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OTUFM 02-4-1-Mus-0017
Title
Chant de “Veslemöy” : mosaique no. 4
Date(s)
- 1909 (Creation)
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1 ms. score + 12 parts
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Name of creator
(1864-1935)
Biographical history
Born in Drammen, Norway, Johan Halvorsen was a violinist, conductor and composer who continued the nationalist Norwegian traditions established by Grieg, serving for 30 years as conductor of the Christiania National Theatre. He received his musical education in Kristiania Stockholm. Popular repertoire include Halvorsen’s Danses norvégiennes, for violin and orchestra, and his Entry March of the Boyars. Less often heard are his three symphonies and his two rhapsodies on Norwegian folk-tunes. He composed arrangements of a Sarabande and a Passacaglia by Handel for violin and viola.
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Composer's autograph manuscript dedicated to Kathleen Parlow ; Kristiania 8.9.1909.
Instrumentation: Violin solo and string quintet
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PID
musiclibrary:3518
Physical storage
Box 13, Folder 17
Internet Archive identifier
parlowmusman17