The following is a list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Thorvald Aagaard Thorvald Aagaard (8 June 1877 – 22 March 1937) was a Danish composer, organist and college teacher. He was born in Rolsted, Faaborg-Midtfyn. He wrote the music to several continually popular songs, such as "" (The sparrow sits in silence behi ...

* Truid Aagesen * David Abell *

Hans Abrahamsen Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His ''Let me tell you (Abrahamsen), Let me tell you'' (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at ''The Guard ...

* Aksel Agerby * Harald Agersnap * Georg Frederik Ferdinand Allen *

Robert William Otto Allen Robert William Otto Allen (18 March 1852 – 9 December 1888) was a Denmark, Danish pianist, composer and conductor. He was the brother of conductor Georg Frederik Ferdinand Allen. He trained at the Royal Academy of Music as a student of Edmund N ...

* Arthur Ivan Allin *

Birgitte Alsted Birgitte Alsted (born 15 June 1942) is a Danish violinist, teacher and composer. Alsted was born in Odense, and was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and in Warsaw. She has done much within the electronic music and often uses cr ...

* Herman Amberg * Johan Amberg *

Aksel Andersen Hans Aksel Andersen (19 March 1912 – 18 November 1977) was a Danish classical organist, composer and professor of music. Aksel Andersen was born in Ruskin, Nebraska. As a boy he was trained in organ, violin and piano. In Denmark, he was a p ...

Benny Andersen Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018)Benny Andersen er død
'' Daniel Andersen Daniel Andersen (25 November 1885 – 30 April 1959) was a Danish composer, sculptor, and ceramist. He studied music in Vienna; among his compositions are a handful of religious works and an opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#Europ ...

* Eyvin Andersen *

Hakon Andersen Jens Hakon Johannes Andersen (26 October 1875 – 21 April 1959) was a Danish organist and composer. He served as organist for a number of churches around Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with ...

Joachim Andersen Joachim Andersen may refer to: *Joachim Andersen (composer) (1847–1909), Danish composer *Joachim Andersen (footballer) Joachim Christian Andersen (; born 31 May 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club F ...

* Johannes Andersen *

Fritz Andersen Johannes Fritz Emanuel Andersen (14 February 1829 – 1910) was a Danish organist and composer. He was the father of critic Sophus Andersen Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a Denmark, Danish composer and music cr ...

Kai Normann Andersen Kai Normann Andersen (11 April 1900 – 24 June 1967) was a Danish composer who wrote film scores and music for stage revues and dramas. He composed songs for over 50 films between 1930 and 1965. In the 1930s and 1940s he dominated Danish film m ...

Sophus Andersen Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a Denmark, Danish composer and music critic. Biography Sophus Emil Andersen was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of composer Fritz Andersen (1829–1910). He studied both piano and ...

Lotte Anker Lotte Anker (born 1958) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble. Musical career Anker was born in Copenhagen and studied music at Copenhagen ...

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Erik Bach Erik Bach (born 5 January 1946) is a Danish composer and writer on music. Born in the small rural town of Mariager, Bach took his diploma in music theory and music history from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. As a composer, he claims the i ...

Kasper Bai Kasper Bai (born 1974) is a Danish songwriter, composer, arranger and guitarist. He was born in Hjørring, studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, and now lives and works in Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most ...

Frans Bak Frans Bak (born 7 February 1958 Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked as a jazz performer and composer of film music. In 1994, he ...

Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle (1806–1855) was a Danish composer and editor of church music; he is noted for his Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on ...

Harald Balslev Harald Balslev cand.theol. (1867–1952) was a Danish writer, composer and teacher. Much of his musical output is liturgical Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, litu ...

Emilius Bangert Emilius Bangert (19 August 1883 – 19 August 1962) was a Danish composer, organist, and professor. He played the organ at Roskilde Cathedral and also composed orchestral and chamber music. Biography Emilius Ferdinand Caspar Bangert was born in ...

Christian Barnekow Christian Barnekow (28 July 1837 – 20 March 1913) was a Danish nobleman and composer. He was born in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France, and died in Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a pop ...

