A list of notable

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* Thorvald Aagaard *

Truid Aagesen Truid Aagesen ( fl. 1593–1625) was a Danish composer and organist. His only known published music is a set of secular ''Cantiones'' for three voices which were published in Hamburg in 1608 under his Latinized name, Theodoricus Sistinus. He was al ...

* David Abell *

Hans Abrahamsen Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His '' Let me tell you'' (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at ''The Guardian'' as the finest work of t ...

Aksel Agerby Aksel Agerby (29 May 1889 – 20 March 1942) was a Danish composer, organist, and music administrator. He also operated his own Music Publishing company, which published both his work and those of others. Work Agerby was blind and was trained ...

* Harald Agersnap *

Georg Frederik Ferdinand Allen Georg Frederik Ferdinand Allen (1856–1925) was a Danish singing teacher, conductor and composer. He was the brother of musician Robert William Otto Allen. A pupil of Gustav Helsted, he later studied in Paris and London. He was then a singing te ...

Robert William Otto Allen Robert William Otto Allen (18 March 1852 – 9 December 1888) was a Danish pianist, composer and conductor. He was the brother of conductor Georg Frederik Ferdinand Allen. He trained at the Royal Academy of Music as a student of Edmund Neupert. ...

* Arthur Ivan Allin *

Birgitte Alsted Birgitte Alsted (born 15 June 1942) is a Danish violinist, teacher and composer. Alsted was born in Odense, and was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and in Warsaw. She has done much within the electronic music and often uses crea ...

* Herman Amberg * Johan Amberg *

Aksel Andersen Hans Aksel Andersen (19 March 1912 – 18 November 1977) was a Danish classical organist, composer and professor of music. Aksel Andersen was born in Ruskin, Nebraska. As a boy he was trained in organ, violin and piano. In Denmark, he was a ...

Arvid Andersen Arvid Andersen (1909 – 31 October 1970) was a Danish violinist, conductor, and composer. He was the son of the writer Olaf Andersen, and composed, among other things, a concerto for his own instrument and a ''Capriccio'' for piano The ...

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'' Daniel Andersen Daniel Andersen (25 November 1885 – 30 April 1959) was a Danish composer, sculptor, and ceramist. He studied music in Vienna; among his compositions are a handful of religious works and an opera Opera is a form of theatre in which musi ...

Eyvin Andersen Eyvin Andersen (1914–1968) was a Danish organist, violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and th ...

Hakon Andersen Jens Hakon Johannes Andersen (26 October 1875 – 21 April 1959) was a Danish organist and composer. He served as organist for a number of churches around Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populo ...

Joachim Andersen Joachim Andersen may refer to: *Joachim Andersen (composer) (1847–1909), Danish composer *Joachim Andersen (footballer) Joachim Christian Andersen (; born 31 May 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier ...

* Johannes Andersen *

Fritz Andersen Johannes Fritz Emanuel Andersen (1829–1910) was a Danish organist and composer. He was the father of critic Sophus Andersen Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a Danish composer and music critic. Biography Sophu ...

Kai Normann Andersen Kai Normann Andersen (11 April 1900 – 24 June 1967) was a Danish composer who wrote film scores and music for stage revues and dramas. He composed songs for over 50 films between 1930 and 1965. In the 1930s and 1940s he dominated Danish film m ...

Sophus Andersen Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a Danish composer and music critic. Biography Sophus Emil Andersen was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of composer Fritz Andersen (1829–1910). He studied both piano and violin ...

Lotte Anker Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble. Musical career Anker studied music at the Copenhagen University f ...

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Erik Bach Erik Bach (born 5 January 1946) is a Danish composer and writer on music. Born in the small rural town of Mariager, Bach took his diploma in music theory and music history from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. As a composer, he claims the inf ...

Kasper Bai Kasper Bai (born 1974) is a Danish songwriter, composer, arranger and guitarist. He was born in Hjørring, studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, and now lives and works in Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is ...

Frans Bak Frans Bak (born 7 February 1958 Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked as a jazz performer and composer of film music. In 1994, he ...

Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle (1806–1855) was a Danish composer and editor of church music; he is noted for his Christmas compositions, including the hymn tune " Det kimer nu til julefest". He was born in Copenhagen, and served as a pastor in ...

Niels Viggo Bentzon (1986) by Erling Mandelmann

Harald Balslev Harald Balslev cand.theol. (1867–1952) was a Danish writer and composer. Much of his musical output is liturgical Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer spe ...

Emilius Bangert Emilius Bangert (19 August 1883 – 19 August 1962) was a Danish composer, organist, and professor. He played the organ at Roskilde Cathedral and also composed orchestral and chamber music. Biography Emilius Ferdinand Caspar Bangert was born in ...

Christian Barnekow Christian Barnekow (28 July 1837 in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France – 20 March 1913 in Copenhagen) was a Danish nobleman and composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western ...

Sigurd Barrett Sigurd Barrett (born 20 January 1967) is a Danish pianist, entertainer, composer, and writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of lit ...

* Christian Frederik Barth * Frederik Philip Carl August Barth * Wilhelm Herman Barth *

Johan Bartholdy Conrad Johan Bartholdy (12 March 1853 – 6 December 1904) was a Danish organist, composer, singing teacher, conductor and author of music theory books. He was honored as a Titular Professor for the year 1900. Bartholdy was born in Hammel, the ...

Rudolph Bay David Rudolph Vilhelm Bay (9 July 1791 – 15 May 1856) was a Danish composer, singer and violinist. He was student in 1808 and studied theology, but from 1816 to 1831, a secretary in the consulate in Algiers. During his stay in Algiers, he ...

