David Johan Kvandal (né Johansen; 8 September 1919 – 16 February 1999) was a Norwegian composer.
Career
He was born in
Kristiania
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...
to
David Monrad Johansen
David Monrad Johansen (8 November 1888 – 20 February 1974) was a Norway, Norwegian composer.
He was born in Vefsn Municipality and grew up near Mosjøen, where he received his first piano lessons. He came to Oslo, Christiania (Oslo) in 190 ...
and Amunda Holmsen, with the family later moving to
Bærum
Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...
where Kvandal died.
He took his studies in conducting and organ at
Oslo Conservatory, and studied composition from Marx at the Hochschule für Musik, Vienna, and Boulanger in Paris. He served as a music critic for the Oslo newspapers ''
Morgenposten
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'' and ''
Aftenposten
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'', and as organist of the Vålenengen Church in Oslo. Many of his works utilize folk elements. Among his compositions are ' from 1951, ' for a television drama series from 1968, ' from 1974, and ' from 1984. His opera ', with libretto based on
Hamsun's novel, was staged at
Den Norske Opera
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in 1994.
He was married twice, first to Maria Teresia Unterrainer (from 1951), and from 1976 to
Lilleba Lund.
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References
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1919 births
1999 deaths
20th-century Norwegian classical composers
20th-century Norwegian male musicians
Musicians from Bærum
Artists from Oslo
Norwegian contemporary classical composers
Norwegian male classical composers