Olivo Vilhelm Eduard Oscar Krause (2 July 1857

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– 20 July 1927) was a Danish oboist and composer who had studied under Edmund Neupert and Agnes Adler. A member of the

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from 1882, he became first soloist in 1893 when he also played as a soloist at the

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. In 1915, he founded and played in the Olivo Krause Ensemble. Among his compositions are the opera ''Popoff'' (1912), Sonata for Violin and Piano as well as songs and piano pieces. It was for Olivo Krause that

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wrote the two works for oboe and piano known as

Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano Carl Nielsen's Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano (''Fantasistykker for obo og klavier''), Opus 2, were composed shortly after the composer had taken up the post of second violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra in 1889. The two pieces which make up ...

(1890).Lisbeth Ahlgren Jensen, "Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano, Opus 2"
Chamber Music 2, Carl Nielsen Edition, ''Royal Danish Library''. From 1918, Krause taught piano music at the Royal Danish Conservatory where

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was one of his students. Married to Helga Nathalie Neubert, he had a daughter, Nathalie Krause (1884–1953), a Danish actress who featured in a number of early films.http://www.danskefilm.dk/index2.html "Nathalie Krause", ''Den Danske film data base''. Retrieved 13 November 2010.

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Danish composers Male composers Danish oboists Male oboists 1857 births 1927 deaths {{Denmark-composer-stub