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Instruments
  
Violin

Genres
  
Classical music

Role
  
Composer


Name
  
Johan Halvorsen

Children
  
Stein Grieg Halvorsen


Occupation(s)
  
Conductor, pedagogue, violinist

Died
  
December 4, 1935, Oslo, Norway

Grandchildren
  
Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen

Compositions
  
Passacaglia on a Theme by G F Handel, Passacaglia on a Theme by G F Handel, Entry March of the Boyars, Entry March of the Boyars, Suite ancienne, Suite ancienne, Fossegrimen, Fossegrimen, Sarabande con variazioni, Sarabande con variazioni, Veslemoy's Song, Veslemoy's Song, Danse visionaire, Danse visionaire, Vasantasena, Vasantasena, Andante religioso, Andante religioso, Bergensiana, Bergensiana, Flagsang, Flagsang, Kleine danssuite, Kleine danssuite, Norsk kjempedans, Norsk kjempedans, Cantate voor de inwijding van het Vestlandske kunstindustrimuseum, Cantate voor de inwijding van het Vestlandske kunstindustrimuseum, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: IV Dans av smatroll, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: IV Dans av smatroll, Kongen, Kongen, Osterdolsmarschen, Osterdolsmarschen, Hamlet, Hamlet, Gud signe Noregs land, Gud signe Noregs land, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": I Allegro moderato, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": I Allegro moderato, Vort sprog, Vort sprog, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": IV Finale, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": IV Finale, Suite from "Mascarade": IV Hanedansen, Suite from "Mascarade": IV Hanedansen, Ruy Blas, Ruy Blas, Mit fulde glas og sangens raske toner, Mit fulde glas og sangens raske toner, Suite from "Mascarade": VIII Arietta - Passepied, Suite from "Mascarade": VIII Arietta - Passepied, Den gamle fiskers sang, Den gamle fiskers sang, Midtsommer, Midtsommer, Marche chevaleresque, Marche chevaleresque, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: I Peik - prinsessen og stortrollet, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: I Peik - prinsessen og stortrollet, Valse elegiaque, Valse elegiaque, Suite from "Mascarade": VI Molinasque, Suite from "Mascarade": VI Molinasque, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: II Prinsessen kommer ridende pa bjornen, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: II Prinsessen kommer ridende pa bjornen, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: III Trollenes inntog i berget det bla, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: III Trollenes inntog i berget det bla, Askeladden-suite, Askeladden-suite, Fossegrimen - op 21: III Bruremarsch Allegretto marciale, Fossegrimen - op 21: III Bruremarsch Allegretto marciale, Stor stahei for ingenting, Stor stahei for ingenting, Symphony no 3 in C major: II Andante, Symphony no 3 in C major: II Andante, Hallingdal Bataljons Marsch, Hallingdal Bataljons Marsch, Norway's greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Norway's greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": II Romance, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": II Romance, Kjaerlighet uten stromper, Kjaerlighet uten stromper, Dertig Noorse volksliedjes en -dansen voor viool en piano, Dertig Noorse volksliedjes en -dansen voor viool en piano, Fossegrimen - op 21: I Fossegrimen Allegro moderato, Fossegrimen - op 21: I Fossegrimen Allegro moderato, Danse norvegienne No 1, Danse norvegienne No 1, Til Thorvald Lammers, Til Thorvald Lammers, Festivalmars, Festivalmars, Fossegrimen - op 21: II Huldremoyarnes dans Allegretto grazioso, Fossegrimen - op 21: II Huldremoyarnes dans Allegretto grazioso, Lied van Veslemoy, Lied van Veslemoy, Osterdalssangen, Osterdalssangen, De koopman van Venetie-suite, De koopman van Venetie-suite

Similar People
  
Johan Svendsen, Neeme Jarvi, Stein Grieg Halvorsen, Marianne Thorsen, Ragnhild Hemsing

Associated acts
  
Oslo-Filharmonien

Johan halvorsen symphony no 2 in d minor fatum 1924


Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.

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Biography

Born in Drammen, Norway he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life. He received his musical education in Kristiania (now Oslo) and Stockholm, and was a concertmaster in Bergen before joining the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He was a concertmaster in Aberdeen, Scotland, then a professor of music in Helsinki, and finally became a student once again, in St Petersburg, Leipzig (with Adolph Brodsky), Berlin (with Adolf Becker), and Liège (with César Thomson).

Returning to Norway in 1893, he worked as conductor of the theatre orchestra at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen and of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. He became concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic in 1885, and principal conductor in 1893. In 1899 he was appointed conductor of the orchestra at the newly opened National Theatre in Kristiania, a position he held for 30 years until his retirement in 1929.

As well as theatre music, Halvorsen conducted performances of over 30 operas and also wrote the incidental music for more than 30 plays. Following his retirement from the theatre he finally had time to concentrate on the composition of his three symphonies and two well-known Norwegian rhapsodies.

Halvorsen's compositions were a development of the national romantic tradition exemplified by Edvard Grieg though written in a distinctive style marked by innovative orchestration. Halvorsen married Grieg's niece, and orchestrated some of his piano works, such as a funeral march which was played at Grieg's funeral. Five days after Halvorsen died, Grieg's cousin and widow Nina Grieg also died.

His best known works today are the Bojarenes inntogsmarsj (Entry March of the Boyars) and Bergensiana, along with his Passacaglia and Sarabande, duos for violin and viola based on themes by George Frideric Handel.

In early 2016, librarians at the University of Toronto announced that they had located the manuscript score of his violin concerto, performed only thrice in 1909 and considered lost. The piece is to receive its second debut in July 2016.