* Sigurd Barrett * Christian Frederik Barth * Frederik Philip Carl August Barth * Wilhelm Herman Barth *

Johan Bartholdy Conrad Johan Bartholdy (12 March 1853 – 6 December 1904) was a Danish organist, composer, singing teacher, conductor and author of music theory books. He was honored as a Titular Professor for the year 1900. Bartholdy was born in Hammel, t ...

* Rudolph Bay * Julius Bechgaard *

Victor Bendix Victor Emanuel Bendix (17 May 1851 in Copenhagen – January 1926) was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist, who came from a Jewish family. His teachers included Niels Gade. He studied at the conservatory of music at Copenhagen, then ...

* Jørgen Bentzon *

Niels Viggo Bentzon Niels Viggo Bentzon (24 August 1919 – 25 April 2000) was a Danish composer and pianist. Biography Bentzon was born and died in Copenhagen. He was the son of Viggo Bentzon (1861-1937), Rector of Copenhagen University and Karen Hartmann (188 ...

Nicolai Berendt Nicolai Berendt (27 July 1826 – 1889) was a Danish pianist and composer. He debuted as a pianist in November 1846 at the Royal Theater of Denmark with a piano concerto by Johann Nepomuk Hummel. In 1851–53, he studied composition and pian ...

* Gunnar Berg Steffenbrandt

Andreas Peter Berggreen Andreas Peter Berggreen (March 2, 1801 – November 8, 1880) was a Danish composer, organist, and pedagogue. Berggreen was born and died in Copenhagen. As a child Peter began composing songs and melodies for the flute. He initially studied law b ...

* Ilja Bergh * Rudolph Sophus Bergh *

Niels Bernhart Niels Bernhart (9 May 1946 – 22 April 2008) was a Danish pianist, composer and lecturer. Born in Holbæk, he was assigned to the entertainment industry for over 40 years and toured for many years around his home country solo or with his ow ...

Viggo Bielefeldt Viggo Emil Bielefeldt (16 October 1851 – 17 December 1909) was a Danish composer, singer, cantor and music teacher. His father Heinrich Hellmuth Bielefeldt was an immigrant from Mecklenburg, Germany. Life and career Bielefeldt was educated ...

Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod (27 May 1850 – 17 October 1937) was a Danish composer and organist. The son of the writer Frederik Barfod, he was trained as an organist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music 1870–1872. In 1873 he became organist at ...

* Erling Bjerno *

Thomas Blachman Thomas Blachman (born 1963) is a Danish jazz musician, composer, and judge on the Danish version of ''X Factor''. Biography Blachman is the son of Henning and Annie Blachman. One of his grandfathers is Isak Blachman, a Jewish immigrant from Vit ...

* Georg Carl Bohlmann * Elisabeth Boisen * Jørgen Ditleff Bondesen * Helge Bonnén * Melchior Borchgrevinck *

Kim Borg Kim Borg (August 7, 1919April 28, 2000) was a Finnish Bass (vocal range), bass, teacher and composer. He had a wide-ranging, resonant, warm voice. Biography Kim Borg was born in Helsinki. He studied voice with Heikki Teittinen at the Sibelius Ac ...

Axel Borup-Jørgensen Axel Borup-Jørgensen (22 November 1924 – 15 October 2012) was a Danish composer. He was born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He died in Birkerød. He studied piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. As a co ...

* Hans Brachrogge *

Steffen Brandt Steffen Brandt (born 14 June 1953 in Åbyhøj) is a Danish singer-songwriter and composer. Since 1981 he has been the lead singer of rock group TV-2, and he wrote both the text and music of all the group's songs. In 2003 he received the Moders ...

* Ivar Bredal * Erling Brene *

Viggo Brodersen Viggo Brodersen (26 March 1879 - 7 February 1965) was a Danish composer and pianist. Among his teachers in Copenhagen was Louis Glass Louis Christian August Glass (23 March 1864 – 22 January 1936) was a Danish composer. Glass, born in C ...

Nicolaus Bruhns Nicolaus Bruhns (also ''Nikolaus'', ''Nicholas''; late 1665 – in Husum) was a Danish- German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation. Biography Bruhns was born in Schwab ...

