1887 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1887 in Nordic music.

Events

• 17 September – Danish composer Carl Nielsen plays the violin at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen at the premiere of his own Andante tranquillo e Scherzo for strings.
• 29 December – Ivar Hallström's "fairy play" Per Svinaherde receives its premiere at the Stockholm Opera House.
• unknown date
• Danish conductor and composer Frederik Rung sets up the Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association (Caeciliaforening) of Copenhagen.
• Danish poet Holger Drachmann meets cabaret singer Amanda Nielsen, who becomes his muse.
• Norwegian organist, music teacher and critic Catharinus Elling graduates from the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, Germany.

New works

• Catharinus Elling – Valse capriser
• Edvard Grieg – Third Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor, opus 45 (written at Troldhaugen the previous autumn)
• Jean Sibelius – Piano Trio in D major

Popular music

• Laura Netzel – "Blomman"
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – "Irmelin"

Births

• 17 February – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish conductor, composer and teacher (died 1947)
• 23 February – Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (died 1955)
• 3 April – Edvard Bræin, Norwegian organist, conductor and composer (died 1957)
• 30 May – Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, conductor, composer and musical director (died 1964)
• 4 June – Irma Tervani, Finnish operatic contralto (died 1936)
• 25 August – Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer (died 1952)
• 12 December – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer, also an engineer (died 1974)

Deaths

• 7 February – Hanna Brooman, Swedish composer and teacher (born 1809)
• 11 March – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer (born 1812)
• 7 May – Alette Due, Norwegian singer and composer (born 1812)
• 15 August – Hedvig Willman, Swedish opera singer (born 1841)
• 2 November – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano called "the Swedish Nightingale" (born 1820)

See also

• 1880s in Danish music
• 1887 in Norwegian music
• 1887 in Sweden

References