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Mary Barratt Due
Mary Louise Barratt Due (9 April 1888 in Bergen, Norway – 24 December 1969 in Oslo, Norway) was known as one of the most influential Norwegian pianists in the 20th century. She was the daughter of the preacher Thomas Ball Barratt, and the mother to the musicians Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due and Esther Barratt-Due. In 1916 she married the violinist Henrik Adam Due, and together they founded the Barratt Due Institute of Music in 1927. Biography Barratt Due was born in Bergen, but the family moved the following year to Kristiania, where her father was a minister in the Methodist Church. Growing up in Grünerløkka was happy, in a home harmonious and full of music. Both parents played and sang, and her father's daily morning devotions attended all the family in the song. Barratt Due received piano lessons at an early age. 10 years old, she got an exemption from the age limit and attended the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo Musikkonservatorium, despite the fact that the age limit wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Adam Due
Henrik Adam Due (19 April 1891 – 13 May 1966) was a Norwegians, Norwegian violinist originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the son of physician Elias Kristian Jensen Due (1845–1931) and Elen Henriette Due (née Broch, 1853–1926), married 1916 to pianist Mary Barratt Due (née Barratt, 1888–1969), and together they had the children Ester Henriette Fladmoe (née Barrat-Due, 1917–1999) married 1940 to Arvid Fladmoe (1915–93), and Stephan Henrik Barrat-Due (1919–1985). Biography He studied with Arve Arvesen and Gustav Fredrik Lange, and with Parisian Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick. He debuted in 1913 and was a permanent employee of Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (1921–41). He married Mary Barratt Due in 1916 and together they founded the Barratt Due Institute of Music in 1927. Dues students include Arvid Fladmoe, Stephan Henrik Barrat-Due, Kai Angel Næsteby and Kåre Fuglesang. Publications *1928: ''Hvad enhver fiolinspiller bør vite'' (What every violin player s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |