Ole Olsen (composer)

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Ole Olsen, 1909

Ole Olsen (born July 4, 1850 in Hammerfest ; died November 4, 1927 in Sandvika ) was a Norwegian composer and military musician .

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Olsen received music lessons from a young age, as his father Iver Olsen was both a craftsman and an amateur musician in the local church. Young Ole, who lost his mother at an early age, learned the piano and violin . At the age of five he composed simple pieces and from the age of seven he sometimes replaced his father as organist in the church.

From 1865 he studied composition and organ with the brothers Frederick and Just Lindeman in Trondheim. In the Nidaros Cathedral he repeatedly represented Just Lindeman on the organ. From 1870 to 1874 he studied at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig with Oscar Paul and Carl Reinecke . There he wrote his symphony in G major and began his opera Stig Hvide.

Back in Norway he worked as a teacher and composer in Christiania (now Oslo ) and stayed there until his death. From 1876 to 1880 he was director of the "Christiania Artisans' Choral Society" and during Johan Svendsen's stay abroad he was also director of the music society's orchestra there. From 1884 he was the military bandmaster of the band of the second brigade in Akershus. In 1899 he became inspector of the music bands of the Norwegian army and remained in this position until 1920. As a trained bricklayer, he was active in Norwegian Freemasonry and directed a Masonic orchestra.

In 1879 he married Marie Hals, the daughter of the piano maker and shop owner Karl Hals. In 1895 he was awarded the Knight 1st Class of the Order of Saint Olav .

As a composer he wrote works for orchestra , wind orchestra , musical theater and chamber music . His operas are in the style of Richard Wagner , but also influenced by the nationalist tradition.

Olsen was buried on Vår Frelsers Gravlund .

Works (selection)

Operas

  • Stig Hvide (1872–1876)
  • Lajla (1893)
  • Stallo (1902)
  • Klippeøerne (1904–1910)

Oratorios

  • Nidaros (1897)

Cantatas

  • Ludvig Holberg (1884)
  • Griffenfeldt (1897)
  • Broderbud ( undated )

literature

  • Harald Herresthal: Norwegian music from the beginning to the present. Norsk Musikforlag, Oslo 1984. p. 43.
  • Harald Herresthal:  Olsen, Ole. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 13 (Paladilhe - Ribera). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1133-0  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Kari Michelsen: Om Ole Olsen 1850-1927 (manuscript). Trondheim 1976.

Web links

Commons : Ole Olsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. The Kongelige norske St. Olavs order: kort oversigt over ordenens historie og meddelelser om den nulevende norske medlemmer, med portrætter . Abels kunstforlag, Kristiania 1913, p. 70, urn : nbn: no-nb_digibok_2012071206186
  2. Composer Ole Olsen. In: Gravferdsetaten i Oslo commune ; accessed on October 4, 2018.