* Julius Bechgaard *

Victor Bendix Victor Emanuel Bendix (17 May 1851 in Copenhagen – January 1926) was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist, who came from a Jewish family. His teachers included Niels Gade. He was also a friend of Carl Nielsen, who dedicated his Symph ...

Jørgen Bentzon Jørgen Liebenberg Bentzon (14 February 1897 – 9 July 1951) was a Denmark, Danish composer, cousin of Danish composer Niels Viggo Bentzon and flautist :da:Johan Bentzon, Johan Bentzon. He was a student of Carl Nielsen from 1915 until 1919. ...

Niels Viggo Bentzon Niels Viggo Bentzon (Copenhagen, 24 August 1919 – Copenhagen, 25 April 2000) was a Danish composer and pianist. Biography Bentzon was the son of Viggo Bentzon (1861-1937), Rector of Copenhagen University and Karen Hartmann (1882-1977), conc ...

* Nicolai Berendt * Gunnar Berg Steffenbrandt

Andreas Peter Berggreen Andreas Peter Berggreen (March 2, 1801 – November 8, 1880) was a Danish composer, organist, and pedagogue. Berggreen was born and died in Copenhagen. As a child Peter began composing songs and melodies for the flute. He initially studied law be ...

Ilja Bergh Ilja Bergh (22 January 1927 – 5 September 2015) was a Danish pianist and composer. His father was a Jewish singing teacher and his mother was a Russian-born painter. His grandfather was the composer Rudolph Sophus Bergh and his great-grandfath ...

Rudolph Sophus Bergh Rudolph Sophus Bergh (22 September 1859 – 7 December 1924) was a Denmark, Danish composer and zoologist. He was the son of physician and zoologist Rudolph Bergh. He received his general education at the Metropolitanskolen and then studied mu ...

* Niels Bernhart * Viggo Bielefeldt * Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod *

Erling Bjerno Erling D. Bjerno (1929–2019) is a Danish composer and organist. He trained as an organist and was for years 1967–1996 employed by Ansgar Church in Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Ode ...

Thomas Blachman Thomas Blachman (born 1963) is a Danish jazz musician, composer, and judge on the Danish version of ''X Factor''. Biography Blachman is the son of Henning and Annie Blachman. One of his grandfathers is Isak Blachman, a Jewish immigrant from Vite ...

* Georg Carl Bohlmann * Elisabeth Boisen * Jørgen Ditleff Bondesen * Helge Bonnén *

Melchior Borchgrevinck Melchior Borchgrevinck (1572 – 20 December 1632) was a Dutch-Danish musician, composer, and court Kapellmeister. He was born to Bonaventura Borchgrevinck, a Dutch-Danish musician and court Kapellmeister. He had three siblings: two sisters a ...

Kim Borg Kim Borg (August 7, 1919April 28, 2000) was a Finnish bass, teacher and composer. He had a wide-ranging, resonant, warm voice. Biography Kim Borg was born in Helsinki. He studied voice with Heikki Teittinen at the Sibelius Academy (1936–1941 ...

Axel Borup-Jørgensen Axel Borup-Jørgensen (22 November 1924 – 15 October 2012) was a Danish composer. He was born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He died in Birkerød. He studied piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. As a com ...

Hans Brachrogge Hans Brachrogge (ca. 1590 – ca. 1638) was a Danish singer and composer. His birth and death as well as his place of birth is unknown although he is known to have studied under Melchior Borchgrevinck and accompanied Borchgrevinck and Hans Nie ...

Steffen Brandt Steffen Brandt (born 14 June 1953 in Åbyhøj) is a Danish singer-songwriter and composer. Since 1981 he has been lead singer of rock group TV-2, as he also wrote both text and music to all the group's songs. In 2003 he received the Modersmål ...

Ivar Bredal Ivar Frederik Bredal (17 June 1800 – 25 March 1864) was a Danish composer and musician. Son of Niels Iversen Bredal who was born in Bergen, but lived as a sign teacher and portrait painter in Copenhagen, Ivar Bredal played viola The viola ...

* Erling Brene * Viggo Brodersen *

Kai Aage Bruun Kai Aage Bruun (23 January 1899 – 11 May 1971) was a Danish music writer, critic and composer. Bruun grew up in a musical home. His father was cellist in The Royal Chapel and was educated by The Royal Danish Academy of Music. His mother w ...

Peter Bruun Peter Bruun (born 1968) is a Danish composer. He is a native of Aarhus, and studied philosophy at Aarhus University before turning to composition. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded annually ...

* Ole Buck * Michael Bundesenbr>
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Carl Busch Carl Busch (29 March 1862, Bjerre – 19 December 1943, Kansas City) was a Danish-born American composer and music teacher sometimes associated with the Indianist movement. He was an important figure in the musical life of Kansas City, Miss ...

* Volkmar Busch *

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

Erik Bøgh Erik Bøgh (17 June 1822 – 17 August 1899) was a Danish journalist, playwright and songwriter. From 1881 to 1899 he worked at the Royal Danish Theatre. Bøgh authored the one-act musical comedy ''Valbygaasen'' (The Goose of Valby), which wa ...

Hakon Børresen Axel Ejnar Hakon Børresen (2 June 1876, Copenhagen – 6 October 1954, Copenhagen) was one of the foremost Danish composers of the 20th century. Life Børresen was descended from a merchant family. As a child, he was given violin, cello an ...

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* Camillo Carlsen *

Henrik Carlsen ''For the Danish sea captain, see Henrik Kurt Carlsen'' Henrik Carlsen (born 30 November 1959) is a Danish composer, record producer, singer, and keyboardist. Carlsen was born in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and grew up in Brøndby. He was a fo ...

