Arne Nordheim (20 June 1931 – 5 June 2010) was a

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composer. Nordheim received numerous awards for his compositions, and from 1982 lived in the

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's honorary residence,

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, next to the Royal Palace in

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. He was elected an honorary member of the

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in 1997. On 18 August 2006, Arne Nordheim received a

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degree at the

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. He died at the age of 78 and was given a

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Musical education

At the then Oslo Conservatory of Music (now the

), where Nordheim studied from 1948 to 1952, he started out as a theory and organ student, but changed to composition, studying with Karl August Andersen (1903–1970),

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, and

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. Then in 1955 he studied with

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, and studied ''

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'' in

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. Later he studied electronic music in

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(1959), and paid many visits to the Studio Eksperymentalne of Polish Radio (1967–1972), where many of his early electronic works were realised (including ''Pace'', ''Solitaire'', and ''Lux et tenebrae (Poly-Poly)''). In 2005, many lost and forgotten tapes of electronic compositions for

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for the

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(NRK) were rediscovered, reminding us that Nordheim also developed his electronic musical language in his home country.

Career

His ''Essay'' for string quartet was first performed in Stockholm in 1954, but Nordheim always considered his ''String Quartet'' of 1956 as his Opus 1. His musical output is focused around themes of 'solitude, death, love, and landscape'; these themes are already evident in his song cycle ''Aftonland'' (''Evening Land'', 1959), a setting of poems by the

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poet

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, which brought him national recognition. The 1961 ''Canzona'' ''per orchestra'' was his international breakthrough. Inspired by

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's ''canzone'', the work showcases Nordheim's historical leanings, as well as his occupation with space as a parameter of music. Nordheim's spatial concerns, coupled with his focus on death and human suffering, are brought together in what is arguably his most famous work, ''Epitaffio'' ''per orchestra e nastro magnetico'' (1963). Written in memory of the Norwegian flautist

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, who died that year at a very young age, the work incorporated

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's poem ''Ed è sùbito sera''. Originally conceived for orchestra and chorus, Nordheim realised that his wish to have the whole performance space 'singing' was better achieved with the use of electronic means. The result is a remarkable, almost imperceptible, blending of the orchestral sounds with the choral sounds of the tape, where the final line '' ('and suddenly it is evening') is the only part of the text that can be heard. His later compositions include ''The Tempest'' (1979), ''Klokkesong'' (1984), ''Magma'' (1988), the Violin Concerto (1996) and ''Fonos'' for trombone and orchestra (2004). Arne Norheim was inspired by the neumes and the sound of the medieval bells in

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in composing the work ''Klokkesong'', which was first performed in the church. In ''The Tempest'', a ballet based on

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's play, electronics and orchestral sounds are again mixed, while the focus is more strongly on vocal music (e.g. the 'double voice' of Caliban), while Nordheim's continued use of historical elements is shown by the incorporation of

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's musical rebus, which solved reads ''Amore sol la mi fa remirare, la sol mi fa sollecita''. 1968 saw Arne Nordheim being bestowed with the Nordic Council Music Prize for his ''Eco'' for soprano, two choirs and orchestra. The work marks the start of a new development phase, in which Nordheim proved that he could create electrophonic-sounding timbres from conventional instruments. In 1970 he and sound engineer Eugeniusz Rudnik made the piece ''Poly-Poly'' for the Scandinavian pavilion at

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in Osaka. This sound installation consisted of six tapes of different lengths which are played in a loop, such that the piece will not repeat itself for 102 years. A 21-minute long concert version was released the year after, with the name ''Lux et Tenebrae''. Throughout his career, Nordheim would receive a number of commissions which would result in such works as ''Greening'' (1973) written for

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and Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra; the ballet ''Stormen'' (1979) for Schwezinger Festival in Germany; the cello concerto ''Tenebrae'' (1980) for

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; ''Aurora'' (1983) for vocal ensemble Electric Phoenix and the orchestral work ''Magma'' (1988) for the

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. Additional major works include ''Wirklicher Wald'' (1983) for soprano, cello, choir and orchestra commissioned for the centenary anniversary for the Oslo Music Conservatory and ''Boomerang'' (1985) for oboe and chamber orchestra written for the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. ''Draumkvedet'' is a monumental stage work for orchestra, (acting) chamber choir, soloists and dancers, and was performed 40 times in 1994 with the Broadcasting Corporation Radio Orchestra and

