1949 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1949 in Scandinavian music.
Events
- 24 March – Gösta Nystroem's Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No 3) receives its première at Gothenburg Concert Hall.[1]
- unknown date – Tromsø University's Department of Traditional Music is established by Arnt Bakke.[2]
New works
- Vagn Holmboe
- Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 15 Søstormen, BVN 375[4]
- Allan Pettersson – Violin Concerto No. 1[5]
- Johnny Schönning – Donky-Fugue[6]
- Fartein Valen – Symphony No.4, Op. 43[7]
Popular music
Film music
Births
- 9 March – Kalevi Aho, Finnish composer[12]
- 2 September – Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainerand broadcaster (died 2017)[13]
- 19 December – Sebastian, Danish singer[14]
Deaths
- 28 January – Gustaf Nordqvist, Swedish church musician and composer (born 1886)[15]
- 28 September – Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer (born 1881)[16]
- 13 November – Magna Lykseth-Skogman, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1874)[17]
See also
References
- ^ "Sinfonia del mare [Symphony no. 3]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "About the Department of Traditional Music" (PDF). University of Tromsø. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ a b Rapoport, Paul (1996). The Compositions of Vagn Holmboe. Copenhagen: Edition Wilhelm Hansen. ISBN 87-598-0813-6.
- ^ "LANGGAARD, R.: Symphonies Nos. 15, "Sostormen" and 16, "Syndflod af Sol" (Danish National Symphony, Dausgaard)". Naxos. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ Guy Rickards. "PETTERSSON Concerto for Violin and String Quartet". Gramophone. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Donky-Fugue". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ Bjarne Kortsen (1965). Fartein Valen: Life and Music: The music (analyses). J. G. Tanum. p. 272.
- ^ The American Swedish Monthly, Volume 44. Swedish Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. 1949. p. 34.
- ^ Johanna Sinisalo (2003). Not Before Sundown. Peter Owen. p. 123. ISBN 9780720611717.
- ^ "Singoalla (1949) – Svensk filmdatabas". Svensk filmdatabas. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ John Sundholm (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 62.
- ^ "Kalevi Aho – Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG)". Nachschlage.net. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Revheim, Hanna Huglen (9 April 2017). "Kollegaer sørger over Knut Borge: – En vegg har falt ut" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Bille, Torben (2009). Sebastian: Når lyset bryder frem (in Danish) (1st ed.). Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 19. ISBN 978-87-11-43358-4.
- ^ Anders Lönn (2001). "Nordqvist, Gustaf ( Lazarus )". Nordqvist, Gustaf. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20062.
- ^ Bernhardsson, Yngve. "Dalberg, Nancy (1881–1949)" (PDF). Kammermusikforbundet.se. Kammermusikforbundet. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Leo Riemens, Leo (2012). Lykseth-Schjerven, Magna in Großes Sängerlexikon, Band 4 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 2828. ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5.
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