The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1959 in Nordic music.
Events
edit- 29 January – Melodifestivalen, an annual Swedish music competition that determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, is held for the first time, in Stockholm.[1]
- 12 March – The 4th Eurovision Song Contest is held in France. Denmark (5th) and Sweden (9th) are the only Scandinavian countries to compete.[2]
- unknown date – Icelandic new-music collective Musica Nova is founded by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson and others.[3]
New works
edit- Erik Bergman – Aton[4]
- Sven-Erik Bäck – A Game around a Game[5]
- Niels Viggo Bentzon – Piano Sonata No. 7, op. 121[6]
Popular music
edit- Sven Gyldmark – "Bornholmervalsen", performed by Ib Mossin[7]
- Per Martin Hamberg – "Nu tändas åter ljusen i min lilla stad"[8]
New recordings
edit- Louis Armstrong – Americans in Sweden[9]
Film music
editMusical films
edit- Raggare!, with music by Harry Arnold and others[11]
Births
edit- 12 January – Per Gessle, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist[12]
- 6 August – Sigurd Køhn Norwegian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer (died 2004)[13]
- 14 September – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer[14]
- 13 December – Staffan William-Olsson, Swedish jazz musician[15]
Deaths
edit- 2 March – Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer (born 1892)[16]
- 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, Danish singer and entertainer (born 1871)[17]
- 21 April – Hakon Andersen, Danish organist and composer (born 1875) [citation needed]
- 30 April – Daniel Andersen, Danish composer, sculptor and ceramist (born 1885)[18]
- 3 June – Ole Windingstad, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (born 1886)[19]
- 21 June – Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher (born 1885).[20]
- 7 August – Armas Launis, Finnish composer and ethnomusicologist (born 1884)[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Leif Thorsson (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna. p. 19publisher=Premium Publishing AB. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
- ↑ "Cannes 1959 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ↑ "Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson tónskáld". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 4 January 2005. p. 25. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Juha Torvinen (January 1985). "Hearing the Self through the Other". Finnish Music Quarterly. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Library of Congress. 1961. p. 132.
- ↑ "Sonate nr 7 for klaver". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- 1 2 "Far til fire på Bornholm". Danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ Anders Berglund (2022). Musik att minnas: Vägvisare till vår gemensamma sångskatt. p. 30. ISBN 9789180572279.
- ↑ "Americans in Sweden". Mountain View Public Library. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ "Vi er allesammen tossede – Danmarks Nationalfilmografi".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Raggare!". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ Graham Betts (2005). Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Collins. p. 347. ISBN 9780007205325.
- ↑ "Sigurd Køhn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian).
- ↑ Potton, Ed (18 July 2009). "Guest List: The pop singer Morten Harket". The Times. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ Staffan William-Olsson (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ The NATS Bulletin: The Official Magazine of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. 1970. p. 2.
- ↑ Thomsen, Allan Mylius (2001). "Dagmar Hansen". Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 2: 8–9.
- ↑ "Daniel Andersesn". Gravsted. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ Cleven, Harry T. (13 February 2009). "Ole Windingstad". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ↑ Norheim, Øyvind (13 February 2009). "Fridtjof Backer Grøndahl". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ↑ Susanne Rode-Breymann (1994). Die Wiener Staatsoper in den Zwischenkriegsjahren: ihr Beitrag zum zeitgenössischen Musiktheater (in German). H. Schneider. p. 379. ISBN 9783795207724.