Bernhard Christensen Bernhard Christensen (Copenhagen, 9 March 1906 – 20 March 2004) was a Danish composer and organist. He studied music at University of Copenhagen from 1926. In 1929 he graduated and was organist until 1945 at Christiansborg Palace Church. ...

Asger Lund Christiansen Asger Lund Christiansen (1927–1998) was a Danish cellist and composer. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, graduating in 1946. Alongside Bløndal Erling Bengtsson, he was his generation's most recognized Danish cellist. In 195 ...

* Henning Christiansen *

Karl Clausen Karl Søren Clausen (15 August 1904 – 5 December 1972) was a Danish pianist, conductor, composer and musicologist. In addition to his work as a high school teacher in German and Music, he composed several instrumental and choral works, a ...

* Niels Clemmensen *

Carl Cohn Haste Carl Cohn Haste (7 December 1874 – 4 June 1939) was a Danish pianist, organist and composer. Blind from the age of 5 after an eye inflammation, he became a music teacher at the Royal Blind Institute, composer and the first president of the Dani ...

Victor Cornelius Victor Cornelius (22 September 1897 in Copenhagen, Denmark – 9 May 1961) was a Danish composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his songs ''Toner fra himlen'', ''Tre røde roser'', ''Lille kammerat'', ''Tak for gode som for ...

* Fritz Crome * Simoni Dall Croubelis

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* Balduin Dahl *

Nancy Dalberg Nancy Dalberg (July 6, 1881 – September 28, 1949) was a Danish composer. Dalberg grew up on the Danish island of Funen (Fyn) where she learned to play the piano. Her father, a well-off industrialist, refused her wish to study at the Royal Co ...

* Johan Darbes * Christian Debois * Søffren Degen *

Nathanael Diesel Nathanael Diesel (1692 – October 26, 1745) was a Denmark, Danish composer, violinist and lutenist. He was a teacher to Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark. See also *List of Danish composers References *''This article was i ...

Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...

* Otto Dütsch

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* Adolph Julius Eggers * Søren Nils Eichberg * Niels Eje * Henning Elbirk *

Ejnar Emborg Ejnar Emborg (1888–1963) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A * Thorvald Aagaard *Truid ...

* Harald Bjerg Emborg * Jens Laursøn Emborg *

Jørgen Emborg Jørgen Emborg (born 29 March 1953) is a Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmar ...

* Aage Emborg * August Enna * Poul Allin Erichsen *

Morten Eskesen Morten Eskesen (5 January 1826 - 8 February 1913) was a Danish author, composer and teacher in independent and folk high schools. Early life Erikesen was born in Ulbæk in the parish of Lyne between Skjern and Varde in west Jutland. H ...

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* Jacob Christian Fabricius *

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (7 December 1924 – 28 July 2020), better known internationally as Bent Fabric, was a Danish pianist and composer. Biography Bent Fabricius-Bjerre was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He started a jazz ensemble after W ...

* Frederik Foersom * Peter Christian Foersom *

Johan Foltmar Johan Foltmar (1714 – 26 April 1794) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A *Thorvald Aaga ...

* Ida Henriette da Fonseca * Julius Foss * John Frandsen * Axel Frederiksen * Johan Henrik Freithoff *

Ivar Frounberg Ivar Frounberg (born 12 April 1950, in Søborg) is a Danish composer, organist, and professor emeritus of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Life Ivar Frounberg was first educated as an organist, graduating in 1976 from the Royal Dani ...

* Carl Johan Frydensberg *

Johannes Frederik Frølich Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

* Frederik Christian Funck * Peter Ferdinand Funck *

Fuzzy Fuzzy or Fuzzies may refer to: Music * Fuzzy (band), a 1990s Boston indie pop band * Fuzzy (composer) (born 1939), Danish composer Jens Vilhelm Pedersen * ''Fuzzy'' (album), 1993 debut album by the Los Angeles rock group Grant Lee Buffalo * "Fuz ...

* Johanne Fenger * Carl Gottlob Füssel

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Ingolf Gabold Ingolf Georg August Gabold (born 31 March 1942 Heidelberg, Germany) is a Danish composer. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. He has been the head of the dramatic fiction department at DR, the Danish national broadcaster. R ...

Axel Gade Axel Gade (28 May 1860 – 9 November 1921) was a Danish violinist, composer and conductor. He was the son of Niels Wilhelm Gade. Notable works *Violin concerto No. 1 in D minor (1889) *Violin concerto Op. 10, No. 2 in F major (1899) *''Venez ...

Jacob Gade Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, ''Jalousie'' (also known as ''Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" '' and ''T ...

Niels W. Gade Niels Wilhelm Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. Together with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, he was the leading Danish musician of his day. Biography Gade was born ...

Johann Christian Gebauer Johann Christian Gebauer (6 August 1808 – 24 January 1884) was a Danish composer, organist and music theorist. Background Gebauer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was the painter, Christian David Gebauer (1777–1831). He lived ...

Christian Geisler Christian Peder Wilhelm Geisler (28 April 1869 – 19 August 1951) was a Danish organist and composer. He graduated at the Conservatory of Music in the years 1887-90 of, among others, Niels W. Gade, J.P.E. Hartmann and Gottfred Matthison-Hansen ...

* Christian Geist *

Carl Ludvig Gerlach Carl Ludvig Gerlach (April 26, 1832 – September 13, 1893) was a Danish composer and opera singer. Notable works *''Kjærlighed er trolddom'' (1856) *''3 Charakteerstykker'' (1859) *''Fader vor'' (1862) *''Jesus opvækker Lazarus'' (1870 ...

Georg Gerson Georg Gerson (also ''George''; 14 October 1790 – 16 February 1825) was a Denmark, Danish composer and banker. Most of his works are orchestral. Life Gerson was the son of the Königsberg banker Heyman Gerson (1765–1839), who bore the title ...

* W.H.R.R. Giedde *

Lennart Ginman Lennart Ginman (born March 1960) is a Danish-Finnish bassist, composer and music producer. He has cooperated with artists like Steen Jørgensen, lead singer of Sort Sol in two joint albums, and Kirk Lightsey, an American jazz pianist with a joi ...

* Nicolo Gistou * Christian Henrik Glass *

Louis Glass Louis Christian August Glass (23 March 1864 – 22 January 1936) was a Denmark, Danish composer. Glass, born in Copenhagen, was an almost exact contemporary of Carl Nielsen and, like Nielsen, was a student of Niels Gade. However, Glass also ...

Franz Joseph Glæser Franz Joseph Glæser (19 April 1798 - 29 August 1861), also spelt as Glaeser and Gläser, was an Austrian-Danish composer. Born in Obergeorgenthal, Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Glaeser’s work as a composer was mostly done befo ...

Joseph Glæser Joseph August Eduard Friedrich Glæser (November 25, 1835 in Berlin – September 29, 1891 in Hillerød) was a Denmark, Danish composer and organist. Notable works *''Høje Nord, Friheds Hjem'' (1869) *duets *firstemmige mandssange *some hymn ...

Peder Gram Peter Jørgensen Gram (25 November 1881 – 4 February 1956) was a Danish composer and organist. Life Gram was born in Copenhagen and studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Stephan Krehl, Arthur Nikisch and Hans Sitt. From 1908, he worke ...

* Axel Grandjean * Lars Graugaard * Tekla Griebel-Wandall * Michael Ehregott Grose * Heinrich Ernst Grosmann *

Jacob Groth Jacob Groth (born 12 May 1951) is a Danish film composer. He is most known for scoring the film trilogy based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium series and a number of award-winning Danish TV series as well as the CBS series '' Unforgettable''. Am ...

* Georg Grothe *

Launy Grøndahl Launy Grøndahl (30 June 1886 – 21 January 1960) was a Danish composer and conductor. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight. His first work as a professional musician was as a violinist with the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in ...

Peter Grønland Peter Grønland (15 October 1761 – 30 December 1825) was a Danish composer. Notable works *Melodien zu den gesellschaftlichen Liederbuche (1796) *Notenbuch zu das akademischen Liederbuchs erstem Bändchen (1783) *Wundersame Liebesgeschic ...

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016) was a Danish composer. Biography Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was the son of the sculptor Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. He studied at the Royal ...

* Bo Gunge * Cornelius Gurlitt * Hugo Gyldmark *

Sven Gyldmark Sven Rudolf Sidenius Gyldmark (21 April 1904 – 5 October 1981) was a Denmark, Danish film score composer. He was the brother of Hugo Gyldmark and Leonard who were also composers. Filmography * ' (1975) * ''Nøddebo Præstegård (1974 film) ...

* Birger Wøllner Gaarn

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Sophus Hagen Sophus Hagen (3 May 1842 – 1929) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A * Thorvald Aagaard ...

* Mads Hak * Andreas Hallager *

Sophus Halle Sophus Halle (13 December 1862 – 1924) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A *Thorvald A ...

Povl Hamburger Povl Hamburger (22 June 1901 - 20 November 1972) was a Danish organist and composer. Notable works include ''Musikens Historie I-II'', 1936–37, ''Harmonilære'', 1939, ''Modulationslære'', 1941, ''Kirketoneart'', 1948, and ''Harmonisk analy ...

Asger Hamerik Asger Hamerik (Hammerich) (April 8, 1843 – July 13, 1923) was a Danish composer of the late romantic period. Life and career Born in Frederiksberg (near Copenhagen), he studied music with J.P.E. Hartmann and Niels Gade, being related to the f ...

Ebbe Hamerik Ebbe Hamerik (5 September 1898 – 12 August 1951) was a Danish composer. Born in Frederiksberg, he was the son of composer Asger Hamerik. He died at the age of 52 in Kattegat when his sailboat sank and he drowned. Notable operas include ''St ...

* Margaret Hamerik *

Jodle Birge Birge Lønquist Hansen (6 November 1945 – 27 August 2004), better known as Jodle Birge, was a Danish composer and singer. His most famous tracks were "Rigtige Venner" (Real Friends) from the Norwegian singer/songwriter Håkon Banken and "Tre ...

Christian Julius Hansen Christian Julius Hansen (born 6 May 1814 in Christianshavn – d. 15 March 1875 in Copenhagen) was a Danish composer, organist, voice teacher and choirmaster. He studied with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann; his works include songs, choral and ...

* Frants Johannes Hansen * Nicolaj Hansen * Robert Emil Hansen * Thorvald Hansen * Hans Hansen * Egil Harder * Knud Harder * August Wilhelm Hartmann JPE Hartmann

Emil Hartmann Emil Hartmann (1 February 1836, Denmark – 18 July 1898, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish composer of the romantic period, fourth generation of composers in the Danish Hartmann musical family. Early life and education Hartmann was born o ...

Emma Hartmann Amalia Emma Sophie Hartmann née Zinn (22 August 1807 – 6 March 1851) was a Danish people, Danish composer who composed under the pseudonym Frederik H. Palmer. She was married to the composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900). They ...

* J.P.E. Hartmann *

Johan Ernst Hartmann Johan Ernst Hartmann (2 March 1770 – 16 December 1844) was a Danish organist and composer, and son of composer and violinist Johann Hartmann. In 1795 he started as an organist at Frederik's German Church in Christianshavn and in 1807 he beca ...

Johann Hartmann Johann Ernst Hartmann (His real name was Johann Hartmann, but due to a confusion with his elder son, who was also a composer, he became known by posterity as Johann Ernst Hartmann; 24 December 1726, Głogów, Bohemian Crown – 21 October 1 ...

