1911 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1911 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 3 April – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 4, given by the Philharmonia Society in Helsinki. ^[1]
• unknown date
  • Aino Ackté, Oskar Merikanto and others found the Kotimainen Ooppera, which later becomes the Finnish National Opera. ^[2]
  • Armas Järnefelt becomes Chief Conductor of the Royal Court Orchestra in Stockholm. ^[3]

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Nocturne for piano ^[4]
• Sverre Jordan – Suite in the Old Style, Op 4 ^[5]
• Erkki Melartin – Walzer-miniaturen, Op. 49
• Carl Nielsen – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ^[6]
• Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 4

Popular music

• Oskar Merikanto – "Nälkämaan laulu", setting of a poem by Ilmari Kianto ^[7]

Births

• 1 January – Arne Hendriksen, Norwegian operatic tenor (died 1996). ^[8]
• 5 February – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (died 1960) ^[9]
• 1 April – Anne-Marie Ørbeck, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1996) ^[10]
• 24 May – Egil Storbekken, Norwegian folk musician (died 2002) ^[11]
• 2 July – Anja Ignatius, Finnish violinist and music teacher (died 1995) ^[12]
• 19 September – Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer (died 1980) ^[13]
• 24 November – Erik Bergman, Danish composer (died 2006) ^[14]
• 17 December – Cissi Cleve, Norwegian opera singer and composer (died 1993). ^[15]

Deaths

• 15 January – Rosa Asmundsen, Norwegian actress and singer (born 1846) ^[16]
• 28 January – Wilhelmina Fundin, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1819) ^[17]
• 14 June – Johan Svendsen, Norwegian violinist, conductor and composer (born 1840) ^[18]
• 10 August – Carl Christian Lumbye, Danish composer, son of Hans Christian Lumbye ^[19]
• 29 August – Hildegard Werner, Swedish musician, conductor and journalist (born 1834) ^[20]

See also

• 1911 in Denmark
• 1911 in Norwegian music
• 1911 in Sweden

References

1. Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke[Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN   3-7651-0333-0.
2. Finland, a Country Study. US Department of the Army. 1974. p. 109.
3. "Armas Järnefelt (1869−1958)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
4. "Nocturne for piano". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
5. The Monthly Musical Record, Volumes 41–42. Augener & Company. 1911. p. 20.
6. Elly Bruunshuus Petersen (9 April 2010). "Carl Nielsen: Concertos". Carl Nielsen Edition. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
7. Pajamo, Reijo (1987). Maakuntalaulumme. Porvoo: WSOY. p. 67. ISBN   951-0-13326-4.
8. "Arne Hendriksen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
9. "Jussi Björling 1911-1960". www.jussibjorlingsallskapet.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
10. Dahm, Cecilie (13 February 2009). "Anne Marie Ørbeck". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
11. Aksdal, Bjørn. "Egil Storbekken". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
12. Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 137. ISBN   0-313-27728-1.
13. Im Auftrag der Internationalen Allan-Pettersson-Gesellschaft von Michael Kube, ed. (1986). "Stichworte zur Biographie". Allan Pettersson Jahrbuch. 1986a (in German). Saarbrücken: Pfau Verlag. p. 7. ISBN   978-3-89727-192-0.
14. "Erik Bergman". Independent. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
15. "Nocturne for piano solo". Notebutikken. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
16. Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet (in Norwegian). Universitetsforl. p. 18. ISBN   8200056228.
17. "Fundin, Wilhelmina Christina" (in Swedish). Europas konstnärer. 1887. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
18. Finn Benestad; Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe; William H. Halverson (1995). Johan Svendsen : the man, the maestro, the music. University of Nebraska Press. p. 214. ISBN   9780964523807.
19. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. 1938. p. 1088.
20. "Hildegard Werner, deceased" (PDF). London Gazette. Retrieved 16 March 2025.