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1895 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1896 in Norwegian music. Events Deaths Births ; March * 4 – Bjarne Brustad, composer, violinist and violist (died 1978). ; June * 2 – Arild Sandvold, organist, composer, and choir conductor (born 1984). ; July * 12 – Kirsten Flagstad, operatic soprano (died 1962). ; October * 2 – Soffi Schønning, operatic soprano (died 1994). See also * 1895 in Norway * Music of Norway References {{DEFAULTSORT:1895 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 ... 1890s 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] |
Bjarne Brustad
Bjarne Brustad (4 March 1895, in Kristiania, now Oslo – 20 May 1978, in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as Paris, Munich and Berlin, where he received musical inspiration and contacts. From 1928 to 1943, Brustad was viola soloist with Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Oslo. He wrote symphonies, compositions for violin and orchestra, chamber music and opera. His opera ''Atlantis'' was finished in 1945. After World War II he was also active in organizing work. As a teacher at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, his students included Bjørn Fongaard and Trond Øyen. Selected works ;Stage * ''Atlantis'', Opera (1945) ;Orchestral * Suite No. 1 (1920) * ''Berceuse and Waltz'' for chamber orchestra * ''Perpetum Mobile'' for chamber orchestra (1924, revised 1958) * ''Norsk Suite'' (Norwegian Suite) (1926, 1961); original version for viola and piano * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1978 in Music of Norway, Norwegian music. Events March * 17 – The 5th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (17–19 March). May * 24 ** The 26th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway (24 May – 7 June). ** The 6th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (24 May – 7 June). August * 27 – The 10th Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya, Bærum, Kalvøya near by Oslo. Albums released Unknown date A ; Arild Andersen * ''Green Shading into Blue'' (ECM Records) G ; Jan Garbarek * ''My Song (Keith Jarrett album), My Song'' (ECM Records), with Keith Jarrett, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen (musician), Jon Christensen * ''Places (Jan Garbarek album), Places'' (ECM Records) N ; Teddy Nelson * ''Point Of Departure'' (Sonet Records), with Flying Norwegians P ; Popol Ace * ''Curly Sounds'' (Polydor Records) R ; Terje Rypdal * ''Waves (Terje Rypdal album), Waves'' (ECM Records) T ; Jahn Teigen * ... [...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] |
Arild Sandvold
Arild Edvin Sandvold (June 2, 1895 – August 12, 1984) was a Norwegian organist, composer, and choir conductor. Sandvold spent most of his career as the cathedral organist and cantor at Oslo Cathedral and as an organ teacher at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, now the Norwegian Academy of Music, for more than 50 years. Sandvold was the director of the St. Cecilia Society choir ( no, Cæciliaforeningen) from 1928 to 1957. Sandvold studied for several years in Oslo under Hilmar Grønner and Gustav Fredrik Lange, among others, before he traveled to Leipzig, where he studied organ playing under Karl Straube. In Leipzig Sandvold, heard Max Reger's organ music and this had a major influence on him. This influence is most clearly reflected in his major organ work ''Introduction and Passacaglia in B Minor''. Awards and recognitions In 1949, Sandvold was named a knight 1st class of Norway's Order of St. Olav. In 1953 he was named a knight 1st class of the Order of the Lion of Finland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1984 in Music of Norway, Norwegian music. Events April * 13 – The 11th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 13 – 15). May * 23 – 12th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6). June * 27 – The 15th Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya, Bærum, Kalvøya near by Oslo. Albums released Unknown date R Terje Rypdal * ''Eos (album), Eos'' (ECM Records), with David Darling (musician), David Darling S Thorgeir Stubø * ''Live at Jazz Alive'' (Odin Records) Øystein Sunde * ''I Husbukkens Tegn'' (Odin Records) Deaths August * 12 – Arild Sandvold, organist, composer, and choir conductor (born 1895 in Norwegian music, 1895). September * 3 – Rolf Gammleng, classical violinist and organizational leader (born 1898 in Norwegian music, 1898). November * 8 – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, classical violinist and composer (born 1903 in Norwegian music, 1903). Births January * 4 – Trond B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the longstanding General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera said, “I have given America two great gifts — Caruso and Flagstad.” Called "the