The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1891 in Nordic music.
Events 10 May – Danish composer Carl Nielsen marries fellow Dane, artist and sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen, in St Mark's English Church, Florence, Italy. unknown date – Swedish composer Hanna Hallberg marries church musician Nils Peter Norlind.
New works Hugo Alfvén – Till Mamma af Hugo Julen Elfrida Andrée – Organ Symphony in B minor Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Book V, Opus 54Fog, Dan; Grinde, Kirsti; Norheim, Øyvind (2008): Edvard Grieg - Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Henry Litolffs Verlag: Frankfurt/Main Leipzig London New York. Andreas Hallén – I skymningen (At Dusk) Carl Nielsen – Five Piano Pieces, Opus 3 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Berceuse Amanda Röntgen-Maier – Jean Sibelius – Seven Runeberg Songs (first four)
Popular music August Ludvig Storm & Johannes Alfred Hultman" – Tack, min Gud, för vad som varit"
Births 27 February (Old Style)/15 February – Issay Dobrowen, Russian-Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (died 1953) 15 April – Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer (died 1945) 19 April – Henrik Adam Due, US-Norwegian violinist (died 1966) 30 May – August Schønemann, Norwegian singer, actor and comedian (died 1925)
Deaths 8 January – Fredrik Pacius, German-born Finnish conductor and composer (born 1809) 3 June – Balduin Dahl, Danish conductor and composer (born 1834) 28 April – Cora Nyegaard, Danish composer (born 1812) 29 September – Joseph Glæser, German-born Danish organist and composer (born 1809)
See also 1891 in Denmark 1891 in Norwegian music 1891 in Sweden
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