The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1921 in Nordic music.
Events
edit- January–March – Jean Sibelius makes the last of his four visits to Britain.[1]
- 26 November – Rued Langgaard's Music of the Spheres is performed for the first time, at the Konzerthaus, Karlsruhe, Germany. After 1921, it is not performed again until the 1960s, after Langgaard's death.[2]
New works
edit- Hakon Børresen – Kaddara (opera)[3]
- Rued Langgaard – Music of the Spheres[2]
- Wilhelm Stenhammar – Sången. En symfonisk kantat[4]
Popular music
editBirths
edit- 7 May – Reidar Bøe, Norwegian singer and composer (died 1969)[6]
- 18 October – Willy Andresen, Norwegian jazz pianist and orchestra leader (died 2016).[7]
- 13 November – Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (died 1996)[8]
- 21 November – Margrethe Schanne, Danish ballerina (died 2014)[9]
- 7 December – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, poet, translator and music collector (died 2006).[10]
Deaths
edit- 22 November – Christina Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano and composer (born 1843)[11]
- 5 December – Ellen Bergman, Swedish musician and singing teacher (born 1842)[12]
- unknown date – Hilda Sandels, Swedish opera singer (born 1830)[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Daniel M. Grimley, ed. (2011). Jean Sibelius and His World. Princeton University Press. p. 126. ISBN 9781400840205.
- 1 2 Viinholt Nielsen, Bendt. "Sfærernes Musik (Music of the Spheres)". langgaard.dk.
- ↑ Alastair H. Thomas (2010). The A to Z of Denmark. Scarecrow Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780810872059.
- ↑ "Sången. En symfonisk kantat [The Song. A symphonic cantata]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ↑ "Jul, jul, strålande jul!". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ Ness, Sindre (28 January 2014). "Kurt Foss Og Reidar Bøe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ↑ Bakke, Asbjørn; Aanstad, Kristine Hellem (17 June 2016). "Willy Andresen er død: – Musikklivet blir fattigere når en slik mester er borte". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ↑ Salmenhaara, Erkki (2001). "Kokkonen, Joonas (1921–1996)". Finnish National Biography (in Finnish). SKS. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ "Schanne, Margrethe (1921–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ Dahl, Per. "Arne Dørumsgaard er død – nekrolog" (in Norwegian). RecordedSound.no. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "Christina Nilsson (1843−1921)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "Ellen Bergman". kvinnofronten.nu. Retrieved 19 April 2025.