Edvard Hagerup Bull (10 June 1922 – 15 March 2012) was a Norwegian composer. He was born in

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. He grew up in

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outside

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in a musical and politically active family, the son of Sverre Hagerup Bull and his wife Aldis Jebsen. His paternal grandfather was politician and judge

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. During September 1955 he married Anna Kvarme.Edvard Hagerup Bull genealogy
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) Bull studied at the

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and at the

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where he won the 1952 . He was awarded the prize for musical composition from the

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. He had additional training with the Austrian-born musicologist,

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. Other teachers include

Jean Rivier Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style. The son of Henri Rivier, a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including musi ...

and

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. His teacher

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described him as "a musician with a solid technique and a truly very enthralling, vigorous and highly imaginative personality".Biography
at the Music Information Centre, Norway Edvard Hagerup Bull became a notable composer. He wrote two operas and thirty orchestral works and chamber music.

Selected works

*''Den standhaftige tindsoldat'', 1948–49 *''Sinfonia di Teatro'' 1950 *''Escapades, orkestersuite'', 1952 *''Marionettes sérieuses'', 1960 *''Epilogue for strykere'', 1961 *''Münchhausen'', 1961 *''Accents for klaver'', 1968 *''Fløytekonsert'', 1969 *''Fyrtøiet'', 1973–74 *''Den grimme ælling'', 1972–77 *''Variantes multi-métriques for klaver'', 1975 *''Chant d'Hommage à Jean Rivier for orkester'', 1976 *''Prélude con Fuoco for klaver'', 1978 *''Den Grimme Ælling'' (Opera) 1972–77 *''Fyrtøyet'' (Opera) 1973–74

References

20th-century Norwegian composers 21st-century Norwegian composers Norwegian classical composers Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Norwegian expatriates in France Musicians from Bergen Musicians from Bærum 1922 births 2012 deaths {{Norway-composer-stub