Anna Severine Lindeman (October 29, 1859 – June 24, 1938) was a Norwegian composer and music teacher. Lindeman was born in Trondheim, the daughter of Peter Tangen Lindeman (1810–1888) and Louise Augusta Bauck (1826–1906). Her father's parents were the organist

Ole Andreas Lindeman Ole Andreas Lindeman (17 January 1769 – 26 February 1857) was a Norwegian musician, organist, composer and music educator. He was born in the parish of Øye in Surnadal, Norway. After graduating from Trondheim Cathedral School, Lindeman att ...

and Anna Severine née Hickmann. Anna Lindeman learned to play piano from her father's sister, Severine Dos, and was later taught to read music and harmony by her aunt Juliane Cathrine Lindeman Krogness (1816–1879) and uncle Just Lindemann (1822–1894). She traveled from Trondheim to Christiania (now Oslo) around 1878 with her musically gifted cousin Astrid Lindeman Swensen (1855–1936) and devoted herself to music. In 1884 she married her cousin, the organist

Peter Brynie Lindeman Peter Brynie Lindeman (February 1, 1858 – January 1, 1930) was a Norwegian organist, cellist, and composer.Grinde, Nils. 1980. Peter Brynie Lindeman. In: Stanley Sadie (ed.), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', vol. 11, pp. 1� ...

(1855–1930). After half a year in Dresden, Germany, where Anna Severine was engaged in private piano teaching, the Lindeman family founded a music school in Christiania, which was renamed the

Oslo Conservatory of Music 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 i ...

in 1892. Lindeman's husband served as head of the conservatory, and she taught at the school from 1912 onward. Her son

Trygve Lindeman Trygve Henrik Lindeman (November 3, 1896 – October 24, 1979) was a Norwegian cellist and the head of the Oslo Conservatory of Music for two generations. Lindeman was born in Kristiania (now Oslo). After passing his university qualifying exam, h ...

(1896–1979) was a cellist and succeeded his father as head of the conservatory in 1928. Her daughter Signe Lindeman (1895–1974) was also a composer. Lindeman continued composing after her husband's death. Her compositions include songs, a string quartet, chamber pieces for piano, and chamber pieces for violin or cello with piano. She died in Oslo.

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