The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1902 in Scandinavian music.
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Events
edit- 9 April – The Finnish National Theatre's new building opens with the premiere of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's The Origin of Fire ("Tulen synty").[1]
- 28 November – Danish composer Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David receives its premiere in Copenhagen[2]
- 1 December – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, De fire Temperamenter ("The Four Temperaments").[3]
- unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg produces the first of his Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances).[4]
New works
edit- Jean Sibelius
- "Lastu lainehilla" ("Driftwood") from Seven Songs, Op. 17[5]
- Symphony No. 2[6]
Births
edit- 7 May – Jolly Kramer-Johansen, Norwegian composer (died 1968).[7]
- 30 October – Bias Bernhoft, Norwegian singer and revue writer (died 1986).[8]
- 21 November – Harald Lie, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1942).[9]
Deaths
edit- 7 January – Adolfina Fägerstedt (90), Swedish ballet dancer[10]
- 17 January – Elias Blix (65), Norwegian organist and composer[11]
- 19 August – Lars Fykerud (42), Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and composer.[12]
- 12 April – Herman Amberg (67), Danish composer[13]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Finnish Theatre Today. Finnish Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 1971. p. 10.
- ^ "Carl Nielsen: Saul and David", Carl Nielsen Edition Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ Foltmann, Niels Bo, ed. (1998). "Symphony No. 2". Carl Nielsen Works (PDF). II. Instrumental Music. Vol. 2. Carl Nielsen Edition, Royal Danish Library. p. xii. ISBN 978-87-598-0913-6. ISMN 979-0-66134-000-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2014.
- ^ Finn Benestad; Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe (1993). Edvard Grieg, Chamber Music: Nationalism, Universality, Individuality. Scandinavian University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9788200216995.
- ^ Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-300-16397-1.
- ^ Goddard, Scott (April 1931). "Sibelius's Second Symphony." Music & Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 156–163.
- ^ "Jolly Kramer Johansen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Bias Bernhoft". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Harald Lie". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Nils Personne: Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838
- ^ Bull, Tove (13 February 2009). "Elias Blix". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Andersen, Rune J. (9 July 2013). "Adolf Thomsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. 1938. p. 40.