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Gunnar Sønstevold
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1912
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Musik der "einsamen Masse"
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1912
- Active to
- 1991
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 79
- Total plays
- 354
Gunnar Sønstevold (1912-1991) made a name for himself as a jazzpianist in the nineteen-thirties. During the same periode he studied piano with Erling Westher and Nils Larsen, and music theory and composition with Karl Andersen and Johannes Hanssen. As a refugee in Sweden during the Second World War, he was associated with "Måndagsgruppen", a group of socially-oriented composers, headed by Hilding Rosenberg. After Sønstevold Returned to Norway in 1945 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gunnar+S%
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gunnar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Elverum Municipality
- Spouse
- Maj Sønstevold
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Student of
- Karl Andersen
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Gunnar Sønstevold - no-nb digifoto 20160524 00111 blds 05080.jpg
- Residence
- Oslo urban area
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- date of birth
- 1912-11-26
- date of death
- 1991-10-18
- Commons category
- Gunnar Sønstevold
- subject has role
- refugee
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