Fartein Olav Valen

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Born: 1887 — Stavanger — Norway
Died: 1952 — Valevåg — Norway
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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.

Life

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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(1803) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of violin sonata in A major op. 47 “Kreutzer Sonata”, in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven at the piano.
(1833) Heinrich Marschner: Premiere of Hans Heiling, in Berlin, Germany.
(1873) Léo Delibes: Premiere of Le Roi l'a Dit, in Paris, France.
(1906) Frederick Delius: Premiere of Sea Drift, in Essen, Germany.
(1918) Béla Bartók: Premiere of Duke Bluebeard's Castle op. 11, in Budapest, Hungary.

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