Kai Aage Bruun Kai Aage Bruun (23 January 1899 – 11 May 1971) was a Danish music writer, critic and composer. Bruun grew up in a musical home. His father was cellist in The Royal Chapel and was educated by The Royal Danish Academy of Music. His mother w ...

* Peter Bruun * Ole Buck * Michael Bundesen *

Carl Busch Carl Busch (29 March 1862, Bjerre – 19 December 1943, Kansas City) was a Danish-born American composer and music teacher sometimes associated with the Indianist movement. He was an important figure in the musical life of Kansas City, Miss ...

* Volkmar Busch *

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumen ...

Erik Bøgh Erik Bøgh (17 June 1822 – 17 August 1899) was a Danish journalist, playwright and songwriter. From 1881 to 1899 he worked at the Royal Danish Theatre. Bøgh authored the one-act musical comedy ''Valbygaasen'' (The Goose of Valby), which w ...

Hakon Børresen Axel Ejnar Hakon Børresen (2 June 1876 – 6 October 1954) was one of the foremost Danish composers of the 20th century. Life Børresen was born and died in Copenhagen, and was descended from a merchant family. As a child, he was given vi ...

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* Camillo Carlsen *

Henrik Carlsen Henrik Carlsen (born 30 November 1959) is a Danish composer, record producer, singer, and keyboardist. Background Carlsen was born in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and grew up in Brøndby. He was a founding member of Street Beat in 1982 and led ...

Bernhard Christensen Bernhard Christensen (9 March 1906 – 20 March 2004) was a Denmark, Danish composer and organist. He was born in Copenhagen and studied music at University of Copenhagen from 1926. In 1929 he graduated and was organist until 1945 at Christ ...

Asger Lund Christiansen Asger Lund Christiansen (1927–1998) was a Danish cellist and composer. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, graduating in 1946. Alongside Bløndal Erling Bengtsson, he was his generation's most recognized Danish cellist. In 1957 ...

Henning Christiansen Henning Christiansen (28 May 1932 in Copenhagen – 10 December 2008) was a Danish composer and an active member of the Fluxus-movement. He worked with artists such as Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Bazon Brock and Wolf Vostell as well as with his ...

* Karl Clausen *

Niels Clemmensen Niels Clemmensen (1900–1950) was a Danish pianist and composer. He was the son of C. A. Clemmensen and the brother of Carl Henrik Clemmensen Carl Henrik Clemmensen (28 March 1901 – 30 or 31 August 1943) was a Danish newspaper editor who ...

Carl Cohn Haste Carl Cohn Haste (December 7, 1874 – June 4, 1939) was a Danish pianist, organist and composer. Blind from the age of 5 after an eye inflammation, he became a music teacher at the Royal Blind Institute, composer and the first president of th ...

* Victor Cornelius * Fritz Crome * Simoni Dall Croubelis

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Balduin Dahl Christian Florus Balduin Dahl (6 October 1834 – 3 June 1891) was a Danish composer and conductor. He spent a portion of his career with Den Kongelige Livgarde. He was the son of a musician at Tivoli Gardens. After the death of Hans Christi ...

* Nancy Dalberg * Johan Darbes * Christian Debois * Søffren Degen *

Nathanael Diesel Nathanael Diesel (1692 – October 26, 1745) was a Danish composer, violinist and lutenist. He was a teacher to Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark. See also *List of Danish composers The following is a list of notable Denmark, Danish co ...

Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean ...

* Otto Dütsch

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* Adolph Julius Eggers *

Søren Nils Eichberg Søren Nils Eichberg (born 23 July 1973) is a German/Danish classical composer and conductor. Biography Eichberg was born in Stuttgart. He studied piano, composition and orchestra conducting in Copenhagen, Cologne and Berlin. He had his first br ...

Niels Eje Niels Eje (born Copenhagen 1954) is a Danish composer and oboist. Education Niels Eje was educated at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Denmark 1974 to 1979. Thereafter he studied with Lothar Koch of the Berlin Philharmonic. Career His ca ...

* Henning Elbirk *

Ejnar Emborg Ejnar Emborg (1888–1963) was a Danish composer and music teacher. Son of Lavrs Rasmussen and Hansine Jensen and brother to Jens Laursøn Emborg and Age Emborg he became teacher for Vordingborg Seminarium. Afterward he would sing and teach ...

