Carl Christian Møller (2 June 1823 – 2 April 1893) was a Danish

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and composer. His father was a musician and early in his life Carl Christian was hired in the Danish Civil Artillery Music Corps and later became a musician in the 2nd Brigade Music Corps while also playing in

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's orchestra. He participated in the

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as a musician but from the 1850s and the rest of his life he worked as leader of different orchestras, initially travelling ensembles but in 1857-64 and 1875-85 he led the orchestra of

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s in

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. From 1875 until his death he was a popular leader of Tivoli's concert band.

Musical works

Carl Christian Møller composed some 300 works, mostly in the style of Lumbye or music for concert bands but he has also written ballet and other theater music. Today he may be best known for ''Århus Tappenstreg'' which may paradoxically not entirely be his own composition but is most likely an arrangement of 2 older melodies. * Fastelavnsgildet (stage music) * Kalifen paa Æventyr (stage music) * Esmeralda (stage music) * Sivertsens døtre (stage music) * Brud og pavekrone (stage music) * Far Jean (stage music) * Fra Sibirien til Moskov (ballet by August Bournonville, 1876) * 3 Symfonier for Harmoniorkester (1886–88) * Skarpskyttemarch * Århus Tappenstreg * Bataillemarch * Kong Christian IX’s Revue-march * Augusta-polka * Dorothea-polka * Fanfan-polka * Telefom-polka * Euterpe-vals * Niniche-galop * Cliquot-galop * Figaro-galop * Kunstnerkarneval-galop * Fakkeldans

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Carl Christian Danish composers Danish conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Musicians from Copenhagen 1823 births 1893 deaths 19th-century male musicians