Name Bjorn Fongaard Role Composer | Albums Elektrofoni | |
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Died October 26, 1980, Oslo, Norway Similar People Bjarne Brustad, Arne Nordheim, Alfred Janson, Sigurd Islandsmoen, Brian Ferneyhough | ||
Bj rn fongaard elektrofoni at henie onstad kunstsenter
Bjørn Fongaard (1919 in Oslo – 1980 in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and teacher. In addition to being concerned with microtonal and electronic music, he was perhaps the first to use the prepared guitar. "Fongaard's output is considerable...Due to the partly experimental notation, these works have not become widely known."
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Bjorn foongard galaxy for three quartet tones guitars
Life
He studied at the Oslo Conservatory of Music with teachers including Per Steenberg, Sigurd Islandsmoen, Bjarne Brustad, and Karl Andersen. He started off by constructing a quarter tone guitar with adaption of the fretboard, but very early left this in favor of a diverse set of prepared guitar techniques. His first pieces in this genre came in the mid 60's. A sampler CD of his own recordings entitled Elektrofoni: Works For Micro Intervallic Guitar 1965-1978 was released in 2011. In 2015, a double disc of new recordings by Norwegian guitarist Anders Førisdal was released on Aurora Records.
List of works
Songs
Evolusjon
Sinfonia Microtonalis No1 - Opus 79
Sinfonia Microtonalis No3 - Opus 79