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
- 1958: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
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
literature
- Claus Røllum-Larsen: Riisager, Knudåge. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
swell
- Klassika.info - catalog raisonné
- Naxos - biography
- G. Schirmer Inc - biography
- operone.de - stage works
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen - biography
personal data | |
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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 |