The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1915 in Nordic music.
Events
March – Carl Nielsen succeeds Franz Xaver Neruda as a director of the Copenhagen music society and composes a Prologue for recitation and orchestra In memoriam Franz Neruda. 8 December – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 5 at his own 50th birthday concert in Helsinki.
New works Gustaf Hägg – Legend for pump organ Ture Rangström – Gammal bonde for voice and piano Jean Sibelius – Violin Sonatina Wilhelm Stenhammar – Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op 34
Popular music "Ritsch, ratsch, filibom" (first publication of traditional Swedish Christmas song)
Births 13 January – Aino Bergö, Swedish singer and dancer (died 1944) 23 January – Aage Samuelsen, Norwegian evangelist, singer, and composer (died 1987) 8 May – Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor (died 1993) 13 May – Ingeborg Cook, US-born Norwegian actress and singer (died 2003) 11 June – Ebbe Grims-land Swedish viola and mandolin player and composer (died 2015) 21 August – Raquel Rastenni, Danish-Russian singer (died 1998) 3 September – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer (died 2014) 23 September – Finn Arnestad, Norwegian contemporary composer and musician (died 1994). 25 October – Torleiv Bolstad, Norwegian fiddle player (died 1979) 14 November – Jens Book Jenssen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (died 1998)
Deaths 2 January – Bertha Tammelin, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano, pianist and composer (born 1836) 24 January – Thorvald Hansen, Danish trumpeter and composer (born 1847) 19 March – Franz Xaver Neruda, Czech-Danish cellist and composer (born 1843) 5 October – Otto Malling, Danish organist and composer (born 1848) 19 November – Joe Hill (born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund), Swedish-American labor leader and songwriter (born 1879; executed by firing squad in the United States)
See also 1915 in Denmark 1915 in Norwegian music 1915 in Sweden
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