The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1904 in Nordic music.
Events
24 April – Pikku pyhimys (translation of Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche), starring Aino Haverinen, is the first operetta to be performed in the Finnish language, in Viipuri. 10 May – Hugo Alfven's Swedish Rhapsody for orchestra, Midsommervaka, is premiered in Stockholm. December – Adolf Østbye, a Norwegian revue artist, becomes the first musician to make a gramophone record in Norway. unknown date – Finnish soprano Alma Fohström (probably) makes her only known recording.
New works Hakon Børresen – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major Armas Järnefelt – Berceuse (Kehtolaulu) Johan Halvorsen – Fossegrimen, Op. 21 Carl Nielsen – Søvnen, Op.18 Jean Sibelius Cassazione Violin Concerto, Op. 47
Births 1 February – Lea Piltti, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1982) 7 September Ernst Glaser, Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died 1979) Ragnar Steen, Norwegian guitarist (died 1958). 11 September – Hans Jacob Højgaard, Faroese composer (died 1992) 26 October – Torbjørn Knutsen, Norwegian composer and violinist (died 1987).
Deaths 15 January – Eduard Lassen, Danish-born composer and conductor (born 1830) 18 March – Carl Johan Frydensberg, Danish composer (born 1835) 22 March – Julius Günther, Swedish opera singer and choirmaster (born 1818) 29 May – Maria Paulina Åhman, Swedish harpist (born 1812) 30 September – Sigurd Lie, Norwegian violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor (born 1871) 6 December – Johan Bartholdy, Danish composer (born 1853)
See also 1904 in Norway 1904 in Sweden
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