A formalized Nordic art music tradition began to flourish with a delay of approximately one hundred years compared to the mainland Europe countries, arguably due to the topography of the Nordic countries. Nordic composers responded to the idiomatic qualities of their languages incomparable to the other musical movements who similarly assimilated the vernacular of folk traditions. Both this initial delay, and subsequent present abundance of composition, tie unquestionably into each Nordic language, dominated by the rhythmic sonorities associated with their national oral literary traditions. During the late 20th century, there was a new so-called movement nicknamed the homogenous “Nordic Sound”, constituting a conglomerate singular sound that dominated the Nordic compositional landscape. As this “Nordic Sound” has continued into the present day, how does it continue to influence the realms of both contemporary art and popular genres?
The stream of “The Shifting Evolution of Nordic Music” welcomes papers, lecture recitals, or full recitals that could include the following themes: interdisciplinary studies within Nordic music, the influence of migration on Nordic Performance Practice, the significance of Nordic music festivals on composition, Nordic LGBTQIA+ compositional trends, the relationship between contemporary Nordic Humor and Art Music, compositional trends that are being contemporarily reflected within the Nordic nations, composer or Poet profiles and their relationship to “Nordic Sound.” The following composers have significant anniversaries this year, and could be given particular consideration:
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774-1842)
David Monrad Johansen (1888-1974)
Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)
Knudåge Riisager (1897–1974)
Kurt Magnus Atterberg (1887-1974)
Páll Ísólfsson (1893–1974)
Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1774)
Else Marie Pade (1924-2016)
This is also a significant year for the art songs of Ture Rangström (1884-1947).
The stream especially encourages composers, musicologists, and performers of Nordic Music to submit to this stream. If proposing a lecture-recital or full-recital, please detail the compositions, the performers, and the performers biographies.