1904 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1904 in Nordic music.
Events
- 24 April â Pikku pyhimys (translation of Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche), starring Aino Haverinen, is the first operetta to be performed in the Finnish language, in Viipuri.[1]
- 10 May â Hugo Alfven's Swedish Rhapsody for orchestra, Midsommervaka, is premiered in Stockholm.[2]
- December â Adolf Ãstbye, a Norwegian revue artist, becomes the first musician to make a gramophone record in Norway.[3]
- unknown date â Finnish soprano Alma Fohström (probably) makes her only known recording.[4]
New works
- Hakon Børresen â Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major[5]
- Armas Järnefelt â Berceuse (Kehtolaulu)[6]
- Johan Halvorsen â Fossegrimen, Op. 21
- Carl Nielsen â Søvnen, Op.18[7]
- Jean Sibelius
- Cassazione[8]
- Violin Concerto, Op. 47
Births
- 1 February â Lea Piltti, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1982)[9]
- 7 September
- Ernst Glaser, Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died 1979)[10]
- Ragnar Steen, Norwegian guitarist (died 1958).[11]
- 11 September â Hans Jacob Højgaard, Faroese composer (died 1992)[12]
- 26 October â Torbjørn Knutsen, Norwegian composer and violinist (died 1987).[13]
Deaths
- 15 January â Eduard Lassen, Danish-born composer and conductor (born 1830)[14]
- 18 March â Carl Johan Frydensberg, Danish composer (born 1835)[citation needed]
- 22 March â Julius Günther, Swedish opera singer and choirmaster (born 1818)[15]
- 29 May â Maria Paulina à hman, Swedish harpist (born 1812)[16]
- 30 September â Sigurd Lie, Norwegian violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor (born 1871)[17]
- 6 December â Johan Bartholdy, Danish composer (born 1853)[18]
