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Ole Olsen

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Ole Olsen (4 July 1850 - 4 November 1927) was a Norwegian organist, composer, conductor and military musician. Olsen was born in Hammerfest, in the county of Finnmark. His mother died when he was young. His father was Iver Olsen, a craftsman and an amateur musician who played the organ at the local church. From a young age Olsen learnt to play the piano and the violin. At the age of five he composed his first small piece, and by the age of seven he sometimes stood in for his father playing the church pipe organ. In 1865 Olsen went to Trondheim as apprentice to a craftsman. He also studied composition and the organ from Fredrick and Just Lindeman, and sometimes substituted for Just as the organist in the Trondheim cathedral. In 1870, having given up his apprenticeship, he moved to Leipzig where he studied under Oskar Paul at the music conservatory until 1874. There he wrote his Symphony in G major, and began his opera Stig Hvide. In 1874 he became a teacher in Christiania (now Oslo), where he spent most of the rest of his life. He conducted the Christiania Artisans' Choral Society from 1876 - 1880, the Music Society orchestra from 1877 - 1880, and the freemason's orchestra from 1894 - 1908. From 1884 he was the music director of the Akershus 2nd Brigade. From 1899 - 1920 he was a music inspector. He had married Marie Hals, the daughter of piano manufacturer Karl Hals, in 1879. He died in Oslo in 1927. Olsen's operas were influenced by Richard Wagner. Another strong influe

top songs

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Funeral March, Op. 41

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Petite suite, Op. 50: No. 2, Mazurka

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Funeral March Op. 41

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Trombone Concerto in F Major, Op. 48: I. Allegro moderato

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Asgardsreien, Op. 10

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Sørgemarsj

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Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 5: I. Allegro maestoso

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Trombone Concerto in F Major, Op. 48: II. Molto andante

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Brudlops Digt

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Trombone Concerto in F Major, Op. 48: III. Allegro moderato

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albums

Olsen: Symphony No. 1 - Trombone Concerto - Asgaardsreien

Olsen: Symphony No. 1 - Trombone Concerto - Asgaardsreien

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Olsen: Orchestral Music

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Norwegian Classical Favourites

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Norwegian Classical Favorites

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Rav

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Vær Hilset

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Norwegian Songs Vol I

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A Norwegian Rendezvous, Vol. 2

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The Greatest Classical Composers of Norway

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Heftig Og Begeistret

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Norwegian Classical Favorites/Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset

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Norwegian Classical Favourites 1

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