1939 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1939 in Scandinavian music.
Events
[edit]- 1 January – Jean Sibelius conducts his orchestral version of Andante festivo in a live broadcast to the New York World's Fair.[1]
- 17 June – The earliest surviving recording of the "Säkkijärven polkka", a folk song made popular by Finnish accordionist Viljo "Vili" Vesterinen is made at the German school in Helsinki, with former members of the Dallapé Orchestra.[2]
- unknown date – Eric Bengtson ceases to conduct the Svensk Filmindustri orkestern and becomes principal conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra.[3]
New works
[edit]- John Fernström – A Chinese Rhapsody[4]
- Hilding Rosenberg – String Quartet No. 4[5]
Popular music
[edit]- Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen & Holger Sinding – "Fjellsangen"[6]
- Nils "Jokern" Perne och Sven Paddock – "Vårat gäng"[7]
Film music
[edit]- Nathan Görling – Kalle på Spången[8]
- Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen – Gjest Baardsen, starring Alfred Maurstad[9]
- Jules Sylvain – Emilie Högquist[10]
Births
[edit]- 21 March – Christer Boustedt, Swedish saxophonist and actor (died 1986)[11]
- 13 May – Kari Løvaas, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 2025)[12]
- 22 June – Heikki Sarmanto, Finnish jazz pianist and composer[13]
- 9 August
- Odd Børre, Norwegian singer (died 2023)[citation needed]
- Ove Stokstad, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2018)[14]
- 18 August – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and singer (died 2008)[15]
Deaths
[edit]- 11 February – Gustav Fredrik Lange, Norwegian violinist, composer and music teacher (born 1861)[16]
- 3 May – Jørgen Ditleff Bondesen, Danish composer and music theorist (born 1855)[17]
- 10 May – Sigfús Einarsson, Icelandic organist and composer (born 1877)[18]
- 4 June – Carl Cohn Haste, blind Danish pianist, organist and composer (born 1874)[citation needed]
- 3 August – August Enna, Danish composer (born 1859)[19]
- 16 October – Ludolf Nielsen, Danish violinist, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1876)[20]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson (1965). Sibelius and Nielsen: A Centenary Essay. British Broadcasting Corporation. p. 22.
- ^ Toivo Tamminen (1993). "Säkkijärven polkka. Tarina siitä, miten polkka tuli Amerikan kautta Suomeen". Hanuri-lehti (in Finnish). 21 (3). Suomen harmonikkaliitto ry: 16–19.
- ^ "Eric Bengtson (1897−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Compositions". John Fernstrom. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "String Quartet no. 4". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ Thomas Seiler (2006). "Im Leben verschollen": zur Rekontextualisierung skandinavischer Gefängnis- und Holocaustliteratur (in German). Winter. p. 187. ISBN 9783825351816.
- ^ "Vårat Gäng, signaturmelodi". JioSaavn. October 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ Mariah Larsson; Anders Marklund (2010). Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press. p. 107.
- ^ Listen to Norway, volumes 1-3. Norwegian Music Information Centre (NMIC). 1993. p. 66.
- ^ Mariah Larsson; Anders Marklund (2010). Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press. p. 116.
- ^ Jazz Forum: The Magazine of the International Jazz Federation. International Jazz Federation. 1986. p. 23.
- ^ "Kari Løvaas". Store Norsk Leksikon. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2192. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ove Stokstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Harald Heide-Steen Jr.". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ Grinde, Nils (13 February 2009). "Gustav Lange". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "J.D. Bondesen | lex.dk". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Sigfús Einarsson". Handrit. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "PROF. AUGUST ENNA, DANISH COMPOSER, 80; Rose From Shoemaker to Write Operas and Ballets". New York Times. 4 August 1939. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Paul Griffiths (2004). The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. Penguin Adult. ISBN 9780141009247.