
)
[
citation needed
]
22 March
–
Julius Günther
, Swedish opera singer and choirmaster (born
1818
)
[
15
]
29 May
–
Maria Paulina Åhman
, Swedish harpist (born
1812
)
[
16
]
30 September
–
Sigurd Lie
, Norwegian violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor (born
1871
)
[
17
]
6 December
–
Johan Bartholdy
, Danish composer (born
1853
)
[
18
]
See also
1904 in Norway
1904 in Sweden
Norway portal
Music portal
References
↑
Anastasia Belina; Derek B. Scott, eds. (2020).
The Cambridge Companion to Operetta
. Cambridge University Press. p.
162.
ISBN
9781107182165
.
↑
Overture: The Magazine of the Baltimore Symphony
. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Association. 1981. p.
16.
↑
"Gramophone matrix 1475e. Bal i hallingdal / Adolf Østby"
.
DAHR
. Retrieved
26 November
2024
.
↑
Pekka Gronow (January 2001).
"A hundred years of Finnish recordings"
.
Finnish Music Quarterly
. Retrieved
6 June
2025
.
↑
Alastair H Thomas (2016).
Historical Dictionary of Denmark
. Rowman & Littlefield. p.
75.
ISBN
9781442264656
.
↑
Korhonen, Kimmo
[in Finnish]
(2007) [2003].
Inventing Finnish Music: Contemporary Composers from Medieval to Modern
. Translated by
Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko
[in Finnish]
(2nd
ed.). Jyväskylä, Finland: Finnish Music Information Center (FIMIC) & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy. p.
7.
ISBN
978-9-525-07661-5
.
↑
"Category:Nielsen, Carl"
.
ISMLP
.
↑
"Other orchestral works / Cassazione"
.
Jean Sibelius
. Finnish Club of Helsinki
. Retrieved
26 November
2024
.
↑
"Lea Piltti"
(in Finnish). Yle. 8 December 2006
. Retrieved
16 March
2025
.
↑
Kortsen, Bjarne (13 February 2009).
"Ernst Glaser"
. In
Helle, Knut
(ed.).
Biography
(in Norwegian).
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
. Retrieved
10 May
2015
.
↑
"Ragnar Steen"
(in Norwegian). Barge.ca. 2009
. Retrieved
21 April
2017
.
↑
"Hans Jacob Højgaard | lex.dk"
.
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
(in Danish). 17 July 2011
. Retrieved
17 October
2023
.
↑
"Torbjørn Knutsen"
.
Store Norske Leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 18 November 2013
. Retrieved
21 April
2017
.
↑
Singer, Isidore
;
Sohn, Joseph
(1906).
"LASSEN, EDUARD"
.
The Jewish Encyclopedia
. Vol.
7. p.
626
. Retrieved
20 December
2021
–
via
JewishEncyclopedia.com
.
↑
Musical News, Volume 26
. 1904. p.
375.
↑
Åshede, Ulla.
"Maria Paulina (Marie Pauline) Åhman"
.
Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
. Translated by Grosjean, Alexia
. Retrieved
30 July
2022
.
↑
Michelsen, Kari (13 February 2009).
"Sigurd Lie"
. In
Helle, Knut
(ed.).
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget
. Retrieved
21 April
2017
.
↑
Abrahamsen, Erik (17 July 2011). "Johan Bartholdy".
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (Danish Biographical Lexicon)
(3rd
ed.)
. Retrieved
11 November
2016
.
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