Ludvig Norman
Ludvig Norman (born August 28, 1831 in Stockholm , † March 28, 1885 in Stockholm) was a Swedish composer , conductor , pianist and music teacher. Along with Franz Berwald and Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, he is one of the most important Swedish symphonists of the 19th century.
Life
Norman received his first training from Lindblad and studied at the Conservatory in Leipzig from 1848 to 1852 , where he also met Robert Schumann . From 1857 he taught at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm. In 1860 he became conductor of the Nya harmoniska sällskapet , and in 1861 opera band master. In 1864 he married the violinist Wilhelmine Neruda . Their son Ludwig Norman-Neruda was a well-known alpinist who died in the Dolomites in 1898 as a result of a crash. From 1881 he conducted the choir concerts of the Musikvorenigen .
In addition to chamber music, Norman composed four symphonies , four overtures , four stage music and cantatas as well as a large number of songs and choirs .
literature
- In: Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music - The composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 180, volume 4 .
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| SURNAME | Norman, Ludvig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Norman, Frederik Vilhelm Ludvig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1885 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |