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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1904 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 10 May – Hugo Alfven's Swedish Rhapsody for orchestra, Midsommervaka, is premiered in Stockholm.
• December – Adolf Østbye, a Norwegian revue artist, becomes the first musician to make a gramophone record in Norway.

New works

• Hakon Børresen – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major
• Armas Järnefelt – Berceuse (Kehtolaulu)
• Jean Sibelius – Cassazione

Births

• 7 September
  • Ernst Glaser, Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died 1979).
  • Ragnar Steen, Norwegian guitarist (died 1958).
• 11 September – Hans Jacob Højgaard, Faroese composer (died 1992)
• 26 October – Torbjørn Knutsen, Norwegian composer and violinist (died 1987).

Deaths

• 15 January – Eduard Lassen, Danish-born composer and conductor (born 1830)
• 18 March – Carl Johan Frydensberg, Danish composer (born 1835)
• 29 May – Maria Paulina Åhman, Swedish harpist (born 1812)
• 30 September – Sigurd Lie, Norwegian violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor (born 1871)
• 6 December – Johan Bartholdy, Danish composer (born 1853)

See also

• 1904 in Norway
• 1904 in Sweden

References

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7. "Ragnar Steen" (in Norwegian). Barge.ca. 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
8. "Hans Jacob Højgaard | lex.dk". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
9. "Torbjørn Knutsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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11. Åshede, Ulla. "Maria Paulina (Marie Pauline) Åhman". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Translated by Grosjean, Alexia. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
12. Michelsen, Kari (13 February 2009). "Sigurd Lie". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
13. Abrahamsen, Erik (17 July 2011). "Johan Bartholdy". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (Danish Biographical Lexicon) (3rd ed.). Retrieved 11 November 2016.

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