1931 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1931 in Nordic music.

Events

• 13 January – Jussi Björling makes an early starring appearance as Jonatan in Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David.
• 24 April – Carl Nielsen's last major work, Commotio, is privately premièred at Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen.
• unknown date – Robert Kajanus takes a Finnish orchestra to London, where Jean Sibelius's First and Second Symphonies are recorded by EMI, to be issued by the "Sibelius Society".

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 (Dalarapsodien), for orchestra, op. 47
• Kurt Atterberg – Suite No. 8, for orchestra (Suite pastorale in modo antico), op. 34
• Vagn Holmboe
• Allegro affettuoso, for piano
• Allegro sostenuto, for violin and piano
• Chamber Music No. 1, for chamber orchestra
• Choral Pieces, for children's chorus
• Concerto for chamber orchestra
• Concerto, for solo piano
• Duets, for two recorders
• Provinsen [The Provinces], for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, choir, flute, oboe, violin, and cello
• Requiem, for children's voices, children's chorus, and chamber orchestra
• Edvin Kallstenius – Dalarapsodi (1st Swedish rhapsody)
• Sigvaldi Kaldalóns – "Á föstudaginn langa" (hymn)
• Yrjö Kilpinen – Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 81, unpublished
• Uuno Klami
• Hommage à Haendel, for orchestra
• Scenes from a Puppet Theatre, for orchestra
• Rag-Time and Blues, for two violins, clarinet, trumpet, and piano
• Cheremis Fantasia, for cello and orchestra
• Lars-Erik Larsson – Duo, for violin and viola, op. 6
• Jón Leifs
• Íslendingaljóð [Poems of Icelanders], for male choir, op. 15a
• Íslenskir söngdansar [Icelandic Dance-Songs], for voices with ad lib instrumental accompaniment, op. 17a
• Ný rímnadanslög [New Icelandic Dances], for piano, op. 14b
• Preludes (Three), for organ, op. 16
• Sjávarvísur [Ocean Verses], for male choir, op. 15b
• Carl Nielsen
• Allegretto, in C major, for two recorders
• Commotio, for organ, op. 50
• "Kvadet om Nordens harpe", for TTBB choir
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
• Danslek ur Ran [Dance Game from Ran], for choir a capella or choir and piano
• JämtlandssÃ¥ngen [Song of Jämtland], for unison choir and piano
• Harald Sæverud – Variazioni piccole (50), for orchestra, op. 8
• Yngve Sköld – Alla Leggenda

Popular music

• Carl Nielsen – "Det som lysner over vangen", for voice and piano
• Jules Sylvain – ""

Film music

• Kai Normann Andersen – Hotel Paradis
• Eric Bengtson – Röda dagen
• Einar Fagstad – Skepparkärlek
• Helge Lindberg – Kärlek och landstorm
• Ragnar Nordin – Flickan frÃ¥n Värmland
• Jules Sylvain – Dantes mysterier

Births

• 26 January – Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist, music teacher (died 2013)
• 20 February – Margareta Hallin, Swedish actress, opera singer and composer (died 2001)
• 4 March – Sonya Hedenbratt, Swedish jazz singer (died 2001)
• 9 March – Thore Skogman, Swedish popular singer (died 2007)
• 20 June – Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer (died 2010)
• 31 August – Brita Koivunen, Finnish schlager singer (died 2014)
• 16 September – Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist (died 1968)
• 16 September – Ferry Graf, Austrian singer who held Finnish citizenship (died 2017)

Deaths

• 20 January – Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian teacher, children's writer, songwriter, and playwright (born 1860)
• 3 May – Otto Winter-Hjelm, Norwegian musician, conductor, writer, composer, and music critic (born 1837)
• 18 August – Johan Fridolf Hagfors, Finnish music critic and composer (born 1857)
• 3 October – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)

See also

• 1931 in Denmark

• 1931 in Iceland
• 1931 in Norwegian music
• 1931 in Sweden

References