1909 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1909 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 23 January – The first performance of Jean Sibelius's Night Ride and Sunrise takes place in St Petersburg, and reception is hostile. ^[1]
• 13 February – Sibelius conducts a performance of Finlandia at the Queen's Hall in London, UK. ^[1]
• unknown date – Composer Armas Järnefelt becomes a Swedish citizen. ^[2]

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Wedding March ^[3]
• Kurt Atterberg – Scherzo and Adagio for string quartet ^[4]
• Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in D minor (Voces intimae) ^[5]

Popular music

• Jean Sibelius – "Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt" ("Julvisa"), setting of lyric by Zacharias Topelius ^[6]

Births

• 11 January – Gunnar Berg, Swiss-born Danish composer (died 1989) ^[7]
• 10 February – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and traditional folk music composer (died 1988) ^[8]
• 21 March – Miff Görling, Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (died 1988) ^[9]
• 18 October – Jan Wølner, Norwegian classical pianist (died 1991). ^[10]
• 20 December – Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer and teacher (died 1996) ^[11]

Deaths

• 7 May – Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, conductor and composer (born 1847) ^[12]
• 19 July – Leopold Rosenfeld, Danish composer and singing teacher (born 1849) ^[13]
• 22 July – Oscar Byström Swedish composer (born 1821) ^[14]
• 10 November – Ludvig Schytte, Danish composer, pianist and teacher (born 1848) ^[15]
• 4 December – Christian Teilman, Norwegian organist, pianist, and composer (born 1843) ^[16]

See also

• 1909 in Denmark
• 1909 in Norwegian music
• 1909 in Sweden

References

1. Andrew Barnett (2007). Sibelius. Yale University Press. pp. 193–194. ISBN   9780300111590.
2. "Armas Järnefelt (1869−1958)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
3. "Wedding March". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
4. "Scherzo och Adagio för stråkkvartett [Scherzo and Adagio for string quartet]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
5. String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae, Op. 56 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
6. Glenda Dawn Goss (2009). Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland. University of Chicago Press. p. 30. ISBN   9780226304793.
7. Hall, Catriona, ed. (1986). "Gunnar Berg". International Music & Opera Guide. London: Tantivy Press. p. 43. ISBN   978-0900730436.
8. Kvernberg, Jorun Marie Rypdal (2009). "Eit hundreårsminne – Spelemannen Peter L. Rypdal" (in Norwegian). DigitaltMuseum.no. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
9. Erik Kjellberg. "Miff Görling". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2 ed.).
10. "Jan Wølner". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
11. Rapoport, Paul (2001). "Holmboe, Vagn (Gylding)". In Stanley Sadie; John Tyrrell (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers.
12. Woodwind Anthology: Flute, General articles. Instrumentalist Company. 1992. p. 282.
13. Oscar Thompson (1975). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead. p. 1868.
14. Layton, Robert & Rabes, Lennart (2001). "Oscar Byström". In Sadie, Stanley & Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN   978-1-56159-239-5.‎
15. Nicolas Slonimsky (1949). Music Since 1900. Coleman-Ross Company. p. 96.
16. Michelsen, Kari (13 February 2009). "Christian Teilman 2". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 April 2017.