Name Hilda Sehested Role Composer | Died 1936, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
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Albums Romantic Piano Works by Danish Women Composers Similar People Peter Tordenskjold, Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu, Enevold De Falsen | ||
Hilda Sehested (1858–1936) was a Danish composer.
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Biography
Hilda Sehested was born in Funen, Denmark, of parents Niels Frederik Bernhard Sehested (1813–82), an archeologist, and Charlotte Christine Linde (1819–94). She studied music with C.F.E. Hornemann in Copenhagen and later with Louise Aglaé Massart in Paris. She studied organ with Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod and composition with Orla Rosenhoff, and began composing at the age of 30.
Sehested's mother died in 1894, and she moved to Copenhagen to live with her sister Thyra. She became engaged to archaeologist and museum director Henry Petersen there, but he died before the wedding. Shocked by his death, Sehested took a job as a nurse for a while and then as a church organist, and eventually returned to composing. She died in Copenhagen.
Works
Sehested wrote a number of songs, compositions for instruments and orchestra and one opera. Selected works include:
Her compositions have been recorded and issued on CD, including;