1893 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1893 in Nordic music.

Events

• unknown date
• Jean Sibelius begins work on his Lemminkäinen Suite.
• Swedish poet and composer Gunnar Wennerberg is elected to the upper house of the Riksdag.
• Gustaf Hägg is permanently appointed to the position of organist at Klara Church, Stockholm.

New works

• Gustaf Hägg – La Coquette: Valse de salon, Op. 10
• Johan Halvorsen – Entry March of the Boyars
• Jean Sibelius
• 6 Impromptus, Op. 5
• Karelia Suite
• Piano Sonata in F major
• Sara Wennerberg-Reuter – Trio [for 2 violins and piano]

Popular music

• Alice Tegnér – "Gläns över sjö och strand"

Births

• 4 July – Finn Bø, Norwegian songwriter (died 1962)
• 28 July – Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (died 1952)
• 13 December – Olav Gurvin, musicologist and academic (died 1974)

Deaths

• 12 August – Christian Henrik Glass, Danish organist, pianist and composer (born 1821)
• 13 September – Carl Ludvig Gerlach, Danish opera singer and composer (born 1832)
• 4 December - Maria Westberg, Swedish ballerina (born 1853)

See also

• 1893 in Denmark
• 1893 in Norwegian music
• 1893 in Sweden
• 1893 in Iceland

References