voice of the century", she ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century. Desmond Shawe-Taylor wrote of her in the '' New Grove Dictionary of Opera'': "No one within living memory surpassed her in sheer beauty and consistency of line and tone." Early life and career Flagstad was born in Hamar, Norway, in her grandparents' home, now the Kirsten Flagstad Museum. Though she never actually lived in Hamar, she always considered it her home town. She was raised in Oslo within a musical family; her father Michael Flagstad was a conductor and her mother Maja Flagstad a pianist. Their othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1962 in Norwegian music. Events May * The 10th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway. July * The 2nd Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway. Deaths ; March * 20 – Johan Evje, composer and teacher (born 1874). ; April * 24 – Finn Bø, songwriter, revue writer, playwright, journalist and theatre critic (born 1893). ; June * 24 – Alf Andersen, flautist (born 1928). ; December * 7 – Kirsten Flagstad, operatic soprano (born 1895). Births ; February * 25 – Snorre Bjerck, jazz percussionist and singer. ; March * 31 – Morten Mølster, guitarist, The September When (died 2013). ; May * 9 – Jon Klette, jazz saxophonist and label Jazzaway Records manager (died 2016). ; October * 3 – Torgeir Vassvik, Sami musician and composer. * 12 – Mads Eriksen, guitarist and composer. * 20 – Bendik Hofseth, jazz saxophonist, singer, and composer. * 22 – Kjetil Saunes, bassist, composer, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soffi Schønning
Soffi Schønning (October 2, 1895 – September 9, 1994) was a Norwegian operatic soprano. Schønning was born in Kabelvåg. She studied under Borghild Langaard in Christiania, and under Mme. Luisa Cappiani in London . She made her professional opera debut in 1924. In 1928 she joined the roster of artists at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm where she made her debut as Gilda in ''Rigoletto'' under the baton of Armas Järnefelt. That same year she also sang Gilda for her debut at the Royal Opera House in London, where she subsequently appeared in 1932–1933. She also sang several times at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, with her first appearance there being in 1935. In 1938 she made her debut at the National Theatre in Oslo as Olympia in ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. In 1940, she created the role of Ingeborg in the world premiere of Arne Eggen's '' Olav Liljekrans'' at the National Theatre. That same year, she sang Musetta in ''La boheme'' at the Det Nye Teater. A specialist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1994 in Music of Norway, Norwegian music. Events March * 25 – The 21st Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27). May * 26 – The 22nd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 26 – June 5). June * 11 – The Norwegian Wood (music festival), Norwegian Wood Festival started in Oslo, Norway. * 29 – The 25th Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya, Bærum, Kalvøya near by Oslo. July * 18 – The 34th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 18 – 23). Albums released Unknown date A ; Arild Andersen * ''Arv'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) B ; Jon Balke * ''Further'' (ECM Records), with the Magnetic North Orchestra Deaths ; January * 7 – Øistein Sommerfeldt, composer (born 1919 in Norwegian music, 1919). * 30 – Finn Arnestad, jazz trumpeter (born 1915 in Norwegian music, 1915). ; April * 2 – Rowland Greenberg, jazz trumpeter (born 1920 in Norwegian music, 1920). ; May * 18 – Hans Stense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 In Norway
Events in the year 1895 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar II *Prime Minister: Emil Stang, then Francis Hagerup (from 14 October) Events *14 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Emil Stang as Prime Minister of Norway Popular culture Sports Music Theater Literature * Olaus Alvestad and Lars Eskeland found Voss Folk High School *The circle of poems ''Haugtussa'' by Arne Garborg is published. *The poetry collection ''Bersøglis- og andre Viser'' by Per Sivle is published. Births January to March *18 January – Nils Jakob Hunstad, sportsperson, businessesman, politician and military officer (died 1978). *28 January – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (died 1988) *23 February – Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician (died 1973) *25 February – Johan Bernhard Hjort, judge (died 1969) *3 March – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) *3 March – Adolf Nilsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1927) *27 March – Ole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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