* Lars Hegaard * Anton Hegner * Ludvig Hegner * Jørgen Heide *

Peter Heise Peter Heise (11 February 1830 – 12 September 1879) was a Danish composer, best known for the opera ''Drot og Marsk'' (''King and Marshal''). Heise's parents tried to press him into becoming a lawyer, but he scored highly in music at school, s ...

Paul Hellmuth Paul Emil Friederich Hellmuth (1 November 1879 – June 1919) was a Danish organist and composer. Hellmuth was a student of Carl Nielsen and collaborated with Nielsen to harmonize the melodies of some of Nielssen's hymns, for example ''Forunderl ...

Thomas Helmig Thomas Helmig (born 15 October 1964) is a Danish rock singer and musician, and has been one of the most popular singers in Denmark since the middle of the 1980s. Biography Thomas Helmig was born and grew up in Egå, a suburb of Aarhus, where his ...

* Carl Helsted *

Edvard Helsted Edvard (or Eduard) Mads Ebbe Helsted (8 December 1816 – 1 March 1900) was a Danish composer. He was born in Copenhagen and died in Fredensborg. He is buried in Asminderød Cemetery. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable D ...

Gustav Helsted Gustav Carl Helsted (30 January 1857 - 1 March 1924) was a Danish organist and composer. Helsted was the son of composer Carl Helsted, brother of painter Viggo Helsted, and nephew of composer Edvard Helsted. He was a student of Gottfred Mat ...

Edgar Henrichsen Edgar Henrichsen (19 January 1879 - 24 August 1955) was a Danish composer and organist. He was the brother of Roger Henrichsen, and was a student of Gustav Helsted and Alexandre Guilmant Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (; 12 March 1837 – 29 ...

Roger Henrichsen Roger Henrichsen (12 February 1876, in Copenhagen – 12 January 1926, in Copenhagen) was a Danish composer and pianist. He was the brother of Edgar Henrichsen, and was a student of Louis Glass. His son was the jazz Jazz is a music g ...

Fini Henriques Valdemar Fini Henriques (baptized ''Finni'') (20 October 1867 at Frederiksberg - 27 October 1940 in Copenhagen) was a Danish composer and violinist. His parents were hospital inspector and justice counsel Vilhelm Moritz Henriques (1828-1889), ...

* Bent Hesselmann * Christian Hildebrandt *

Niels Peter Hillebrandt Niels Peter Hillebrandt (September 14, 1815 - February 11, 1885) was a Danish organist and composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T ...

* Bjørn Hjelmborg * Ludvig Holm *

Mogens Winkel Holm __NOTOC__ Mogens Winkel Holm (1 October 1936 – 31 October 1999) was a Danish composer. Holm was born in Copenhagen; his father was the architect Tyge Holm. He studied orchestration with Jørgen Jersild at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and o ...

Vilhelm Christian Holm Vilhelm Christian Holm (September 28, 1820 - October 15, 1886) was a Danish composer. Notable works *La Ventana (1856) *Fjernt fra Danmark (1860) *Ponte molle (1866) *Livjægerne paa Amager (1871) *Et Æventyr i Billeder (1871) *Mandarinens ...

Vagn Holmboe Vagn Gylding Holmboe (, 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Life Vagn Holmboe was born in Horsens, Jutland, into a merchant family of dedicated amateur musicians. Both parents played the piano. His fath ...

Bo Holten Bo Holten (born 22 October 1948) is a Danish composer and conductor. He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles '' Ars Nova (Copenhagen)'' and '' Musica Ficta (Denmark)'', as well as guest-conductor for the ''BBC Singers''. He wa ...

* C.F.E. Horneman * Emil Horneman * Bjarne Hoyer *

Johan Hye-Knudsen Johan Hye-Knudsen (24 May 1896 in Nyborg – 28 September 1975) was a Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographic ...

Otto Hænning Otto Hænning (19 November 1916 – 7 February 2004) was a Danish composer and guitarist. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W ...

Georg Høeberg Georg Valdemar Høeberg ( 27 December 1872 in Copenhagen – 3 August 1950 in Vedbaek ) was a Danish violinist, conductor and composer. He was the brother of the opera singer Albert Høeberg and cellist Ernst Høeberg and grandson of Hans Christian ...

Finn Høffding Niels Finn Høffding (10 March 1899 in Copenhagen – 29 March 1997 in Copenhagen) was a Danish composer. Høffding studied composition under Knud Jeppesen and Thomas Laub, and then under Joseph Marx in Vienna from 1921-22. His works first be ...

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Johannes Erasmus Iversen Johannes Erasmus Iversen (1713 – 28 February 1755) was a Danish Baroque composer. He also worked as a teacher, musician, conductor and a concert organizer. Life Originally a student at the University of Copenhagen, Iversen chose to make his l ...

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Ejnar Jacobsen Ejnar Jacobsen (June 9, 1897 – July 17, 1970) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A * Thorv ...

Jens Bjerre Jacobsen Jens Bjerre Jacobsen (13 October 1903 – 3 January 1986) was a Denmark, Danish composer and organist. Jacobsen was born in Aarhus but grew up in Salling, where his father was a Grundtvigian Community pastor in Rødding-Krejbjerg. Jacobse ...

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Knud Jeppesen Knud Jeppesen (15 August 1892 – 14 June 1974) was a Danish musicologist and composer. He was the leading scholar of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, about whose life and music he wrote numerous studies. Biography Jeppesen demonst ...

Jørgen Jersild Jørgen Jersild (17 September 1913 – 6 February 2004) was a Danish composer and music educator. He was a pupil of Poul Schierbeck and Albert Roussel. Jersild worked from 1953 to 1975 as a professor of ear training by The Royal Danish Academy of ...

