Fartein Olav Valen


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Born: 25 August 1887 — Stavanger — Norway
Died: 14 December 1952 — Valevåg — Norway
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Opus list counting forty-five works, including:

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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