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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1904 in Scandinavian music.
Events
- 10 May – Hugo Alfven's Swedish Rhapsody for orchestra, Midsommervaka, is premiered in Stockholm.[1]
- December – Adolf Østbye, a Norwegian revue artist, becomes the first musician to make a gramophone record in Norway.[2]
New works
- Hakon Børresen – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major[3]
- Armas Järnefelt – Berceuse (Kehtolaulu)[4]
- Johan Halvorsen – Fossegrimen, Op. 21
- Carl Nielsen – Søvnen, Op.18[5]
- Jean Sibelius
- Cassazione[6]
- Violin Concerto, Op. 47
Births
- 1 February – Lea Piltti, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1982)[7]
- 7 September
- Ernst Glaser, Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died 1979)[8]
- Ragnar Steen, Norwegian guitarist (died 1958).[9]
- 11 September – Hans Jacob Højgaard, Faroese composer (died 1992)[10]
- 26 October – Torbjørn Knutsen, Norwegian composer and violinist (died 1987).[11]
Deaths
- 15 January – Eduard Lassen, Danish-born composer and conductor (born 1830)[12]
- 18 March – Carl Johan Frydensberg, Danish composer (born 1835)[citation needed]
- 22 March – Julius Günther, Swedish opera singer and choirmaster (born 1818)[13]
- 29 May – Maria Paulina Åhman, Swedish harpist (born 1812)[14]
- 30 September – Sigurd Lie, Norwegian violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor (born 1871)[15]
- 6 December – Johan Bartholdy, Danish composer (born 1853)[16]
See also
References
- ^ Overture: The Magazine of the Baltimore Symphony. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Association. 1981. p. 16.
- ^ "Gramophone matrix 1475e. Bal i hallingdal / Adolf Østby". DAHR. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Alastair H Thomas (2016). Historical Dictionary of Denmark. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 75. ISBN 9781442264656.
- ^ Korhonen, Kimmo [in Finnish] (2007) [2003]. Inventing Finnish Music: Contemporary Composers from Medieval to Modern. Translated by Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko [in Finnish] (2nd ed.). Jyväskylä, Finland: Finnish Music Information Center (FIMIC) & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy. p. 7. ISBN 978-9-525-07661-5.
- ^ "Category:Nielsen, Carl". ISMLP.
- ^ "Other orchestral works / Cassazione". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Lea Piltti" (in Finnish). Yle. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ Kortsen, Bjarne (13 February 2009). "Ernst Glaser". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Biography (in Norwegian). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Ragnar Steen" (in Norwegian). Barge.ca. 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Hans Jacob Højgaard | lex.dk". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Torbjørn Knutsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Singer, Isidore; Sohn, Joseph (1906). "LASSEN, EDUARD". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. p. 626. Retrieved 20 December 2021 – via JewishEncyclopedia.com.
- ^ Musical News, Volume 26. 1904. p. 375.
- ^ Åshede, Ulla. "Maria Paulina (Marie Pauline) Åhman". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Translated by Grosjean, Alexia. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Michelsen, Kari (13 February 2009). "Sigurd Lie". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Abrahamsen, Erik (17 July 2011). "Johan Bartholdy". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (Danish Biographical Lexicon) (3rd ed.). Retrieved 11 November 2016.