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Leif Kayser Leif Kayser (13 June 1919, in Copenhagen – 15 June 2001) was a Danish composer and organist. He was the son of geographer Olaf Ivar Monrad Kayser (1893–1928) and Hedwig Martha Nick (1877–1972). Kayser began studies at the Royal Danish Acad ...

Axel Kjerulf Axel Kjerulf (July 24, 1884 – September 19, 1964) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A *T ...

* Charles Kjerulf * Povl Kjøller *

Paul von Klenau Paul August von Klenau (11 February 1883 in Copenhagen – 31 August 1946 in Copenhagen) was a Danish-born composer who worked primarily in Germany and Austria. Biography Klenau was born in Copenhagen, where he studied under Otto Malling. Already a ...

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Jesper Koch Jesper Koch (born 5 September 1967) is a Danish composer. Koch studied composition at The Royal Danish Academy of Music with Hans Abrahamsen, Ib Nørholm and Ivar Frounberg from 1986–95 and subsequently at Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium with Ka ...

Anders Koppel Anders Koppel (born 17 July 1947 in Copenhagen) is a co-founder in 1967 of the rock group Savage Rose. From 1976 to 2012 he was a member of the trio Bazaar. He plays in the trio Koppel-Andersen-Koppel which includes his son, saxophone player Benjami ...

* Herman D. Koppel *

Thomas Koppel Thomas Koppel (27 April 1944 – 25 February 2006) was a Danish classical music and avant-garde popular composer and musician. His father, Herman David Koppel (1908-1998), a composer and pianist of Jewish origin, fled the Nazis with his f ...

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (; born 2 March 1947, in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and songwriter. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques. ...

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Friedrich Kuhlau Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (German; Danish sometimes ''Frederick Kulav'') (11 September 1786 – 12 March 1832) was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He was a central figure of the Danish ...

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Jesper Kyd Jesper Kyd Jakobson (; born 3 February 1972) is a Danish composer and sound designer who has worked on various video game, television, and film projects. He has composed soundtracks for the ''Hitman'' series, ''Assassin's Creed'' series, ''Borde ...

Morten Kærså Morten Kærså (born 26 September 1957) is a Danish composer, pianist, singer and producer. He is known from the bands Sneakers and Moonjam. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F ...

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Niels la Cour Niels la Cour (born 14 November 1944) is a Danish composer. Life La Cour did his A levels in 1963 from the music branch of the Aurehøj Grammar School with organ as his speciality. Between 1964 and 1969 he was at the Royal Academy of Music in C ...

Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

Rued Langgaard Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years afte ...

Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish rock and pop musician. He was a major selling Scandinavian act with over 5 million albums sold. Career Kim Larsen was born in Copenhagen. Inspired by The Bea ...

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Thomas Laub Thomas Linnemann Laub (5 December 1852 – 4 February 1927) was a Danish organist and composer. Notable works *1888 ''80 rytmiske Koraler'', en enstemmig samling *1889–1891 ''Kirkemelodier'', tre hæfter med firstemmige udsættelser *1890 ...

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Axel Liebmann Axel Liebmann (3 August 1849 – 23 January 1876) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A *Tho ...

Nanna Liebmann Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (September 27, 1849 – May 11, 1935) was a Danish, music educator, music critic, concert promoter and composer. She studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Music with Victor Bendix, Johann Christian Gebauer, J.P.E. Hartm ...

Lars Lilholt Lars Lilholt (born in Herlev, Denmark on 14 March 1953) is a Danish singer, violinist, guitarist and composer. Career Kræn Bysted's In the early 1970s, he was part of Kræn Bysted's, a Danish acoustic folk, electric folk and rock group made ...

Anne Linnet Anne Linnet (born 30 July 1953 in Århus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, musician composer، and writer. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of several bands, such as Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, and Marquis de ...

Martin Lohse Martin Lohse (born May 29, 1971) is a Danish classical composer and visual artist.(2002)
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Bent Lorentzen Bent Lorentzen (11 February 1935, Stenvad – 3 October 2018, Copenhagen) was a Danish composer. He was one of the outstanding figures in contemporary Danish music. His works are frequently performed at festivals at home and abroad, and he had estab ...

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Hans Christian Lumbye Hans Christian Lumbye (; 2 May 1810 – 20 March 1874) was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things. Beginnings As a child, he studied music in Randers and Odense, and by age 14 he was playing the trumpet in a ...

Tom Lundén Tom Lundén (born March 16, 1950) is a Danish composer and music producer. Lunden was the leader and keyboardist of the flower power rock band Bifrost.Niels Frid-Nielsen"En flipper i firserne" MM Magazine, Vol. 4, 1987, pp32-34 His two top hits w ...

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Frederik Magle Frederik Reesen Magle (; born 17 April 1977) is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He writes contemporary classical music as well as fusion of classical music and other genres. His compositions include orchestral works, cantatas, ...

Otto Malling Otto Valdemar Malling (1 June 1848 – 5 October 1915) was a Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen. Otto Malling was b ...

Marilyn Mazur Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in ...

Carl Viggo Meincke Fritz Carl Viggo Meincke (8 March 1902 – 27 September 1959) was a Danish composer, revue author, theater manager and actor. Early years Carl Meincke was born on 8 March 1902 on Frederiksborggade 5, Copenhagen, in the parish Trinitatis. He was ...

Sextus Miskow Sextus Miskow (3 February 1857 in Nyborg – 24 November 1928) was a Danish singer, composer and music critic. Biography Miskow was born on the island of Funen at Nyborg, Denmark. After two years in military school starting in 1871, Miskow c ...

