Emilius Bangert (19 August 1883 – 19 August 1962) was a Danish

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, and professor. He played the organ at

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and also composed orchestral and chamber music.

Biography

Emilius Ferdinand Caspar Bangert was born in

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, the son of Conrad Bangert and Ida Anderson. In 1902, he graduated from Borgerdydskolen (School of Civic Virtue), Copenhagen’s most prestigious private school. He acquired a cand. phil. degree in 1903. He was a private pupil in theory and composition with

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1902–07. He contributed several times to compositions that Nielsen had received orders for either transcript, instrumentation, or directly as a composer. Emilius Bangert also had piano lessons with Henrik Knudsen and organ lessons with Edgar Henrichsen and Eugene Gigout in

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. In 1913 he received the Ancker Award scholarship (''Det anckerske Legat'') and went on study tour to

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and

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. In 1908 he took the exam organist. From 1915, he was organist at various churches, the first being Skovshoved church (''Skovshoved kirke'') and the last being Roskilde Cathedral (''Roskilde Domkirke'') to 1955. In the years 1908–09, he conducted Bangert Academic Orchestra. From 1912, he was music critic for the Copenhagen newspaper ''

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''. He taught organ at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (''Danske Musikkonservatorium'') in 1925 and was a professor from 1949–55,''Kraks Blå Bog 1957'' (Digitaliseret og udgivet af LFL's Bladfond 2008)
/ref> where Leif Thybo was amongst his pupils. In 1931 he gave the first performance of Carl Nielsen's ''Commotio''. His compositions included a symphony, overture, string quartet, sonatas, choral works and songs. Emilius Bangert transcribed compositions by

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and published them in 1942. Today the original transcriptions are in the

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(''Det Kongelige Bibliotek''). Emilius Bangert was made a Knight of the first degree of

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Selected works

*''Violinsonate i c-mol'' (1905) *''Strygekvartet i D-dur'' (1906) *''Symfoni i C-dur'' (1907) *''Willemoes'' (1908) – with Carl Nielsen *''Kantate ved landsudstillingen i Århus'' (1909) – with Carl Nielsen *''en række sange'' (1910) *''Jeg vælger mig april (koncertouverture)'' (1913) *''Violinsonate i A-dur'' (1926)

References

Other sources

*Buxtehude, Dietrich ''Klavervaerker / udg. af Emilius Bangert'' (Wilhelm Hansen. 1944) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bangert, Emilius Danish composers Danish male composers 20th-century Danish educators 1883 births 1962 deaths Musicians from Copenhagen Knights First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog Danish classical organists Danish male classical organists Pupils of Carl Nielsen Pupils of Eugène Gigout 20th-century Danish male musicians