1891 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1891 in Nordic music.
Events
- 10 May â Danish composer Carl Nielsen marries fellow Dane, artist and sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen, in St Mark's English Church, Florence, Italy.[1]
- unknown date â Swedish composer Hanna Hallberg marries church musician Nils Peter Norlind.[2]
New works
- Hugo Alfvén â Till Mamma af Hugo Julen[3]
- Elfrida Andrée â Organ Symphony in B minor[4]
- Edvard Grieg â Lyric Pieces, Book V, Opus 54[5]
- Andreas Hallén â I skymningen (At Dusk)[6]
- Carl Nielsen â Five Piano Pieces, Opus 3[1]
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger â Berceuse[7]
- Amanda Röntgen-Maier â [8]
- Jean Sibelius â Seven Runeberg Songs (first four)[9]
Popular music
- August Ludvig Storm & Johannes Alfred Hultman" â Tack, min Gud, för vad som varit"[10]
Births
- 27 February (Old Style)/15 February â Issay Dobrowen, Russian-Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (died 1953)[11]
- 15 April â Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer (died 1945)[12]
- 19 April â Henrik Adam Due, US-Norwegian violinist (died 1966)[13]
- 30 May â August Schønemann, Norwegian singer, actor and comedian (died 1925)[14]
Deaths
- 8 January â Fredrik Pacius, German-born Finnish conductor and composer (born 1809)[15]
- 3 June â Balduin Dahl, Danish conductor and composer (born 1834)[16]
- 28 April â Cora Nyegaard, Danish composer (born 1812)[17]
- 29 September â Joseph Glæser, German-born Danish organist and composer (born 1809)[18]