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. A recording featuring these performing forces conducted by Ingar Bergby was made in 2001, and released in 2006 as a two-CD set on the Simax label (Simax PSC 1169). Based on a medieval Norwegian poem ( Draumkvedet, The Dream Song), the work was composed in honor of the millennium of the city of

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in 1997. Nordheim was a great admirer of playwright

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and devoted time to study his life and literary output. Nordheim composed music for

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's performance of

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. On a number of occasions, Nordheim held talks titled “Thre composers' approaches to Peer gynt” which featured a highlight where

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's music for Aase's Death was sampled and spliced with Nordheim's own composition. Naturally, both composers had elected to compose their scores for this scene in b minor. To commemorate Nordheim's 70th birthday in 2001, a celebratory concert was held, featuring the

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. The

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would also celebrate the composer, and established the Arne Nordheim Composer's Prize which is bestowed on an annual basis to a composer of Norwegian residence. In later years, Nordheim suffered from dementia, and expired early on Saturday 5 June 2010, following a prolonged bout of illness. The state funeral was held at the Oslo Cathedral on the 16th of June.

Prizes and awards

* 1975: Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Music * 1981: The Lindeman Prize * 1990: The

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* 1993: The Henrik Steffens Prize * 1997:

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Cultural Prize (jointly with

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) * 2001:

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Fylkeskommune's Art Prize * 2001:

Culture Prize

Astronomical honor

3457 Arnenordheim, a minor planet circling the sun in the main

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between the planets Mars and Jupiter was named for the composer after its discovery in 1985.

Cultural references

* Arne Nordheim's popularity grew enormously when

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arrived in

in 1973, and told journalists he wanted to meet Arne Nordheim. Later, Zappa performed in Norway with Nordheim as a VIP guest. A lifelong friendship developed between the two, and Nordheim was invited to the US, while Zappa always visited Nordheim when performing in Norway. * Norwegian painter Håkon Bleken produced a series of large charcoal drawings inspired by Nordheim's quote that "music lives in the span between poetry and catastrophe". * "A Study Dedicated to Arne Nordheim" is the title of a track on Hemmelig Tempo's album ''Who Put John Cage on the Guestlist?'' (2010).

Production

Selected works

Music for stage productions

*''Katharsis'' (ballet), orchestra and tape (1962) *''Favola'' (music drama for TV), 2 singers, 10 dancers, orchestra, and tape (1963) *''Ariadne'' (ballet based on cantata Tempora Noctis), (1977) *''Stormen'' (ballet), 2 singers, orchestra, tape, (1979) *''Kong Lear'' (theatre music), (1985) *''Antigone'' (theatre music), (1991) *''Draumkvedet'' (music drama), vocal soloists, dancers, choir, orchestra, tape, (1994)

Orchestral works and concertos

*''Canzona'', orchestra, (1960) *''Epitaffio'', orchestra and tape, (1963) *''Eco'' (text: S. Quasimodo), soprano, children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra, (1968) *''Floating'', orchestra, (1970) *''Greening'', orchestra,(1973) *''Doria'' (text: E. Pound), tenor and orchestra, (1975) *''Nachruf for Strings'', (1975) *''Spur'', accordion and orchestra, (1975) *''Tempora Noctis'' (text: Ovid), soprano, mezzo-soprano, orchestra and tape, (1979) *''The Tempest Suite'' (text: W. Shakespeare), soprano, barython, orchestra and tape, (1979) *''Tenebrae'', cello and orchestra, (1982) *''Wirklicher Wald'' (text: R. M. Rilke), soprano, cello, mixed choir and (1983) *''Boomerang'', oboe and chamber orchestra, (1985) *''Recall and Signals'', symphonic wind ensemble, percussion and emulator, (1986) *''Rendezvous'' for strings, (1987) *''Magma'', orchestra, (1988) *''Monolith'', orchestra, (1991) *''Adieu'', string orchestra and bell instruments, (1994) *''Cada Cancion'' (text: F. Garcia Lorca), children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra, (1994) *''Non Gridate'' (text: G. Ungaretti), soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, (1995) *''Confutatis'', soprano, mixed choir and orchestra (1995) *''Nedstigningen'' (text: S. Mehren, Job, Catullus, Dante), recitation, soprano, girl's choir, orchestra and electronics, (1996) *''Violin Concerto'', (1996) *''Nidaros'' (1997)

