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Leif Halvorsen
Leif Fritjof Halvorsen (July 26, 1887 – December 28, 1959) was a Norwegian violinist, conductor, and composer. Halvorsen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo) and he debuted in Kristiania in 1908. He was a violinist with the National Theater Orchestra from 1904 to 1906, with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1906 to 1907, and in Berlin and Paris from 1908 to 1914. Halvorsen was the concert master for the National Theater Orchestra from 1915 to 1917, and the conductor at Oslo's Opera Comique from 1918 to 1921, where he conducted a number of opera performances. He was a music critic for the newspaper ''Tidens Tegn'' from 1917 to 1918. For a number of years he was the leader of the Norwegian String Quartet. In 1920, he succeeded Karl Nissen as director of the St. Cecilia Society Choir ( no, Cæciliaforeningen), and in 1921 he became the director of the Trade Association Choir ( no, Handelsstandens Sangforening). He became the director of the Holter Choir ( no, Holters korforeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haldis Halvorsen
Haldis Halvorsen (September 22, 1889 – August 17, 1936) was a Norwegian mezzo-soprano opera singer. Halvorsen was born Haldis Michelsen in Dale, Norway, the daughter of the parish priest Edvard Johan Michelsen and Helene Sofie Ziesler Smith. From 1907 to 1912 she studied singing under Marie Irgens in Kristiania (now Oslo) and then continued her training in Berlin. She debuted as a singer in Kristiania in 1912. In 1915, she married the violinist Leif Halvorsen. Halvorsen worked for Oslo's Opera Comique from 1918 to 1921, where among other roles she played Delilah in ''Samson and Delilah'', Rachel in ''La Juive'', Elisabeth in ''Tannhäuser'', and Azucena in ''Il trovatore''. She performed in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany, and appeared with the Berlin State Opera and at the Kiel Opera House. Halvorsen gave the debut performances of several works by Norwegian composers, including Fartein Valen Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was a Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growth Of The Soil (film)
''Growth of the Soil'' ( no, Markens grøde) is a Norwegian silent film from 1921 based on Knut Hamsun's novel ''Growth of the Soil''. The Danish filmmaker Gunnar Sommerfeldt wrote the screenplay and directed the film, and he also played the role of the bailiff Geissler in the film. Sommerfeldt invested DKK 240,00 in the film, which was a considerable sum in 1921. Story The film opens with images from a forest under a glacier, where Isak Sellanrå is clearing the land. Eventually, however, the perspective begins to change, and smaller stories break in and toward the story of Isak and Inger. A modern society is emerging around the two. The story of young Barbro walking into the river with her child, but still ending with Aksel, also receives significant attention. Filming The filming took place in the Rana district and was a very big event. A number of locals were used as extras and for minor roles. Isaac's clearing was filmed in Røvassdalen, and other parts were filmed at Tver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Classical Violinists
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fartein Valen
Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. He developed a polyphony similar to Bach's counterpoint, but based on motivic working and dissonance rather than harmonic progression. Biography Early life Valen was born in Stavanger, Norway in 1887 into a deeply Christian religious family and maintained his religious beliefs all his life. His parents were missionaries, and he spent five years of his childhood in Madagascar. In addition to his aptitude for music, he was also a polyglot, mastering at least nine languages. He earned his examen artium with the highest grades in all subjects except mathematics. He loved cats, nature and literature, cultivated roses (even developed an award-winning hybrid), and after losing them in a devastating freeze took up growing cacti. Musical career In 1906, Valen moved to Kristiania (today's Oslo) to study Norwegian literature and language but also took clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ørnulf Boye Hansen
