Martin Andreas Udbye
Illustration — Martin Andreas Udbye Martin Andreas Udbye (June 18, 1820 – January 10, 1889) was a Norwegian composer and organist.
Martin Andreas Udbye
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- Born
- 1820 · Trondheim.
- Died
- 1889 · Trondheim.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- opera
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Illustration — Martin Andreas Udbye Martin Andreas Udbye (June 18, 1820 – January 10, 1889) was a Norwegian composer and organist.
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Martin Andreas Udbye (1820–1889) was a composer, of Norwegian nationality. The composer was born and died in Trondheim.
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Largely self-taught, he produced an impressive output of diverse and complex works, including the first Norwegian opera, Fredkulla. His other stage works include three operettas: Hr. Perrichons reise (1861), Hjemve (1864), and Junkeren og flubergrosen (1867). He also composed several choruses, three string quartets (1851–5), an orchestral sketch entitled Lumpasivagabundus (1861), a fantasy on Scandinavian melodies for violin and orchestra (1866), 20 piano trios, and 100 organ preludes among other works.
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1820
Martin Andreas Udbye born at Trondheim.
1889
Martin Andreas Udbye died at Trondheim.
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• Kari Michelsen. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992). and
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