Benna Moe Benna Olufine Charlotte Moe (December 15, 1897 - Dec. 27, 1983) was a Danish composer and musician. In addition to her compositional gifts, Benna Moe was an organ soloist, pianist and singer. She composed music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and ...

John Mogensen John Mogensen (May 5, 1928 – April 10, 1977) was a Danish singer, songwriter and pianist. Mogensen was a member of the vocal quartet Four Jacks from 1956-1963. While still a member of the group, he gained popularity as a songwriter a ...

Otto Mortensen Otto Hübertz Mortensen (18 August 1907 – 30 August 1986) was a Danish composer and conductor. He also played the organ and piano. For a number of years he worked at the Royal Danish Theatre as a rehearser for the opera, and later worked at A ...

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Joachim Neergaard Joachim Brunn de Neergaard (27 April 1877 – 31 October 1920) was a Danish composer. Neergaard was born in Stubberup, a small village in the east-central part of Jutland in 1877. He came from scions of an aristocratic family with long servi ...

Franz Xaver Neruda Franz Xaver Neruda (or František) (3 December 1843 – 19 March 1915) was a Czech-Danish cellist and composer of Moravian origin. Life Franz Xaver Neruda was born in Brno into a musical family. He was the fifth child of the organist of Brno ...

Ulrik Neumann Ulrik Neumann (23 October 1918 – 28 June 1994) was a Danish film actor and musician. He appeared in 19 films between 1940 and 1966. Ulrik Neumann was an accomplished guitar player. From 1959 to 1961 he was a member of the trio Swe-Danes wi ...

* Andreas P. Nielsen *

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...

Ludolf Nielsen Karl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen (29 January 1876 – 16 October 1939) was a Danish composer, violinist, conductor, and pianist. Today he is considered one of the most important Danish composers of the early 1900s (together with the more famous Carl Ni ...

* Erik Norby *

Heinrich von Nutzhorn Højskole Lærer og forstander af Askov Højskole Heinrich von Nutzhorn (February 20, 1833 – 1925) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L ...

Cora Nyegaard Cora Nyegaard (January 12, 1812 – April 28, 1891) was a Denmark, Danish composer. According to thDanish Women's Biographical Lexicon Cora started composing music when she was around ten years old and she was often asked to create melodies for ...

Per Nørgård Per Nørgård (; born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style has varied considerably throughout his career, his music has often included repeatedly evolving melodies—such as the infinity series—in the vein o ...

Ib Nørholm Ib Nørholm (24 January 1931 in Søborg, Gladsaxe Municipality – 10 June 2019) was a Denmark, Danish composer and organist. Life and career Nørholm studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he later taught (from 1973 ...

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Morten Olsen Morten Per Olsen (born 14 August 1949) is a Danish football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championshi ...

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Else Marie Pade Else Marie Pade (2 December 1924 – 18 January 2016) was a Danish composer of electronic music. She was educated as a pianist at the ''Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium'' ( Royal Danish Academy of Music) in Copenhagen. She studied compositio ...

Steen Pade Steen Pade (born 1956) is a Danish composer. He studied composition with Ib Nørholm, Per Nørgård, and Karl Aage Rasmussen. From 1992 to 2007 he was director (principal) of the Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music ...

Holger Simon Paulli Holger Simon Paulli (22 February 181023 December 1891) was a Danish conductor and composer. Paulli composed an opera, thirteen ballets, an overture, and pieces for violin and lieder. Biography Paulli was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a stu ...

Gunner Møller Pedersen Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 1943) is a Danish composer. Pedersen is best noted for composing the scores to nine of the films of Danish director Nils Malmros including ''Beauty and the Beast'' ('' Skønheden og udyret'') in 1983 and ''Pain of Lov ...

Ivan Pedersen Ivan Pedersen (born April 22, 1950) is a Danish composer. Discography With McKinleys * 1973: '' Pick Up Passion'' * 1977: ''McKinleys'' * 1978: '' Ballroom Heroes'' * 1979: '' New Shoes for the Old Suit'' * 1980: ''Robin Hood'' * 1993: McKin ...

Mogens Pedersøn Mogens Pedersøn (also ''Mogens Pedersen'', ''Magno Petreo''; c. 1583 – January or February 1623) was a Danish instrumentalist and composer. He is considered the most important Danish-born composer before Buxtehude. Life Early in his career he e ...

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Karl Aage Rasmussen Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 13 December 1947 in Kolding, Denmark) is a Danish composer and writer. Composition Quotation and particularly collage played an important role in his music from the early 1970s, but increasingly he used pre-existing mus ...

Emil Reesen Emil Reesen (30 May 1887 – 27 March 1964) was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist. Aside from composing for ballets and operas he was also a noted film score composer. He is remembered mainly for his operetta ''Farinelli'' (1942), wh ...

Jascha Richter Jascha Richter (born 24 June 1963) is a Danish-American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, where he composes and sings most of their songs. Some of his best known so ...

Knudåge Riisager Knudåge Riisager (6 March 1897 in Kunda, Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia follow ...

Oluf Ring Oluf Ring (24 December 1884 – 26 April 1946) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A * Thorva ...

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Leopold Rosenfeld Leopold Rosenfeld (21 July 1849 – 19 July 1909) was a Danish composer and singing teacher. He was also a music critic at the newspapers ''Danneborg'', ''Musikbladet'' and ''Tidsskrift for Musik og Teater''. In 1889, he was titled professor. On ...

Poul Ruders Poul Ruders (born 27 March 1949) is a Danish composer. Life Born in Ringsted, Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s. Ruders regards his own compositi ...

Frederik Rung Frederik Rung (June 14, 1854 - January 22, 1914) was a Danish conductor and composer. Biography He was the son of composer Henrik Rung (1807-1871). His sister Sophie Keller (1850–1929) was an opera singer at the Royal Danish Theatre. His so ...

