Lars Roverud
Illustration — Lars Roverud by Jacob Munch Lars Roverud (19 December 1776 – 26 February 1850) was a Norwegian musician and music teacher, among others at Asker Seminary and the Practical-Theological Seminary. He played a prominent role in popularising the psalmodikon, a one-string bowed instrument, for musical education and church music in Norway.
Lars Roverud
Jacob Munch · Oslo Museum: accession number OB.00583 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1776 · Vækerø.
- Died
- 1850 · Christiania.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- teacher · musicologist · musician · businessperson
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Illustration — Lars Roverud by Jacob Munch Lars Roverud (19 December 1776 – 26 February 1850) was a Norwegian musician and music teacher, among others at Asker Seminary and the Practical-Theological Seminary. He played a prominent role in popularising the psalmodikon, a one-string bowed instrument, for musical education and church music in Norway.
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Born at Vækerø in 1776, died in Christiania in 1850.
Lars Roverud (1776–1850) was a Norwegian teacher, musicologist and musician.
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