Euterpe was a weekly music, theatre and literary magazine which appeared in Helsinki between 1900 and 1905. It was the first Swedish-language music-oriented magazine published in Finland. Its subtitle was Veckotidskrift for musik, teater och skönlitteratur (Swedish: A weekly magazine for music, theatre and literature).[1]
Euterpe was first published in 1900[1] to report the recent developments in European art and philosophy to the readers living in Finland and Sweden. The magazine was headquartered in Helsinki.[2] It was a publication of the Swedish-speaking Finnish intellectuals such as Emil Hasselblatt, Werner Söderhjelm and Jean Sibelius. The magazine had a European orientation, being close to the French thought.[3]
Euterpe came out weekly and featured articles on music, theatre and literature written in Swedish.[4] However, in the first two years the magazine exclusively contained articles on music with a special reference to romanticism and introduced the new generation of Nordic composers, including Carl Nielsen.[1] Later its focus on music decreased, and in its last year the magazine did not cover any music-related article.[1] It was one of rare publications in Finland which included articles on the Dreyfus affair.[3]
The last issue of Euterpe appeared on 31 December 1905.[4] It was succeeded by another Swedish magazine entitled Finsk Musikrevy (Swedish: Finnish Music Review).[1]