* Harald Bjerg Emborg * Jens Laursøn Emborg *

Jørgen Emborg Jørgen Emborg (born 29 March 1953) is a Danish jazz pianist and composer, influenced by Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, who has given the music a lyrical, specifically Nordic feel in his compositions. Life and work Emborg, who pl ...

Aage Emborg Aage Emborg (August 23, 1883 – 1953) was a Denmark, Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers References

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* August Enna * Poul Allin Erichsen * Morten Eskesen

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* Jacob Christian Fabricius *

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (7 December 1924 – 28 July 2020), better known internationally as Bent Fabric, was a Danish pianist and composer. Biography Bent Fabricius-Bjerre was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He started a jazz ensemble after ...

* Frederik Foersom * Peter Christian Foersom * Johan Foltmar *

Ida Henriette da Fonseca Ida Henriette da Fonseca (July 27, 1802 – July 6, 1858) was a Denmark, Danish opera singer and composer of Portuguese people, Portuguese descent. Ida Henriette da Fonseca was the daughter of Portugal-born Abraham da Fonseca (1776–1849) and ...

* Julius Foss * John Frandsen * Axel Frederiksen * Johan Henrik Freithoff * Ivar Frounberg * Carl Johan Frydensberg *

Johannes Frederik Frølich Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John (name), John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes (given name), Ioannes''), itself ...

* Frederik Christian Funck * Peter Ferdinand Funck * Fuzzy * Johanne Fenger *Carl Gottlob Füssel

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Ingolf Gabold Ingolf Georg August Gabold (31 March 1942 – 1 May 2025) was a Danish composer. He last worked as the drama manager for DR, the Danish national broadcaster, from 1996 until 2012. On 10 January 2003, Gabold became a Knight of the Dannebrog. P ...

* Axel Gade *

Jacob Gade Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, ''Jalousie'' (also known as ''Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" '' and ''T ...

* Niels W. Gade *

Johann Christian Gebauer Johann Christian Gebauer (6 August 1808 – 24 January 1884) was a Danish composer, organist and music theorist. Background Gebauer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was the painter, Christian David Gebauer (1777–1831). He lived ...

* Christian Geisler * Christian Geist * Carl Ludvig Gerlach * Georg Gerson *

W.H.R.R. Giedde Werner Hans Rudolph Rosenkrantz Giedde (4 October 1756 – 1816) was a Danish composer, music collector and Royal official. A catalogue of his music is in the Royal Library of Copenhagen. His work includes piano music and psalm settings. H ...

Lennart Ginman Lennart Ginman (born March 1960) is a Danish-Finnish bassist, composer and music producer. He has cooperated with artists like Steen Jørgensen, lead singer of Sort Sol in two joint albums, and Kirk Lightsey, an American jazz pianist with a ...

* Nicolo Gistou * Christian Henrik Glass *

Louis Glass Louis Christian August Glass (23 March 1864 – 22 January 1936) was a Danish composer. Glass, born in Copenhagen, was an almost exact contemporary of Carl Nielsen and, like Nielsen, was a student of Niels Gade. However, Glass also studied at t ...

Franz Joseph Glæser Franz Joseph Glæser (19 April 1798 - 29 August 1861), also spelt as Glaeser and Gläser, was an Austrian- Danish composer. Born in Obergeorgenthal, Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Glaeser’s work as a composer was mostly done befo ...

* Joseph Glæser * Peder Gram * Axel Grandjean * Lars Graugaard * Tekla Griebel-Wandall * Michael Ehregott Grose * Heinrich Ernst Grosmann *

Jacob Groth Jacob Groth (born 12 May 1951) is a Denmark, Danish film composer. He is most known for scoring the film trilogy based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium series and a number of award-winning Danish TV series as well as the CBS series ''Unforgettabl ...

* Georg Grothe *

Launy Grøndahl Launy Grøndahl (30 June 1886 – 21 January 1960) was a Danish conductor and composer. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight. His first work as a professional musician was as a violinist with the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in C ...

