1943 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1943 in Scandinavian music.
Events
- March – Having made her last film appearance in Nazi Germany, still declining to take out German citizenship, Zarah Leander leaves Berlin for her native Sweden.[1]
- 27 March – The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen stages the European première of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.[2]
- 29 October – Uuno Klami's Violin Concerto is premièred in Helsinki, with Toivo Haapanen conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and soloist Anja Ignatius.[3]
- unknown date
- Danish pianist and composer Herman David Koppel leaves Denmark for Sweden with his Jewish family to avoid persecution by the Nazis.[4]
- In a diary entry, Jean Sibelius expresses regret at having signed the Aryan certificate.[5]
- In celebration of Edvard Grieg's centenary, Norway's far-right governing country, Nasjonal Samling, commissions a propaganda film.[6]
New works
- Páll Ísólfsson – Veislan á Sólhaugum (The Feast at Solhaug) (incidental music)[7]
- Uuno Klami – Violin Concerto; later revised[3]
- Paul von Klenau – String Quartet No. 2[8]
- Jón Leifs[9]
- Íslendingaljóð
- 3 söngvar eftir Jónas Hallgrímsson
Popular music
- Hugo Alfvén – "Herr Olof i älvornas dans"[10]
- Anna-Lisa Frykman – "Julpolskan" (in Nu ska vi sjunga)[11]
Film music
- Carl-Olof Anderberg & Kai Gullmar – Sonja[12]
- Nils-Eric Fougstedt – Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi[13]
- Lars-Erik Larsson & Nathan Görling – Elvira Madigan[14]
- Poul Schierbeck – Vredens dag[15]
Births
- 23 March – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish Sami artist, writer and musician (died 2001)[16]
- 10 April – Bo Hansson, Swedish progressive rock musician (died 2010)[17]
- 16 April – Erling Kroner, jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader (died 2011)[18]
- 22 July – Hans Wärmling, Swedish musician and songwriter (died 1995)[19]
- 28 August – Anne-Lise Berntsen, Norwegian soprano (died 2012)[20]
Deaths
- 1 April – Anders Hovden, Norwegian classical pianist, composer and radio personality (born 1860)[21]
- 26 May – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (born 1864)[22]
- 23 November – Torolf Voss, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1877)[23][24]
See also
References
- ^ Robert Charles Reimer, ed. (2000). Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich. Camden House. p. 77. ISBN 9781571131348.
- ^ Fjeldsøe, M. (2020). Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. In D. Fanning, & E. Levi (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality (pp. 303-318). Routledge.
- ^ a b Aho, Kalevi (1997). Uuno Klami: Whirls, Act 1 / Violin Concerto / Suomenlinna (CD booklet). Translated by Barnett, Andrew. Osmo Vänskä & Lahti Symphony Orchestra. BIS. p. 4–9. CD–696. OCLC 40569371
- ^ "Herman D. Koppel". Dacapo. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ Sibelius, Jean (2005). Fabian Dahlström (ed.). Dagbok 1909–1944 (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. ISBN 978-951-583-125-5.
- ^ "Edvard Grieg Centennial 1943 – Propaganda Film Rediscovered". Centre for Grieg Research. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Ísólfsson / Viðar: Orchestral Works for the Stage". Chandos. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "String Quartet No.2 (Klenau, Paul von)". IMSLP. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "List of works by Jón Leifs". IMSLP. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Herr Olof i älvornas dans". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Könsuppdelad verklighet i "Nu ska vi sjunga"". Lararnas Nyheter. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ John Sundholm (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 152.
- ^ Qvist, Per Olov; Bagh, Peter Von (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-313-30377-7. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ Teddy Nyblom (1945). De nya herrarna: regissörer, litteratörer, traktörer och andra aktörer i nuets närbild (in Swedish). Ocean. p. 291.
- ^ Milne, Tom (1971). The Cinema of Carl Dreyer. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. p. 125.
- ^ Drysdale, Helena (3 December 2001). "Obituary: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää". The Independent.
- ^ "Musikern Bo Hansson 65 år". HD.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. 1999. p. 485. ISBN 9781852277543.
- ^ "Hans Axel Wärmling". Gravar.se. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ Hillveg, Kjell. "Anne-Lise Berntsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ Elstad, Hallgeir (4 March 2013). "Anders Hovden". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (2006). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London: Macmillan. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-33351-598-3.
- ^ Andersen, Rune J. (2013). "Torolf Voss". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Den norske Komponist Torolf Voss". Dansk musiktidsskrift. 18: 265. 1943.