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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Johan Halvorsen, Erik Wollo, Yngve Slettholm, Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Henning Sommerro, Morten Veland, Lasse Thoresen, Bjorg Lodoen, Arvid Fladmoe, Antonio Bibalo, Knut Nystedt, Pauline Hall, Anne-Marie Orbeck, Oscar Borg, Sigurd Islandsmoen, Dagfinn Koch, Finn Mortensen, Georg von Bertouch, Iver Kleive, Sigurd Jansen, Oyvind Torvund, Caroline Schytte Jensen, Fredrikke Egeberg, Edvard Hagerup Bull, Rolf Wallin, Magnus Brostrup Landstad, Jorgen Larsson, Martin Andreas Udbye, Eyvind Alnaes, Catharinus Elling, Synne Skouen, Rolf Lovland, Bjarne Brustad, Kristin Mellem, Edmund Neupert, Halfdan Kjerulf, Ivar Bjornson, Gerhard Schjelderup, Oyvind Rauset, Klaus Egge, Anton Jorgen Andersen, Vidar Sandbeck, Ragnar Bjerkreim, Andreas Ulvo, Per Reidarson, Ragnar Soderlind, Sverre Hagerup Bull, Halfdan Cleve, Henrik Hellstenius, Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Johannes Hanssen, Borghild Holmsen, Terje Isungset, Hans Fredrik Jacobsen, Thorvald Lammers, Otto Winter Hjelm, Ferdinand Giovanni Schediwy, Olav Anton Thommessen, Arne J. Solhaug, Helge Klaestad, Fred Jonny Berg, Anders Heyerdahl, Jolly Kramer-Johansen, Jan Elgaroy, Sigurd Berge, Tore Sinding, Christian Welde, Trond Kverno, Conrad Baden, Hans Skramstad. Excerpt: Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 - 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Drammen, Norway he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life. He received his musical education in Kristiania (now Oslo) and Stockholm, and was a concertmaster in Bergen before joining the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He was a concertmaster in Aberdeen, Scotland, then a professor of music in Helsinki, and finally became a student once again, in St Petersburg, Leipzig (with Adolph Brodsky), Berlin (with Adolf Becker), and Liege (with Cesar Thomson). Re.
