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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1906 in Scandinavian music.
Events
[edit]- 11 November – Carl Nielsen's opera Maskarade, with a libretto by Vilhelm Andersen, is given its first performance at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen.[1]
- 3 December – Hugo Alfvén's Symphony no. 3 in E major is performed for the first time in Gothenburg by the Gothenburg Orchestral Society, with the composer conducting.[2]
- 6 December – The Oscarsteatern, one of Stockholm's premier private theatres, opens with a Swedish-language production of Jacques Offenbach's operetta Frihetsbröderna (Les brigands).[3]
- 29 December – Jean Sibelius's symphonic tone poem Pohjola's Daughter is given its première in Saint Petersburg, with the composer conducting.[4]
- unknown date – Sara Wennerberg-Reuter begins a 40-year tenure as organist at Sofia Church in Stockholm.[5]
New works
[edit]- Hugo Alfvén – Fosterlandspsalm[6]
- Edvard Grieg – 4 Psalms, Op. 74[7]
- Erkki Melartin – Surullinen Puutarha, Op.52
- Carl Nielsen
- String Quartet No. 4 Op 44[8]
- Maskarade, CNW 2
- Hr. Oluf han rider, CNW 7
- Fædrelandssang, CNW 288[9]
- Jean Sibelius
- Emil Sjögren – Böndir skulu kluckara fa[10]
Popular music
[edit]- "Krummavísa" (first published; passed down by folklorist Olafur Davidsson)[11]
Births
[edit]- 21 January – Gunnar Johansen, Danish pianist and composer (died 1991)[12]
- 19 July – Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer and music critic (died 1979)[13]
- 1 September – Aksel Schiøtz, Danish lieder singer (died 1975)[14]
- 10 October – Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz musician, singer and bandleader (died 1969)[15]
Deaths
[edit]- 22 March – Martin Wegelius, Finnish composer and musicologist (born 1846)[16]
- 8 June – C. F. E. Horneman, Danish conductor, composer and music publisher (born 1840)[17]
- 16 November – Wilhelmina Josephson, Swedish pianist (born 1816)[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schepelern, Gerhard (1987). Opera bogen (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 346–351. ISBN 87-00-19464-6.
- ^ "Symphony no. 3 in E major". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ Pentti Paavolainen. "10 - Operetta in the Nordic Countries (1850–1970)". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ Burbank, Richard (1984). Twentieth Century Music. New York City, USA: Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY. p. 30. ISBN 0-87196-464-3.
- ^ "Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875−1959)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Fosterlandspsalm". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Category:Grieg, Edvard". ISMLP.
- ^ "Carl Nielsen: String Quartet No.4 in F Major, Op.44". Editions Silvertrust. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Category:Nielsen, Carl". ISMLP.
- ^ ""Böndir skulu kluckara fa" (ur gamla Da-le-la-gens kyrkobalk". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ Þorsteinsson, Bjarni (1906). Íslenzk þjóðlög. Copenhagen: Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja. p. 510.
- ^ Gordon Rumson. "Gunnar Johansen: Master Musician". WAC. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ Morten Eide Pedersen. "Klaus Egge". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "AKSEL SCHIØTZ, Tenor". Great Singers of the Past. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Leo Mathisen". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ Karl Ekman (1938). Jean Sibelius: his life and personality. p. 187.
- ^ "Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. 1938. p. 1690.
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