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Johan Halvorsen

Johan Halvorsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. He was born in Drammen in Norway and he showed great talent at playing the violin at an early age. He received his musical education in Kristiania (now Oslo) and Stockholm and became concertmaster in Bergen before he joined the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He became professor of music in Helsinki and continued his studies in St. Petersburg, Leipzig, Berlin and Liège.

In 1893 he returned to Norway and worked as conductor of the theatre orchestra at The National Scene in Bergen and of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1899 he was appointed conductor of the orchestra at the newly opened National Theatre in Kristiania, a position he held until his retirement in 1929.

Halvorsen conducted performances of over 30 operas and wrote the incidental music for more than 30 plays. Following his retirement from the theatre he had time to concentrate on composition, completing three symphonies and two well-known Norwegian rhapsodies.

His compositions are generally considered to

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Johan Halvorsen: Fossegrimen. Stage Music, vol.3 – Latvia National Symph. Orchestra

Johan Halvorsen: Fossegrimen, Op. 21 (the complete stage music) · Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Opmore…. 31

Latvia National Symph. Orchestra · Terje Mikkelsen, conductor · Arve Moen Bergset, Hardanger fiddle, vocal · Ginnungagap Choir · Øyvind Blunck, tenor · Per Vollestad, baritone · Åshild Skiri Refsdal, soprano · Joachim Sebastian Kjesbu, boy soprano

(Norsk) Det het seg nemlig at Myllarguten skulle ha lært å spille av Fossegrimen, i folketroen de underjordiskes musikalske lederskikkelse, «og sett sjæli si i pant for læra».

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Johan Halvorsen: Fossegrimen, op.21 · Norway’s Greetings to Theodore Roosevelt

Johan Halvorsen was Musical Director at Nationaltheatret in Oslo for 30 years. He wrote, in
addition to everything else, music to more than 30 plays including works by Shakespeare, Bjørnson and others. The play Fossegrimen was written by Sigurd Eldegard, and is based on the Norwegian leg

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Johan Halvorsen

Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist (1864 - 1935)

Not to be confused with John Halvorsen or Johan Magnus Halvorsen.

Musical artist

Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.

Life

Born in Drammen, he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life. He received his musical education in Kristiania (now Oslo) and Stockholm, and was a concertmaster in Bergen before joining the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He was a concertmaster in Aberdeen, then a professor of music in Helsinki, and finally became a student once again, in St Petersburg, Leipzig (with Adolph Brodsky), Berlin (with Adolf Becker), and Liège (with César Thomson).

Returning to Norway in 1893, he worked as conductor of the theatre orchestra at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen and of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. He became concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic in 1885, and principal conductor in 1893. In 1899 he was appointed conductor of the orchestra at