Chamber music

*''Essay'', string quartet, (1954) *''Epigram'', string quartet, (1955) *''Strykekvartett'', (1956) *''Aftonland'' (text: P. Lagerkvist), soprano and chamber ensemble, (1957) *''Partita'', viola, cembalo and percussion, (1963) *''Response I'', 2 percussionists and tape, (1966) *''Signaler'', accordion, el-guitar and percussion, (1967) *''Response II, '' 1 percussionists and tape, (1968) *''Colorazione'', Hammond-organ, percussion, electronic delay, ring-modulator filters, (1968/1982) *''Partita II, '' el-guitar, (1969) *''Dinosauros'', accordion and tape, (1971) *''Listen'', piano, (1971) *''OHM'', (1971) *''The Hunting of the Snark'', trombone solo, (1975) *''To One Singing'' (text: P. B. Shelley), tenor and harpe, (1975) *''Be Not Afeard'' (text: W. Shakespeare), soprano, baryton, chamber ensemble and tape, (1977) *''Response'', organ, 4 percussionists and tape, (1977) *''Response IV'', 4 percussionists and tape, (1977) *''Clamavi'', cello solo, (1980) *''Partita for Six Double Basses'', (1982) *''Aurora'' (text: Salme 139, Dante), 4 singers, crotali and tape, (1983) *''Flashing'', accordion solo, (1986) *''Partita für Paul'', violin with electronic delay, (1985) *''Acantus Firmus, '' jazz vocalist, Hardanger Fiddle and tape, (1987) *''The Return of the Snark'', trombone and tape, (1987) *''Tractatus'', solo flute and chamber ensemble, (1987) *''Tre Voci'' (text: F. Petrarca, G. Bruno, G. Ungaretti), soprano and chamber ensemble, (1988) *''Duplex'', violin and viola, (1991) *''Magic Island '' (text: W. Shakespeare), soprano, baryton, chamber orchestra and tape, (1992) *''Suite per violoncello solo'', (1996) *''Three Stanzas'', double bass solo, (1998) *''Strykekvartett'', (2001) *''Solar Plexus'' (text: G. Johannessen (2002) *''Partita per

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'', (2002)

Choir

*''Aurora'' 4 solo voices, mixed choir, 2 percussion groups and tape, (1983) *''Music to Two Fragments to Music by Shelley'' (text: P. B. Shelley), female choir, (1985) *''Tres Lamentationes'' (Secundum Hieremiam Prophetam), mixed choir, (1985)

Electro-acoustic music and mixed media

*''Ode til lyset'', (1968) *''Solitaire'', (1968) *''Warszawa'', (1968) *''Pace'', (1970) *''Forbindelser for fem byer'' (1975) *''Poly-Poly'', based on ''Lux et tenebrae'' (1970), electro-acoustic music for the Scandinavian pavilion at the Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, (1979) *''Nedstigningen'', (1996)

Music for film and TV

* ''Læraren'' (TV) (1963) * ''Klimaks'' (1965) * ''Stoppested'' (TV) (1966) * ''En dag i Ivan Denisovitsj' liv'' (1970) * ''Dagny'' (1977) * ''I solkorsets tegn'' (TV) (1981) * ''Forfølgelsen'' (1981) * ''Ja, vi elsker'' (1983) * ''Kong Lear (TV) (1985) * ''Stella Polaris'' (1993)

Discography – selected releases

*''Epitaffio'' (2011) *

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, ''Nordheim - Beethoven – Nordheim'' (2007) *''Draumkvedet'' (2006) *''Dodeka'' (2003) *''Listen - the Art of Arne Nordheim'' (2002) * Peter Herresthal, ''Arne Nordheim - Complete Violin Music'' (2001) *

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, Soon-Mi Chung, Stephan Barratt-Due, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ''Duodu - Duoer for fiolin og Bratsj / Soon-Mi Chung og Stephan Barratt-Due'' (1994) *The Norwegian String Quartet, Terje Tønnesen, ''Nordheim; Hallgrimsson'' (1990) * The Norwegian String Quartet, ''Arne Nordheim - Antonio Bibalo - String Quartets'' (1987) *''The Tempest: Suite From The Ballet'' (1980) *''Musique Électronique Norvégienne'' with

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and

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(1968)

References

External links

Arne Nordheim's official web page
March 17, 1994
Obituary
in ''The Guardian''
List of Works supplied by the National Library of Norway
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