1882 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1882 in Nordic music.

Events

• Autumn – Iver Holter takes over from Edvard Grieg as conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway.
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• Martin Wegelius establishes the Helsingfors Musikinstitut, the forerunner of the Sibelius Academy.
• Finnish composer Robert Kajanus founds the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Scandinavia's first permanent professional orchestra.
• Norwegian cellist and composer Anton Jörgen Andersen becomes a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien).
• Danish flautist and composer Joachim Andersen co-founds the Berlin Philharmonic with 53 other musicians.

New works

• Niels Gade – Psyche
• Johan Svendsen – Polonaise
• Karl Valentin – "Erste Liebe" from Åtta sÃ¥nger ur Fahrendes Volk (Eight songs from Fahrendes Volk), with words by Arthur Fitger, translated into Swedish by Gustaf Lagercrantz

Births

• 11 February
• Arne Bjørndal, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1965)
• Paul von Klenau, Danish composer (died 1946)
• 14 June – Anna Karolina Larsson (Lena Larsson), Swedish traditional folk singer (died 1967)
• 17 July – Christian Leden, Norwegian ethno-musicologist and composer (died 1957).
• 14 September – Harald Fryklöf, Swedish composer and teacher (died 1919)
• 21 September – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1972).

Deaths

• 22 October – Oscar Ahnfelt, Swedish composer of hymn-tunes, 69
• 29 December – Josabeth Sjöberg, Swedish painter, composer and music teacher, 70

See also

• 1882 in Denmark
• 1882 in Norwegian music
• 1882 in Swedish music

References