The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1887 in Nordic music.
Events
edit- 17 September – Danish composer Carl Nielsen plays the violin at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen at the premiere of his own Andante tranquillo e Scherzo for strings.[1]
- 29 December – Ivar Hallström's "fairy play" Per Svinaherde receives its premiere at the Stockholm Opera House.[2]
- unknown date
- Danish conductor and composer Frederik Rung sets up the Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association (Caeciliaforening) of Copenhagen.[3]
- Danish poet Holger Drachmann meets cabaret singer Amanda Nielsen, who becomes his muse.[4]
- Norwegian organist, music teacher and critic Catharinus Elling graduates from the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, Germany.[5]
New works
edit- Catharinus Elling – Valse capriser[5]
- Edvard Grieg – Third Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor, opus 45 (written at Troldhaugen the previous autumn)[6]
- Jean Sibelius – Piano Trio in D major[7]
Popular music
edit- Laura Netzel – "Blomman"[8]
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – "Irmelin"[9]
Births
edit- 17 February – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish conductor, composer and teacher (died 1947)[10]
- 23 February – Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (died 1955)[11]
- 3 April – Edvard Bræin, Norwegian organist, conductor and composer (died 1957)[12]
- 30 May – Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, conductor, composer and musical director (died 1964)[13]
- 4 June – Irma Tervani, Finnish operatic contralto (died 1936)[14]
- 25 August – Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer (died 1952)[15]
- 12 December – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer, also an engineer (died 1974)[16]
Deaths
edit- 7 February – Hanna Brooman, Swedish composer and teacher (born 1809)[17]
- 11 March – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer (born 1812)[18]
- 7 May – Alette Due, Norwegian singer and composer (born 1812)[19]
- 15 August – Hedvig Willman, Swedish opera singer (born 1841)[20]
- 2 November – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano called "the Swedish Nightingale" (born 1820)[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Ung og lovende". Carl Nielsen Society (in Danish). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ "Per Svinaherde. Sagospel i 3 Akter". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ Nineteenth-Century Choral Music. Taylor & Francis. 2013. p. 173. ISBN 9781136294099.
- ↑ Thomsen, Allan Mylius. "Amanda Nielsen (1866-1953)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- 1 2 Rune J. Andersen (25 November 2024). "Catharinus Elling". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ Chris Woodstra (2005). All music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music. Backbeat Books. p. 531.
- ↑ Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
- ↑ "Blomman, song at the piano". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ "Irmelin". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ "Madetoja, Leevi". Fennica Gehrman. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1938). Music Since 1900. W.W. Norton Incorporated. p. 465.
- ↑ "Edvard Bræin". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Jens Cornelius (2023). Emil Reesen. Danske komponister, bd. 16. Multivers. ISBN 9788779176256.
- ↑ "Tervani, Irma" (in Swedish). Nordisk familjebok. 1919. p. 971. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ↑ "Fartein Valen". Classical Music Daily. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ "Kurt Atterberg". Classical Music Daily. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ "Hanna Brooman". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ "Ludvig Mathias Lindeman". Store norske leksikon. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ "Alette (Alethe) Due (1812−1887)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ "Hedvig Willman". 565-566 Nordisk famijebok (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ Cecilia Jorgensen; Jens Jorgensen (2003). Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale: The Life and Times of Chopin and a Romance Unveiled 154 Years Later. Icons of Europe. p. 89. ISBN 978-2-9600385-0-7.