1901 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1901 in Nordic music.

Events

• 4 October – Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 3 receives its public première in the lesser hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen.

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – SkärgÃ¥rdsbilder
• Hakon Børresen – String Sextet opus 5 in G major
• Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Book X
• Ludvig Holm – Praeludium for organ
• Jean Sibelius – Ten Pieces, Op. 24

Popular music

• Sigrid Sköldberg-Pettersson and Emmy Köhler – "Raska fötter springa tripp, tripp, tripp", published in Julklappen

Births

• 4 January – Kari Aarvold Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (died 1972)
• 17 March – Margit Rosengren, Swedish operetta singer (died 1952)
• 14 June – Kjell Roikjer, Danish bassoonist and composer (died 1999)
• 16 August – Olav Kielland, Norwegian conductor and composer (died 1985)
• 8 October – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and music theorist (died 1977)

Deaths

• 2 March – , Swedish violinist and composer (born 1826)
• 11 April – Ivar Hallström, Swedish opera composer (born 1826)
• 24 August – Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet, politician and composer (born 1817)

See also

• 1901 in Denmark
• 1901 in Norwegian music
• 1901 in Sweden

References