1889 in Nordic music
overview of music-related events in Scandinavia during the year of 1889
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.
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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.
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