1906 in Scandinavian music

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## Events

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* 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]
* 29 December – Jean Sibelius's symphonic tone poem Pohjola's Daughter is given its première in Saint Petersburg, with the composer conducting.[3]
* unknown date – Sara Wennerberg-Reuter begins a 40-year tenure as organist at Sofia Church in Stockholm.[4]

## New works

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* Carl Nielsen – String Quartet No. 4 Op 44[5]

## Popular music

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* "Krummavísa" (first published; passed down by folklorist Olafur Davidsson)[6]

## Births

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* 21 January – Gunnar Johansen, Danish pianist and composer (died 1991)[7]
* 19 July – Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer and music critic (died 1979)[8]
* 1 September – Aksel Schiøtz, Danish lieder singer (died 1975)[9]
* 10 October – Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz musician, singer and bandleader (died 1969)[10]

## Deaths

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* 22 March – Martin Wegelius, Finnish composer and musicologist (born 1846)[11]
* 8 June – C. F. E. Horneman, Danish conductor, composer and music publisher (born 1840)[12]
* 16 November – Wilhelmina Josephson, Swedish pianist (born 1816)[13]

## See also

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* 1906 in Denmark
* 1906 in Norwegian music
* 1906 in Sweden

## References

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1. ^ Schepelern, Gerhard (1987). Opera bogen (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 346–351\. ISBN 87-00-19464-6.346-351&rft.pub=Gyldendal+A/S&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=87-00-19464-6&rft.aulast=Schepelern&rft.aufirst=Gerhard&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1906+in+Scandinavian+music" class="Z3988">
2. ^ "Symphony no. 3 in E major". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875−1959)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
5. ^ "Carl Nielsen: String Quartet No.4 in F Major, Op.44". Editions Silvertrust. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
6. ^ Þorsteinsson, Bjarni (1906). Íslenzk þjóðlög. Copenhagen: Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja. p. 510.
7. ^ Gordon Rumson. "Gunnar Johansen: Master Musician". WAC. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
8. ^ Morten Eide Pedersen. "Klaus Egge". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
9. ^ "AKSEL SCHIØTZ, Tenor". Great Singers of the Past. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
10. ^ "Leo Mathisen". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
11. ^ Karl Ekman (1938). Jean Sibelius: his life and personality. p. 187.
12. ^ "Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
13. ^ The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. 1938. p. 1690.

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