Louis Glass (composer)
Louis Christian August Glass (born March 23, 1864 in Copenhagen , † January 22, 1936 there ) was a Danish composer.
Glass received music lessons from his father Christian Hendrik Glass and studied with Niels Wilhelm Gade , in Brussels with the pianist Juliusz Zarębski and with Józef Wieniawski . From 1915 to 1918 he was the conductor of the Danish Concert Association , then head of the Conservatory and the Music Pedagogical Association of Copenhagen.
He composed six large program symphonies influenced by César Franck and Anton Bruckner , a ballet , an orchestral suite ( Sommerliv ), two overtures ( Der Volksfeind and Denmark ), Fantasia for piano and orchestra op.47, oboe concerto op.3 (incomplete), violin concerto op.65 , Romance op.29 for violin, The Big City Awakens (Når Storstaden vågner) - sound image for orchestra op.68 , Livets Dans - three dances for orchestra op.51 , chamber music works (including several string quartets), piano pieces and songs . Like Nancy Dalberg and Rued Langgaard , he was always in the shadow of his great contemporary Carl Nielsen .
literature
- Claus Røllum-Larsen: Glass, Louis Christian August. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 7 (Franco - Gretry). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1117-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Louis Glass (composer) in the International Music Score Library Project
- Letters from Glass to E. Grieg
- First editions of orchestral works.
- Detailed CV (German)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glass, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glass, Louis Christian August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1936 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |