Ludvig Sophus Adolph Theodor Holm (24 December 1858 – 8 April 1928) was a

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Personal life

Holm's father was the composer William Christian Holm, who was also a violist in the

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. From 1875-1878 he studied at the

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Valdemar Tofte Lars Valdemar Tofte (21 October 1832 – 28 May 1907) was a Danish violinist who taught for a half century and trained over 300 of Denmark's violinists. Biography Tofte was born on 21 October 1832 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to distiller Hans Larsen ...

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and Johan Christian Gebauer. He died on 8 April 1928 in

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and was buried at

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Career

In 1880 he joined the chapel where he from 1900 to 1917 he was

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. He was for many years Vice-President of the Copenhagen Chamber Music Society and for many years the artistic director of the People's Concerts. From 1911 to its end in 1920, he was head of the CFE Horneman conservatory, on whose board he sat beginning in 1906. From 1922 until his death he was a teacher at the Royal Conservatoire. He also sat on the main board of the Danish Composers' Association until 1909 and was the

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Notable works

*op. 1 Fire sange *op. 2 Klavervariationer *op. 3 klaver *op. 4 klaver *op. 5 Strygekvartet E^b-dur *op. 6 Violinkoncert (1905) *op. 7 Klaverkvintet *op. 8 Strygekvartet i B^b-dur (1913/1916/1924) *op. 9 klaver *op. 10 Symfonisk fragment (1927) *Sonate i C-dur (for the conservatoire's entry exam, 1874) *Allegretto (piano, 1882) *Promenade (piano, 1882) *Uset af Verdens Øie og Den Menneskesøn, som født af Gud (chorus, 1883) *Reinald synger (chorus, 1883) *Foraarsstemninger Sonate for Piano-Forte (1888) *Serenade (piano, 1888) *Praeludium (organ, 1901) *Con brio (piano, 1905) *Andante espressivo (klaver 1907) *Ländler (piano, 1915) *Kærlighed, Danmarks Æventyr (for the Tivoli

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, 1916) *Trois petites valses (Tirolienne, Valse lente, Ländler; 1916) *Fire Fantasiestykker for Klaver (1917) *Allegretto quasi Andantino klaver (1923) *Vaarbrud og Fuglestemmer klaver (1922)

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Danish classical violinists Danish male classical violinists Danish composers Danish male composers 1858 births 1928 deaths {{Denmark-composer-stub

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