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1904 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1904 in Music of Norway, Norwegian music. Events ; December * Adolf Østbye, revue artist, made the first gramophone record in Norway. Deaths ; September * 31 – Sigurd Lie, violinist, composer, and orchestra conductor (born 1871). Births ; September * 7 – Ernst Glaser, violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died 1979 in Norwegian music, 1979). ; September * 7 – Ragnar Steen, guitarist (died 1958 in Norwegian music, 1958). ; October * 26 – Torbjørn Knutsen (composer), Torbjørn Knutsen, composer and violinist (died 1987 in Norwegian music, 1987). See also * 1904 in Norway * Music of Norway References {{DEFAULTSORT:1904 In Norwegian Music 1904 in Norwegian music, Norwegian music 1904 in music, Norwegian 1904 in Norway, Music 1900s 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 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Østbye
Adolf Østbye (February 1868 – September 5, 1907) was a revue artist and barber who became the first Norwegian recording artist. The earliest playable Norwegian phonograph cylinder dates from 1889. During the years 1889–1904, Østbye made a series of cylinders, announced "Østbye Record". Several of these are made with cooperation with the Norwegian Pathé manager, William Farre. Image:Ekko_label.jpg, A rare 1906/07 Ekko record from Østbye. The first recording in Norway In December 1904, Østbye was the first to make a gramophone record. The record was "Parodi paa Terje Vigen". (Actually, Edvard Grieg 1843–1907, was the first Norwegian to make gramophone records, he did nine records in Paris during the spring 1903.) The Norwegian recording sessions were held at the Grand Hotel, Kristiania. Østbye recorded several cylinders and gramophone records. He mainly recorded for Pathé and The Gramophone Company (HMV) – whose masters were released as Victor records in the US, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Lie
Sigurd Lie (May 23, 1871 – September 30, 1904) was a Norwegian composer and conductor. Lie was born in Drammen. He grew up in Kristiansand, studied in Leipzig in the early 1890s, and then moved to Oslo to work as a conductor. He died of tuberculosis in Oslo in 1904. Lie is known for romances, and his best-known work is the romance ''Sne'' (Snow) with lyrics by Helge Rode. He also wrote other well-regarded Norwegian romances, including ''Hav'' (The Sea) and ''Det er vaar'' (It Is Spring), both with lyrics by Idar Handagard. He also set poems by Vilhelm Krag Vilhelm Krag (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a Norwegian poet, author, journalist and cultural personality. Known for coining the term Sørlandet to describe a region of Norway, he was the son of Peter Rasmus Krag and younger brother o ... to music.Emmons, Shirlee, & Wilbur Watkins Lewis. 2006. ''Researching the Song: A Lexicon''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 264. Works * ''Konsertstykke'' (Concert Pie ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Glaser
Ernst Glaser (born 24 February 1904 in Hamburg, Germany - 3 April 1979 in Oslo, Norway) was a German / Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor and music teacher, married to the pianist Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser. He was the father of the pianist Liv Glaser and the cellist Ernst Simon Glaser, both Norwegian classical musicians. Biography He was born in Hamburg but moved to Norway in 1928 to take up the post as concert master of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra after Max Rostal. The two had studied together under Carl Flesch, and when Rostal was offered a position as a professor in Berlin, he suggested Glaser as his successor. In Oslo, Glaser worked as an orchestra musician, a soloist and a teacher. He also had solo engagements in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Israel. He introduced himself to the Norwegian audience in autumn 1928 with a recital of Sibelius' violin concerto, and every year after that, he was soloist in the violin concerto. He gave first performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1979 in Norwegian music. Events April * 6 – The 6th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 6 – 8). May * 23 ** The 27th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6). ** The 7th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6). August * 26 – The 11th Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya near by Oslo. Albums released Unknown date A ; Bjørn Alterhaug * ''Moments'' (Arctic Records) E ; Jan Eggum * ''En Sang Fra Vest'' (CBS Records) * ''En Natt Forbi'' (CBS Records) K ; Egil Kapstad * ''Til Jorden'' (ECM) with poems by Rolf Jacobsen. ; Karin Krog * ''Cloud Line Blue'' (Bluebell Records), with John Surman N ; Lillebjørn Nilsen * ''Live At Sioux Falls South Dakota!'' (Skandisk Records), with Steinar Ofsdal * ''Oslo 3'' (Skandisk Records) R ; Inger Lise Rypdal * ''Inger Lise Rypdal'' (RCA Victor) ; Terje Rypdal * ''Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnar Steen
Ragnar ( non, Ragnarr ) is a masculine Germanic given name, composed of the Old Norse elements ''ragin-'' "counsel" and ''hari-'' "army". Origin and variations The Proto-Germanic forms of the compounds are "ragina" (counsel) and "harjaz" or "hariz" (army). The Old High German form is ''Raginheri, Reginheri'', which gave rise to the modern German form Rainer, the French variant Rainier, the Italian variant Ranieri and the Latvian variant Renārs. The Old English form is "Rægenhere" (attested for example in the name of the son of king Rædwald of East-Anglia). The name also existed among the Franks as "Ragnahar" (recorded as Ragnachar in the book "History of the Franks" by Gregory of Tours). History of usage The name is on record since the 9th century, both in Scandinavia and in the Frankish empire; the form ''Raginari'' is recorded in a Vandalic (5th or 6th century) graffito in Carthage. The name was variously latinized as ''Raganarius'', ''Reginarius'', ''Ragenarius' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1958 in Norwegian music. Events May * The 6th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway. Deaths ; May * 28 – Ragnar Steen, guitarist and band leader (born 1904). ; January * 18 – Maja Flagstad, pianist, choral conductor, and répétiteur (born 1871). ; November * 4 – Johan Backer Lunde, songwriter, folk poet and revue writer (born 1874). * 20 – Arne Svendsen, songwriter, folk poet and revue writer (born 1884). Births ; January * 27 – Tellef Øgrim, fretless guitarist, composer, and journalist. * 30 – Bjørn Klakegg, jazz guitarist and composer, Needlepoint. ; February * 5 – Lage Fosheim, singer, The Monroes, (died 2013). * 13 – Øivind Elgenes, vocalist, guitarist, and composer, Dance with a Stranger. ; March * 19 – Anne-Marie Giørtz, vocalist, orchestra conductor, singing teacher. ; April * 19 – Ragnar Bjerkreim, composer with film scores as his specialty. ; M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1987 in Norwegian music. Events April * 10 – The 14th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10 – 12). May * 20 – The 15th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – June 3). August * 30 – The 18th Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya near by Oslo. Albums released Unknown date B ; Ketil Bjørnstad * ''Pianology'' (Hete Blikk) G ; Jan Garbarek * '' Making Music'' (ECM Records), with Zakir Hussain, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and John McLaughlin * '' All Those Born With Wings'' (ECM Records) R ; Terje Rypdal & The Chasers * ''Blue'' (ECM Records) Deaths ; January * 25 – Øivind Bergh, violinist and orchestral leader (born 1909). ; February * 26 – Torbjørn Knutsen, composer and violinist (born 1904). ; March * 18 – Kari Diesen, actor and singer (born 1914). ; May * 13 – Signe Amundsen, classical violinist and orchestral leader (born 1899). ; November * 13 – Aage Samuelsen, ... [...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] |
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