1882 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1882 in Scandinavian music.
Events
- Autumn – Iver Holter takes over from Edvard Grieg as conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway.{{cite journal|journal=Song Journal|author=Henri Marteau|title=European Musical Comment|volume=VI|year=1876|number=1|page=2}}
- unknown date
- Martin Wegelius establishes the Helsingfors Musikinstitut, the forerunner of the Sibelius Academy.{{BLF|1447|name=Wegelius, Martin}}
- Finnish composer Robert Kajanus founds the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Scandinavia's first permanent professional orchestra.{{cite book|first=Kimmo|last=Korhonen|author-link=:fi:Kimmo Korhonen|title=Inventing Finnish Music: Contemporary Composers from Medieval to Modern|date=2007|orig-date=2003|location=Jyväskylä, Finland|edition=2nd|translator-first=Jaakko|translator-last=Mäntyjärvi|translator-link=:fi:Jaakko Mäntyjärvi|publisher=Finnish Music Information Center (FIMIC) & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy|pages=29–30|isbn=978-9-525-07661-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/inventingfinnish0000korh}}
- Norwegian cellist and composer Anton Jörgen Andersen becomes a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien).{{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/nfba/0533.html|title=Andersen, Anton Jörgen|website=Nordisk familjebok|access-date=13 January 2025}}
- Danish flautist and composer Joachim Andersen co-founds the Berlin Philharmonic with 53 other musicians.{{cite web|url=https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.572277|title=Andersen, J|website=Naxos|access-date=6 February 2025}}
New works
- Niels Gade – Psyche{{cite web|url=https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA7626/|title=Psyche op. 60|website=baerenreiter.com|access-date=14 January 2025}}
- Johan Svendsen – Polonaise{{cite book|author1=Finn Benestad|author2=Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe|author3=William H. |title=Johan Svendsen : the man, the maestro, the music|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|year=1995|isbn=9780964523807|page=197}}
- Karl Valentin – "Erste Liebe" from Åtta sånger ur Fahrendes Volk (Eight songs from Fahrendes Volk), with words by Arthur Fitger, translated into Swedish by Gustaf Lagercrantz{{cite web|url=https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/valentin-karl/SMH-W6539-Atta_sanger_ur_Fahrendes_Volk_Eight_songs_from_Fahrendes_Volk_2_Erste|title=Åtta sånger ur Fahrendes Volk [Eight songs from Fahrendes Volk]. 2. Erste Liebe|website=Swedish Musical Heritage|access-date=10 February 2025}}
Births
- 11 February
- Arne Bjørndal, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1965){{cite encyclopedia | url=https://nbl.snl.no/Arne_Bj%C3%B8rndal | title=Arne Bjørndal | encyclopedia=Norsk Biografisk Leksikon | first=Brynjulf | last=Alver | editor=Helle, Knut | publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget | location=Oslo | language=no | date=2009-12-18 | accessdate=2017-04-28}}
- Paul von Klenau, Danish composer (died 1946){{cite web|title=Naxos Biography of Klenau|url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Paul_von_Klenau/23992|accessdate=6 February 2025}}
- 14 June – Anna Karolina Larsson (Lena Larsson), Swedish traditional folk singer (died 1967){{Cite web |last=Mattsson |first=Christina |others=Translated by Margaret Myers |title=Anna Karolina (Lena) Larsson |url=https://skbl.se/en/article/AnnaKarolinaLenaLarsson |access-date=10 February 2025 |website=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon}}
- 17 July – Christian Leden, Norwegian ethno-musicologist and composer (died 1957).{{cite book | title=Arctic Bibliography|publisher=US Department of Defense|year=1953|page=470}}
- 14 September – Harald Fryklöf, Swedish composer and teacher (died 1919){{cite web |url= https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/fryklof-harald/?action=composers&composer=fryklof-harald|title= Harald Fryklöf|last= Juliander|first= Sverker|date= 2013|website= Swedish Musical Heritage|publisher= Royal Swedish Academy of Music|access-date= 25 May 2020}}
- 21 September – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1972).{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://nbl.snl.no/Alf_Hurum | title=Alf Hurum | encyclopedia=Norsk Biografisk Leksikon | first=Rune J. | last=Andersen | editor=Helle, Knut | publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget | location=Oslo | language=no | date=2009-02-13 | accessdate=2017-04-28}}
Deaths
- 22 October – Oscar Ahnfelt, Swedish composer of hymn-tunes, 69{{cite book|title=Twice-Born Hymns|author=J. Irving Erickson|publisher=Covenant Press|year=1976|page=87}}
- 29 December – Josabeth Sjöberg, Swedish painter, composer and music teacher, 70{{cite web|url=https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/JosabethSjoberg |title= Josabeth Fredrica Paulina Sjöberg|publisher= Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon|author=Hans Öjmyr |access-date=1 March 2019}}