Sverre Jordan
Sverre Jordan (born May 25, 1889 in Christiania , † January 10, 1972 in Bergen ) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.
Jordan studied from 1907 to 1914 in Berlin a. a. at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory and then performed as a pianist. From 1922 to 1932 he was the choir conductor of the orchestral association Harmonie in Bergen. He then directed the orchestra of the National Theater until 1957.
He composed a melodrama for orchestra, orchestral suites, two piano concertos, a cello, a violin and a horn concert, plays, chamber music, piano pieces, choral works and more than two hundred songs.
source
- Alfred Baumgartner: "Propylaea World of Music: The Composers", Volume 3, Berlin, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3549078331 , p. 225
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| SURNAME | Jordan, Sverre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christiania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1972 |
| Place of death | Mountains |