Peter Grønland Peter Grønland (15 October 176130 December 1825) was a Danish composer, music collector, and civil servant. Notable works *Melodien zu den gesellschaftlichen Liederbuche (1796) *Notenbuch zu das akademischen Liederbuchs erstem Bändchen (17 ...

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016) was a Danish composer. Biography Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was the son of the sculptor Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. He studied at the Royal D ...

Bo Gunge Bo Gunge (born 22 April 1964 in Copenhagen) is a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers The following is a list of notable Denmark, Danish composers: __NOTOC__ #A, A #B, B #C, C #D, D #E, E #F, F #G, G #H, H #I, I #J, J #K, K #L, ...

* Cornelius Gurlitt * Hugo Gyldmark *

Sven Gyldmark Sven Rudolf Sidenius Gyldmark (21 April 1904 – 5 October 1981) was a Danish film score composer. He was the brother of Hugo Gyldmark and Leonard who were also composers. Filmography * ' (1975) * '' Nøddebo Præstegård'' (1974) * ' (197 ...

* Birger Wøllner Gaarn

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* Sophus Hagen * Mads Hak * Andreas Hallager *

Sophus Halle Sophus Halle (13 December 1862 – 1924) was a Denmark, Danish teacher, organist and composer. He was born in Rødby and had no music lessons before he came to Jonstrup Seminarium in 1879 - 1882, where he was taught organ and music theory by Carl ...

* Povl Hamburger *

Asger Hamerik Asger Hamerik (Hammerich) (April 8, 1843 – July 13, 1923) was a Danish composer of the late romantic period. Aged 80 at time of death. Life and career Born in Frederiksberg (near Copenhagen), he studied music with J.P.E. Hartmann and Niels G ...

Ebbe Hamerik Ebbe Hamerik (5 September 1898 – 12 August 1951) was a Danish composer. Born in Frederiksberg, he was the son of composer Asger Hamerik Asger Hamerik (Hammerich) (April 8, 1843 – July 13, 1923) was a Danish composer of the late romant ...

* Margaret Hamerik * Jodle Birge *

Christian Julius Hansen Christian Julius Hansen (6 May 1814 – 15 March 1875) was a Danish composer, organist, voice teacher and choirmaster. He studied with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann; his works include songs, choral and orchestral pieces as well as light opera ...

* Frants Johannes Hansen * Nicolaj Hansen * Robert Emil Hansen *

Thorvald Hansen Thorvald Hansen can refer to: * Thorvald Hansen (skier), Norwegian nordic combined skier * Thorvald Hansen (composer) Frederick Thorvald Hansen (3 May 1847 - 24 January 1915) was a Danish trumpeter and composer. As a boy, he learned to play th ...

* Hans Hansen *

Egil Harder Egil Georg Harder (7 April 1917 – 7 April 1997) was a Danish pianist, composer, conductor, and music educator. Early life and education Egil Harder was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He showed an early interest in music and studied at the Roy ...

* Knud Harder * August Wilhelm Hartmann JPE Hartmann

Emil Hartmann Emil Hartmann (1 February 1836–18 July 1898) was a Danish composer of the romantic period, fourth generation of composers in the Danish Hartmann musical family. His music is distinctly Nordic and tuneful and won great popularity in his t ...

Emma Hartmann Amalia Emma Sophie Hartmann née Zinn (22 August 1807 – 6 March 1851) was a Danish people, Danish composer who composed under the pseudonym Frederik H. Palmer. She was married to the composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900). They live ...

J.P.E. Hartmann Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (14 May 1805 – 10 March 1900) was, together with his son-in-law Niels W. Gade, the leading Danish composer of the 19th century, a period known as the Danish Golden Age. According to Alfred Einstein, he was "the rea ...

* Johan Ernst Hartmann * Johann Hartmann * Lars Hegaard * Anton Hegner * Ludvig Hegner * Jørgen Heide *

Peter Heise Peter Heise (11 February 1830 – 12 September 1879) was a Danish composer, best known for the opera '' Drot og Marsk'' (''King and Marshal''). Heise's parents tried to press him into becoming a lawyer, but he scored highly in music at school, ...

