1883 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1883 in Nordic music.
Events
- unknown date
- Danish composer Johan Svendsen is appointed principal conductor of Copenhagen's Royal Theatre Orchestra, despite his lack of experience in the role.[1]
- Swedish soprano Jenny Lind sings in public for the last time, aged 63.[2]
- Swedish violinist Tor Aulin graduates from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.[3]
- Danish composer Carl Nielsen, aged 18, visits Copenhagen where he is introduced to Niels Gade. Gade suggests he enrol at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.[4]
- Norwegian composer and teacher Edmund Neupert relocates permanently to the United States.[5]
New works
- Edvard Grieg
- Sonata for cello and piano[6]
- Sangerhilsen[6]
- Valse-kapriser[6]
- Ludvig Norman â String Quartet no 5 (revised)[7]
- Wilhelm Stenhammar â Sonata in A Flat Major[8]
Births
- 11 February â Paul von Klenau, Danish conductor and composer (died 1946)[9]
- 7 July â Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer (died 1918)[10]
- 17 August â Alfred Evensen, Norwegian musician and composer (died 1942)[11]
- 19 August â Emilius Bangert, Danish organist and composer (died 1962)[12]
Deaths
- 6 June â Per Lasson, composer (born 1859)[13]
- 14 July â Svend Grundtvig, Danish collector of traditional music (born 1824)[14]