The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1924 in
Norwegian music
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 pil ...
.
Events
* Kringkastningselskapet A/S was founded. This was the predecessor to the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...
, established in 1933.
Deaths
; April
* 12 –
Sjur Helgeland
Sjur Larsson Helgeland (19 August 1858 − 12 April 1924) was a Norwegian hardingfele fiddler and composer.
Biography
He was born at Voss in Hordaland, Norway. His parents were Lars Olsson Hirt (1823-1908) and Brita Helgeland (1820-98). He gr ...
, hardingfele fiddler and composer (born 1858).
Births
; June
* 6 –
Gunnar Brunvoll
Gunnar Brunvoll (6 June 1924 – 27 April 1999) was a Norwegian impresario and opera administrator. He was co-founder of the Norwegian Opera Company, and was manager at Norwegian National Opera and Ballet for more than twenty years.
Persona ...
, impresario and opera administrator (died
1999
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).
; August
* 23 –
Edvard Fliflet Bræin
Edvard Fliflet Bræin (23 August 1924 – 30 April 1976) was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best remembered for the composition ''Ut mot havet'' and the opera ''Anne Pedersdotter''.
Personal life
Bræin was born in Kristiansund a ...
, composer and conductor (died
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
).
; October
* 18 –
Egil Hovland
Egil Hovland (October 18, 1924 – February 5, 2013) was a Norwegian composer.
Hovland was born in Råde. He studied at the Oslo conservatory with Arild Sandvold and Bjarne Brustad, in Copenhagen with Vagn Holmboe, at Tanglewood with Aaron ...
, composer (died
2013
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).
See also
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1924 in Norway
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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 pil ...
References
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1920s in Norwegian music