* Paul Hellmuth *

Thomas Helmig Thomas Helmig (born 15 October 1964) is a Danish rock singer and musician, and has been one of the most popular singers in Denmark since the middle of the 1980s. Biography Thomas Helmig was born and grew up in Egå, a suburb of Aarhus, where his ...

* Carl Helsted *

Edvard Helsted Edvard (or Eduard) Mads Ebbe Helsted (8 December 1816 – 1 March 1900) was a Danish composer. He is the brother of composer Carl Helsted. Biography Edvard Helsted was born in Copenhagen and trained as a violinist. He worked in the Royal Chap ...

* Gustav Helsted *

Edgar Henrichsen Edgar Henrichsen (19 January 1879 - 24 August 1955) was a Danish composer and organist. He was the brother of Roger Henrichsen, and was a student of Gustav Helsted and Alexandre Guilmant Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (; 12 March 1837 – 29 ...

* Roger Henrichsen *

Fini Henriques Valdemar Fini Henriques (baptized ''Finni'') (20 October 1867 at Frederiksberg - 27 October 1940 in Copenhagen) was a Danish composer and violinist. His parents were hospital inspector and justice counsel Vilhelm Moritz Henriques (1828-1889), ...

* Bent Hesselmann * Christian Hildebrandt * Niels Peter Hillebrandt * Bjørn Hjelmborg *

Ludvig Holm Ludvig Sophus Adolph Theodor Holm (24 December 1858 – 8 April 1928) was a Denmark, Danish violinist and composer. Personal life Holm's father was the composer William Christian Holm, who was also a violist in the Royal Danish Orchestra. Fro ...

Mogens Winkel Holm __NOTOC__ Mogens Winkel Holm (1 October 1936 – 31 October 1999) was a Danish composer. Holm was born in Copenhagen; his father was the architect Tyge Holm. He studied orchestration with Jørgen Jersild at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and ...

Vilhelm Christian Holm Vilhelm Christian Holm (September 28, 1820 - October 15, 1886) was a Danish composer. Notable works *La Ventana (1856) *Fjernt fra Danmark (1860) *Ponte molle (1866) *Livjægerne paa Amager (1871) *Et Æventyr i Billeder (1871) *Mandarinens ...

Vagn Holmboe Vagn Gylding Holmboe (; 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Early life and education Vagn Holmboe was born in Horsens, Jutland, into a merchant family of dedicated amateur musicians. Both parents played the ...

Bo Holten Bo Holten (born 22 October 1948) is a Danish composer and conductor. He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles '' Ars Nova (Copenhagen)'' and '' Musica Ficta (Denmark)'', as well as guest-conductor for the ''BBC Singers''. He w ...

* C.F.E. Horneman *

Emil Horneman Johan Ole Emil Horneman (May 13, 1809 – May 29, 1870) was a Danish composer. He was born in Copenhagen, a son of miniature painter Christian Horneman. Despite his talent for drawing, Christian encouraged him to study music. He was taugh ...

* Bjarne Hoyer *

Johan Hye-Knudsen Johan Hye-Knudsen (24 May 1896 in Nyborg – 28 September 1975) was a Danish conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Biology and medicine * Bone conduction, the conduction of sound to the inner ear * Conduction aphasia, a langu ...

Otto Hænning Otto Hænning (19 November 1916 – 7 February 2004) was a Danish composer and guitarist. See also *List of Danish composers The following is a list of notable Denmark, Danish composers: __NOTOC__ #A, A #B, B #C, C #D, D #E, E #F, F #G, G #H, ...

Georg Høeberg Georg Valdemar Høeberg ( 27 December 1872 in Copenhagen – 3 August 1950 in Vedbaek ) was a Danish violinist, conductor and composer. He was the brother of the opera singer Albert Høeberg and cellist Ernst Høeberg and grandson of Hans Christian ...

* Finn Høffding

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* Johannes Erasmus Iversen

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Ejnar Jacobsen Ejnar Jacobsen (June 9, 1897 – July 17, 1970) was a Danish composer. See also *List of Danish composers The following is a list of notable Denmark, Danish composers: __NOTOC__ #A, A #B, B #C, C #D, D #E, E #F, F #G, G #H, H #I, I #J, J #K, ...

Jens Bjerre Jacobsen Jens Bjerre Jacobsen (13 October 1903 – 3 January 1986) was a Denmark, Danish composer and organist. Jacobsen was born in Aarhus but grew up in Salling, where his father was a Grundtvigian Community pastor in Rødding-Krejbjerg. Jacobse ...

* Niels Peter Jensen *

Knud Jeppesen Knud Jeppesen (15 August 1892 – 14 June 1974) was a Danish musicologist and composer. He was the leading scholar of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, about whose life and music he wrote numerous studies. Biography Jeppesen demonstr ...

Jørgen Jersild Jørgen Jersild (17 September 1913 – 6 February 2004) was a Danish composer and music educator. He was a pupil of Poul Schierbeck and Albert Roussel. Jersild worked from 1953 to 1975 as a professor of ear training by The Royal Danish Academy of ...

* Axel Jørgensen * C.V. Jørgensen

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* Leif Kayser * Axel Kjerulf * Charles Kjerulf * Povl Kjøller *

Paul von Klenau Paul August von Klenau (11 February 1883 – 31 August 1946) was a Danish-born composer who worked primarily in Germany and Austria. Biography Klenau was born in Copenhagen, where he studied under Otto Malling. Already as a young man he left his ...

Werner Knudsen Werner Knudsen (born 23 October 1953) in Ringsted) is a Danish computer scientist, composer and author of both choral music and IT books. He is an IT architect at IBM and used to work at TDC A/S. He lives in Glostrup close to Copenhagen. Parall ...

* Jesper Koch *

Anders Koppel Anders Koppel (born 17 July 1947 in Copenhagen) is a co-founder in 1967 of the rock group Savage Rose. From 1976 to 2012 he was a member of the trio Bazaar. He plays in the trio Koppel-Andersen-Koppel which includes his son, saxophone player Benjam ...

* Herman D. Koppel *

Thomas Koppel Thomas Koppel (27 April 1944 – 25 February 2006) was a Danish classical music and avant-garde popular composer and musician. His father, Herman David Koppel (1908-1998), a composer and pianist of Jewish origin, fled the Nazis with his fami ...

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (; born 2 March 1947, in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and songwriter. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques. ...

Peter Casper Krossing Peter Casper Krossing (21 August 17931 September 1838) was a Danish composer. Some of his compositions are "Overture to the Drama Love's Omnipotence", "Symphony", "Nú Legg Ég Augun Aftur", and "Nu Lukker Sig Mit Øje". See also *List of Dan ...

Hans Ernst Krøyer Hans Ernst (sometimes Ernest) Krøyer (31 January"Hans ...

Friedrich Kuhlau Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (German; Danish sometimes ''Frederick Kulav'') (11 September 1786 – 12 March 1832) was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He was a central figure of the Danis ...

* F.L.Æ. Kunzen *

Jesper Kyd Jesper Kyd Jakobson (; ; born 3 February 1972) is a Danish composer and sound designer who has worked on various video game, television, and film projects. He has composed soundtracks for the ''Hitman (franchise), Hitman'' series, ''Assassin's ...

Morten Kærså Morten Kærså (born 26 September 1957) is a Danish composer, pianist, singer and producer. He is known from the bands Sneakers and Moonjam. See also *List of Danish composers The following is a list of notable Denmark, Danish composers: _ ...

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Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

Rued Langgaard Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years aft ...

Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and became known from 1969 as ...

Søren Sebber Larsen Søren Sebber Larsen (born 1966) is a Danish composer as well as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, playing the guitar, keyboards drums. He released an album entitled "String Man" where he performs well-known classic songs from other artists ...

Thomas Laub Thomas Linnemann Laub (5 December 1852 – 4 February 1927) was a Denmark, Danish organist and composer. He was associated with the 20th century revival of religious music in the country. Biography Thomas Laub was born on 5 December 1852. W ...

* Bernhard Lewkovitch *

Axel Liebmann Axel Liebmann (3 August 1849 – 23 January 1876) was a Denmark, Danish composer. With Victor Bendix, he founded the choral group Korforeningen in 1872 and conducted it from its founding to his death 1876. Personal life Liebmann was married t ...

Nanna Liebmann Nanna Magdalene Liebmann, née Lehmann, (September 27, 1849 – May 11, 1935) was a Danish, music educator, music critic, concert promoter and composer. Early life Nanna Lehmann was one of nine children born to a socially active family; her ...

Lars Lilholt Lars Lilholt (born in Herlev, Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally ...

Anne Linnet Anne Kristine Linnet (born 30 July 1953) is a Danish singer, musician and songwriter. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of the bands Tears, Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, Marquis de Sade and Bitch Boys. Ann ...

Martin Lohse Martin Lohse (born 29 May 1971) is a Danish classical composer and visual artist.(2002)
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Bent Lorentzen Bent Lorentzen (11 February 1935, Stenvad – 3 October 2018, Copenhagen) was a Danish composer. He was one of the outstanding figures in contemporary Danish music. His works are frequently performed at festivals at home and abroad, and he had estab ...

Jakob Lorentzen Jakob Lorentzen (born 1968) is a Danish organ soloist and chamber musician. He is organist and choir master of the Holmen Church (The Royal Naval Church in Copenhagen) and Master of the music at Christiansborg Palace Chapel, both principal church ...

Hans Christian Lumbye Hans Christian Lumbye (; 2 May 1810 – 20 March 1874) was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things. Beginnings As a child, he studied music in Randers and Odense, and by age 14 he was playing the trumpet ...

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Frederik Magle Frederik Reesen Magle (; born 17 April 1977) is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He writes contemporary classical music as well as fusion of classical music and other genres. His compositions include orchestral works, cantatas ...

Otto Malling Otto Valdemar Malling (1 June 1848 – 5 October 1915) was a Denmark, Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Royal Danish Aca ...

Marilyn Mazur Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in ...

Carl Viggo Meincke Fritz Carl Viggo Meincke (8 March 1902 – 27 September 1959) was a Denmark, Danish composer, revue author, theater manager and actor. Early years Carl Meincke was born on 8 March 1902 on Frederiksborggade 5, Copenhagen, in the parish Trinitatis ...

* Sextus Miskow *

Benna Moe Benna Olufine Charlotte Moe (December 15, 1897 - Dec. 27, 1983) was a Danish composer and musician. In addition to her compositional gifts, Benna Moe was an organ soloist, pianist and singer. She composed music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, a ...

John Mogensen John Mogensen (May 5, 1928 – April 10, 1977) was a Danish singer, songwriter and pianist. Mogensen was a member of the vocal quartet Four Jacks from 1956 to 1963. While still a member of the group, he gained popularity as a songwrit ...

* Otto Mortensen * Erik Moseholm

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* Joachim Neergaard *

Franz Xaver Neruda Franz Xaver Neruda (or František) (3 December 1843 – 19 March 1915) was a Czechs, Czech-Denmark, Danish cellist and composer of Moravian origin. Life Franz Xaver Neruda was born in Brno into a musical family. He was the fifth child of the ...

Ulrik Neumann Ulrik Neumann (23 October 1918 – 28 June 1994) was a Danish film actor and musician. He appeared in 19 films between 1940 and 1966. Ulrik Neumann was an accomplished guitar player. From 1959 to 1961 he was a member of the trio Swe-Danes wi ...

* Andreas P. Nielsen *

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he d ...

Ludolf Nielsen Karl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen (29 January 1876 – 16 October 1939) was a Danish composer, violinist, conductor, and pianist. Today he is considered one of the most important Danish composers of the early 1900s (together with the more famous Carl N ...

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Per Nørgård Per Nørgård (; 13 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a per ...

Ib Nørholm Ib Nørholm (24 January 1931 in Søborg, Gladsaxe Municipality – 10 June 2019) was a Danish composer and organist. Life and career Nørholm studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he later taught (from 1973), bec ...

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Morten Olsen Morten Per Olsen (; born 14 August 1949) is a Danish former Association football, football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national football team, Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding ...

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Else Marie Pade Else Marie Pade (2 December 1924 – 18 January 2016) was a Danish composer of electronic music. She was educated as a pianist at the ''Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium'' ( