1890 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1890 in Nordic music.

Events

• February – Carl Nielsen obtains a scholarship worth 1800 Danish kroner.
• 23 April – Icelandic composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson marries his Scottish wife, Eleanor.
• October – In Berlin, on his way to Vienna, Jean Sibelius meets two other young Scandinavian composers, Carl Nielsen and Armas Järnefelt.

New works

• Edvard Grieg
• Gammel norsk melodi med variasjoner
• Klaverstykker etter egne sanger, hefte II
• Johan Halvorsen – Suite for Violin and Piano
• Carl Nielsen – String Quartet No. 2 in F minor
• Jean Sibelius – Piano Quintet in G minor
• Christian Sinding – Symphony No. 1 in D minor

Popular music

• Johan Halmrast (lyrics) & Kristian Wendelborg (music) – "Å, salige stund uten like"

Births

• 12 March – Evert Taube, Swedish composer and singer (died 1976)
• 4 April – Per Kvist, Norwegian entertainer and revue writer (died 1947)
• 5 August – Pauline Hall, Norwegian music critic and composer (died 1969).
• 8 September – Bjørn Talén, Norwegian operatic tenor (died 1945).
• 11 September – Marius Ulfrstad, composer, organist and music teacher (died 1968).
• 13 October – Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer (died 1966)

Deaths

• 7 January – , Danish organist and composer (born 1817)
• 21 December – Niels Gade, Danish conductor and composer (born 1817)

See also

• 1890 in Denmark
• 1890 in Norwegian music
• 1890 in Sweden

References