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Hans Stenseth
Hans Stenseth (30 December 1896 – 18 May 1994) was a Norwegian flautist, known as one of the leading in flautists in Norway in his time. He toured extensively and played with the country's leading ensembles. Biography Stenseth was born in Gran, Norway and lived from 1936, and died in Bergen. He was organist apprenticed to his father, the organist Johan Stenseth, and attended further studies at Bangs Musikkskole and Musikkonservatoriet i Oslo under V. Aas, M. Lindeman and Arild Sandvold, with flute as the main instrument he joined solo flautist Aksel Andersen at Nationaltheatret and Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester, as teacher. He was flautist at Stavanger city orchestra (1916–18), at Oslo's Opera Comique (1918–21), Casino Opera and Operetteorkester (1921–28). Stenseth was a teacher at the conservatory (until 1936). In 1936 he moved to Bergen where he was solo flutist with Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester until his retirement retiring in 1963. He was also appointed as flute t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran, Norway
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jaren. Other villages in Gran include Bjoneroa, Brandbu, Egge, Gran, and Ringstad. The municipality is the 148th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gran is the 88th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,633. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 1% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld of Gran was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1874, an unpopulated area of Gran Municipality was transferred to the neighboring Jevnaker Municipality. On 1 January 1897, the municipality was divided into two. The northern part of the municipality (population: 4,719) became the new municipality of Brandbu and the southern part of the municipality (popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino
A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertainment, such as stand-up comedy, concerts, and sports. and usage ''Casino'' is of Italian origin; the root means a house. The term ''casino'' may mean a small country villa, summerhouse, or social club. During the 19th century, ''casino'' came to include other public buildings where pleasurable activities took place; such edifices were usually built on the grounds of a larger Italian villa or palazzo, and were used to host civic town functions, including dancing, gambling, music listening, and sports. Examples in Italy include Villa Farnese and Villa Giulia, and in the US the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. In modern-day Italian, a is a brothel (also called , literally "closed house"), a mess (confusing situation), or a noisy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
