Anders Heyerdahl (29 October 1832 – 9 August 1918) was a Norwegian violinist, composer and
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
collector.
He was born in what is today
Aurskog-Høland
Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was m ...
and was the younger brother of engineer
Halvor Emil Heyerdahl
Halvor is a name of Norwegian origin. It is a contemporary form of Halvard (Hallvard). From Old Norse hallr (“flat stone”) and vorðr (“guardian”).
People
First name
* Halvor Birch (born 1885), Danish gymnast
* Halvor Birkeland (bor ...
. He studied music mainly under
Carl Arnold. In addition to his own compositions, he spent the years 1856 to 1861 collecting
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
from
Hallingdal
Hallingdal () is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.
Hallingdal is one of the ma ...
and
Aurskog
Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen.
Aurskog was the location of the Battle of Toverud. The parish of ''Urskog'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskaps ...
. The work was published as ''Norske Dansar og Slåtter''. Heyerdahl also published the local historic work ''Urskogs Beskrivelse'', in 1882.
He is the great-grandfather of the Norwegian singer
Karin Krog
Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian Vocal jazz, jazz singer.
Life and career
Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen ...
and the granduncle of
Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and Ethnography, ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expediti ...
.
References
1832 births
1918 deaths
People from Aurskog-Høland
Norwegian violinists
Norwegian male violinists
Norwegian composers
Norwegian male composers
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