Sigurd Berge (1 July 1929 – 1 February 2002) was a Norwegian

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. He graduated in 1952, then studied at the Music Conservatory in

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. He studied modern electronic music in

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and

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. Groundbreaking "modern music" pieces from late 50's to early 80's including ''Hornlokk'' (1972) and ''Illuxit'' (1974). He was the president of the Norsk Komponistforening (Society of Norwegian Composers) from 1985 to 1988. He wrote multiple books and articles about creative use of music. In 1970 Berge collaborated with artist and poet

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to create Norway's first multimedia artwork,

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, which was exhibited at

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. ''Blikk'' is now part of the permanent collection of National Museum of Norway, having been recreated by composer and curator in 2022.

Production

Selected works

* ''Pezzo orchestrale'' (1959) * ''Episode'' (1959) * ''Sinus'' (1959) * ''Raga'' for oboe and orchestra (1959) * ''Chroma'' (1963). * ''The raindrop postlude'' (1968) . * ''Moon landscape'' (1971) * ''Hornlokk'' (1972). Written for

Frøydis Ree Wekre Frøydis Ree Wekre (born 31 July 1941) is a Norway, Norwegian musician. Born in Oslo, she studied in Oslo, Sweden, Russia, and the United States. Originally a piano and violin player, Wekre did not take up the French horn, horn until age 17, havi ...

. * ''Illuxit'' (1974). For children’s choir. * ''Juvenes'' (1976). For string orchestra. * ''Trio for tre horn'' (1986). For Hot Lips Trio. * ''Mørk maske'' (1995).

Discography

* ''Early Electronic Works'', Prisma Records, (2010)

Installation artworks

* ''

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'' (1970, 2022)

External links

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Biography from MIC Music Information Centre NorwayList of works from the National Library of Norway
1929 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Norwegian classical composers Norwegian male classical composers {{norway-composer-stub