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1882 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1882 in Norwegian music. Events Deaths Births ; February * 11 – Arne Bjørndal, composer and painter (died 1965). ; July * 17 – Christian Leden, ethno-musicologist and composer (died 1957). ; September * 21 – Alf Hurum, composer and painter (died 1972). See also * 1882 in Norway * Music of Norway References {{DEFAULTSORT:1882 In Norwegian Music Norwegian music Norwegian Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ... 1880s in Norwegian music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Norway
Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pilgrims from all over Europe coming to visit St Olaf's grave in Trondheim. In the later part of the 19th century, Norway experienced economic growth leading to greater industrialization and urbanization. More music was made in the cities, and opera performances and symphony concerts were considered to be of high standards. In this era both prominent composers (like Edvard Grieg and Johan Svendsen) and performers combined the European traditions with Norwegian tones. The import of music and musicians for dance and entertainment grew, and this continued in the 20th century, even more so when gramophone records and radio became common. In the last half of the 20th century, Norway, like many other countries in the world, underwent a roots revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Bjørndal
Arne Bjørndal (11 February 1882 – 11 January 1965) was a Norwegian hardingfele fiddler, composer and folklorist. Personal life Bjørndal was born in Hosanger as the son of Peder Monsen Bjørndal and Kari Knutsdotter Nordås. He was married to Brita Rongved from 1910 to 1924, and to Anna Strømmen from 1929. He died in Bergen in 1965. Career Bjørndal started playing the fiddle as a young boy, and later studied with fiddler Ola Mosafinn, while he learned theory by W. Gomnæs, Borghild Holmsen and J. Thorkildsen. He made his concert debut in Kristiania in February 1908. From 1911 he received a scholarship for collecting traditional music. He wrote down thousands of traditional Norwegian folk melodies, which have later been stored at the University of Bergen. He played in more than six hundred weddings, gave more than 1,000 concerts, and had success in folk music contests. Among his compositions is music to Torvald Tu's "Kjærlege par", music to Olav Gullvåg's play ''Storborgbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1965 in Norwegian music. Events May * 19 – The 15th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – June 5). June * The 2nd Kongsberg Jazz Festival started in Kongsberg, Norway. July * The 5th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway. Unknown date *Kirsti Sparboe wins the Melodi Grand Prix, singing "Karusell" by Jolly Kramer-Johansen. Deaths ; May * 23 – Helge Klæstad, judge and composer (born 1885). ; January * 11 – Arne Bjørndal, hardingfele fiddler, composer and folklorist (born 1882). Births ; February * 13 – Ole Mathisen, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. * 24 – Tone Åse, jazz singer. * 27 – Malika Makouf Rasmussen, percussionist, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer, composer and music producer. ; March * 12 – Liv Stoveland, soprano and singing teacher. * 21 – Kristin Mellem, violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor. ; June * 9 – Helge Sund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Helle
Knut Helle (19 December 1930 – 27 June 2015) was a Norwegian historian. A professor at the University of Bergen from 1973 to 2000, he specialized in the late medieval history of Norway. He has contributed to several large works. Early life, education and marriage He was born in Larvik as the son of school inspector Hermann Olai Helle (1893–1973) and teacher Berta Marie Malm (1906–1991). He was the older brother of politician Ingvar Lars Helle. The family moved to Hetland when Knut Helle was seventeen years old. He took the examen artium in Stavanger in 1949, and a teacher's education in Kristiansand in 1952. He studied philology in Oslo and Bergen, and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1957. His paper ''Omkring Bǫglungasǫgur'', on the Bagler sagas, was printed in 1959. In December 1957 he married Karen Blauuw, who would later become a professor. Helle's marriage to Blauuw was dissolved in 1985. In October 1987 Helle married museum director and professor of mediev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Leden
Christian Leden (born Christian Refsaas; 17 July 1882 – 19 November 1957) was a Norwegian ethno-musicologist and composer. He was the first person to record film in the northern Arctic. Early years Leden was born in Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. In 1901, he trained in Christiania to be a musician. He studied musicology in Berlin, entering the composer class at Royal Hochschule fur Musik in 1904. While in Germany, he changed his surname from Refsaas to Leden. From 1904 through 1909, he was a church organist in Tromsø. Career Leden was interested in the early music of Kalaallit (Greenland's Inuit). In the spring of 1909, he received travel funds from the Danish Carlsberg fund to go to northern Greenland to study Inuit music on a voyage with the Danish polar scientist Knud Rasmussen. In the autumn of that year, he returned to Europe and worked on the music he had collected. He traveled in Northern Canada in 1911, West Greenland in 1912, and through the Keewatin Region, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1957 in Norwegian music. Events May * The 5th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway. Unknown date * The Fana Folklore, an annual summer event, was initiated by Signy Eikeland. Deaths ; November * 19 – Christian Leden, ethno-musicologist and composer (born 1882). ; September * 20 – Edvard Bræin, composer and orchestra conductor (born 1887). Births ; January * '8'' – Christian Eggen, composer, pianist and conductor. ; February * 11 – Oddmund Finnseth, jazz upright bassist, composer, and music teacher. * 13 – Inger Marie Gundersen, jazz singer and composer. ; March * 19 – Øystein Sevåg, classical and world music pianist and keyboardist. ; April * 6 – Terje Mikkelsen, composer. ; May * 22 ** Anne Grete Preus, singer, guitarist, and composer. ** Hege Schøyen, singer, actor and comedian. ; July * 12 – Fredrik Carl Størmer, jazz drummer and entrepreneur. * 17 – Njål ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Hurum
Alf Thorvald Hurum (21 September 1882 – 12 August 1972) was a Norwegian composer and painter. Early and personal life Hurum was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of Thorvald Hurum (1839-1909) and Jakobine Olava Haslum (1844-1929). From 1905 to 1907, he studied composition at the Berliner Akademie der Künste. Among other, his instructors included Max Bruch. He was married in Berlin, Germany in 1908 with Elizabeth Leslie Wight (1884-1984). From 1934, Hurum and his wife settled in Honolulu, Hawaii. Career Among his works are two violin sonatas, from 1911 and 1915 respectively, ''Lilja'' (for men's chorus) from 1919, the suite ''Eventyrland'' from 1920, the symphonic poem ''Bendik og Årolilja'' from 1923, and a symphony in D minor from 1927. After settling at Honolulu, he served as president of the ''Association of Honolulu Artists'', and was honorary member of the ''Morning Music Club''. His visual art is represented in the Honolulu Museum of Art and in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1972 in Norwegian music. Events May * 24 – The 20th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7). June * 27 – The 2nd Kalvøyafestivalen started at Nadderudhallen near by Oslo. August * 27 – The 3rd Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya near by Oslo. Albums released Unknown date B ; Trond Botnen & Svein Finnerud Trio * ''Multimal'' (Polydor Records), with Calle Neumann Deaths ; January * 10 – Sverre Jordan, composer, orchestra conductor, and pianist (born 1889). ; August * 12 – Alf Hurum, composer and painter (born 1882). ; October * 3 – Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, pianist and music teacher (born 1901). Births ; March * 13 – Arve Moen Bergset, traditional folk singer, hardanger fiddler, and classical violinist. ; April * 15 – Christer Fredriksen, jazz guitarist. ; July * 4 – Ketil Gutvik, jazz guitarist. * 29 – Roger Johansen, jazz drummer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 In Norway
Events in the year 1882 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarchy of Norway, Monarch: Oscar II of Sweden, Oscar II. Events * The 1882 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1882 Parliamentary election takes place. Arts and literature Births January to June *6 January – Lise Stauri, educator (died 1949). *25 January – Conrad Christensen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1951) *4 February Birger Meidell, politician (d.1958) *5 February – Karl Ouren, Norwegian-American artist (d.1943) *19 February – Hans Ystgaard, politician and Minister (d.1953) *27 February – Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (d.1963) *11 March – Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (d.1960) *12 March – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (d.1960) *2 May – Aagot Nissen, actress (d.1978) *5 May – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (d.1960) *20 May – Sigrid Undset, nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1882 in Norwegian music. Events Deaths Births ; February * 11 – Arne Bjørndal, composer and painter (died 1965). ; July * 17 – Christian Leden, ethno-musicologist and composer (died 1957). ; September * 21 – Alf Hurum, composer and painter (died 1972). See also * 1882 in Norway * Music of Norway References {{DEFAULTSORT:1882 In Norwegian Music Norwegian music Norwegian Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ... 1880s in Norwegian music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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