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Per Carl Winge (27 August 1858 – 7 September 1935) was a Norwegian
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, known primarily for his vocal music.Nils Grinde: ''Norsk musikkhistorie'' pp. 249
Universitetsforlaget (Norwegian)
Winge was born in Christiania. His parents were Axel Winge and Elisabeth Marie (Betzy) Lasson. His mother's side of the family produced many musicians and artists, including painter Oda Lasson Krohg (1860-1935), composer Nils Lasson, and cabaret artist Bokken Lasson."Store norske leksikon"
/ref> His sister, Lizzie Winge, was also a pianist, and they would both appear in concert with
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(1864-1935). Winge studied piano with
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. Later he studied music in
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from 1883 to 1884 and afterwards in
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to 1886. Winge was music director of '' Musikselskabet Harmonien'' (now
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) from 1886 until 1893, and was also conductor of the Norwegian ''Studentersangforeningen'' from 1916 to 1919. The most important of Winge's ''oeuvre'' is his around 60 romances. Among Winge's compositions are the children's songs ''Kjære lille gutten min'' ("Dear Little Boy of Mine") and ''Jeg synger for min lille venn'' ("I’m Singing for My Little Friend").


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Nils Grinde: ''Norsk musikkhistorie'' pp. 249
Universitetsforlaget (Norwegian). Retrieved 11 July 2015. *


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winge, Per 1858 births 1935 deaths Musicians from Oslo Norwegian male conductors (music) Norwegian male pianists Male classical pianists Norwegian male classical composers 19th-century Norwegian male musicians 20th-century Norwegian male musicians Chief conductors of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra