1922 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1922 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 24 January – Danish composer Carl Nielsen conducts the first public performance of his Symphony No. 5, in Copenhagen. ^[1]
• 8 July – At Denmark's Third National Choral Festival, Nielsen's Fynsk Foraar (Springtime on Funen), with lyrics by the poet Aage Berntsen, is premièred at Odense's Kvæghal, conducted by Georg Høeberg. ^[2]

New works

• Kurt Atterberg – Cello Concerto (final version) ^[3]
• Carl Nielsen – Wind Quintet ^[4]
• Jean Sibelius – Andante festivo ^[5]

Popular music

• Adolf Wiklund – "En Solvisa" ^[6]

Births

• 6 January – Finn Mortensen, Norwegian composer, music critic, and music teacher (died 1983). ^[7]
• 18 May – Kai Winding, Danish-born jazz musician (died 1983) ^[8]
• 1 June – Baron Povel Ramel, Swedish musician and entertainer (died 2007) ^[9]
• 10 June – Edvard Hagerup Bull, Norwegian composer (died 2012) ^[10]
• 12 June – Leif Thybo, Danish organist and composer (died 2001) ^[11]
• 30 June – Hanna-Marie Weydahl, Norwegian pianist (died 2016) ^[12]
• 29 August – Rolf Ericson, Swedish jazztrumpeter and flugelhornist (died 1997) ^[13]
• 4 October – Stan Hasselgård, Swedish jazz clarinetist (died 1948) ^[14]
• 27 October – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (died 1998) ^[15]
• 6 November – Lars Edlund, Swedish organist, composer and music teacher (died 2013) ^[16]

Deaths

• 22 February – Thorvald Lammers, Norwegian baritone, choral conductor and composer (born 1841) ^[17]
• 15 March – Ika Peyron, Swedish pianist, organist and composer (born 1845) ^[18]
• 2 July – Christian Sibelius, Finnish psychiatrist and amateur cellist, brother of the composer Sibelius (born 1869; pernicious anaemia) ^[19]
• 26 October – Theodora Cormontan, Norwegian pianist, music publisher, and composer (born 1840) ^[20]
• 1 November – Wilhelm Theodor Söderberg, Swedish composer and music teacher (born 1845) ^[21]

See also

• 1922 in Denmark
• 1922 in Iceland
• 1922 in Norwegian music
• 1922 in Sweden

References

1. Fanning, David (1997). Nielsen: Symphony No. 5. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN   0-521-44088-2.
2. Dan Fog (1965). Carl Nielsen: 9.6.1865 Nørre Lyndelse - 3.10.1931 Copenhagen. Carl Nielsen Compositions. Selective List. Mobilia. p. 31.
3. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Cambridge University Press. 1999. p. 113. ISBN   9780521629287.
4. "En stabel arbejder". Carl Nielsen Society (in Danish). Retrieved 26 April 2025.
5. Daniel M. Grimley, ed. (2011). Jean Sibelius and His World. Princeton University Press. p. 259. ISBN   9781400840205.
6. "En Solvisa [approx. A sun song]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
7. Nesheim, Elef (23 February 2009). "Finn Mortensen". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 25 March 2017.
8. "Kai Winding | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 26 April 2025.
9. Kalle Lind (2019). Snedtänkt - boken som handlar om det inga andra böcker handlar om (in Swedish). Bokförlaget Forum. ISBN   978-91-37-15665-1.
10. Red. (19 March 2012). "Edvard Hagerup Bull er død" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
11. "Leif Thybo". Gravsted. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
12. "Hanna-Marie Weydahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 April 2017.
13. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 136/7. ISBN   0-85112-580-8.
14. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 192. ISBN   0-85112-580-8.
15. "Poul Bundgaard". Danish Film Database. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
16. Musikrevy Volume 34. 1979. p. 309.
17. Bjørkøy, Svein (13 February 2009). "Thorvald Lammers". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
18. "Ika Peyron (1845-1922)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
19. Jonathan Davidson. "Christian Sibelius: Finland's first professor of psychiatry". Hektoen International. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
20. "Theodora Cormontan" (in Norwegian). MusikkArven.no. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
21. "Wilhelm Theodor Söderberg (1845−1922)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 28 April 2025.