Peter Jørgensen Gram (25 November 1881 – 4 February 1956) was a Danish composer and

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Life

Gram was born in

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and studied at the

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Conservatory under

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and

Hans Sitt Hans Sitt (born Jan Hanuš Sitt on 21 September 1850, Prague – 10 March 1922, Leipzig), was a Bohemian violinist, violist, teacher, and composer. During his lifetime, he was regarded as one of the foremost teachers of violin. Most of the orche ...

. From 1908, he worked as a conductor in Copenhagen, and from 1918 to 1932, he led the performances of the ''Dansk Koncertforening''. From 1937 to 1951 he was Director of Music at the

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. He composed three

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, a symphonic fantasy, a

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, two

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, a

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works and songs.

Works

Orchestral

* Romance No. 1 for Orchestra, Op. 2 * Romance No. 2 for Orchestra, Op. 5 (1914) * Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 7 (1909) * ''Poème lyrique'' for orchestra, Op. 9 (1911) * Festive Overture, Op. 10 * Symphony No. 1, Op. 12 (1914) * ''Avalon'', Orchestral song for soprano and orchestra, Op. 16 (1916) * Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 20 (1919) * Overture in C major, Op. 21 (1921) * ''Min Ungdoms Drøm'' for tenor and orchestra or piano, Op. 22 * ''Marionet Music'' for Orchestra, Op. 24 * Symphony No. 2 for soprano and orchestra, Op. 25 (1926) * ''Prologue to a Drama by Shakespeare'' for orchestra, Op. 27 (1928) * ''Suite de Ballet'', Op. 32 (1945) * Symphony No. 3, Op. 35 (1955)

Chamber music

* String Quartet No. 1, Op. 3 (1907) * Piano Trio, Op. 6 (1910) * ''Canzonetta'' for violin and piano, Op. 19 * Serenade for String Quartet on two Canadian folk melodies, Op. 26 (1927) * ''Pastorale and Capriccio'' for oboe and piano, Op. 29 * String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 * Wind Quintet, Op. 31 (1943)

Solo instruments

* Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 8 * Romance for Piano, Op. 8a * Introduction and Fugue, Op. 13 * Piano Sonata, Op. 14 (1913) * Variations on a theme by Peter Weyse for piano, Op. 15 (1915)

Voice

* 3 Songs, Op. 1 * Songs, Op. 4 (1906) * 4 Songs, Op. 11 (1911) * 3 Songs for Men's Chorus, Op. 17 * ''Three Danish Poems'' for female chorus, Op. 23 * ''Intrada Seria'', Op. 34 (1946)

References

External links

DACAPOS webpage
* Ejnar Jacobsen og Vagn Kappel: ''Musikken mestre b. 2'' (1947)
Gram's grave
Danish composers Danish male composers Danish classical organists Danish male classical organists 1881 births 1956 deaths 20th-century organists 20th-century Danish male musicians {{Organist-stub