Ørnulf Boye Hansen (December 22, 1933 – October 23, 2018) was a Norwegian violinist. Life Hansen was born in Oslo. He lived in Galgeberg for the first year of his life. He started playing violin at age six, studied under Signe Sandvold Dorn and Leif Halvorsen at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, and then played as a substitute violinist at the Theatercaféen restaurant as a fifteen-year-old (1948). He made his debut at the University of Oslo's Aula Hall in 1953, was employed as the second concert master for the Norwegian Radio Orchestra from 1952 to 1965, taught in Piteå, Sweden from 1965 to 1966, and was the first concert master of the Norwegian Opera's orchestra from 1967 to 1973. He taught at the newly established Norwegian Academy of Music from 1973 to 2001, where he was professor of violin and chamber music. He led the Oslo Chamber Orchestra from 1968 to 1982 and the Norwegian String Quartet from 1976 to 1986, and he appeared on a number of album releases with these orches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Norwegian, ''Kringkastingsorkestret'', abbreviated as KORK) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (''Norsk rikskringkasting AS'', or NRK). Its principal base is the ''Store Studio'' at the NRK's headquarters in Oslo. The orchestra's current chief administrator is Rolf Lennart Stensø. As of 2018, KORK consists of fifty-nine musicians. History KORK was founded in 1946 with twenty-four musicians in the orchestra, from ensembles previously led by Øivind Bergh and Gunnar Knudsen. Øivind Bergh served as its first principal conductor from 1946 to 1976. The orchestra initially secured its reputation in performances of entertainment music and light classics. Sverre Bruland, KORK's second principal conductor from 1976 to 1988, established the orchestra's commitment to presenting contemporary Norwegian music. Since the 2013–2014 season, the orchestra's current principal conductor is Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Harth-Bedoya i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamarøy
Hamarøy ( smj, Hábmer) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppeid. Other villages include Drag, Norway, Drag, Innhavet, Karlsøy, Nordland, Karlsøy, Korsnes, Presteid, Skutvika, Tømmerneset, Tranøy, Hamarøy, Tranøy, and Ulvsvåg. The municipality is the 36th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Hamarøy is the 242nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,708. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.3% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Hamarøy was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the part of Hamarøy locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays. Hamsun is considered to be "one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years" (''ca.'' 1890–1990). He pioneered psychological literature with techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue, and influenced authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, John Fante and Ernest Hemingway. Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun "the father of the modern school of literature in his every aspect—his subjectiveness, his fragmentariness, his use of flashbacks, his lyricism. The whole modern sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Sommerfeldt
Gunnar Sommerfeldt (4 September 1890 – 30 August 1947) was a Danish actor and film maker. In 1919 he directed '' Saga Borgarættarinnar'', which was released in 1920 and was the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on Gunnar Gunnarsson's novel by that name. He made his last feature film in 1921, an adaption of Knut Hamsun's ''Growth of the Soil'', which received the Nobel Prize in Literature the year before. Filmography Actor *''Kærlighed og Mobilisering'' (1915) - Grev Heinrich von Borgh *''Nattens gaade'' (1915) *''Fyrstindens skæbne'' - Alf Hardy (1916) *''Lotteriseddel No. 22152'' - Belling, Detective (1916) *''Pro Patria'' (1916) *''Hotel Paradis'' (1917) *''Synd skal sones'' (1917) *''Gillekop'' (1919) *''Rytterstatuen'' - Baron v. Nobel (1919) *''Borgslægtens historie'' - Ketill aka Gæst (1920) (Iceland) *''Growth of the Soil'' - Geissler, lensmannen (1921) *''Lykkens galoscher'' (1921) Director *''Lykkens Pamfilius'' (1917) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of the novelist Thomas Krag. His first volume of poetry, which came out in 1891, included many of his best-known poems: "Fandango", "Der skreg en fugl" (A bird cried), "Liden Kirsten" (Little Kirsten), "Majnat" (May night), "Mens jeg venter" (While I'm waiting), "Moderen synger" (The mother sings) and "Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær" (And I will have me a sweetheart). Edvard Grieg set Krag's lyrics to music in his Opus 60, published in 1894. In the early 20th century works by Krag were recorded in America by Florence Bodinoff, George Hamlin, Nathalie Hansen, Eleonora Olson, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Aalrud Tillisch, and Carsten Woll. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegians
Norwegians ( no, nordmenn) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century. During the Viking Age, Norwegians and other Norse peoples conquered, settled and ruled parts of the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. Norwegians are closely related to other North Germanic peoples and descendants of the Norsemen such as Danes, Swedes, Icelanders and the Faroe Islanders, as well as groups such as the Scots whose nation they significantly settled and left a lasting impact in. The Norwegian language is part of the larger Scandinavian dialect continuum of generally mutually intelligible languages in Scandinavia. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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