1895 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1895 in Scandinavian music.
Events
- 17 April – A revised version of Sibelius's Spring Song, performed in Helsinki, receives widespread approval. Oskar Merikanto calls it "the fairest flower among Sibelius's orchestral pieces".{{cite book |author=Andrew Barnett|title=Sibelius|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|isbn=9780300111590|page=98 }}
New works
- August Enna – Kleopatra (opera), with libretto by Einar Christiansen{{cn|date=February 2025}}
- Edvard Grieg
- Lyric Pieces, Book VII{{cite book|author=Benedict Taylor|title=Towards a Harmonic Grammar of Grieg's Late Piano Music: Nature and Nationalism|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017|isbn=9781315307343|page=13}}
- Haugtussa{{Cite web |title=Category:Grieg, Edvard |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Grieg,_Edvard |website=ISMLP}}
- Jean Sibelius
- 3 Fantasias, Op. 11
- The Swan of Tuonela (revised version){{cite book|title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2002|isbn=9780674255722|page=371}}
- The Wood Nymph
Popular music
Births
- 4 March – Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 1978){{cite encyclopedia |title=Bjarne Brustad |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Elef |last=Nesheim |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Bjarne_Brustad/utdypning |language=Norwegian|access-date=18 February 2025}}
- 24 March – Else Schøtt, Danish operatic soprano (died 1989){{cite web|url=https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1554/origin/170/|title=Else Schøtt (1895 - 1989)|author=Høgel, Sten|publisher=Kvinfo|date=2003|access-date=18 February 2025 |language=Danish}}
- 12 July – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 1982){{cite book|title=The Record Collector: A Magazine for Collectors of Recorded Vocal Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Vs5AQAAIAAJ|year=1962|page=20}}
- 8 October – Viking Dahl, Swedish organist, teacher and composer (died 1945){{cite web|url=https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/dahl-viking/|title=Viking Dahl (1895−1945)|website=Swedish Musical Heritage|access-date=18 February 2025}}
Deaths
- 16 February – Fredrik August Dahlgren, Swedish songwriter (born 1816){{cite web|url= https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Mobil/Artikel/15806 |title=Fredrik August Dahlgren|publisher= Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |author= Sverker Ek |access-date=1 January 2019}}
- 29 June – Adolf Fredrik Lindroth, Swedish violinist and composer (born 1824){{cite web|url=https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/lindroth-adolf-fredrik/|title=Adolf Fredrik Lindroth (1824–1895)|website=Swedish Musical Heritage|access-date=18 February 2025}}