Henrik Rung Henrik Rung (March 30, 1807 - December 12, 1871) was a Danish composer. Biography Henrik Rung was born in Copenhagen. Rung received training with the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen. He received a travel grant to study in Germany, Ital ...

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Sanne Salomonsen Sanne Salomonsen (born 30 December 1955), is a Danish singer. She has been performing since 1973, and various songs by her band Sneakers were on the charts continuously from 1979 to 1985. She was also a member of the Anne Linnet Band. Salomonsen ...

Claus Schall Claus Nielsen Schall (28 April 1757 – 10 August 1835) was a Danish violinist and composer. Notable works *Bønderne og herrerne på lystgården (ballet 1778) *Kjærlighedens og Mistankens Magt (ballet 1780) *Savoyardinderne (ballet 1781) ...

Peder Schall Peder Schall (1762–1820) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A * Thorvald Aagaard *Truid Aa ...

Johann Adolph Scheibe Johann Adolph Scheibe (5 May 1708 – 22 April 1776) was a German-Danish composer and significant critic and theorist of music. Though much of his theoretical work survives, most of his compositions are lost, though the extant ones demonstrate a ...

Poul Schierbeck Poul Schierbeck (8 June 1888 – 9 February 1949) was a Danish composer and organist. He was a pupil of Carl Nielsen and Thomas Laub. From 1931 he taught composition and instrumentation at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His pupils include ...

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Svend S. Schultz Svend Simon Schultz (December 30, 1913 – June 6, 1998) was a Danish composer and conductor. A pupil of Poul Schierbeck. Notable works *Bag kulisserne (1949) *Kaffehuset (1949) *Solbadet (1949) *Høst (1950) *Tordenvejret eller Da Søren blev ...

Sebastian Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

Rudolph Simonsen Rudolph Hermann Simonsen (April 30, 1889 – March 28, 1947) was a Danish composer who studied under Otto Malling. In 1928, he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his Symphony No. 2: ''Hellas''. From 1931 S ...

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Niels Skousen Niels Skousen (born 28 January 1944 in Cologne, Germany) is a Danish composer, guitarist, actor , and poet. Niels Skousen is married to Linda Wendel (since 2003). He started his musical career in 1964. After having heard the Bob Dylan album ...

Kira Skov Kira Skov (born 6 June 1976) is a Danish singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of rock band Kira & The Kindred Spirits. Early life Kira was born in the town of Rødovre, and became interested in classical music through her aunt ...

* Bent Sørensen *

Aage Stentoft Aage Stentoft (1 May 1914 – 8 July 1990) was a Danish composer, film score composer and theatre director. He composed over 700 melodies during his lifetime. Biography Stentoft was born in Holbæk, where he graduated from the Stenhus Kostsko ...

Bo Stief Bo Stief (born 15 October 1946) is a Danish jazz and rock bassist, composer, and arranger born in Copenhagen. He has worked or recorded with Don Cherry, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Jackie McLean, G ...

Henrik Strube Henrik Strube (born 21 February 1949) is a Danish guitarist and musician. Discography * ''Fødelandssange'' (1972) * ''Ven og Fjende'' (1976) * ''Jackpot'' (1977) * ''Hunden er løs'' (1979) * ''Den Flyvende Duo'' (1981) * ''Unruhrig'' (1983) ...

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John Tchicai John Martin Tchicai ( ; 28 April 1936 – 8 October 2012) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer. Biography Tchicai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a Danish mother and a Congolese father. The family moved to Aarhus, where he st ...

Michael Teschl Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "This Time I Mean It" written by Ebbe Ravn. The song was performed by Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl. The Danish broadcaster DR returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after ...

Carl August Thielo Carl August Thielo (February 7, 1707 – December 3, 1763) was a Danish composer. theatre entrepreneur, music teacher, organist from Saxony. He spent most of his life in Copenhagen from the 1720s onwards and founded the first opera house there i ...

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Kenneth Thordal Kenneth Thordal (born 16 October 1965 in Copenhagen) is a Danish musician, songwriter, music producer, composer, writer and translator. Among other things, Thordal is known for writing the Danish translation of the lyrics and dialogue of the Br ...

Peter Thorup Peter Eiberg Thorup (14 December 1948 – 3 August 2007) was a Danish guitarist, singer, composer and record producer. He was one of the most important blues musicians in Denmark, and he was known outside his own country, when in the late 196 ...

Leif Thybo Leif Thybo (12 June 1922 – 24 January 2001) was a Danish organist and composer. He studied theory with Vagn Holmboe before entering the Royal Danish Academy of Music where he was taught instrumentation by Poul Schierbeck, organ by Emilius Bang ...

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Karsten Vogel Karsten Vogel (born 11 January 1943) is a Danish composer. He is also a conductor, a saxophonist and a music teacher. Vogel was born in Copenhagen and was awarded his MA in Danish language and literature in 1968 from University of Copenhagen. ...

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Tue West Tue West (born 1977) is a Danish composer and musician. He released six solo albums in Danish and one English album with the trio "Jaruni, Moura and Wesko" Discography Albums *2003: ''Tue West'' (Universal) *2005: ''Meldingen kommer'' (Univer ...

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August Winding August Winding (24 March 183516 June 1899) was a Danish pianist, teacher and composer. Life Early life and education August Henrik Winding was born in Tårs, near Sandby on the island of Lolland. His father was a clergyman who collected and arran ...

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Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck (also: Hartenack; July 2, 1746 in Husum – February 15, 1832 in Copenhagen) was a German-Denmark, Danish composer. Early years At the age of 5, the young Otto performed for King Frederick V of Denmark, and before he ...

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