1914 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1914 in Nordic music.

Events

• 30 January – Wilhelm Stenhammar's Reverenza is included as movement no. 2 in the composer's Serenad [Serenade] at its first performance, which takes place at the Kungliga Teatern (Royal Opera House) in Stockholm, by the orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera, with Stenhammar conducting.
• unknown date – The "Kotimainen Ooppera" is renamed "Finnish Opera".

New works

• Oskar Lindberg – Concert fantasy in C minor
• Carl Nielsen – Serenata in vano
• Selim Palmgren – Ballade "Torpflickan" for Solo Voices, Choir and Orchestra
• Jean Sibelius – The Oceanides
• Wilhelm Stenhammar – Late Summer (Sensommarnätter), five piano pieces, Op. 33

Popular music

• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – "Ack, Wärmeland du sköna" (Svensk folkvisa)
• Alice Tegnér – "Bön den 6 februari 1914"

Births

• 17 February – Magne Elvestrand, Norwegian pianist, harpsichordist, and organist (died 1991)
• 24 February – Eyvin Andersen, Danish organist, violinist, and composer (died 1968).
• 8 June – KÃ¥re Siem, Norwegian musician and writer (died 1986)
• 24 June – Kari Diesen, Norwegian actor and singer (died 1987)
• 5 July – Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (died 2009)
• 18 August – Irmgard Österwall, Swedish jazz singer (died 1980)
• 3 November – Hallgrímur Helgason, Icelandic composer (died 1994)
• 18 November – Leif Solberg, Norwegian organist and composer (died 2016)

Deaths

• 1 March – Tor Aulin, Swedish violinist, conductor and composer (born 1866)
• 16 October – Wilhelmina Strandberg, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1845)
• 9 November – Princess Teresia, German-born Swedish princess, composer

See also

• 1914 in Denmark
• 1914 in Norwegian music
• 1914 in Sweden

References