1952 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1952 in Scandinavian music.
Events
[edit]- 11 January – Lars-Erik Larsson's Violin Concerto is premièred on Swedish radio by the Swedish Radio Orchestra, with André Gertler as soloist.[1]
- 19 April – David Wikander's Olavus Petri Cantata is recorded at Stockholm Cathedral, with Wikander himself conducting and Olle Björling (brother of Jussi Björling) as one of the soloists.[2]
- c. July – Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto wins the Olympic hymn competition.[3]
- unknown date – David Wikander receives the Royal Swedish medal, Litteris et artibus.[4]
New works
[edit]- Erik Bergman – Espressivo[5]
- Jón Leifs – Endurskin úr norðri (Réminiscence du nord)[6]
- Gösta Nystroem – Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonia Shakespeariana"[7]
- David Wikander – Olavus Petri Cantata[4]
- Dag Wirén – Symphony No. 4[8]
Popular music
[edit]- Gunnar Engedahl & Erling Stordahl – "Leken mellom roser"[9]
- Martti Jäppilä – "Iltatuulen viesti" (performed by Matti Kanto with the Masan Harmonikkaorkesteri)[10]
Film music
[edit]Musical films
[edit]- Eldfågeln, with music by Stig Rybrant, starring Tito Gobbi and Eva Henning[12]
Births
[edit]- 13 January – Pekka Pohjola, Finnish musician and composer (died 2008)[13]
- 25 February – Tomas Ledin, Swedish singer and songwriter[14]
- 25 June – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer (died 1982)[15]
- 14 October – Kaija Saariaho, Finnish composer (died 2023)[16]
- 23 December – Hans Abrahamsen, Danish composer[17]
Deaths
[edit]- 23 March – Margit Rosengren, Swedish operetta singer (born 1901)[18]
- 10 July – Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (born 1893)[19]
- 14 December – Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer and musical theorist (born 1887)[20]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hedman, Frank (1986). Lars-Erik Larsson: Violin Concerto / A Winter's Tale / Violin Concertino (CD booklet). Stig Westerberg & Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Swedish Society Discofil Classical. p. 2–3. SCD 1004. OCLC 17797595
- ^ "Olle Björling - Olavus Petri Cantata". YouTube. Dead Tenors' Society. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ Ruth-Esther Hillila; Barbara Blanchard Hong (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-313-27728-3.
- ^ a b "David Wikander (1884−1955)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ Juha Torvinen (January 1985). "Hearing the Self through the Other". Finnish Music Quarterly. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Endurskin úr norðri Op. 40". Iceland Music. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Sinfonia Shakespeariana [Symphony no. 4]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ Åhlén, Carl-Gunnar (n.d.). "List of works and discography". dagwiren.se (The Dag Wirén Foundation). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Norsk bokfortegnelse. Norske bokhandlerforening. 1951. p. 642.
- ^ "ILTATUULEN VIESTI, Matti Kanto ja Masan Harmonikkaorkesteri (Dallapé) v.1952". YouTube. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ Qvist, Per Olov; von Bagh, Peter (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 93.
- ^ "The Firebird (1952)". MUBI. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Basisti Pekka Pohjola on kuollut" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
- ^ International Who's who in Music: Popular music, volume 2. Melrose Press. 1998. p. 236.
- ^ Halvorsen, Tore. "Radka Toneff". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ Pitkänen, Heini; Tiikkaja, Samuli (2 June 2023). "Säveltäjä Kaija Saariaho on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Anders Beyer (2001). "Abrahamsen, Hans". In Stanley Sadie; John Tyrrell (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2 ed.). Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ Vintkvist, Jennifer (24 February 2021). "Margit Ingeborg Rosengren". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers. Doubleday. p. 1220. ISBN 9780385142786.
- ^ Vollsnes, Arvid (13 February 2009). "Issay Dobrowen". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 March 2017.