1880 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1880 in Nordic music.
Events
- September â Edvard Grieg becomes artistic director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.[1]
- unknown date â Sextus Miskow first appears as a bass singer at the Danish Royal Theatre, playing Jacob in the opera Joseph (Josefog hans Brødre) by Ãtienne Méhul.[2]
New works
- Elfrida Andrée â Fem smärre tonbilder, Op. 7
- Niels Gade â Violin concerto in D minor[3]
- Edvard Grieg â 2 Elegiac Melodies, Op.34
- Robert Kajanus â 7 Songs from Tannhäuser, Op. 3
- Ludwig Norman â Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 58[4]
- Emil Sjögren â Kullervon surumarssi (Kullervo's Funeral March), Op. 3
Births
- 29 April â Sigvart Høgh-Nilsen, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1919)[5]
- 8 June â Theodor Larsson, Swedish songwriter and comedian (died 1937)[6]
- 14 July â Gustav Fonandern, Swedish architect and singer (died 1960)[6]
- 21 October â Viking Eggeling, Swedish filmmaker, pioneer of visual music (died 1925)[7]
Deaths
- 14 February â Wilhelmina Enbom, Swedish opera singer, 75[8]
- 9 May â Hermann Berens, German-born Swedish pianist and composer, 54[9]
- 17 August â Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer, 70[10]
- 7 October â Fredrika Stenhammar, Swedish opera singer, 44[11]
- 8 October â Magnus Brostrup Landstad, Norwegian clergyman, psalmist and poet, 78[12]
- 8 November â Andreas Peter Berggreen, Danish organist and composer, 79[13]