1913 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1913 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 10 September – Jean Sibelius's tone poem Luonnotar is premièred at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral, UK, with an orchestra conducted by Herbert Brewer. The soloist is soprano Aino Ackté, to whom the work is dedicated. ^[1]

New works

• Paul von Klenau
  • Symphony No. 3 ^[2]
  • Symphony No. 4 (Dante-Symphony) ^[2]
• Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 1 "Klippepastoraler" ^[3]
• Jean Sibelius
  • The Bard (later revised) ^[4]
  • Two Serenades
  • Luonnotar

• Wilhelm Stenhammar – Reverenza ^[5]

Popular music

• Felix Körling – "Nej se det snöar" ^[6]

Births

• 9 March – Beate Asserson, Norwegian operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2000) ^[7]
• 5 July – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian pianist and musicologist (died 2011). ^[8]
• 12 July – Reino Helismaa, Finnish singer-songwriter (died 1965) ^[9]
• 8 August – Axel Stordahl, American arranger and composer of Norwegian parentage (died 1963) ^[10]
• 17 September – Jørgen Jersild, Danish composer and teacher (died 2004) ^[11]
• 21 December – Amalie Christie, Norwegian pianist (died 2010) ^[12]
• 30 December – Svend S. Schultz, Danish composer and conductor (died 1998) ^[13]

Deaths

• 20 March – Christian Barnekow, Danish composer (born 1837) ^[14]
• 20 April – Theodor Løvstad, Norwegian kapellmeister and songwriter (born 1843) ^[15]
• 17 June – Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer (born 1840) ^[16]

See also

• 1913 in Denmark
• 1913 in Norwegian music
• 1913 in Sweden

References

1. Goss, Glenda Dawn (2009). Sibelius: a composer's life and the awakening of Finland. University of Chicago Press. p. 357. ISBN   978-0-226-30477-9.
2. "Paul von Klenau(1883-1946): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music". Unsung Composers. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
3. Burns, Alex (18 September 2019). "Rued Langgaard: Symphony No. 1 "Klippepastoraler": A Rare Mountain View". Classicalexburns. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
4. "Sibelius - The Bard". Boston Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
5. "Reverenza". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
6. Felix Körling, Hilding Nyman (illustrator) (1913). Kisse-Misse-Måns och andra visor. Barnens stora julkalender ; [4] (in Swedish). Åhlén & Åkerlunds förlag.
7. "Norsk musikkhistorisk arkiv – NORSK OPERAHISTORIE". Biography (in Norwegian). HF.UiO.no. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
8. Nesheim (8 November 2016). "Eline Nygaard Riisnæs". Store Norske Leksikon . Retrieved 25 April 2017.
9. Toivo Kärki (1967). Reino Helismaan lauluja. Musiikki Fazer.
10. Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1144. ISBN   1-85227-745-9.
11. Claus Røllum-Larsen. "Jørgen Jersild and chamber music". Da Capo Records. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
12. "Amalie Christie". Store Norske Leksikon . 15 July 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
13. "Svend S. Schultz". snaccooperative.org. Musicalics. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
14. Hugo Riemann (1928). Manual of the History of Music. p. 378.
15. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Theodor Julius Løvstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
16. "Obituary: Ingeborg von Bronsart (Née Stark)". The Musical Times . 54 (847). Musical Times Publications Ltd.: 607 1 September 1913. JSTOR   908070.(subscription required)