The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1889 in Nordic music.
Events 29 May – Jean Sibelius's String Quartet in A minor is premiered at the Helsinki Music Institute. October – Edvard Grieg's 6 Lieder, Op. 48, are performed in Christiania by Swedish soprano Ellen Gulbranson and his 6 Digte af Holger Drachmann by Norwegian baritone Thorvald Lammers. 18 December – The first of Carl Nielsen's string quartets is performed privately in Copenhagen. unknown date Wilhelm Peterson-Berger graduates from the Stockholm Conservatory and begins further studies in Dresden, Germany. Agathe Backer Grøndahl gives a concert in London and is declared by music critic George Bernard Shaw to be "one of the greatest pianists in Europe".
New works Valborg Aulin – String quartet in E minor, Op. 17 Axel Gade – Violin concerto No. 1 in D minor Niels Gade – String Quartet in D major, Op. 63 Asger Hamerik – Symphony no. 4 "Symphonie majestueuse" in C major, Op. 35 Helena Munktell – In Florence (opera) Carl Nielsen Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano, Op. 2 5 Klaverstykker, Op.3 Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in A minor Christian Sinding – Piano Concerto, Op. 6 Richard Strauss – Utan svafvel och fosfor (setting of a Swedish text)
Popular music Carl David af Wirsén – "En vänlig grönskas rika dräkt" ("Sommarpsalm")
Births 29 May – Aksel Agerby, Danish organist, composer and music administrator (died 1942) 20 November – Karl Rautio, Finnish composer (died 1963)
Deaths 10 January – Martin Andreas Udbye, Norwegian organist and composer and organist (born 1820) 13 March – Nicolai Berendt, Danish pianist and composer (born 1826) 21 March – Fanny Stål, Swedish pianist (born 1820) 24 April – Mathilda Gelhaar, Swedish opera singer and official court singer (born 1814) 14 July – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822) 8 August – Anna Maria Klemming, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1864; "exhaustion")
See also 1880s in Danish music 1889 in Norwegian music 1889 in Sweden
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