Thorvald Otterstrom
Thorvald Otterstrom (actually Otterstrøm , born July 17, 1868 in Copenhagen , † August 16, 1942 in Chicago ) was an American composer of Danish origin.
Otterstrom was a student of the pianist Sophie Menter in Saint Petersburg . From 1892 until his death he lived as a composer and piano teacher in Chicago. In addition to canon, chorale and fugue for orchestra , choir and piano songs, he composed numerous piano pieces, including 24 preludes and fugues, seven concert studies and canon and fugue on a theme by Edvard Grieg .
source
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music: the composers. Volume 4, Berlin, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 354907834X , p. 214
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| SURNAME | Otterstrom, Thorvald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Otterström, Thorvald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1942 |
| Place of death | Chicago |