Frederik Rung (June 14, 1854 - January 22, 1914) was a

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conductor and composer.

Biography

He was the son of composer

Henrik Rung Henrik Rung (March 30, 1807 - December 12, 1871) was a Danish composer. Biography Henrik Rung was born in Copenhagen. Rung received training with the Royal Danish Orchestra The Royal Danish Orchestra (''Det Kongelige Kapel'') is a Danish or ...

(1807-1871). His sister

Sophie Keller Sophie Helene Henriette Keller née Rung (1850–1929) was a Danish operatic soprano, musician and singing teacher, who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen from 1869. She founded both a conservatory for women and a women's conc ...

(1850–1929) was an opera singer at the Royal Danish Theatre. His son

P. S. Rung-Keller Paul Sophus Christian Henrik Rung-Keller or P. S. Rung-Keller (11 March 1879 – 22 March 1966) was a Danish organist and composer. Biography He was the son of lawyer Emil Keller and operatic soprano Sophie Keller; grandson of composer Henrik R ...

(1879-1966) was also an organist and composer. He studied 1867-70 at the

Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approxima ...

under

Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (14 May 1805 – 10 March 1900) was, together with his son-in-law Niels W. Gade, the leading Danish composer of the 19th century. According to Alfred Einstein, he was ″the real founder of the Romantic movement in De ...

and

Niels Gade Niels Wilhelm Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. Together with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, he was the leading Danish musician of his day. Biography Gade was bo ...

. from 1881 to 1893, he was a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Music. In 1877, he became conductor of the special

Madrigal choir A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th c.) and early Baroque (1600–1750) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The polyphonic madrigal is unaccompanied, and the number ...

at the Cecilia Association (''Caeciliaforening'') of Copenhagen. Beryl Foster ''The Songs of Edvard Grieg'' 2007- Page 86 "The pieces were dedicated to the Madrigal Choir of the Caeciliaforening (St Cecilia Society) of Copenhagen and its conductor Frederik Rung, who gave the first performance in November 1899." From 1884 until his death in 1914, he was a conductor of the

Royal Danish Orchestra The Royal Danish Orchestra (''Det Kongelige Kapel'') is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The Danish name for the orchestra indicates its original function as an ensemble geared to supplying the music for court events. The Royal Danish Orch ...

Works, editions and recordings

* Songs and guitar pieces on ''Roser og Kjerlighed: Inspired by Norway'' with songs by his father Henrik Rung. Singers Helene Wold, Per Andreas Tønder, Vegard Lund guitar, piano Eugene Asti. Lawo 2011. * ''Fogli d'album'', performed by Alberto La Rocca (10-string guitar), CD GuitArt 10/2015. Contains: ''La melanconia''; ''Praeludium''; ''Dans''; ''Berceuse''; ''Humoreske''; ''Romance''; ''Gavotte''; ''Idyl''; ''Capriccio''; ''Pastorale''.

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*''This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.''

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