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David Monrad Johansen
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1888
- Works
- 3
Top works
- David Monrad Johansen i skrift og tale
- Musikkritikeren og skribenten David Monrad Johansen
- Edvard Grieg
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1888-11-08
- Active to
- 1974-02-20
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,481
- Total plays
- 10,719
Tags
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David Monrad Johansen was educated in Oslo and Berlin, and around 1920 travelled on a scholarship to Paris in order to study the newer trends of European music-Debussy,Ravel,Stravinsky. He was also a great admirer of Edvard Grieg,about whom he wrote a fine biography, and became a important crtic in Oslo. He composed a several large-scale works with texts from Norse Literatur. In 1930s, aftar an extended stay in Berlin studying counterpoint, he began to learn more towards neo-classicism. <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Johansen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Mosjøen
- Child
- Johan Kvandal
- Occupation
- editor
- Political party
- Nasjonal Samling
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Student of
- Karl Nissen
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Portrett av David Monrad Johansen (1888-1974).jpg
- Convicted of
- treason
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- date of birth
- 1888-00-00
- date of death
- 1974-00-00
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