Kai Normann Andersen (11 April 1900 – 24 June 1967) was a
Danish
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People
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* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
composer who wrote
film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...
s and music for stage
revue
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s and dramas. He composed songs for over 50 films between 1930 and 1965. In the 1930s and 1940s he dominated Danish film music. He has been called "
e of the most appealing personalities of our time in the light music field". Twelve of his songs have been included in the
Danish Culture Canon
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.
Connie Hedegaard
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On ...
and Claus Hagen Petersen list him among the 100 most important Danes of the 20th century.
Career
Andersen was originally a bank clerk, but began composing for revues, studied music, and in 1919 became a full-time musician. He became director of revue productions in Copenhagen before extending his range into film and plays (by
Kaj Munk and
Kjeld Abell amongst others).
He composed songs for over 50 films between 1930 and 1965. In the 1930s and 1940s, he dominated Danish film music. In the 1930s, he contributed prolifically to the score of films directed by
George Schnéevoigt
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(1893–1961) including ''
Præsten i Vejlby
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'', ''
Hotel Paradis
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'' - 1931, ''
Skal vi vædde en million?
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'' - 1932, ''
Kirke og orgel'' - 1932, ''
Odds 777
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Cast
* Liva Weel as Hansy Hansen
*Emanuel Gregers as Godsejer Rosen
*Inger Stender as Inga Rosen
*Angelo Bruun as Hans ...
'' - 1932, ''
De blaa drenge
''De blaa drenge'' (The Blue Boys) is a 1933 Danish family film classic directed by George Schnéevoigt and written by frequent collaborator Fleming Lynge with the score by Kai Normann Andersen. The film stars performer Liva Weel.
Cast
*Liva ...
'' - 1933, ''
Kobberbryllup'' - 1933 and the Christmas film ''
Nøddebo Præstegård'' in 1934. Songs he composed for ''
Mød mig på Cassiopeia'' (Meet Me on Cassiopeia, 1951) remain hits in
Denmark
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.
He was married to the
Norwegian
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actress Lilly Bergliot Skands from 1920 to 1936. He lived with actress
Ellen Gottschalch
Ellen Sofie Kathrine Gottschalch (2 May 1894 – 17 February 1981), was a Danish stage and film actress.
She worked in the Arhus Theatre in 1911 then the Det Ny Theater in Copenhagen from 1912 to 1928. from 1932 until his death in 1967. He is buried in the
Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård
Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård is a cemetery in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. It was established in 1734 behind Frederiksberg Church.
Burials
* C.F. Gerner Andersen
* Kai Normann Andersen
* Peter Andersen
* Christian Augustinus
* Ludvig August ...
(cemetery).
Selected songs
Andersen wrote over 900 songs. Here is a selected list of his works:
* "Stemningsmelodi"
* "Pige træd varsomt"
* "Lille du"
* "Glemmer du"
* "Den allersidste dans"
* "I dit korte liv"
* "Der var engang"
* "Musens sang"
* "Du gamle måne"
* "Titte til hinanden"
* "Jeg har elsket dig så længe jeg kan mindes"
* "At elske er at leve"
* "Gå med i lunden"
* "Kammerat vær en mand"
* "Åh hvor jeg ih hvor jeg uh hvor jeg vil"
* "God morgen god morgen"
* "Jeg har en ven"
* "Man binder os på hånd og mund"
* "Jeg gir mit humør en gang lak"
* "Jeg ku bli noget så 1-2-3"
* "Alle går rundt og forelsker sig"
* "Flyv min hest"
* "Gå ud og gå en tur"
* "De små små smil"
* "Den gamle skærslippers forårssang"
* "Så sødt som i gamle dage''
References
External links
*
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Male composers
Danish film score composers
1900 births
1967 deaths
20th-century Danish composers
Male film score composers
20th-century Danish male musicians