Bjarne Brustad (4 March 1895 – 20 May 1978) was a Norwegian

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ist and violist. He was born in

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, now Oslo. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as Paris, Munich and Berlin, where he received musical inspiration and contacts. From 1928 to 1943, Brustad was viola soloist with Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Oslo. He wrote

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, compositions for violin and orchestra,

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and

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. His opera ''Atlantis'' was finished in 1945. After

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he was also active in organizing work. As a teacher at the

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, his students included Bjørn Fongaard and Trond Øyen. He died in

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Selected works

;Stage * ''Atlantis'', Opera (1945) ;Orchestral * Suite No. 1 (1920) * ''Berceuse and Waltz'' for chamber orchestra * ''Perpetum Mobile'' for chamber orchestra (1924, revised 1958) * ''Norsk Suite'' (Norwegian Suite) (1926, 1961); original version for viola and piano * ''Concerto Grosso: En studie'' (1938) * Symphony No. 1 (1948) * ''Ouvertyre'' (Overture) (1950) * Symphony No. 2 (1951) * Suite No. 2 (1952) * Symphony No. 3 (1953) * ''Kinderspiele'', Suite for chamber orchestra (1955) * ''Cabaret'' for chamber orchestra (1958) * ''Day-Dreams'' for chamber orchestra (1958) * ''French Suite'' for chamber orchestra * Suite (1959) * Symphony No. 4 (1967) * Symphony No. 5 (1967) * Symphony No. 6 (1970) * Symphony No. 7 (1972) * Symphony No. 8 (1972) * Symphony No. 9 (1973) ;Concertante * Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1922) * Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra (1927) * Concertino for viola and chamber orchestra (1932) * ''Rapsodi'' (Rhapsody) for violin and orchestra, Op. 19 (1933) * Concerto No. 3 for violin and orchestra; unfinished * ''Vore jag et litet barn'' for violin and orchestra (1958) * Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra (1961) * Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1969) ;Chamber music * ''Berceuse'' for violin and piano * ''Poeme'' for violin and piano * ''Nature Morte'', Parodie for string quartet (1926) * ''Norsk Suite'' (Norwegian Suite) for viola and piano (1926); also for orchestra * ''Capricci'' for violin and viola (1931) * ''Partita'' for viola (1931, revised 1957) * ''Eventyrsuite'' (Fairy Tale Suite) for violin (1932) :# Natur og hulder (Nature and

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) :# Veslefrikk :# Sull (Song) :# Trollkvenna (Troll's Mill) * Sonata No. 1 for violin (1935, revised 1958) * Trio o. 1for clarinet, violin and viola (1938) * ''Fanitullsuite'' (Devil Suite) for violin (1946) :# Hildring :# Huldrespill :# Likferd :# Fanitul * ''Serenade'', Trio No. 2 for violin, clarinet and bassoon (1947) * Sonata for violin and piano (1950) * Sonata No. 2 for violin (1956) * Sonata No. 3 for violin (1957) * ''Divertimento'' for flute (1958) * String Quartet No. 3 (1959) * ''Serenade'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1969) ;Piano * ''Fra barnets verden'' (From a Child's World; Kinderspiele) (1934) * ''Pièce héroique'' ;Vocal * ''Hugen'' for voice and piano (1912); words by

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* ''Bånsull fra Sunndalen'' (Lullaby from Sunndalen) for voice and piano (1921) * ''Et barn'' (A Child) for voice and piano (1948); words by

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* ''Berceuse'' for soprano and orchestra * ''Did You Cry...?'' for voice and string orchestra; words by Ingeborg Boyine Flood (1901–1963) * ''Stærvise'' for soprano or tenor and piano

References

External links

Biography at Music Information Centre Norway
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brustad, Bjarne 1895 births 1978 deaths Composers for violin Musicians from Oslo Norwegian male classical violinists Norwegian classical violists Norwegian opera composers 20th-century Norwegian classical composers Norwegian male classical composers 20th-century Norwegian classical violinists Academic staff of the Oslo Conservatory of Music 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 20th-century violists