1902 in Scandinavian music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1902 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 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

• • • Jean Sibelius "Lastu lainehilla" ("Driftwood") from Seven Songs, Op. 17^[5]
  • Symphony No. 2^[6]

Births

• 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

• 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

• 1902 in Denmark
• 1902 in Norway
• 1902 in Sweden

Notes and References

1. Book: Finnish Theatre Today. Finnish Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 1971. 10.
2. "Carl Nielsen: Saul and David", Carl Nielsen Edition, Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
3. Book: Foltmann. Niels Bo. Symphony No. 2. 1998. Carl Nielsen Works . II. Instrumental Music . 2 . Carl Nielsen Edition, Royal Danish Library . xii. 979-0-66134-000-3. 978-87-598-0913-6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016161615/http://www.kb.dk/export/sites/kb_dk/da/nb/dcm/cnu/pdf/CNU_II_02_symphony_2.pdf . 16 October 2014 . live.
4. Book: Finn Benestad. Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe. Edvard Grieg, Chamber Music: Nationalism, Universality, Individuality. Scandinavian University Press. 1993. 9788200216995. 184.
5. Book: Barnett, Andrew. Sibelius. 2007. New Haven, Connecticut. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-16397-1. 406.
6. Goddard, Scott (April 1931). "Sibelius's Second Symphony." Music & Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 156–163.
7. Encyclopedia: Jolly Kramer Johansen . no . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . 2017-04-03 . 2017-04-23.
8. Encyclopedia: Bias Bernhoft . . Svend Erik Løken . Larsen . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2009-02-13 . 2017-04-23.
9. Encyclopedia: Harald Lie . no . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . 2013-11-29 . 2017-04-23.
10. Nils Personne: Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838
11. Encyclopedia: Elias Blix . . Tove . Bull . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2009-02-13 . 2017-04-23.
12. Encyclopedia: Adolf Thomsen . . Rune J. . Andersen . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2013-07-09 . 2017-04-23.
13. Book: The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. 1938. 40.