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