1915 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1915 in Nordic music.
Events
- March â Carl Nielsen succeeds Franz Xaver Neruda as a director of the Copenhagen music society and composes a Prologue for recitation and orchestra In memoriam Franz Neruda.[1]
- 8 December â Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 5 at his own 50th birthday concert in Helsinki.[2]
New works
- Gustaf Hägg â Legend for pump organ[3]
- Ture Rangström â Gammal bonde for voice and piano[4]
- Jean Sibelius â Violin Sonatina[5]
- Wilhelm Stenhammar â Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op 34[6]
Popular music
- "Ritsch, ratsch, filibom" (first publication of traditional Swedish Christmas song)[7]
Births
- 13 January â Aino Bergö, Swedish singer and dancer (died 1944)[8]
- 23 January â Aage Samuelsen, Norwegian evangelist, singer, and composer (died 1987)[9]
- 8 May â Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor (died 1993)[10]
- 13 May â Ingeborg Cook, US-born Norwegian actress and singer (died 2003)[citation needed]
- 11 June â Ebbe Grims-land Swedish viola and mandolin player and composer (died 2015)[11]
- 21 August â Raquel Rastenni, Danish-Russian singer (died 1998)[12]
- 3 September â Knut Nystedt, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer (died 2014)[13]
- 23 September â Finn Arnestad, Norwegian contemporary composer and musician (died 1994).[14]
- 25 October â Torleiv Bolstad, Norwegian fiddle player (died 1979)[15]
- 14 November â Jens Book Jenssen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (died 1998)[16]
Deaths
- 2 January â Bertha Tammelin, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano, pianist and composer (born 1836)[17]
- 24 January â Thorvald Hansen, Danish trumpeter and composer (born 1847)[18]
- 19 March â Franz Xaver Neruda, Czech-Danish cellist and composer (born 1843)[19]
- 5 October â Otto Malling, Danish organist and composer (born 1848)[20]
- 19 November â Joe Hill (born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund), Swedish-American labor leader and songwriter (born 1879; executed by firing squad in the United States)[21]