Arne Oldberg

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Arne Oldberg (born July 12, 1874 in Youngstown / Ohio ; † February 17, 1962 in Evanston / Illinois ) was an American composer.

Life

Oldberg initially took piano lessons from his father, the Swedish hobby musician and pharmacist Oscar Oldberg . He studied at the Gottschalk Lyric School in Chicago until 1892 , then from 1895 with Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna and from 1898 with Joseph Rheinberger in Munich . From 1899 until his retirement in 1941, he led the piano class at Northwestern University in Evanston. In the 1930s he was visiting professor of composition at the University of California at Los Angeles . He also taught at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles.

He composed five symphonies , several piano concertos , chamber music works and piano pieces. In 1908 one of his works was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . In 1915 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters . In 1931 he won first prize in a music competition at the Hollywood Bowl .

Works

  • Preludium et toccata , 1896
  • Fantasia fugata , 1896
  • Petite gavotte , 1896
  • Memory , 1896
  • A summer night: seven tone poems for the pianoforte , 1896
  • Song without words , 1896
  • Suite characteristique for piano, 1896
  • The garden mole , undated
  • Tema con variazione (Ms.)
  • Trois Morceaux , 1902
  • La coquette , 1902
  • Symphonic concerto in G minor, for piano and orchestra , 1907
  • Paolo e Francesca: dramatic overture for orchestra , 1916
  • Theme and variations , 1907
  • A legend for piano, 1907
  • Three miniatures for piano, 1907-08
  • Quintet in C # minor for piano, two violins, viola and cello, 1908
  • Sonata in B flat minor for piano, 1910
  • Improvisation , 1913
  • Sonata for cello or viola, undated
  • Sonata for violin and piano, undated
  • Ballade for orchestra, undated

literature

  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . tape 4 . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 197-198 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Members: Arne Oldberg. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Oldberg, Arne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Youngstown, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1962
Place of death Evanston (Illinois)