1900 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1900 in Nordic music.

Events

• 2 July – The revised version of Jean Sibelius's tone poem Finlandia is premièred by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kajanus.

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Vid sekelskiftet (cantata composed for the inauguration of the year 1900)
• Hjalmar Borgstrøm – Fiskeren (not performed until 2003)
• August Enna – The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep (ballet)
• Edvard Grieg
• 5 Songs, Op. 69
• 5 Songs, Op. 70
• Carl Nielsen – Fest-præludium ved Aarhundredskiftet, CNW 84
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Frösöblomster II
• Jean Sibelius – Snöfrid
• Wilhelm Stenhammar
• String Quartet No. 3
• Violin Sonata

Popular music

• "StjernsÃ¥ngen", poem with words by Esaias Tegnér, to a new melody by King Oscar I of Sweden.

Births

• 11 April – Kai Normann Andersen, Danish film composer and songwriter (died 1967)
• 11 June – Jules Sylvain (Axel Stig Hansson), Swedish musician, songwriter and composer (died 1968)
• 20 September – Uuno Klami, Finnish composer (died 1961)

Deaths

• 7 January – Augusta Schrumpf, Norwegian operatic soprano and actress (born 1813)
• 26 January – Carl Leopold Sjöberg, Swedish composer (born 1861)
• 10 March – Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish composer (born 1805)

See also

• 1900 in Denmark
• 1900 in Norwegian music
• 1900 in Sweden
• 1900 in Iceland

References