Tore Sinding (1903 in Stavern – 1969 in Solbukta, Frogn) was a Norwegian pianist and

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. He studied piano with Mary Barratt Due and Nils Larsen and organ with Arild Sandvold. Sinding also studied in Berlin, Vienna and Paris. His debut as a piano player was in 1922, as an

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player was in 1933 and as a

was in 1945. He composed almost seventy songs, several piano pieces and the music of a ballett «Mot ballade» (after a short story by

Hans E. Kinck Hans Ernst Kinck (; 11 October 1865 – 13 October 1926) was a Norwegian author and philologist who wrote novels, short stories, dramas, and essays. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. Life Kinck was born in Øksf ...

). He was a well-respected pianist and piano teacher in his day.

Recordings

Songs and piano works Anne Felberg, Njål Sparbo, Geir Henning Braaten - piano QCD 2003Quattro
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References

1903 births 1969 deaths 20th-century composers Musicians from Stavern People from Larvik {{norway-composer-stub