Johan Halvorsen

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[details ←] Passacaglia - Duo for Violin and Viola, viola, violin,
[details ←] Entry of the Boyars [Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj] (extra condensed score), concert band,
[details ←] Passacaglia In G Minor For Violin And Viola (Score/Parts), viola, violin,
[details ←] Entry of the Boyars [Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj] (set with condensed score), concert band,
[details ←] Slatter (Norwegian Peasant Dances), violin, piano, fiddle,
[details ←] Sarabande con Variazioni (score & parts), piano,
[details ←] Brudefoelget Drager Forbi, Op. 19/2 [transcription] Norwegian Bridal Procession - full score, percussion,
[details ←] Slatter (Norwegian Peasant Dances), violin,
[details ←] Entrance Of The Boyars, clarinet,
[details ←] Entry March of the Boyars, Op. 17, concert band,
[details ←] Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj Entry of the Boyars - full score, percussion,
[details ←] Two Songs [arrangement] - full score, orchestra,
[details ←] Two Songs [arrangement] - set of parts, orchestra,
[details ←] Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj (Entry of the Boyars) - conductor’s score, percussion,
[details ←] Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj (Entry of the Boyars) - set of parts, percussion,
[details ←] Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj Entry of the Boyars - set of parts, percussion,
[details ←] Brudefoelget Drager Forbi, Op. 19/2 [transcription] Norwegian Bridal Procession - set of parts, percussion,
[details ←] Du, du liegst mir am Herzen, choral, vocal,
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Born: 15 March 1864 — Drammen — Norway
Died: 4 December 1935 — Oslo — Norway
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Life

Played the violin from he was about 7 years old. Studied music in Stockholm. Concert master in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra "Harmonien" in 1884. Met Edvard Grieg, and became a close friend of his. They co-operated closely on Grieg’s opus 72 "Norwegian Peasant Dances". Further studies in Leipzig with Adolf Brodsky. Concert Master in the Aberdeen Musical Society. Professor at the Music Concervatory in Helsinki. Further studies in St. Petersburg, Berlin and Liège. 1893-1899 Concert Master in "Harmonien" in Bergen, where he first started to compose. 1899-1929 Conductor of the theatre orchestra in Oslo.

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