Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a

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composer and music critic.

Biography

Sophus Emil Andersen was born in

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. He was the son of composer Fritz Andersen (1829–1910). He studied both

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and

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in his youth. He studied composition with composer Thorvald Hansen (1847–1915). In 1890 he graduated and worked for some years as a teacher. From 1892 he was a music critic at the Copenhagen newspaper ''København ''.

References

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