1883 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1883 in Nordic music.

Events

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• Danish composer Johan Svendsen is appointed principal conductor of Copenhagen's Royal Theatre Orchestra, despite his lack of experience in the role.
• Swedish soprano Jenny Lind sings in public for the last time, aged 63.
• Swedish violinist Tor Aulin graduates from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
• Danish composer Carl Nielsen, aged 18, visits Copenhagen where he is introduced to Niels Gade. Gade suggests he enrol at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
• Norwegian composer and teacher Edmund Neupert relocates permanently to the United States.

New works

• Edvard Grieg
• Sonata for cello and piano
• Sangerhilsen
• Valse-kapriser
• Ludvig Norman – String Quartet no 5 (revised)
• Wilhelm Stenhammar – Sonata in A Flat Major

Births

• 11 February – Paul von Klenau, Danish conductor and composer (died 1946)
• 7 July – Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer (died 1918)
• 17 August – Alfred Evensen, Norwegian musician and composer (died 1942)
• 19 August – Emilius Bangert, Danish organist and composer (died 1962)

Deaths

• 6 June – Per Lasson, composer (born 1859)
• 14 July – Svend Grundtvig, Danish collector of traditional music (born 1824)

See also

• 1883 in Denmark
• 1883 in Norwegian music
• 1883 in Sweden

References