Finn Høffding
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- Born
- 1899
- Works
- 1
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- Indførelse i Palestrinastil
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- 32
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Niels Finn Høffding (b. Copenhagen, 10 March 1899 - d. Copenhagen, 3 March 1997) was a Danish composer. Høffding studied composition under Knud Jeppesen and Thomas Laub, and then under Joseph Marx in Vienna from 1921-22. His works first became well-known in Denmark in the 1920s, particularly the piece Karlsvognen (chorus and orchestra, 1924). He began to study folk music about 1930, and founded the Copenhagen School of Folk Music in 1931. From 1931 he also taught at the Royal Danish Academy of M
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Niels
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Place of death
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- music educator
- Employer
- Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Genre
- opera
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- date of birth
- 1899-03-10
- date of death
- 1997-03-29
- student
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
- member of
- Royal Swedish Academy of Music
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