Poul Rovsing Olsen

about

(b Copenhagen, 4 Nov 1922; d there, 2 July 1982). Danish composer. He studied with Jeppesen at the Copenhagen Conservatory (1943-6) and with Boulanger and Messiaen in Paris (1948-9), then worked in Copenhagen as a music critic. His early works showed the influences of Bartók, Stravinsky and Nielsen, joined in the 1950s by 12-note serialism, but from the 1960s his music began to reflect his work as a musical ethnologist (A L′inconnu for voice and 13 instruments, 1962): he did fieldwork in Greenland and the Persian Gulf and taught at the universities of Lund (1967-9) and Copenhagen (from 1969). His output includes an opera, orchestral and chamber music, piano pieces and songs. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Poul Rovsing Olsen: The Planets – Works for Voice & Instruments

Zumayyah

Nahma : A Gulf Polyphony

The Light of Carl Nielsen

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Rovsing Olsen: Orchestral Works

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Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony

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Frosty Silence (The): Music for Guitar by Danish Composers

Olsen, P.R.: Music for Cello & Piano

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Rovsing Olsen: Songs

Olsen, P.R.: Belisa

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Serenade / Trio No. 2 / String Quartet No. 2 / Concertino

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Olsen: Belisa

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