Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a Danish

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and music critic.

Biography

Sophus Emil Andersen was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of composer Fritz Andersen (1829–1910). He studied both piano and violin in his youth. He studied composition with composer

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(1847–1915). In 1890 he graduated and worked for some years as a teacher. From 1892 he was a music critic at the Copenhagen newspaper ''København ''.

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