Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod (27 May 1850 – 17 October 1937) was a
Danish
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composer and organist.
The son of the writer Frederik Barfod, he was trained as an organist at the
Royal Danish Academy of Music
The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approxima ...
1870–1872. In 1873 he became organist at Metodistkirken in
Copenhagen
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, 1877–1895, he was at Our Lady Church in
Svendborg
Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,300 (1 January 2022), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.Hilda Sehested. In 1903 he went on study tour to Sweden, Finland, Russia and Germany. In 1905 he was teacher of music theory and organ at Gottfred Matthison-Hansen Music Institute.
He wrote most of his music singing and piano and organ. In addition, he edited a widely used collection of
hymn tune
A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part (or more) harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm (chords change frequently), with or without refrain ...
s, Menighedens Melodies, and published some exercises and other training music.
References
*''This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.''