1902 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1902 in Nordic music.

Events

• 9 April – The Finnish National Theatre's new building opens with the premiere of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's The Origin of Fire ("Tulen synty").
• 28 November – Danish composer Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David receives its premiere in Copenhagen
• 1 December – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, De fire Temperamenter ("The Four Temperaments").
• unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg produces the first of his SlÃ¥tter (Norwegian Peasant Dances).

New works

• Carl Nielsen
• Symphony No. 2
• Saul og David
• Jean Sibelius
• "Lastu lainehilla" ("Driftwood") from Seven Songs, Op. 17
• Symphony No. 2

Popular music

• – "Hej dunkom"

Births

• 7 May – Jolly Kramer-Johansen, Norwegian composer (died 1968)
• 27 June – Georg Malmstén, Finnish entertainer (died 1981)
• 30 October – Bias Bernhoft, Norwegian singer and revue writer (died 1986).
• 21 November – Harald Lie, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1942).

Deaths

• 7 January – Adolfina Fägerstedt (90), Swedish ballet dancer
• 17 January – Elias Blix (65), Norwegian organist and composer
• 19 August – Lars Fykerud (42), Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and composer
• 12 April – Herman Amberg (67), Danish composer

See also

• 1902 in Denmark
• 1902 in Norway
• 1902 in Sweden

References