The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1885 in Nordic music.
Events
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- Finn Jean Sibelius, already a budding composer, passes his final school examination, qualifying him for university.[1]
- Swedish music teacher Alice Sandström marries Jakob Tegnér.[2]
New works
edit- Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite (expanded version for string orchestra)[3]
- Robert Kajanus – Aino[4]
- Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in E-flat major[5]
- August Winding – Concert Overture, Op. 14 (published)[6]
Popular music
edit- Carl Boberg – O Store Gud (written; published the following year)[7]
Births
edit- 6 March – Hildor Lundvik, Swedish musician and composer (died 1951)[8]
- 11 August – Lilly Kajanus-Blenner, Finnish harpist, daughter of Robert Kajanus (died 1963)[9]
- 15 October – Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher (died 1959)[10]
- 6 December – Helge Klæstad, Norwegian Supreme Court judge and composer (died 1965)[11]
Deaths
edit- 11 February – Niels Peter Hillebrandt, Danish organist and composer (born 1831)[12]
- 28 March – Ludvig Norman, Swedish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1831)[13]
- 17 July – Søffren Degen, Danish guitarist and composer (born 1816)[14]
- 21 November – Amalia Redec, Swedish pianist, teacher and composer (born 1810)[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Ringbom, Nils-Eric (1950). Sibelius (in Danish). translated from the Swedish by Johan Koch. Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck. p. 14.
- ↑ "Alice Tegnér". skbl.se. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ↑ Schlotel, Brian (1986). Grieg. London: BBC Musical Guides. p. 24. ISBN 9780563204794.
- ↑ Goss, Glenda Dawn (2003). "A Backdrop for Young Sibelius: The Intellectual Genesis of the Kullervo Symphony". 19th-Century Music. 27 (1). University of California Press: 55. doi:10.1525/ncm.2003.27.1.48. JSTOR 10.1525/ncm.2003.27.1.48.
- ↑ Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 616–617. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.
- ↑ Oscar Thompson (1975). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead. p. 2471.
- ↑ "Story behind the song: 'How Great Thou Art'". St Augustine Record. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ "Hildor Lundvik". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ Barbara B. Hong (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. p. 161. ISBN 9780313387753.
- ↑ Norheim, Øyvind (13 February 2009). "Fridtjof Backer Grøndahl". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ Halvorsen, Marit (13 February 2009). "Helge Klæstad". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, Volumes 17–18 (in German). 1885. p. 75.
- ↑ "Ludwig Norman". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ Schiørring, Nils. "Søffren Degen". In Bech, Svend Cedergreen (ed.). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3rd ed.). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ↑ Hanna Bendz. "skbl.se - Amalia Leonilda Redec". skbl.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 July 2020.