1916 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1916 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 1 February – Carl Nielsen conducts the première of his Symphony No. 4, the Inextinguishable, in Copenhagen. ^[1]
• 5 November – A Finnish-language version of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's 1911 play Jedermann is premièred at the Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki, with Robert Kajanus conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in the incidental music by Jean Sibelius. ^[2]
• unknown date – Carl Nielsen begins teaching at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. ^[3]

New works

• Kurt Atterberg – Symphony no. 3, "West Coast Pictures" ^[4]
• Ludvig Holm – Concerto for violin and orchestra in G major ^[5]
• Erkki Melartin – Symphony no 5 in A minor, Op. 90 ("Sinfonia brevis") ^[6]
• Ture Rangström – Kronbruden ^[7]
• Siegfried Salomon – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G minor ^[5]
• Jean Sibelius
  • Everyman ^[2]
  • Five Pieces, Op. 85 ^[8]

Popular music

• Hugo Alfvén & K. G. Ossiannilsson – "Sveriges flagga" ^[9]
• Emil Sjögren – "Födelsedagsmarsch" (for piano) ^[10]

Births

• 28 February – Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist (died 2017) ^[11]
• 17 June – Einar Englund, Finnish composer (died 1999) ^[12]
• 19 October – Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer and conductor (died 1968) ^[13]
• 15 November – Greta Gynt, Norwegian singer, dancer and actress (died 2000) ^[14]
• 19 December – Ørnulf Gulbransen, Norwegian flautist and music teacher (died 2004) ^[15]

Deaths

• 26 February – Abraham Ojanperä, Finnish singer and teacher (born 1856) ^[16]
• 11 May – Christian Cappelen, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1845) ^[17]
• 14 July – Lars August Lundh, Swedish composer (born 1838) ^[18]
• 7 October – Amalia Hjelm, Swedish composer (born 1846) ^[19]

See also

• 1916 in Denmark
• 1916 in Norwegian music
• 1916 in Sweden

References

1. "Symphony No 4". Indianapolis Symphony. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
2. Daniel Grimley (2021). Jean Sibelius: Life, Music, Silence. Reaktion Books. p. 166. ISBN   978-1-78914-466-6.
3. The Clarinet. Department of Music, Idaho State University. 2007. p. 79.
4. Jean Christensen (2002). New Music of the Nordic Countries. Pendragon Press. p. 324. ISBN   9781576470190.
5. "26 Danish violin concertos". Musicweb International. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
6. Tuire Ranta-Meyer; Jani Kyllönen (1 July 2008). "Symphony No. 5 Op. 90 in A minor "Sinfonia brevis" by Erkki Melartin" (PDF). Erkki Melartin seura. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
7. "Ture Rangström (1884−1947)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
8. 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. pp. 368–370. ISBN   3-7651-0333-0.
9. "Sveriges flagga". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
10. "Födelsedagsmarsch [Birthday March]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
11. "Svend Asmussen, the 'fiddling Viking' – obituary". Telegraph. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
12. International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Melrose Press. 1998. p. 156.
13. David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers. Doubleday. p. 1445. ISBN   9780385142786.
14. NRK (14 November 2003). "Greta Gynt".
15. Øien, Per (13 February 2009). "Ørnulf Gulbransen Extended Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 3 November 2013.
16. Näsänen, Maija-Liisa (2008). Abraham Ojanperä: laulajan elämä (in Finnish). Turku: Faros-kustannus. p. 38. ISBN   978-952-5710-01-4.
17. Holter, Stig Wernø (7 July 2016). "Christian Cappelen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
18. "August Lundh (1838−1916)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
19. "Amalia Hjelm (1846−1916)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2025.