1934 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1934 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 4 June – Georg Schnéevoigt and the Finnish National Orchestra record Sibelius's Symphony No. 4. A few days later they make the first commercial recording of Sibelius's Symphony No. 6, for HMV in London. ^[1]
• August – Jón Leifs and his family travel to Berlin to get medical treatment for his daughter Snót. ^[2]
• 14 August – Dag Wirén, having completed his studies in Paris, marries cellist Noel Franks. ^[3]
• 12 November – Eugen Malmstén, brother of George, starts Rytmi-Pojat (The Rhythm Boys), the first modern big band in Finland. ^[4]
• unknown date
  • Georg Malmstén makes his first recordings, intended for children, based on the adventures of a character called "Mikki Hiiri". His sister, Greta, also performed on these. ^[5]
  • Soprano Edith Oldrup makes her first appearance with Denmark's Operaakademiet, as Micaëla in Carmen . ^[6]

New works

• Ole Hjellemo – Fire springleiker og en vals fra Gudbrandsdalen ^[7]
• Herman David Koppel
  • Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra ^[8]
  • Suite for Klavier [Suite for Piano], Op. 21 ^[9]
• Lars-Erik Larsson – Little Serenade ^[10]
• Harald Sæverud – Canto Ostinato ^[11]

Popular music

• Svante Pettersson – "Gotländsk sommarnatt" ^[12]

Film music

• Kai Normann Andersen – Nøddebo Præstegård ^[13]
• Jules Sylvain – En bröllopsnatt på Stjärnehov ^[14]

Births

• 11 January – Egil Johansen, Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer, composer and teacher (died 1998) ^[15]
• 24 January – Kåre_Grøttum, Norwegian jazz musician, arranger and composer ^[16]
• 4 September – Otto Brandenburg, Danish musician, singer and actor (died 2007)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 18 October – Berit Lindholm, Swedish operatic soprano (died 2023) ^[17]
• 22 November – Östen Warnerbring, Swedish singer and composer (died 2006) ^[18]
• 24 November – Sven-Bertil Taube, Swedish actor and singer, son of Evert Taube (died 2022) ^[19]

Deaths

• 4 October – Henri Marteau, French composer, advocate of Swedish music (born 1874) ^[20]
• 21 November – Mon Schjelderup, Norwegian composer and pianist (born 1870) ^[21]

See also

• 1934 in Denmark
• 1934 in Iceland
• 1934 in Norwegian music
• 1934 in Sweden

References

1. Sibelius Studies. Cambridge University Press. 2001. p. 19. ISBN   9780521624169.
2. Árni Heimir Ingólfsson (2019). Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Indiana University Press. p. 66. ISBN   9780253044075.
3. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1976). Burke's Irish Family Records. Burkes Peerage Ltd. p. 443.
4. Jukka Lindfors (6 April 2009). "Ikinuori Eugen Malmstén". YLE (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
5. Pekka Gronow (January 1985). "The Malmstén brothers". Finnish Music Quarterly. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
6. Sten Høgel. "Edith Oldrup". Kvindebiografiskleksikon. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
7. Sven Dierke (1996). Das Harmonium in Deutschland: Bau, wirtschaftliche Bedeutung und musikalische Nutzung eines "historischen" Musikinstrumentes. PPV Medien GmbH. p. 282. ISBN   9783923639052.
8. "Capriccio for violin og orkester, op. 23". Edition S. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
9. "Suite for Klaver, op. 21". Edition S. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
10. Schlüren, Christoph (2002). "Lars-Erik Larsson: Liten Serenad (Little Serenade) in G op. 12 for String Orchestra". musikmph.de. Universal Edition. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
11. "Canto Ostinato per orchestra, op. 9". Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
12. Per Erik Lindorm (1978). Ett folk på marsch 1960-1977: en bokfilm. Bonnier. p. 34. ISBN   9789100419509.
13. Frands Ole Overgaard (11 April 2000). "Glemmer du, så husker jeg" . Retrieved 17 June 2025.
14. "En bröllopsnatt på Stjärnehov". Svenskfilmdatabas (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
15. Stendahl, Bjørn (2007). "Egil Johansen". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
16. "1934 in Scandinavian music". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
17. Maria F. Rich (1976). Who's who in Opera: An International Biographical Directory of Singers, Conductors, Directors, Designers, and Administrators. Arno Press. p. 316.
18. "Warnerbring, Östen – sångare, klarinettist och saxofonist". Orkester journalen (in Swedish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
19. "Peopletalk". The Hour. Vol. 109, no. 56. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Hour Publishing. United Press International. 7 March 1980. p. 23. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
20. "Henri Marteau". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
21. Dahm, Cecilie (13 February 2009). "Mon Schjelderup". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.