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- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1996
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Experiencing Music
- 9. quartetto, op. 92
- 8. quartetto, op. 87
- Det uforklarlige
- Epilog
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Denmark
- Active from
- 1909-12-20
- Active to
- 1996-09-01
classicalcomposerdanish composer
Discography
- Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 51992
- Symphony no. 6 / Symphony no. 71992
- Works for A Cappella Choir1993
- String Quartets, Vol. 11993
- Nielsen: Wind Quintet, op. 43 / Holmboe: Notturno, op. 19 / Nørgård: Whirl's World / Abrahamsen: Walden1994
- Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 3 / Symphony no. 101994
- Works for Organ1995
- Symphony no. 8 / Symphony no. 91995
- Symphony no. 2 / Sinfonia "In Memoriam"1995
- String Quartets, Vol. II: Nos. 2, 5 and 61996
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- Listeners
- 3,681
- Total plays
- 52,206
Tags
contemporary classicalClassicaldanishcomposerdenmark
Vagn Gylding Holmboe, (born 20 December 1909 in Horsens, Jutland; died 1 September 1996 in Ramløse) was a Danish composer and teacher who wrote largely in a neo-classical style. Holmboe began studying music at the age of 17 at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen on the recommendation of Carl Nielsen, studying under Knud Jeppesen (Theory) and Finn Høffding (Composition). After qualifying in 1929 he studied under Ernst Toch in Berlin, then spent 1933 to 1934 in Romania where he marrie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vagn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Horsens
- Place of death
- Ramløse
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Employer
- Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Student of
- Finn Høffding
- Genre
- symphony
- Image
- Vagn Holmboe.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1909-12-20
- date of death
- 1996-09-01
- student
- Ib Nørholm
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- Vagn Holmboe
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