1890 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1890 in Nordic music.
Events
- February â Carl Nielsen obtains a scholarship worth 1800 Danish kroner.[1]
- 23 April â Icelandic composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson marries his Scottish wife, Eleanor.[2]
- October â In Berlin, on his way to Vienna, Jean Sibelius meets two other young Scandinavian composers, Carl Nielsen and Armas Järnefelt.[3]
New works
- Edvard Grieg
- Johan Halvorsen â Suite for Violin and Piano
- Carl Nielsen â String Quartet No. 2 in F minor[5]
- Jean Sibelius â Piano Quintet in G minor[6]
- Christian Sinding â Symphony No. 1 in D minor[7]
Popular music
- Johan Halmrast (lyrics) & Kristian Wendelborg (music) â "Ã , salige stund uten like"[8]
Births
- 12 March â Evert Taube, Swedish composer and singer (died 1976)[9]
- 4 April â Per Kvist, Norwegian entertainer and revue writer (died 1947)[10]
- 5 August â Pauline Hall, Norwegian music critic and composer (died 1969).[11]
- 8 September â Bjørn Talén, Norwegian operatic tenor (died 1945).[12]
- 11 September â Marius Ulfrstad, composer, organist and music teacher (died 1968).[13]
- 13 October â Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer (died 1966)[14]
Deaths
- 7 January â Hans Matthison-Hansen, Danish organist and composer (born 1817)[15]
- 21 December â Niels Gade, Danish conductor and composer (born 1817)[16]