Sigurd Berge (1 July 1929 – 1 February 2002) was a
Norwegian composer
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He graduated in 1952, then studied at the Music Conservatory in
Oslo
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. He studied modern electronic music in
Copenhagen
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and
Utrecht
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. Groundbreaking "modern music" pieces from late 50's to early 80's including ''Hornlokk'' (1972) and ''Illuxit'' (1974). He was the president of the Norsk Komponistforening (Society of Norwegian Composers) from 1985 to 1988. He wrote multiple books and articles about creative use of music.
Production
Selected works
* ''Pezzo orchestrale'' (1959)
* ''Episode'' (1959)
* ''Sinus'' (1959)
* ''Raga'' for oboe and orchestra (1959)
* ''Chroma'' (1963).
* ''The raindrop postlude'' (1968) .
* ''Moon landscape'' (1971)
* ''Hornlokk'' (1972). Written for
Frøydis Ree Wekre.
* ''Illuxit'' (1974). For children’s choir.
* ''Juvenes'' (1976). For string orchestra.
* ''Trio for tre horn'' (1986). For Hot Lips Trio.
* ''Mørk maske'' (1995).
Discography
* ''Early Electronic Works'', Prisma Records, (2010)
External links
*
Biography from MIC Music Information Centre NorwayList of works from the National Library of Norway
1929 births
2002 deaths
20th-century classical composers
Norwegian male classical composers
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