The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1902 in Nordic music.
Events 9 April – The Finnish National Theatre's new building opens with the premiere of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's The Origin of Fire ("Tulen synty"). 28 November – Danish composer Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David receives its premiere in Copenhagen"Carl Nielsen: Saul and David", Carl Nielsen Edition , Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 23 October 2010. 1 December – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, De fire Temperamenter ("The Four Temperaments"). unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg produces the first of his Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances).
New works Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 2 Saul og David Jean Sibelius "Lastu lainehilla" ("Driftwood") from Seven Songs, Op. 17 Symphony No. 2Goddard, Scott (April 1931). "Sibelius's Second Symphony." Music & Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 156–163.
Popular music Vilhelm Svedbom – "Hej dunkom"
Births 7 May – Jolly Kramer-Johansen, Norwegian composer (died 1968) 27 June – Georg Malmstén, Finnish entertainer (died 1981) 30 October – Bias Bernhoft, Norwegian singer and revue writer (died 1986). 21 November – Harald Lie, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1942).
Deaths 7 January – Adolfina Fägerstedt (90), Swedish ballet dancerNils Personne: Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838 17 January – Elias Blix (65), Norwegian organist and composer 19 August – Lars Fykerud (42), Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and composer 12 April – Herman Amberg (67), Danish composer
See also 1902 in Denmark 1902 in Norway 1902 in Sweden
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