The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1887 in Nordic music.
Events 17 September – Danish composer Carl Nielsen plays the violin at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen at the premiere of his own Andante tranquillo e Scherzo for strings. 29 December – Ivar Hallström's "fairy play" Per Svinaherde receives its premiere at the Stockholm Opera House. unknown date Danish conductor and composer Frederik Rung sets up the Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association (Caeciliaforening) of Copenhagen. Danish poet Holger Drachmann meets cabaret singer Amanda Nielsen, who becomes his muse. Norwegian organist, music teacher and critic Catharinus Elling graduates from the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, Germany.
New works Catharinus Elling – Valse capriser Edvard Grieg – Third Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor, opus 45 (written at Troldhaugen the previous autumn) Jean Sibelius – Piano Trio in D major
Popular music Laura Netzel – "Blomman" Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – "Irmelin"
Births 17 February – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish conductor, composer and teacher (died 1947) 23 February – Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (died 1955) 3 April – Edvard Bræin, Norwegian organist, conductor and composer (died 1957) 30 May – Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, conductor, composer and musical director (died 1964) 4 June – Irma Tervani, Finnish operatic contralto (died 1936) 25 August – Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer (died 1952) 12 December – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer, also an engineer (died 1974)
Deaths 7 February – Hanna Brooman, Swedish composer and teacher (born 1809) 7 May – Alette Due, Norwegian singer and composer (born 1812) 23 May – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer (born 1812) 15 August – Hedvig Willman, Swedish opera singer (born 1841) 2 November – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano called "the Swedish Nightingale" (born 1820)
See also 1880s in Danish music 1887 in Norwegian music 1887 in Sweden
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