Leif Solberg

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Bust of Leif Solberg in Lillehammer

Leif Solberg (born November 8, 1914 in Lena , Østre Toten ; † January 25, 2016 in Lillehammer ) was a Norwegian organist and composer.

Life

Leif Solberg was born in 1914 on the Lena in Østre Toten and grew up there. He studied from 1933 to 1938 with Arild Sandvold at the Oslo Conservatory (Musikkonservatoriet i Oslo). In 1938 he made his debut as an organist at the Fagerborg kirke . After further training (organ with Finn Viderø ; conducting with Jørgen Jersild ) he had scholarships at Westminster Abbey in London and with Heinz Biehn and Egon Kornauth at the Mozarteum in Salzburg . When Anton Heilles in Haarlem he learned improvisation and Per Steenberg the counterpoint .

He was an organist (1938–1982) and music teacher (1949–1984) in Lillehammer. He was also the conductor of numerous choirs and gave a large number of concerts at home and abroad. He has composed numerous works. He became known with his work «Se solens skjønne lys og practice», which became a Norwegian folk song. He was a member of the Norwegian Society for Composers (Norsk Composer Forum).

Solberg was awarded the Royal Medal of Merit in Gold (Kongens fortjenstmedalje i gull) . A bronze bust of the artist stands at the main entrance to the church in Lillehammer. He was a Freemason in the Norwegian Order of Freemasons since 1949 and achieved the Xth degree of this system.

Organ works (selection)

  • Preludium and fugue ic minor, 1933
  • Variasjoner over folketonen “Eg veit i himmerik ei borg”, 1933
  • Fantasi og fugue about folk tones “Se solens skjønne lys og praxis”, 1936
  • Koralfantasi over “Av dypest nød jeg rope må”, 1937
  • Preludium, passacaglia and fugue on folk tones “Gå varsomt min sjel”, 1940
  • Variasjoner over “Mitt hjerte alltid vanker”, 1945
  • Ciaconna ig minor, 1953

Other works (selection)

  • Maihaug cantata (text: Tore Ørjasæter), 1941/42
  • Langfredagsmeditasjon (text: Sigurd Nesse), 1948
  • Strykekvartett, 1945
  • Sonata for fiolin and klaver, 1948
  • Symfoni ig minor, 1951/52

Sound adjustments

  • Gå varsomt min sjel (organist: H. Schiager), 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Espen Amundrud Solhaug: "Composer Leif Solberg (101) er død" ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oa.no archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , oa.no, January 26, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Espen Amundrud Solhaug: “Leif Solberg” , entry in Norsk biografisk leksikon , accessed on January 26, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Solberg, Leif
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Lena , Østre Toten , Norway
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2016
Place of death Lillehammer , Norway