1926 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1926 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 26 June Jean Sibelius's cantata Väinämöinen's Song is premièred at a singing festival in Sortavala (then still part of Finland), with the Robert Kajanus conducting. ^[1]
• 21 October – Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto is given its world première in Paris. ^[2]
• 26 December – The world première of Sibelius's tone poem Tapiola is given by Walter Damrosch and the New York Philharmonic, the last substantial composition to be made public by the composer for the remaining 30 years of his life. ^[3]

New works

• Leevi Madetoja – Symphony No. 3 ^[4]
• Harald Sæverud – Symphony in B-flat minor ^[5]
• Jean Sibelius – Väinämöinen's Song ^[1]

Popular music

• Poul Schierbeck – "I Danmark er jeg født" ^[6]

Births

• 9 January – Randi Hultin, Norwegian jazz critic and impresario (died 2000). ^[7]
• 20 February – Hans-Jørgen Holman, Norwegian musicologist and educationalist (died 1986) ^[8]
• 11 July – Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (died 2017) ^[9]
• 13 July – Bengt-Arne Wallin, Swedish composer, arranger, trumpeter, and flugelhornist (died 2015) ^[10]

Deaths

• 12 January – Roger Henrichsen, Danish pianist and composer (born 1876) ^[11]
• 26 May – Vendela Andersson-Sörensen, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1845) ^[12]
• 18 July – Robert Emil Hansen, Danish cellist and composer (born 1860) ^[13]
• 9 September – Anton Jörgen Andersen, Norwegian cellist and composer (born 1845) ^[14]

See also

• 1926 in Denmark
• 1926 in Iceland
• 1926 in Norwegian music
• 1926 in Sweden

References

1. Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. Yale University Press. p. 7. ISBN   9780300111590.
2. Friis, Mogens. "Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto". Flutist.dk. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
3. Daniel M. Grimley, ed. (2011). Jean Sibelius and His World. Princeton University Press. p. 111. ISBN   9781400840205.
4. The New Records, volume 48. H. R. Smith Company. 1980. p. 2.
5. Bjarne Kortsen (1971). Contemporary Norwegian Chamber Music. Edition Norvegica. p. 205.
6. "I Danmark er jeg født". Hojskolesangbogen. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
7. "Randi Hultin – Under the Spell of Jazz". JazzHouse.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
8. "Hans-Jörgen Holman Obituary". Focus, Andrews University Alumni Magazine. Winter 1986/1987.
9. Alan Blyth (10 February 2017). "Nicolai Gedda obituary". Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
10. "Bengt-Arne Wallin". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
11. "Roger Henrichsen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 17 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
12. "Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 38. Supplement. Sörensen, Vendela L." (in Swedish). Nordisk familjebok. 1926. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
13. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Kiribati: Macmillan. 1938. p. 760.
14. Andersen, Rune J. (9 July 2013). "Anton Jørgen Andersen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 April 2017.