1903 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1903 in Norwegian music.

Events

• Edvard Grieg, in Paris, became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records.

Deaths

July

• 24 – Adolf Thomsen, (50), organist and composer^[1]

October

• 27 – Erika Nissen, (58), pianist^[2]

Births

April

• 25 – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, violinist and composer (died 1984).^[3]
• 28 – Egil Rasmussen, author, literature critic and pianist (died 1964).^[4]

May

• 2 – Øivin Fjeldstad, orchestra conductor, violinist, and conducted the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1983).^[5]

August

• 17 – Bjarne Amdahl, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).^[6]

September

• 29 – Karl Andersen, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1970).^[7]

October

• 30 – Leif Rustad, cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976).^[8]

See also

• 1903 in Norway
• Music of Norway

References