1889 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1889 in Nordic music.
Events
- 29 May â Jean Sibelius's String Quartet in A minor is premiered at the Helsinki Music Institute.[1]
- October â Edvard Grieg's 6 Lieder, Op. 48, are performed in Christiania by Swedish soprano Ellen Gulbranson and his 6 Digte af Holger Drachmann by Norwegian baritone Thorvald Lammers.[2]
- 18 December â The first of Carl Nielsen's string quartets is performed privately in Copenhagen.[3]
- unknown date
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger graduates from the Stockholm Conservatory and begins further studies in Dresden, Germany.[4]
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl gives a concert in London and is declared by music critic George Bernard Shaw to be "one of the greatest pianists in Europe".[5]
New works
- Valborg Aulin â String quartet in E minor, Op. 17[6]
- Axel Gade â Violin concerto No. 1 in D minor[7]
- Niels Gade â String Quartet in D major, Op. 63
- Asger Hamerik â Symphony no. 4 "Symphonie majestueuse" in C major, Op. 35[8]
- Helena Munktell â In Florence (opera)[9]
- Carl Nielsen
- Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano, Op. 2
- 5 Klaverstykker, Op.3
- Jean Sibelius â String Quartet in A minor[1]
- Christian Sinding â Piano Concerto, Op. 6
- Richard Strauss â Utan svafvel och fosfor (setting of a Swedish text)[10]
Popular music
- Carl David af Wirsén â "En vänlig grönskas rika dräkt" ("Sommarpsalm")[11]
Births
- 29 May â Aksel Agerby, Danish organist, composer and music administrator (died 1942)[12]
- 20 November â Karl Rautio, Finnish composer (died 1963)[13]
Deaths
- 10 January â Martin Andreas Udbye, Norwegian organist and composer and organist (born 1820)[14]
- 13 March â Nicolai Berendt, Danish pianist and composer (born 1826)[15]
- 21 March â Fanny StÃ¥l, Swedish pianist (born 1820)[16]
- 24 April â Mathilda Gelhaar, Swedish opera singer and official court singer (born 1814)[citation needed]
- 14 July â Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822)[citation needed]
- 8 August â Anna Maria Klemming, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1864; "exhaustion")[17]