Christian Sinding
Christian August Sinding (11 January 18563 December 1941) was a Norwegian composer. He is best known for his lyrical work for piano Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring, 1896). He was often compared to Edvard Grieg and regarded as his successor.
Christian Sinding
Norwegian composer.

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- Name
- Christian Sinding
- Born
- 11 January 1856
- Birthplace
- Kongsberg, Sweden-Norway
- Died
- 3 December 1941
- Place of death
- Oslo, Reichskommissariat Norwegen
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Full name
- Christian August Sinding.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Fields
- opera · symphony
- Education
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Teachers
- Salomon Jadassohn · Gudbrand Bøhn
- Known for
- Symphony No. 2 · Symphony no. 4
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Christian August Sinding (11 January 18563 December 1941) was a Norwegian composer. He is best known for his lyrical work for piano Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring, 1896). He was often compared to Edvard Grieg and regarded as his successor.
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Biography
Biography
Christian Sinding studied at University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Training under Salomon Jadassohn and Gudbrand Bøhn is recorded. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera and symphony. Residence is recorded at Grotten and Oslo. Employment is recorded with Eastman School of Music. Works named in the authority record are Symphony No. Distinctions recorded are Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St.
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• Name — Christian Sinding • Born — 11 January 1856 • Birthplace — Kongsberg, Sweden-Norway • Died — 3 December 1941 • Place of death — Oslo, Reichskommissariat Norwegen • Occupation — * Composer • Illustration — Christian Sinding, Gunnar Heiberg and Knut Hamsun, painted by Henrik Lund, 1926
Personal life
Personal life
Sinding was born at Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway. His parents were mine superintendent Matthias Wilhelm Sinding and Cecilie Marie Mejdell. He was a brother of the painter Otto Sinding and the sculptor Stephan Sinding. His sister Thora Cathrine Sinding was married to jurist Glør Thorvald Mejdell. Christian Sinding was a nephew of Nicolai Mejdell and Thorvald Mejdell. He was also a first cousin of journalist and writer Alfred Sinding-Larsen. In November 1898 he married actress Augusta Gade, née Smith-Petersen (1858–1936). She was the daughter of Morten Smith-Petersen and Cathrine von der Lippe. She had previously been married to physician and art patron Fredrik Georg Gade.
Career
Career
He studied music first in Christiania (now Oslo) before going to Germany, where he studied at the conservatory in Leipzig under Salomon Jadassohn and fell under the musical influences of Wagner and Liszt. He lived in Germany for much of his life, but received regular grants from the Norwegian government. In 1921–22 he went to the United States of America to teach composition for a season at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Sinding's publishers required from him piano and chamber music, which had broader sales than the symphonic works he preferred. His own instrument was the violin. The large number of short, lyrical piano pieces and songs that Sinding wrote has led to many seeing him as the heir to his fellow countryman, Edvard Grieg, not so much in musical style but as a Norwegian composer with an international reputation. Sinding is best remembered today for one of his piano works, Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring, 1896). Among his other works are four symphonies, three violin concertos, a piano concerto, chamber music, songs and choral works to Norwegian texts, and an opera, Der Heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain, 1914).
Identity
Identity
Christian Sinding is recorded as having received Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1856
Christian Sinding born at Kongsberg.
1941
Christian Sinding died at Oslo.
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Country
Grotten and Oslo
Residences
Kongsberg.
Birth place
Oslo.
Death place
Legacy
Sinding had suffered from severe senile dementia since the late 1930s. Eight weeks before his death in 1941, Sinding joined the Norwegian Nazi party, Nasjonal Samling - however, his membership card was unsigned. The Nazis had strong motivation to recruit Sinding, as he was tremendously popular before the war in both Norway and Germany. Following the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II, it was official practice for the national broadcasting system to boycott people seen as Nazi sympathisers. As a consequence, Sinding's post-war reputation in Norway became relatively obscure. The circumstances surrounding the composer's membership continue to raise controversy. Sinding had made several remarks against the Nazi occupation. He had fought for the rights of Jewish musicians during the early 1930s and was a close friend of Nordahl Grieg.
Documents
Documents
Letters by Christian Sinding held by the State Archives in Leipzig, company archives of the Music Publishing House C.F.Peters (Leipzig).
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Primary material
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q364854: Christian Sinding
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- “Christian Sinding”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
Sinding was made a member of the Order of St. Olav in 1905 and Commander in 1916, and in 1938, received the Grand Cross. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of Vasa and in 1905, he was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. In 1924 he was granted the honor of lifetime residence at Henrik Wergeland's former home, Grotten in Oslo.
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- 1.Rune J. Andersen. Christian Sinding. Store norske leksikon.
- 2.Vollestad, Per. Christian Sinding. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget.
- 3.Ebbell, Chr. Mejdell, Glør Thorvald. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Aschehoug. 9. 137–140. 1940.
- 4.Ljøgodt, Knut. Otto Sinding. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget.
- 5.Per Holck. Fredrik Gade. Norsk biografisk leksikon.
- 6.JEAN SIBELIUS NOT COMING.; Sinding, Norwegian Composer, to Replace Him In Eastman School. The New York Times. 1921-05-25.
- 7.Georg Predota. Christian August Sinding, The Forgotten Norwegian Composer. interlude. May 18, 2016.
- 8.Den Store Danske. Christian Sinding.
- 9.Symphony No. 1 in D minor, op. 21 (1890, revised 1895); the more Wagnerian Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 83 (1904); Symphony no.3 in F major op.121 (1919); the Rhapsody for Orchestra “Vinter og Vår” (1936) in seven movements, which had occupied him at times since 1921, is sometimes counted as a fourth symphony.
- 10.Piano Concerto in D flat major, op. 6 (1890, revised 1901), dedicated to Norwegian pianist Erika Nissen.
- 11.arkivmusic.com. Christian Sinding.
- 12.Kunsthistorie. Grotten.
- 13.Per Vollestad.
- 14.Alfred Fidjestøl. Eit stille jubileum (Klassekampen. January 2, 2006)
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Christian Sinding was recorded at birth as Christian August Sinding. His recorded language was Norwegian. He was the child of Wilhelm Mathias Sinding. He married Augusta Gade. Formation and teaching. Sinding studied at University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. He trained under Salomon Jadassohn and Gudbrand Bøhn.
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