1888 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1888 in Nordic music.

Events

• 1 January – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky meet for the first time, in Leipzig.
• 5 February – Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 1 is premiered in the smaller hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen.
• 17 September – Carl Nielsen's Suite for String Orchestra is premiered at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.
• unknown date – Alexandra Ahnger begins teaching singing privately.

New works

• Edvard Grieg
• Lyric Pieces for Piano, Book IV
• Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46 (created from his earlier work Peer Gynt
• Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann – Dante Overture, Op. 85
• Gustav Helsted – Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 11
• C. F. E. Horneman – Aladdin (opera)
• Carl Nielsen – Suite for String Orchestra
• Jean Sibelius – Piano Trio in C major

Popular music

• Bror Beckman – " Kammaren sitter kaplanens vif / Im Kämmerlein wacht des Kapplanen Weib"

Births

• 26 January – Lisa Steier, Swedish ballerina (died 1928)
• 8 November – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (died 1974).

Deaths

• 7 February – Aurore von Haxthausen, Swedish pianist, composer and writer (born 1830)
• 22 June – Edmund Neupert, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1842)
• 9 December – Robert William Otto Allen, Danish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1852)

See also

• 1880s in Danish music
• 1888 in Norwegian music
• 1888 in Sweden

References