1915 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1915 in Nordic music.

Events

• March – Carl Nielsen succeeds Franz Xaver Neruda as a director of the Copenhagen music society and composes a Prologue for recitation and orchestra In memoriam Franz Neruda.
• 8 December – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 5 at his own 50th birthday concert in Helsinki.

New works

• Gustaf Hägg – Legend for pump organ
• Ture Rangström – Gammal bonde for voice and piano
• Jean Sibelius – Violin Sonatina
• Wilhelm Stenhammar – Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op 34

Popular music

• "Ritsch, ratsch, filibom" (first publication of traditional Swedish Christmas song)

Births

• 13 January – Aino Bergö, Swedish singer and dancer (died 1944)
• 23 January – Aage Samuelsen, Norwegian evangelist, singer, and composer (died 1987)
• 8 May – Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor (died 1993)
• 13 May – Ingeborg Cook, US-born Norwegian actress and singer (died 2003)
• 11 June – Ebbe Grims-land Swedish viola and mandolin player and composer (died 2015)
• 21 August – Raquel Rastenni, Danish-Russian singer (died 1998)
• 3 September – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer (died 2014)
• 23 September – Finn Arnestad, Norwegian contemporary composer and musician (died 1994).
• 25 October – Torleiv Bolstad, Norwegian fiddle player (died 1979)
• 14 November – Jens Book Jenssen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (died 1998)

Deaths

• 2 January – Bertha Tammelin, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano, pianist and composer (born 1836)
• 24 January – Thorvald Hansen, Danish trumpeter and composer (born 1847)
• 19 March – Franz Xaver Neruda, Czech-Danish cellist and composer (born 1843)
• 5 October – Otto Malling, Danish organist and composer (born 1848)
• 19 November – Joe Hill (born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund), Swedish-American labor leader and songwriter (born 1879; executed by firing squad in the United States)

See also

• 1915 in Denmark
• 1915 in Norwegian music
• 1915 in Sweden

References