David Johan Kvandal (né Johansen; 8 September 1919 – 16 February 1999) was a Norwegian composer.

Career

He was born in

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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

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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 ''

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'' and ''

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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

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in 1994. He was married twice, first to Maria Teresia Unterrainer (from 1951), and from 1976 to Lilleba Lund.

References

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