The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1906 in Nordic music.
Events
11 November – Carl Nielsen's opera Maskarade, with a libretto by Vilhelm Andersen, is given its first performance at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen. 3 December – Hugo Alfvén's Symphony no. 3 in E major is performed for the first time in Gothenburg by the Gothenburg Orchestral Society, with the composer conducting. 6 December – The Oscarsteatern, one of Stockholm's premier private theatres, opens with a Swedish-language production of Jacques Offenbach's operetta Frihetsbröderna (Les brigands). 29 December – Jean Sibelius's symphonic tone poem Pohjola's Daughter is given its première in Saint Petersburg, with the composer conducting. unknown date – Sara Wennerberg-Reuter begins a 40-year tenure as organist at Sofia Church in Stockholm.
New works Hugo Alfvén – Fosterlandspsalm Edvard Grieg – 4 Psalms, Op. 74 Erkki Melartin – Surullinen Puutarha, Op.52 Carl Nielsen String Quartet No. 4 Op 44 Maskarade, CNW 2 Hr. Oluf han rider, CNW 7 Fædrelandssang, CNW 288 Jean Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter Belshazzar's Feast Emil Sjögren – Böndir skulu kluckara fa
Popular music "Krummavísa" (first published; passed down by folklorist Olafur Davidsson)
Births 21 January – Gunnar Johansen, Danish pianist and composer (died 1991) 2 May – Aulikki Rautawaara, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1990) 19 July – Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer and music critic (died 1979) 1 September – Aksel Schiøtz, Danish lieder singer (died 1975) 10 October – Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz musician, singer and bandleader (died 1969)
Deaths 22 March – Martin Wegelius, Finnish composer and musicologist (born 1846) 8 June – C. F. E. Horneman, Danish conductor, composer and music publisher (born 1840) 16 November – Wilhelmina Josephson, Swedish pianist (born 1816)
See also 1906 in Denmark 1906 in Norwegian music 1906 in Sweden
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