Roger Henrichsen

Roger Henrichsen (12 February 1876, in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

– 12 January 1926, in Copenhagen) was a

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

composer and

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

. He was the brother of

Edgar Henrichsen Edgar Henrichsen (19 January 1879 - 24 August 1955) was a Danish composer and organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or mor ...

, and was a student of

Louis Glass Louis Christian August Glass (23 March 1864 – 22 January 1936) was a Danish composer. Glass, born in Copenhagen, was an almost exact contemporary of Carl Nielsen and, like Nielsen, was a student of Niels Gade. However, Glass also studied ...

. His son was the

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

pianist

Børge Roger-Henrichsen Børge is a male Norwegian and Danish given name, a variant of Birger. The Swedish spelling is Börje. Persons with the given name Børge *Børge Brende (born 1965), minister in the Norwegian government *Børge Møller Grimstrup (1906–1972), ...

. 1876 births 1926 deaths Danish composers Male composers Danish classical pianists Musicians from Copenhagen 19th-century classical pianists Male classical pianists 19th-century male musicians {{Denmark-composer-stub