Agathe Backer Grøndahl


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Upcoming concerts

– Thu 10 Jul: A Musical and Visual Tour of Scotland Macphail Theatre, Ullapool, Scotland
– Thu 10 Jul: GUBAIDULINA'S PERCEPTION - IN PARIS,COMPOSER Present Salle Cortot, Paris, France
– Wed 16 Jul: Pops in Outer Space Columbus Park,Stamford, CT
– Thu 17 Jul: Five Centuries of Great Duets East Meadow, NY, USA
– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - Italy
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– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008
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Today (9 Jul)

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– Zoran Bozanic
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– Ingolf Dahl
– Elisabeth Lutyens
– Robert Oboussier
Dying days:
– Randall Thompson
– Oscar van Hemel
– Alexander Gedike
– Giovanni Battista Bononcini
– Johann Rudolf Ahle
Events:
– (1989) Edison Denisov: Premiere of the clarinet concerto, in Lübeck, Germany.
– (1978) Aribert Reimann: Premiere of Lear, in Munich, Germany.
– (1962) Mauricio Kagel: Premiere of Heterophonie, in Darmstadt, Germany.
– (1957) Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Premiere of Simplicius Simplicissimus (new version), in Mannheim, Germany.

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Six Idylles pour piano. Op. 24Search : Six Idylles pour piano. Op. 24
by: Agathe Ursula Backer-Gröndahl


Drei Klavierstücke. Op. 25. No. 1. Novelette. No. 2. Gavotte. No. 3. IntermezzoSearch : Drei Klavierstücke. Op. 25. No. 1. Novelette. No. 2. Gavotte. No. 3. Intermezzo
by: Agathe Ursula Backer-Gröndahl


Kunstnermarsch for piano i Anledning af Borgens Aabning, etcSearch : Kunstnermarsch for piano i Anledning af Borgens Aabning, etc
by: Agathe Ursula Backer-Gröndahl


Drei Lieder für Sopran oder Baryton (deutscher u. dänsicher Text) mit Pianoforte-Begleitung. (Übersetzt von A. v. Gähler.)Search : Drei Lieder für Sopran oder Baryton (deutscher u. dänsicher Text) mit Pianoforte-Begleitung. (Übersetzt von A. v. Gähler.)
by: Agathe Ursula Backer-Gröndahl


Menuet. [P. F.]Search : Menuet. [P. F.]
by: Agathe Ursula Backer-Gröndahl


Chant des Noces ... Bryllupsmorgen. Ord af H. Gréville, oversat ved P. H. For Sang og Piano. (Op. 28.)Search : Chant des Noces ... Bryllupsmorgen. Ord af H. Gréville, oversat ved P. H. For Sang og Piano. (Op. 28.)
by: Agathe Ursula Backer-Gröndahl



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Born: 1 December 1847 — Holmestrand — Norway
Died: 4 June 1907 — Oslo — Norway
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Together with Grieg and Kjerulf, Agathe Backer Grøndahl was Norway’s most famous composer of romances. From 1857 she studied with Otto Winter Hjelm. From 1865 studies in Berlin, Germany followed, where she had great success with Beethoven’s 5th Piano concerto. She moved to Oslo in 1867, and studied in Germany with Franz Liszt in 1873. She was a close friend of Edvard Grieg her whole life. Unfortunately she had to stop playing at concerts after loosing her hearing.

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