Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson
Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (8 September 1925 - 1 January 2005) was an Icelandic composer, pianist and conductor. Jóhannsson studied with Franz Mixa and Victor Urbancic at the Reykjavík College of Music (1935–7, 1939–45) and with Bernard Wagenaar and Marion Bauer at the Juilliard School (1947–53). He was active as répétiteur and conductor at the Icelandic National Theater (1956–61), and was a producer at the Icelandic State Broadcasting Service ( RÚV) until 1974; Jóhannsson was also a founder member of Musica Nova in 1959. After a period in the United States, (1977–87), he took up residence again in Iceland. In the 1950s and early 60s, Jóhannsson was at the forefront of the Icelandic avant garde. His ''Fjórar abstraksjónir'' (‘'Four Abstractions’', 1950) for piano was the first Icelandic 12-note composition; he was also a pioneer in electronic music, composing his Elektrónísk stúdía for woodwind quintet, piano and tape in 1958. In 1971 Jóhanns ...
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Reykjavík College Of Music
The Reykjavík College of Music ( is, Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík) is an Icelandic conservatory of music that was founded in 1930 and is the oldest surviving college of music in the country.Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík
at ismennt.is (Icelandic), retrieved 23 June 2010.Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson

"Tónlist á Íslandi á 20. öld: Með sérstakri áherslu á upphaf og þróun elektrónískrara tónlistar á árunum 1960-90" (Icelandic - Music in Iceland in the 20th Century: With Particular Reference to the Origins and Development of Electronic Music in the Years 1960-90), PhD Dissertation, Aalborg University 1997, at ismennt.is. It offers music education at intermediate, continuing, and university levels. S ...
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