Andreas Peter Berggreen

AP Berggreen

Andreas Peter Berggreen (born March 2, 1801 in Copenhagen ; † November 8, 1880 there ) was a Danish composer and organist.

Life

Andreas Peter Berggreen first studied law before turning to music. He was a student of Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse . In 1838 he became the organist of the Treenighed-Kirken and in 1843 a singing teacher at the Metropolitan School in Copenhagen. From 1859 he held the post of song inspector for the public schools in Denmark.

Berggreen sponsored the men's choir and the hymn, and he composed for the theater (popular singspiele at the time). He was the editor of music magazines and musical works. With the latter, especially with his edition of folk songs and melodies from many language areas, it is noticeable how carefully the selection of songs was made, how previously little noticed older sources were included (for the German songs e.g. Büsching - von der Hagen , 1807, and song pamphlets, for example), how quickly relatively new sources were evaluated (Kobell, 1860; Erk, Liederhort, 1856; Ditfurth, 1855 etc.) and how knowledgeable some of the comments are. Berggreen's work is (so rightly the Danish Wikipedia) a unique musical work at this time. The piano movements correspond to the taste of the time.

In addition to several plays, a cantata , piano pieces and songs , he also published some guitar pieces inspired by Norwegian and Russian folklore and the folk song collections Folk-Sange og Melodier (1842–71) and Melodier til Salmebog (1853).

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Individual evidence

↑ Erling Møldrup: Guitar music in Denmark. (Translated by Jan Thomsen) In: Guitar & Laute 6, 1984, Heft 2, pp. 34–41; here: p. 36.
↑ Cf. Otto Holzapfel : "Berggreen Collection in the German Folk Song Archive". In: “Jahrbuch für Volksliedforschung”, vol. 16, 1971, pp. 179–181 [on the purchase of this collection; here: presentation of the collection. - Folke-Sange og Melodieer [!], Vol. 1–4, Copenhagen 1842–1855; Folke-Sange og Melodier ; third, greatly expanded edition, volumes 1–11 [each collection from different language areas], Copenhagen 1860–1871. - In the 3rd edition = volume 1 = Danske Folke-Sange og Melodier, med et Tillæg af islandske og færøiske [Danish folk songs and melodies, with an appendix of Icelandic and Faroese ... set for pianoforte], Copenhagen 1869 with 385 pages in large format, across; 282 Danish songs and pieces of music, 11 from Iceland and the Faroe Islands, with melodies throughout, with many numbers multiple variants are printed; In addition, notes and references to sources for the melodies, for the texts, on the arrangement of the pieces from older folk ballads with Eddic themes to folk dances of the 19th century; comments on each; Concordance of the 2nd and 3rd edition. - In the 3rd edition = Volume 5 = Tydske Folke-Sange og Melodier [… Pianoforte] , 2nd expanded edition, Copenhagen 1863; also printed with the German title Deutsche Volks-Lieder und Melodien [... Pianoforte] with 196 pages in large format, across; 175 German songs and pieces of music, all with melodies; in addition references to sources and comments on the individual numbers with evidence from minnesong to folk dances of the 19th century.].

personal data
SURNAME	Berggreen, Andreas Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	November 8, 1880
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Erling Møldrup: Guitar music in Denmark. (Translated by Jan Thomsen) In: Guitar & Laute 6, 1984, Heft 2, pp. 34–41; here: p. 36.

[2] Cf. Otto Holzapfel : "Berggreen Collection in the German Folk Song Archive". In: “Jahrbuch für Volksliedforschung”, vol. 16, 1971, pp. 179–181 [on the purchase of this collection; here: presentation of the collection. - Folke-Sange og Melodieer [!], Vol. 1–4, Copenhagen 1842–1855; Folke-Sange og Melodier ; third, greatly expanded edition, volumes 1–11 [each collection from different language areas], Copenhagen 1860–1871. - In the 3rd edition = volume 1 = Danske Folke-Sange og Melodier, med et Tillæg af islandske og færøiske [Danish folk songs and melodies, with an appendix of Icelandic and Faroese ... set for pianoforte], Copenhagen 1869 with 385 pages in large format, across; 282 Danish songs and pieces of music, 11 from Iceland and the Faroe Islands, with melodies throughout, with many numbers multiple variants are printed; In addition, notes and references to sources for the melodies, for the texts, on the arrangement of the pieces from older folk ballads with Eddic themes to folk dances of the 19th century; comments on each; Concordance of the 2nd and 3rd edition. - In the 3rd edition = Volume 5 = Tydske Folke-Sange og Melodier [… Pianoforte] , 2nd expanded edition, Copenhagen 1863; also printed with the German title Deutsche Volks-Lieder und Melodien [... Pianoforte] with 196 pages in large format, across; 175 German songs and pieces of music, all with melodies; in addition references to sources and comments on the individual numbers with evidence from minnesong to folk dances of the 19th century.].