Selected compositions

Operetta
  • Mod Nordpolen, in 3 acts (1911); libretto by Vilhelm Dybwad
  • Incidental music
  • Gurre, Op. 17; music for the play by Holger Drachmann
  • Nordraakiana
  • Askeladden
  • Reisen til Julestjernen (Journey to the Christmas Star); music for the play by Sverre Brandt
  • Tordenskjold, Op. 18; music for the historical play by Jacob Breda Bull
  • Kongen (The King), Op. 19; music for the play by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
  • Fossegrimen, Op. 21; music for the play by Sigurd Eldegard
  • Vasantasena; music for the old Indian play
  • The Merchant of Venice; music for the Shakespeare play
  • Much Ado about Nothing (1915); music for the Shakespeare play
  • Livet i skogen, Op. 33; music for William Shakespeare's As You Like It
  • Dronning Tamara (Queen Tamara); music for the play by Knut Hamsun
  • Macbeth (1920); music for the Shakespeare play
  • Orchestra
  • Bojarenes inntogsmarsj (Entry March of the Boyars) for orchestra (or concert band) (1895)
  • Festovertyre (Norwegian Festival Overture), Op. 16 (1899)
  • Nächtlicher Zug from Miniatures for string orchestra, Op. 29 No. 2 (1910); arrangement by the composer
  • Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in Memoriam, Op. 30 (1910)
  • Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Op. 31 (1910)
  • Suite ancienne to the Memory of Ludvig Holberg, Op. 31 (1911)
  • Festmarsj (Festival March). Op. 32
  • Scène funèbre
  • Sérénade, Op. 33 (1913)
  • Bergensiana, Rococo Variations on an Old Melody from Bergen "Jeg tog min nystemte Cithar i Hænde" (I Took Up My Newly Tuned Zither) (1913)
  • Norske rapsodie No. 1 (Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1) in A major (1919–1920)
    1. Springar
    2. I went so lately to my bed
    3. Halling - Springar
  • Norske rapsodie No. 2 (Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2) in G major (1919–1920)
    1. Dance tune from Åmot
    2. Han Ole
    3. Springar
  • Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1923)
  • Symphony No. 2 "Fatum" in D minor (1924, revised 1928)
  • Symphony No. 3 in C major (1929)
  • Norske eventyrbylleder (Norwegian Fairy-tale Pictures), Op. 37 (1933); reworking of 1925 incidental music
    1. Peik, prinsessen og stortrollet (Peik, the Princess and the Big Troll)
    2. Prinsessen kommer ridende på bjørnen (The Princess Comes Riding on a Bear)
    3. Trollenes inntog i berget det blå (Entry of the Trolls into the Town Hall)
    4. Dans av småtroll (Dance of the Little Trolls)
  • Festovertyre (Norwegian Festival Overture), Op. 38
  • Elegi for string orchestra
  • Forspill til den hvite Ring
  • Rabnabryllaup uti Kraakjalund, Norwegian Folk-Song Arrangement for string orchestra
  • Concert band
  • Hallingdal Bataljon's Marsj (1882–1883)
  • Gatemarsj (Street March)
  • Norwegian Sea Picture
  • Salutation to the Royal Couple of Norway
  • Concertante
  • Air norvégien (Norwegian Air) for violin and orchestra, Op. 7 (1896/1903).
  • Veslemøy's Song for violin and orchestra (1898); dedicated to Kathleen Parlow
  • Norwegian Song "The Old Fisherman's Song" for violin and string orchestra, Op. 31 (1901, 1913)
  • Andante Religioso for violin and orchestra (1903)
  • Concerto in G minor for violin and orchestra (1909)
  • Bryllupsmarsch, Norwegian Wedding March for violin and orchestra, Op. 32 No. 1
  • Danses norvégiennes No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1915)
  • Danses norvégiennes No. 2 for violin and orchestra (1915)
  • Chamber music
  • 6 Stimmungsbilder (6 Mood Pieces) for violin and piano (1890)
  • Suite in G minor for violin and piano (1890)
  • Danses norvégiennes for violin and piano (1897)
  • Elegie (Andante) for violin and piano (1897)
  • Passacaglia in G minor on a Theme by George Frideric Handel (from Harpsichord Suite in G minor, HWV 432) for violin and viola (1897)
  • Sarabande con variazioni in D minor on a Theme by George Frideric Handel for violin and viola (1897)
  • Crépuscule for violin and piano (c. 1898)
  • Suite Mosaïque for violin and piano (1898)
    1. Intermezzo orientale
    2. Entr'acte
    3. Scherzino – "Spurven" (The Sparrow)
    4. Veslemøys sang (Veslemøy's Song)
    5. Fête nuptial rustique (An Old-fashioned Wedding)
  • String Quartet in E, Op. 10
  • Little Dance Suite for violin and piano, Op. 22
  • Slåtter, Peasant Dances for violin solo (1903)
  • Miniatures, 5 Easy Pieces for 2 violins and piano, Op. 29 (1910)
  • To serenader (Two Serenades) for violin and piano
  • Norske viser og danse (Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances), 30 Folk Arrangements for violin and piano
  • Concert Caprice on Norwegian Melodies for 2 violins
  • Choral
  • Varde, Cantata for male chorus and orchestra, Op. 11 (1904); words by Per Sivle
  • Alrune for soprano solo, female chorus and chamber orchestra, Op. 20 No. 1
  • Kantate ved kroningen i Trondhjems Domkirke den 22 juni 1906 for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra, harp and organ, Op. 27 (1906); words by Sigvald Skavlan
  • Bergensiana for mixed chorus
  • References

    Johan Halvorsen Wikipedia


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