Hans Abrahamsen

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Hans Abrahamsen (born December 23, 1952) is a Danish composer. Hans Abrahamsen started by playing the French horn, but even at a very young age he showed a remarkable talent for composition. In 1969 he began to study French horn at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, but already in 1970-71 he had his first lessons in composition with Niels Viggo Bentzon. In 1971 he studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Århus where he was taught composition by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. He has also studied with Per Nørgård and György Ligeti. From 1975-81 he went back to Copenhagen to study music history and music theory. In his early career Hans Abrahamsen was a key figure in the Danish New Simplicity movement which reacted against the complexities of the Darmstadt school. Despite the small scale and brevity of many of his works, his music often has an epic quality, creating the impression that behind the scarcity of material lie expansive concepts and dense thought. An early beginner – his first published works date from when he was sixteen – Abrahamsen started out with a flair for rediscovering fundamentals. By the age of thirty he had produced a sizeable output: several orchestral works (Nacht und Trompeten, a luminous and dramatic nocturne, was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic), two string quartets and numerous other pieces, mostly instrumental, including another fine example of wintry musical poetry, Winternacht. In 1984 came a set of seven piano stud

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Abrahamsen: Stratifications / Nacht Und Trompeten / Piano Concerto

H. Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You

Hans Abrahamsen: let me tell you

Hans Abrahamsen: Schnee

Abrahamsen: Schnee

Abrahamsen: String Quartets 1 - 4

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Abrahamsen: String Quartet No. 1 "10 Preludes" & 6 Pieces for Horn Trio

Abrahamsen: 10 Studies for Piano / 6 Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano

Hans Abrahamsen: Zählen und Erzählen

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Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You

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Gifts and Greetings

Left, Alone

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