Oscar Borg

Alfred Johann Oscar Borg (born June 11, 1851 in Halden ; † December 29, 1930 ibid) was a Norwegian composer, conductor, organist and flautist.

As a child, Borg played drums in his father's dance orchestra and also learned to play the violin, flute and cornet. He founded a small band with other young musicians and composed their first works for them. At the age of thirteen he was accepted as a student in the military band of the 1st Brigade in Halden, where he played the flute. With a scholarship donated by Crown Prince Oscar II , he studied from 1869 at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.

After graduating in 1872, he returned to the military band in Halden as a solo flutist and violinist. In 1881 he became the successor to the conductor Friedrich August Reissiger . He also directed a horn sextet and the Fredrikshalds Sangforening choir . With this he performed his cantata Leif Eiriksson for soloists, choir and orchestra based on a text by Hans Woll .

From 1887 to 1915 Borg taught singing at the music school in Halden. After resigning from the Musikkorps in 1918, he headed Det Musikalske Selskab - Tistedalens Musikkforening from 1920 to 1929 . In addition to around 70 military marches (including Kong Haakon VIIs Honnørmarsj - 1905, Kronprins Olavs Honnørmarsj - 1929, Den Norske Løve - 1894, Norsk Turnermarsj - 1886), Borg composed choral works and songs, pieces for piano and organ as well as some chamber music works. He has received many awards, including as a knight of the Wasa Order .

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• Oskar Borg in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
• Oskar Borg in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)