Sigurd Lie
Sigurd Lie (May 23, 1871 – September 30, 1904) was a Norwegian composer and conductor.
Sigurd Lie

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- Name
- Sigurd Lie
- Born
- 23 May 1871
- Birthplace
- Drammen, Norway
- Died
- 30 September 1904
- Place of death
- Oslo, Norway
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- conductor · composer
- Education
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Teachers
- Gudbrand Bøhn
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Sigurd Lie (May 23, 1871 – September 30, 1904) was a Norwegian composer and conductor.
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• Name — Sigurd Lie • Born — 23 May 1871 • Birthplace — Drammen, Norway • Died — 30 September 1904 • Place of death — Oslo, Norway • Era — Romantic • Parents — Fredrik Gill Lie, Amalie Konstanse Nielsen • Relatives — Johan Herman Lie
Biography
Biography
Lie was born in Drammen. He grew up in Kristiansand, studied in Leipzig in the early 1890s, and then moved to Oslo to work as a conductor. He died of tuberculosis in Oslo in 1904. Lie is known for romances, and his best-known work is the romance Sne (Snow) with lyrics by Helge Rode. He also wrote other well-regarded Norwegian romances, including Hav (The Sea) and Det er vaar (It Is Spring), with lyrics by Idar Handagard. He also set poems by Vilhelm Krag to music.
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• Konsertstykke (Concert Pieces), for violin and orchestra • Norsk dans nr. 2 (Norwegian Dance no. 2) • Wartburg, for bass-baritone and orchestra • Symfoni i a-moll (Symphony in A minor), 1903 • Sne (Snow)
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