1929 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1929 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 30 January – Swedish pianist Stina Sundell makes her professional debut in Stockholm. ^[1]
• July – During rehearsals for Selim Palmgren's new cantata, Turun lilja ("Lily of Turku"), written to celebrate Turku's 700th anniversary, in Turku Cathedral, soprano Maikki Palmgren collapses and suffers an aneurysm ^[2]
• 5 September – Carl Fischer Music returns piano and violin pieces submitted by Jean Sibelius on the grounds that "in view of the extremely unfortunate constellation in the music publishing field in the United States, it seems to us inadvisable at the present time to publish compositions of the high standard which you have submitted to us. The market is very unfavorable for this class of music..." ^[3]
• unknown date – As conductor and sometimes performer, Gunnar Malmström records twenty-five 78-rpm discs for the Edison Bell Radio company, including his own arrangements of Swedish folk songs and others’ compositions. ^[4]

New works

• Kurt Atterberg – Symphonic Poem Älven, Op. 33
• Carl Nielsen – Tre Motetter ^[5]
• Jean Sibelius
  • Five Esquisses , Op. 114, for piano ^[6]
  • Suite for Violin and String Orchestra ^[3]

Popular music

• Hjalmar Gullberg & Bengt Hjelmqvist – "Skånska slott och herresäten" ^[7]
• Väinö Siikaniemi – "Emma" ^[8]
• Evert Taube – "Balladen om briggen "Blue Bird" av Hull" ^[9]

Film music

• Sonja Sahlberg – Say It with Music (Säg det i toner) ^[10]

Births

• 14 April – Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (died 2012) ^[11]
• 7 November – Benny Andersen, Danish author, poet, pianist and composer (died 2018) ^[12]

Deaths

• 11 January – Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer and conductor (born 1841) ^[13]
• 30 April – Birger Sjöberg, Swedish poet and songwriter (born 1885) ^[14]
• 4 July – Maikki Järnefelt, Finnish operatic soprano and singing teacher, wife of Selim Palmgren and ex-wife of Armas Järnefelt (born 1871) ^[2]
• 22 July – Bror Beckman, Swedish composer (born 1866) ^[15]
• 23 November – Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer (born 1899) ^[16]

See also

• 1929 in Denmark
• 1929 in Iceland
• 1929 in Norwegian music
• 1929 in Sweden

References

1. "Gerda Maria Kristina (Stina) Sundell". skbl. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
2. Barbara B. Hong (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. p. 297. ISBN   9780313387753.
3. 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. 484–5. ISBN   3-7651-0333-0.
4. "Gunnar Malmström (1892−1961)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
5. "Three Motets, Opus 55". CNW: Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
6. Five Esquisses, Op. 114 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
7. Anders Berglund (2021). Melodi: Zandahls kanon: En vishistoria. Musik att minnas. p. 13. ISBN   9789177856238.
8. Leskinen, Jari; Juutilainen, Antti (1999). = Talvisodan pikkujättiläinen (in Finnish). Helsinki: WSOY. p. 325. ISBN   951-023536-9.
9. Taube, Evert (1929). Fritiof Anderssons visbok (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier.
10. Gustaf Leonard Berg, ed. (1930). Tidskrift för svensk skolfilm och bildningsfilm (in Swedish). p. 1687.
11. "Paavo Berglund obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 31 January 2012.
12. "Benny Allan Andersen". afdoede.dk. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
13. "Elfrida Andrée (1841−1929)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
14. Lars G. Warme, ed. (1996). A History of Swedish Literature. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 323–4. ISBN   9780803247505.
15. "Bror Beckman (1866−1929)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
16. Andersen, Rune J. (23 January 2016). "Arvid Parly Kleven". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.