1921 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1921 in Nordic music.

Events

• January–March – Jean Sibelius makes the last of his four visits to Britain.
• 26 November – Rued Langgaard's Music of the Spheres is performed for the first time, at the Konzerthaus, Karlsruhe, Germany. After 1921, it is not performed again until the 1960s, after Langgaard's death.

New works

• Hakon Børresen – Kaddara (opera)
• Rued Langgaard – Music of the Spheres
• Wilhelm Stenhammar – SÃ¥ngen. En symfonisk kantat

Popular music

• Gustaf Nordqvist & Edvard Evers – "Jul, jul, strÃ¥lande jul"

Births

• 7 May – Reidar Bøe, Norwegian singer and composer (died 1969)
• 18 October – Willy Andresen, Norwegian jazz pianist and orchestra leader (died 2016).
• 13 November – Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (died 1996)
• 21 November – Margrethe Schanne, Danish ballerina (died 2014)
• 7 December – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, poet, translator and music collector (died 2006).

Deaths

• 22 November – Christina Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano and composer (born 1843)
• 5 December – Ellen Bergman, Swedish musician and singing teacher (born 1842)
• unknown date – Hilda Sandels, Swedish opera singer (born 1830)

See also

• 1921 in Denmark

• 1921 in Iceland
• 1921 in Norwegian music
• 1921 in Sweden

References