Fartein Olav Valen
Born: 25 August 1887, Stavanger (Norway)
Died: 14 December 1952, Valevåg (Norway)
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Music
Opus list counting forty-five works, including:
- Four symphonies
- Violin concerto
- Piano concerto
- Several orchestral poems
- Piano and organ music
- Motets and songs
- Two string quartets
- Other chamber works
Linear dodecaphonic style influenced by Bach rather than Schönberg.
Biography
Fartein Olav Valen was the son of a missionary. He lived on Madagascar in his early childhood, his health being permanently set back by Malaria. He studied organ and composition in Oslo, later in Berlin but his shy nature kept him at home, Valestrand on the west coast of Norway, and recognition came late. Internationally Valen is almost forgotten, but enjoys high recognition in Norway as the first and groundbraking modernist.
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