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Balto-Finnic music is a category of music of Balto-Finnic people, that overlaps with both Nordic folk music of Nordic countries and Baltic folk music of Baltic states. Finland's musical ties are primarily to the Balto-Finnic peoples of Russia and Estonia (Cronshaw, 91). Runic singing was practiced throughout the area inhabited by these peoples.
Spring – Swedish singer Esther Gadelius performs songs by Helena Munktell in a concert series by the Société Nationale de Musique in Paris, France. [1]8 April – Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 2 is performed in public for the first time, in Copenhagen.
The Finnish Literature Society advertises for "folk songs, dance or poetry tunes carefully written down from people (in other words, notated music)". [ 1 ] Hoping to make a career as a violinist, Finnish music student Jean Sibelius gives a performance of Ferdinand David 's Violin Concerto.
The music of Sweden shares roots with its neighbouring countries in Scandinavia, as well as Eastern Europe, including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka. The Swedish fiddle and nyckelharpa are among the most common Swedish folk instruments. The instrumental genre is the biggest one in Sweden.
Finnish composer Robert Kajanus founds the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Scandinavia's first permanent professional orchestra. [3] Norwegian cellist and composer Anton Jörgen Andersen becomes a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien). [4]
25 January – Swedish aristocrat Baron Rolf Cederström (1870–1947) marries world-famous operatic soprano Adelina Patti, who is thirty years his senior. [1]8 April – Andreas Hallén's opera Waldemarsskatten, with a libretto by Axel von Klinkowström, is premièred at the Royal Swedish Opera.
26 June – The first Norwegian music festival is held in Bergen on the initiative of Edvard Grieg, lasting until 3 July. [ 2 ] 19 September – Franz Berwald 's opera Estrella de Soria , is performed at the opening of the new Royal Swedish Opera building in Stockholm.
14 February – Wilhelmina Enbom, Swedish opera singer, 75 [8]; 9 May – Hermann Berens, German-born Swedish pianist and composer, 54 [9]; 17 August – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer, 70 [10]