Ludvig Holm
Ludvig Sophus Adolph Theodor Holm (24 December 1858 – 8 April 1928) was a Danish violinist and composer.
Also recorded as Ludvig Sophus Adolph Theodor Holm
Ludvig Holm
- Born
- 1858 · Copenhagen.
- Died
- 1928 · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- composer · violinist
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
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Ludvig Sophus Adolph Theodor Holm (24 December 1858 – 8 April 1928) was a Danish violinist and composer.
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Ludvig Holm (1858–1928) was a Danish composer and violinist. The composer was born and died in Copenhagen. Ludvig Holm studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music. The composer received Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
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Holm's father was the composer William Christian Holm, who was also a violist in the Royal Danish Orchestra. From 1875-1878 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Valdemar Tofte, Edmund Neupert, JPE Hartmann, Niels W. Gade and Johan Christian Gebauer. He died on 8 April 1928 in Copenhagen and was buried at Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård.
Career
Career
In 1880 he joined the chapel where he from 1900 to 1917 he was concertmaster. He was for many years Vice-President of the Copenhagen Chamber Music Society and for many years the artistic director of the People's Concerts. From 1911 to its end in 1920, he was head of the CFE Horneman conservatory, on whose board he sat beginning in 1906. From 1922 until his death he was a teacher at the Royal Conservatoire. He also sat on the main board of the Danish Composers' Association until 1909 and was the Order of Dannebrog.
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Notable works
• op. 1 Fire sange • op. 2 Klavervariationer • op. 3 klaver • op. 4 klaver • op. 5 Strygekvartet E b -dur • op. 6 Violinkoncert (1905) • op. 7 Klaverkvintet • op. 8 Strygekvartet i B b -dur (1913/1916/1924) • op. 9 klaver • op. 10 Symfonisk fragment (1927) • Sonate i C-dur (for the conservatoire's entry exam, 1874) • Allegretto (piano, 1882) • Promenade (piano, 1882) • Uset af Verdens Øie og Den Menneskesøn, som født af Gud (chorus, 1883) • Reinald synger (chorus, 1883) • Foraarsstemninger Sonate for Piano-Forte (1888) • Serenade (piano, 1888) • Praeludium (organ, 1901) • Con brio (piano, 1905) • Andante espressivo (klaver 1907) • Ländler (piano, 1915) • Kærlighed, Danmarks Æventyr (for the Tivoli Revue, 1916) • Trois petites valses (Tirolienne, Valse lente, Ländler; 1916) • Fire Fantasiestykker for Klaver (1917) • Allegretto quasi Andantino klaver (1923) • Vaarbrud og Fuglestemmer klaver (1922)
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