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Harald Sæverud
12+ albums
Classicalnorwegian20th Century ClassicalcomposerNorway
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Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (April 17, 1897 – March 27, 1992) was a Norwegian composer. He is most known for his music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Rondo Amoroso, and the Ballad of Revolt (Norwegian: Kjempeviseslåtten). Sæverud wrote nine symphonies, and a large number of pieces for solo piano. He was a frequent guest conductor of his own works with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Background and early career Harald Sæverud was born in Bergen and got his basic music education at the local conservatory where his teacher was the Leipzig-educated composer Borghild Holmsen. During his conservatory years he began working on what would become his first symphony, outlined as two large symphonic fantasies. The first fantasy was completed in 1919 and was accepted for performance in Kristiania (later Oslo) in 1920. It revealed an extraordinary talent and gained him a scholarship for further studies at Staatliche Hochshule Für Musik, where Friedrich Koch was his teacher for two years. In Berlin, Sæverud completed the final part of his first symphony, and this new section was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The performance was conducted by his friend Ludwig Mowinckel, who had hired the orchestra to present a concert dedicated to modern Norwegian music. The critics were mostly favorable to Sæverud's symphony, and this further raised his interest for symphonic and orchestral music. Harald Sæverud moved back to his hometown of Bergen in 1922, where he stayed - with few
top songs
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Kjempevise-slåtten
5442Rondo Amoroso
5253Slåtter og Stev fra Siljustøl, Op. 24: IV. På kingelvevstrenger
5174Peer Gynt, Op. 28: Suite No. 1: Hymn against the Boyg
2945Kjempeviseslåtten, Op 22a, No. 5
1976Peer Gynt, Op. 28: Suite No. 1: The Devil's Five-Hop
1837Slåtter og Stev fra Siljustøl, Op. 24: II. Hjuringen Pi Eismodal
1708Kjempeviseslåtten
1569Lette stykker, Vol. 2, Op. 18: II. Smafugl-vals (Little Bird Waltz)
14310Sæverud: Tunes and Dances from Siljustol, Book IV, Op. 25: No. 4, Tone's Cradle Song
119albums
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Harald Sæverud: Selected Piano Pieces
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Harald Sæverud: Orchestral Music Vol. 2
Saeverud: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
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Valen / Sæverud: Piano Music
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Saeverud: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2
Saeverud: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5
Saeverud: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4
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The Long, Long Winter Night
Saeverud: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 6
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Arvesylv. Works by Tveitt, Sæverud and Mørk Karlsen
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Complete Piano Music Vol. 2
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SAEVERUS: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Sinfonia Dolorosa / Galdreslatten / Kjempevise-slatten