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Today’s pop culture celebrates derivation over origination via remixes, mashes, and other deconstructed artifacts. So why not so-called “serious” composers doing the same thing? Lo
Leif Kayser spent much of his long career in the dual role of composer and Catholic priest. It doesn’t pay to speculate on the effect
Peder Gram is a composer well worth getting to know. His administrative duties as the guiding spirit behind the establishing of Danish Radio in the
Michael Schonwandt proves a formidable Nielsen conductor as he leads powerful renditions of all six symphonies. Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 stand out as being
In the Koppel family Denmark would seem to have the makings of its own musical dynasty à la the Bachs and Strausses. Both sons of
With characters like The Scarlet Beast, Hatred, Despondency, and (my own personal favorite) The Great Whore, how can you not love an opera like Antikrist?
These three concertos span 40 years of Herman Koppel’s long creative career, from the early 1930s to the early 1970s. Like many 20th century composers
Emil Hartmann, son of Danish composer J.P.E. Hartmann, never achieved his father’s fame, but his music is much more interesting. Perhaps this stems from the
Berlioz clearly was the model for Asger Hamerik’s 1886 Requiem, the most obvious example being the Dies irae that all but duplicates, albeit in a
It turns out that there is more than one Danish composer with the surname Koppel. Not to be confused with Herman D. Koppel (whose excellent
