1884 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1884 in Nordic music.
Events
- unknown date â Otto Malling gives up his role as conductor of the Copenhagen Students' Choral Society after 12 years in the position.[1]
New works
- Edvard Grieg â Holberg Suite (for piano)[2]
- Otto Malling
- Concert Fantasia[3]
- Symphony in D minor, Op. 17[4]
- Christian Sinding â Til Molde[5]
Births
- 22 April â Armas Launis, Finnish composer and musicologist (died 1959)[6]
- 26 April â Eidé Norena, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 1968)[7]
- 2 June â Hanna Granfelt, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1952)[8]
- 30 November â Ture Rangström, Danish composer (died 1947)[9]
- 11 December â Arne Svendsen, Norwegian songwriter (died 1958)[10]
Deaths
- 24 January â Johann Christian Gebauer, Danish composer, organist and music theorist (born 1808)[11]
- 19 March â Elias Lönnrot, Finnish polymath, collector of folk melodies and lyrics (born 1802)[12]