1904 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1904 in Nordic music.

Events

• 24 April – Pikku pyhimys (translation of Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche), starring , is the first operetta to be performed in the Finnish language, in Viipuri.
• 10 May – Hugo Alfven's Swedish Rhapsody for orchestra, Midsommervaka, is premiered in Stockholm.
• December – Adolf Østbye, a Norwegian revue artist, becomes the first musician to make a gramophone record in Norway.
• unknown date – Finnish soprano Alma Fohström (probably) makes her only known recording.

New works

• Hakon Børresen – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major
• Armas Järnefelt – Berceuse (Kehtolaulu)
• Johan Halvorsen – Fossegrimen, Op. 21
• Carl Nielsen – Søvnen, Op.18
• Jean Sibelius
• Cassazione
• Violin Concerto, Op. 47

Births

• 1 February – Lea Piltti, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1982)
• 7 September
• Ernst Glaser, Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died 1979)
• Ragnar Steen, Norwegian guitarist (died 1958).
• 11 September – Hans Jacob Højgaard, Faroese composer (died 1992)
• 26 October – Torbjørn Knutsen, Norwegian composer and violinist (died 1987).

Deaths

• 15 January – Eduard Lassen, Danish-born composer and conductor (born 1830)
• 18 March – Carl Johan Frydensberg, Danish composer (born 1835)
• 22 March – Julius Günther, Swedish opera singer and choirmaster (born 1818)
• 29 May – Maria Paulina Åhman, Swedish harpist (born 1812)
• 30 September – Sigurd Lie, Norwegian violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor (born 1871)
• 6 December – Johan Bartholdy, Danish composer (born 1853)

See also

• 1904 in Norway
• 1904 in Sweden

References