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Alf Thorvald Hurum (21 September 1882 – 12 August 1972) was a Norwegian composer and painter.


Early and personal life

Hurum was born in
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(now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of Thorvald Hurum (1839-1909) and Jakobine Olava Haslum (1844-1929). From 1905 to 1907, he studied composition at the
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. Among other, his instructors included
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. He was married in
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in 1908 with Elizabeth Leslie Wight (1884-1984). From 1934, Hurum and his wife settled in
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,
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.


Career

Among his works are two
violin sonata A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, often accompanied by a keyboard instrument and in earlier periods with a bass instrument doubling the keyboard bass line. The violin sonata developed from a simple Baroque music, baroque form wi ...
s, from 1911 and 1915 respectively, ''Lilja'' (for
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) from 1919, the suite ''Eventyrland'' from 1920, the
symphonic poem A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or other (non-musical) source. The German term ( ...
''Bendik og Årolilja'' from 1923, and a
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in
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from 1927. After settling at Honolulu, he served as president of the ''Association of Honolulu Artists'', and was honorary member of the ''Morning Music Club''. His visual art is represented in the
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and in the
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in Honolulu.''Alf Hurum – den første norske impresjonist'' (Norges musikkhistorie)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurum, Alf 1882 births 1972 deaths Composers from Oslo Artists from Oslo Norwegian male composers Norwegian male classical composers Norwegian emigrants to the United States 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian male artists