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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1953 in Nordic music.
Events
- 1–15 June – The 1st Bergen International Festival is held in Bergen, Norway.[1]
- 31 October – Nordmanns-Forbundet, a friendship association in the United States, holds a "Music of Norway" concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring music by Edvard Grieg and Sparre Olsen, with Percy Grainger as piano soloist.[2]
- unknown dates
- Swedish tenor Jussi Björling records roles from the operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, both with Stockholm Opera.[3]
- The Wihuri Sibelius Prize, founded by Antti Wihuri, is awarded for the first time, to Jean Sibelius, after whom it is named.[4]
New works
- Kurt Atterberg – Sinfonia per archi[5]
- Erland von Koch
- Dag Wirén – String Quartet no. 4[8]
Popular music
- Åke Gerhard & Leon Landgren – "Mjölnarens Iréne"[9]
Film music
Musical films
- Lumikki ja 7 jätkää (Snow White and the 7 Loggers), with music by George de Godzinsky[13]
Births
- 28 February – Osmo Vänskä, Finnish clarinettist, conductor and composer[14]
- 22 April – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
- 4 May – Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Icelandic composer, filmmaker and politician[15]
- 10 June – Svein Nymo, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 2014)[16]
- 30 June – Ståle Wikshåland, Norwegian musicologist (died 2017)[17]
- 14 July – Åke Parmerud, Swedish composer and artist
Deaths
- 2 February – Bergliot Ibsen, Norwegian mezzo-soprano (born 1869)[18]
- 9 December – Issay Dobrowen, Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor (born 1891)[19]
See also
References
- ↑ Svendsen, Trond Olav (2 February 2017). "Festspillene I Bergen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ↑ News of Norway, volume 10. The Representative. 1953. p. 124.
- ↑ "Björling's known recordings and their CD and DVD issues". borlange.se. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "History". Wihuri prize. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Sinfonia per Archi ossia Quintetto". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "Musica intima". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "Musica malinconica (Melancholic music)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "String Quartet no. 4". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Library of Congress. 1954. p. 606.
- ↑ Qvist, Per Olov; von Bagh, Peter (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 249.
- ↑ "Farlig Ungdom". MUBI. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "Far til Fire". Danish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ Per Olav Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 260. ISBN 9780313303777.
- ↑ Roderick L Sharpe; Jeanne Koekkoek Stierman (2008). Maestros in America. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 270. ISBN 9798216339779.
- ↑ "Jakob Frímann Magnússon". Althingi. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ Bjørdal, Sondre (9 December 2014). "– Han var en gnistrende kraft" (in Norwegian). Vårt Land. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ Bjerkestrand, Nils E. "Ståle Wikshåland". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ Haavet, Inger Elisabeth. "Bergliot Ibsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Issay Dobrowen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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