Bjarne Brustad (4 March 1895, in
Kristiania
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, now Oslo – 20 May 1978, in
Oslo
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) was a
Norwegian
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composer,
violin
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ist and
violist
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. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as Paris, Munich and Berlin, where he received musical inspiration and contacts. From 1928 to 1943, Brustad was viola soloist with
Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Oslo. He wrote
symphonies, compositions for violin and orchestra,
chamber music and
opera
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.
His opera ''Atlantis'' was finished in 1945.
After
World War II
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he was also active in organizing work.
[
As a teacher at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, his students included ]Bjørn Fongaard
Bjørn Fongaard (2 March 1919 in Oslo – 26 October 1980 in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and teacher. In addition to being concerned with microtonal music, microtonal and electronic music, he was perhaps the first to use the pr ...
Selected works
;Stage
* ''Atlantis'', Opera (1945)
;Orchestral
* Suite No. 1 (1920)
* ''Berceuse and Waltz'' for chamber orchestra
* ''Perpetum Mobile'' for chamber orchestra (1924, revised 1958)
* ''Norsk Suite'' (Norwegian Suite) (1926, 1961); original version for viola and piano
* ''Concerto Grosso: En studie'' (1938)
* Symphony No. 1 (1948)
* ''Ouvertyre'' (Overture) (1950)
* Symphony No. 2 (1951)
* Suite No. 2 (1952)
* Symphony No. 3 (1953)
* ''Kinderspiele'', Suite for chamber orchestra (1955)
* ''Cabaret'' for chamber orchestra (1958)
* ''Day-Dreams'' for chamber orchestra (1958)
* ''French Suite'' for chamber orchestra
* Suite (1959)
* Symphony No. 4 (1967)
* Symphony No. 5 (1967)
* Symphony No. 6 (1970)
* Symphony No. 7 (1972)
* Symphony No. 8 (1972)
* Symphony No. 9 (1973)
;Concertante
* Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1922)
* Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra (1927)
* Concertino for viola and chamber orchestra (1932)
* ''Rapsodi'' (Rhapsody) for violin and orchestra, Op. 19 (1933)
* Concerto No. 3 for violin and orchestra; unfinished
* ''Vore jag et litet barn'' for violin and orchestra (1958)
* Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra (1961)
* Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1969)
;Chamber music
* ''Berceuse'' for violin and piano
* ''Poeme'' for violin and piano
* ''Nature Morte'', Parodie for string quartet (1926)
* ''Norsk Suite'' (Norwegian Suite) for viola and piano (1926); also for orchestra
* ''Capricci'' for violin and viola (1931)
* ''Partita'' for viola (1931, revised 1957)
* ''Eventyrsuite'' (Fairy Tale Suite) for violin (1932)
:# Natur og hulder (Nature and Hulder
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)
:# Veslefrikk
:# Sull (Song)
:# Trollkvenna (Troll's Mill)
* Sonata No. 1 for violin (1935, revised 1958)
* Trio o. 1for clarinet, violin and viola (1938)
* ''Fanitullsuite'' (Devil Suite) for violin (1946)
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:# Huldrespill
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* ''Serenade'', Trio No. 2 for violin, clarinet and bassoon (1947)
* Sonata for violin and piano (1950)
* Sonata No. 2 for violin (1956)
* Sonata No. 3 for violin (1957)
* ''Divertimento'' for flute (1958)
* String Quartet No. 3 (1959)
* ''Serenade'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1969)
;Piano
* ''Fra barnets verden'' (From a Child's World; Kinderspiele) (1934)
* ''Pièce héroique''
;Vocal
* ''Hugen'' for voice and piano (1912); words by Ivar Aasen
Ivar Andreas Aasen (; 5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet. He is best known for having assembled one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, Nynorsk, from va ...
* ''Bånsull fra Sunndalen'' (Lullaby from Sunndalen) for voice and piano (1921)
* ''Et barn'' (A Child) for voice and piano (1948); words by Arnulf Øverland
Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1968) was a Norwegian poet and artist. He is principally known for his poetry which served to inspire the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway during Wor ...
* ''Berceuse'' for soprano and orchestra
* ''Did You Cry...?'' for voice and string orchestra; words by Ingeborg Boyine Flood (1901–1963)
* ''Stærvise'' for soprano or tenor and piano
References
External links
Biography at Music Information Centre Norway
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1895 births
1978 deaths
Composers for violin
Musicians from Oslo
Norwegian classical composers
Norwegian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Norwegian classical violists
Norwegian opera composers
20th-century classical composers
Norwegian male classical composers
20th-century classical violinists
Oslo Conservatory of Music faculty
20th-century Norwegian male musicians
20th-century violists