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1903 in Scandinavian music
Overview of the events of 1903 in Scandinavian music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Events
- 2 May – Composer Edvard Grieg, in Paris, becomes the first Norwegian to make a gramophone record.[1]
- 25 November – Swedish soprano Olive Fremstad (Anna Olivia Rundquist) makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, United States, as Sieglinde in Die Walküre.[2]
New works
- Hugo Alfvén – Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (Midsommarvaka)[3]
- Carl Nielsen – Helios Overture[4]
- Sigurd Lie – Symfoni i a-moll[5]
- Jean Sibelius – Kuolema[6]
Births
- 25 April – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 1984)[7]
- 28 April – Egil Rasmussen, Norwegian author, literature critic and pianist (died 1964).[8]
- 2 May – Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian orchestra conductor, violinist, and conducted the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1983).[9]
- 5 August – Otto Lington, Danish violinist, jazz bandleader and composer (died 1903)[10]
- 17 August – Bjarne Amdahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).[11]
- 29 September – Karl Andersen, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1970)[12]
- 13 October – Jens Bjerre Jacobsen, Danish organist and composer (died 1986)[13]
- 30 October – Leif Rustad, Norwegian cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976)[14]
Deaths
- 24 July – Adolf Thomsen (50), organist and composer[15]
- 27 July – Lina Sandell (71), Swedish hymn writer (born 1832)[16]
- 27 October – Erika Nissen (58), pianist[17]
See also
References
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