Knudåge Riisager

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Knudåge Riisager

Knudåge Riisager (born March 6, 1897 in Kunda , Estonia Governorate , Russian Empire , † December 26, 1974 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish composer.

Riisager was born into a Danish family in Estonia. His father Emil ran a cement factory in Kunda.

Riisager studied political science in Copenhagen and also music with Otto Malling and Peder Gram . He continued his musical training with Paul Le Flem and Albert Roussel in Paris . There he came into contact with the Groupe des Six and got to know the compositions of Igor Stravinsky . In 1932 he completed his training with Hermann Grabner in Leipzig.

From 1926 to 1947 Riisager was a civil servant in Copenhagen, from 1956 to 1967 he headed the conservatory . He composed stage and symphonic works, instrumental concerts, chamber music and songs and wrote several musicological works.

Honors

Works

  • Erasmus Montanus , Overture, 1920
  • Quatre Epigrammes for piano, 1921
  • String Quartet no.3 , 1922
  • Sonata for violin, 1923
  • Sinfonietta pour huit instruments a vent , 1924
  • Symfoni no.1 , 1925
  • Variationer over et tema af Mezangeau , 1926
  • Sonata , 1927
  • Symfoni no.2 , 1927
  • Festelavn (Carnival) for orchestra, 1929–30
  • Petrol , (with Elna Jørgen-Jensen / Robert Storm Petersen ), ballet, 1930
  • Cocktails Party (after Blaise Cendrars ), ballet, 1930
  • Sonata for piano, 1932
  • Concertino pour cinq violons et piano , 1933
  • Concerto for trompet og strygere (Concerto for Trumpet and Strings), 1933
  • Deux Morceaux for piano, 1934
  • In the Occasion of for orchestra, 1934
  • Little Overture , 1934
  • En glad trompet og andre klaverstykker (Happy trumpet and other piano pieces), 1935
  • Valse Lente , 1935
  • Darduse (with Johannes Vilhelm Jensen ), ballet, 1935–36
  • For the Children's Party for orchestra, 1936
  • Serenade , 1936
  • Slaraffenland Suite I , 1936
  • Slaraffenland (after Kjeld Abell / Harald Lander ), ballet, 1936–40
  • Partita , 1937
  • Qarrtsiluni (with Harald Lander), Ballet, 1938–42
  • Maj for piano, 1939
  • Tolv med Posten (with Børge Ralov ), ballet, 1939
  • Slaraffenland for piano, 1940
  • Slaraffenland Suite II , 1940
  • Dansk salme [Danish psalm], 1942
  • Summer Rhapsody , 1943
  • Fugl Fønix (Phoenix Bird, with Harald Lander), Ballet, 1944–45
  • Niels Ebbesen , incidental music for the play by Kaj Munk , 1945
  • Etudes (with Harald Lander), ballet (based on motifs from Carl Czerny's piano studies), 1947
  • Susanne , opera (libretto by Mogens Lorentzen ), 1948
  • Violin Concerto , 1951
  • Månerenen (The Moon Reindeer, with Birgit Cullberg ), ballet, 1956
  • Fruen fra havet (The Woman from the Sea, after Birgit Cullberg), ballet, 1959
  • Galla-Variationer (with Flemming Flindt ), Ballet, 1966
  • Ballet Royal (with Flemming Flindt), 1967
  • Svinedrengen (with Flemming Flindt), Ballet, 1968

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personal data
SURNAME Riisager, Knudåge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Kunda , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1974
Place of death Copenhagen