Bjørn Fongaard
Bjørn Fongaard (2 March 1919 in Oslo – 26 October 1980 in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and teacher. In addition to being concerned with microtonal music, microtonal and electronic music, he was perhaps the first to use the prepared guitar. "Fongaard's output is considerable...Due to the partly musical notation, experimental notation, these works have not become widely known." Life Fongaard grew up in the Oslo List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of Nordstrand, Norway, Nordstrand. He studied at the Oslo Conservatory of Music with teachers including Per Steenberg, Sigurd Islandsmoen, Bjarne Brustad, and Karl Andersen.Bjørn Fongaard - Biography
", ''mic.no''. He started off by constructing a quarter tone guitar with adaption of the fingerboard, fretboard, but very early left this in favor of a dive ...
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