Kontrapunkt
Edition Kontrapunkt (the Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and also German word for counterpoint) is a Danish classical music record label based in Klampenborg and founded in 1987. The label is owned by Steeplechase Records, the Danish jazz label. The label has made the first recordings of many major works by Danish composers, including the first recordings of Ib Nørholm's symphonies in 1993.
Kontrapunkt
- Founded
- 1987
- Headquarters
- Denmark
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Edition Kontrapunkt (the Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and also German word for counterpoint) is a Danish classical music record label based in Klampenborg and founded in 1987. The label is owned by Steeplechase Records, the Danish jazz label. The label has made the first recordings of many major works by Danish composers, including the first recordings of Ib Nørholm's symphonies in 1993.
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Kontrapunkt is associated with Denmark.
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1987
Kontrapunkt established.
1987
Kontrapunkt is recorded from 1987.
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- Denmark
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reference work
- “Kontrapunkt”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6430390: Kontrapunkt
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4032307-9, Kontrapunkt.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Literature
Literature
Die großen Oratorien-Produktionen der Tonkünstler-Societät in Wien – Kontrapunkt oder Nachfolger der höfischen Oratorienpflege des Barock?, Musicologica Brunensia, 2014
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- 1.Lansing D. McLoskey Twentieth Century Danish Music: An Annotated Bibliography 1998 Page 107 "Kontrapunkt. P.O. Box 35 2930 Klampenborg Tel: +45 39 64 42 44 Fax: +45 39 64 50 44 Nils Winther, Managing Director Denmark's largest classical music record company. Kontrapunkt focuses solely on Danish music falling under two ...
- 2.John David White, Jean Christensen New Music of the Nordic Countries - 2002 Page 120 "Kontrapunkt (est. 1987) is the division of Steeplechase Productions for recordings of classical and contemporary music. Growing catalog with fine performances."
- 3.Gypsy Jazz:In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy ... - Page 175 Michael Dregni - 2008 "While playing in Copenhagen in 1979, the brothers met Nils Winther, producer for the Danish jazz label Steeplechase. At Winther's invitation, they recorded their first album together, Pour Django, taking Django's music to extremes of melody, .."
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 4032307-9, Kontrapunkt.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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