The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1911 in Nordic music.
Events
edit- 3 April – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 4, given by the Philharmonia Society in Helsinki.[1]
- unknown date
- Aino Ackté, Oskar Merikanto and others found the Kotimainen Ooppera, which later becomes the Finnish National Opera.[2]
- Armas Järnefelt becomes Chief Conductor of the Royal Court Orchestra in Stockholm.[3]
New works
edit- Hugo Alfvén – Nocturne for piano[4]
- Sverre Jordan – Suite in the Old Style, Op 4[5]
- Erkki Melartin – Walzer-miniaturen, Op. 49
- Carl Nielsen – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra[6]
- Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 4
Popular music
edit- Oskar Merikanto – "Nälkämaan laulu", setting of a poem by Ilmari Kianto[7]
Births
edit- 1 January – Arne Hendriksen, Norwegian operatic tenor (died 1996).[8]
- 5 February – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (died 1960)[9]
- 1 April – Anne-Marie Ørbeck, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1996)[10]
- 21 April – Zilas Görling, Swedish jazz saxophonist (died 1960)[11]
- 24 May – Egil Storbekken, Norwegian folk musician (died 2002)[12]
- 2 July – Anja Ignatius, Finnish violinist and music teacher (died 1995)[13]
- 19 September – Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer (died 1980)[14]
- 24 November – Erik Bergman, Danish composer (died 2006)[15]
- 17 December – Cissi Cleve, Norwegian opera singer and composer (died 1993).[16]
Deaths
edit- 15 January – Rosa Asmundsen, Norwegian actress and singer (born 1846)[17]
- 28 January – Wilhelmina Fundin, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1819)[18]
- 14 June – Johan Svendsen, Norwegian violinist, conductor and composer (born 1840)[19]
- 10 August – Carl Christian Lumbye, Danish composer, son of Hans Christian Lumbye[20]
- 29 August – Hildegard Werner, Swedish musician, conductor and journalist (born 1834)[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ 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. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.
- ↑ Finland, a Country Study. US Department of the Army. 1974. p. 109.
- ↑ "Armas Järnefelt (1869−1958)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ↑ "Nocturne for piano". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ↑ The Monthly Musical Record, Volumes 41–42. Augener & Company. 1911. p. 20.
- ↑ Elly Bruunshuus Petersen (9 April 2010). "Carl Nielsen: Concertos". Carl Nielsen Edition. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ↑ Pajamo, Reijo (1987). Maakuntalaulumme. Porvoo: WSOY. p. 67. ISBN 951-0-13326-4.
- ↑ "Arne Hendriksen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ↑ "Jussi Björling 1911-1960". www.jussibjorlingsallskapet.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ↑ Dahm, Cecilie (13 February 2009). "Anne Marie Ørbeck". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ Erik Kjellberg. "Zilas Görling". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
- ↑ Aksdal, Bjørn. "Egil Storbekken". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 137. ISBN 0-313-27728-1.
- ↑ Im Auftrag der Internationalen Allan-Pettersson-Gesellschaft von Michael Kube, ed. (1986). "Stichworte zur Biographie". Allan Pettersson Jahrbuch. 1986a (in German). Saarbrücken: Pfau Verlag. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-89727-192-0.
- ↑ "Erik Bergman". Independent. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ↑ "Nocturne for piano solo". Notebutikken. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ↑ Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet (in Norwegian). Universitetsforl. p. 18. ISBN 8200056228.
- ↑ "Fundin, Wilhelmina Christina" (in Swedish). Europas konstnärer. 1887. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ Finn Benestad; Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe; William H. Halverson (1995). Johan Svendsen : the man, the maestro, the music. University of Nebraska Press. p. 214. ISBN 9780964523807.
- ↑ The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. 1938. p. 1088.
- ↑ "Hildegard Werner, deceased" (PDF). London Gazette. Retrieved 16 March 2025.