1900 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1900 in Nordic music.
Events
- 2 July â The revised version of Jean Sibelius's tone poem Finlandia is premièred by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kajanus.[1]
New works
- Hugo Alfvén â Vid sekelskiftet (cantata composed for the inauguration of the year 1900)[2]
- Hjalmar Borgstrøm â Fiskeren (not performed until 2003)[3]
- August Enna â The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep (ballet)[4]
- Edvard Grieg
- 5 Songs, Op. 69
- 5 Songs, Op. 70[5]
- Carl Nielsen â Fest-præludium ved Aarhundredskiftet, CNW 84[6]
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger â Frösöblomster II
- Jean Sibelius â Snöfrid[7]
- Wilhelm Stenhammar
- String Quartet No. 3
- Violin Sonata[8]
Popular music
- "Stjernsången", poem with words by Esaias Tegnér, to a new melody by King Oscar I of Sweden.[9]
Births
- 11 April â Kai Normann Andersen, Danish film composer and songwriter (died 1967)[10]
- 11 June â Jules Sylvain (Axel Stig Hansson), Swedish musician, songwriter and composer (died 1968)[11]
- 20 September â Uuno Klami, Finnish composer (died 1961)[12]
Deaths
- 7 January â Augusta Schrumpf, Norwegian operatic soprano and actress (born 1813)[13]
- 26 January â Carl Leopold Sjöberg, Swedish composer (born 1861)[14]
- 10 March â Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish composer (born 1805)[15]