Thorvald Lammers (15 January 1841 – 8 February 1922) was a Norwegian baritone singer,

choral conductor Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duties ...

, composer, and

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. Lammers was born in Modum, and made his stage début in

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in 1873. He founded the

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known as ''Korforeningen'' in 1879, and conducted it until 1909. By around 1900, Lammers was regarded as

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's most important male singer. Among his compositions are the songs "Gamle Norig" and "Der ligger et land".

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