1903 in Nordic music
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Events
- 2 May â Composer Edvard Grieg, in Paris, becomes the first Norwegian to make a gramophone record.[1]
- 25 November â Swedish soprano Olive Fremstad (Anna Olivia Rundquist) makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, United States, as Sieglinde in Die Walküre.[2]
New works
- Hugo Alfvén â Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (Midsommarvaka)[3]
- Carl Nielsen â Helios Overture[4]
- Sigurd Lie â Symfoni i a-moll[5]
- Jean Sibelius â Kuolema[6]
Births
- 18 April â Lulu Ziegler, Danish actress and singer (died 1973)[7]
- 25 April â Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 1984)[8]
- 28 April â Egil Rasmussen, Norwegian author, literature critic and pianist (died 1964).[9]
- 2 May â Ãivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian orchestra conductor, violinist, and conducted the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1983).[10]
- 5 August â Otto Lington, Danish violinist, jazz bandleader and composer (died 1903)[11]
- 17 August â Bjarne Amdahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).[12]
- 29 September â Karl Andersen, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1970)[13]
- 13 October â Jens Bjerre Jacobsen, Danish organist and composer (died 1986)[14]
- 30 October â Leif Rustad, Norwegian cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976)[15]
Deaths
- 24 July â Adolf Thomsen (50), organist and composer[16]
- 27 July â Lina Sandell (71), Swedish hymn writer (born 1832)[17]
- 27 October â Erika Nissen (58), pianist[18]
