Tone Alis Groven Holmboe (9 January 1930 – 10 June 2020) was a
Norwegian
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composer and teacher.
Personal life
She was the second daughter of
composer
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and
innovator
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Eivind Groven
Eivind Groven (8 October 1901 – 8 February 1977) was a Norwegian composer and music-theorist. He was from traditional region of Vest-Telemark and had a background in the folk music of the area.
Biography
Groven was born in the village of Lå ...
, and teacher and singer
Ragna Groven.
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She was married to Adler Holmboe (1923-2014) of the Holmboe family
Holmboe is a Norwegian family which originated at Hirsholmene in Jutland, Denmark. It was introduced into Norway with the arrival of brothers Jens Olsøn Holmboe (1671–1743) and Hans Olsøn Holmboe (1685–1762). Jens Olsen Holmboe was a seni ...
, and they have three children, Ragnhild (1955), Kristin (1959) and Thorolf (1967).[
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Works and musical style
She composed in a classical idiom, with strong flavours of Norwegian folk music. The music is fully tonal and structurally simple, yet with attention to small rhythmic and harmonic details and variations. The bulk of her work is songs, mostly for voice and piano (ca. 100). She has written a number of chamber musical duets and solos, most notably ''Syv slåtter og impresjoner for piano solo'' ("Seven Dances and Impressions for Piano Solo").
Her music has been regularly broadcast on Norwegian radio, and is represented on various recordings by other artists. On her seventieth birthday, she released her first CD as a composer, named ''Tonebilder'' ("tone paintings") (2000), with performances by Rolf Erik Nystrøm Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. ...
, alto and soprano saxophones, her cousin Sigmund Groven
Sigmund Groven (born 16 March 1946 in Heddal, Telemark) is a Norwegian classical harmonica player, today considered one of the world's leading classical harmonica players. He plays with a large number of the world's leading musicians and orchestr ...
, harmonica, and 10 other performers, amongst them her three children. One track from this recording was used on the soundtrack of the popular Norwegian movie ''Elling
''Elling'' is a Norwegian Black comedy film directed by Petter Næss. Shot mostly in and around the Norwegian capital Oslo, the film, which was released in 2001, is primarily based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen's novel ''Brødre i blodet'' ("Blood brot ...
'' (2001).
References
External links
tonebilder.no
Tone Groven Holmboe official home pag
of works by Tone Groven Holmboe
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1930 births
2020 deaths
Norwegian composers
Tone Groven