1935 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1935 in Nordic music.

Events

• 23 November – Helvi Leiviskä makes her debut as a composer, premiering her own piano concerto.
• 8 December – Jean Sibelius celebrates his 70th birthday. Adolf Hitler awards him the Goethe-Medal.
• 14 December – Sven Blohm's melodrama Öde jul is premièred by the Stockholm Concert Society, conducted by Adolf Wiklund.
• unknown date – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger founds the Frösö outdoor festival at Frösön, his summer home.

New works

• Leevi Madetoja – Juha (opera)
• Väinö Raitio
• Forest Idylls
• Legend
• Maidens on the Headlands

Popular music

• Alice Tegnér – "Melodi"
• "När ljusen tändas därhemma" – translated into Swedish by Nils Hellström

Film music

• Kai Normann Andersen – Äventyr i pyjamas
• Eric Bengtson & Yngve Sköld – Bränningar
• Jules Sylvain – Munkbrogreven

Births

• 19 May – Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer
• 9 April – Tore Jensen, Norwegian jazz trumpeter
• 23 September – Liv Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher
• 12 December – Juhani Aaltonen, Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist

Deaths

• 9 January – Dina Edling, opera singer (born 1854)
• 12 January – , Swedish organist, arranger and composer (born 1853)
• 18 January – , Swedish organist, arranger and composer (born 1873)
• 11 May – Nanna Liebmann, Danish composer and music critic (born 1849)
• 10 November – , Swedish pianist, composer and music critic (born 1864)
• 4 December – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, conductor and composer (born 1864)
• 9 December – Nina Grieg, soprano and wife of Edvard Grieg (born 1845)

See also

• 1935 in Denmark

• 1935 in Iceland
• 1935 in Norwegian music
• 1935 in Sweden

References