The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1883 in Nordic music.
Events unknown date Danish composer Johan Svendsen is appointed principal conductor of Copenhagen's Royal Theatre Orchestra, despite his lack of experience in the role. Swedish soprano Jenny Lind sings in public for the last time, aged 63. Swedish violinist Tor Aulin graduates from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. Danish composer Carl Nielsen, aged 18, visits Copenhagen where he is introduced to Niels Gade. Gade suggests he enrol at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Norwegian composer and teacher Edmund Neupert relocates permanently to the United States.
New works Edvard Grieg Sonata for cello and piano Sangerhilsen Valse-kapriser Ludvig Norman – String Quartet no 5 (revised) Wilhelm Stenhammar – Sonata in A Flat Major
Births 11 February – Paul von Klenau, Danish conductor and composer (died 1946) 7 July – Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer (died 1918) 17 August – Alfred Evensen, Norwegian musician and composer (died 1942) 19 August – Emilius Bangert, Danish organist and composer (died 1962)
Deaths 6 June – Per Lasson, composer (born 1859) 14 July – Svend Grundtvig, Danish collector of traditional music (born 1824)
See also 1883 in Denmark 1883 in Norwegian music 1883 in Sweden
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