Bjarne Brustad

Bjarne Brustad

Bjarne Brustad (born March 4, 1895 in Kristiania , † May 20, 1978 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist.

Brustad studied composition and violin at the Oslo Conservatory and in Berlin, where Gustav Lange , Emil Telmányi and Carl Flesch were among his teachers. He then played as a violinist and violist in the symphony orchestra of the Philharmonic Society of Oslo and was the orchestra's principal violist from 1928 to 1943. He also taught violin and composition at the State Academy for Music.

Works

• Berceuse: for en sangstemme and orkester
• Berceuse for violin and piano
• Berceuse and Waltz
• French suite
• Did you cry -?
• Concerto for violin and orchestra
• Pièce héroique
• Stærvise
• If I were a Little Child
• Hugen , 1912
• Bånsull from Sunndalen , 1921
• Perpetum Mobile , 1924, 1958
• Nature Morte: Parodie for strykekvartett , 1926
• Norwegian Suite for Viola and Piano, 1926
• Capricci for violin and viola, 1931
• Partita for viola, 1931, 1957
• Concertino for viola and chamber orchestra, 1932
• Eventyrsuite , 1932
• Rhapsody for violin and orchestra, 1933
• Children's games for piano, 1934
• Sonata No. 1 for violin, 1935, 1958
• Concerto Grosso: En studie for orkester , 1938
• Trio for clarinet, violin and viola, 1938
• Fanitul Suite for Violin, 1946
• Serenade for violin, clarinet and bassoon, 1947
• Symphony No. 1 , 1948
• Overture for orchestra, 1950
• Sonata for violin and piano, 1950
• Symphony No. 2 , 1951
• Suite No. 2 for orchestra, 1952
• Symphony No. 3 , 1953
• Children's games: Suite , 1955
• Sonata No. 2 for violin, 1956
• Sonata No. 3 for violin, 1957
• Cabaret , 1958
• Day-dreams , 1958
• Divertimento for flute, 1958
• String Quartet No. 3 , 1959
• Violin Concerto No. 4 , 1961
• Symphony No. 4 , 1967
• Symphony No. 5 , 1967
• Serenade for wind quintet, 1969
• Suite , 1959
• Concerto for clarinet and strings, 1970
• Symphony No. 6 , 1970
• Symphony No. 7 , 1972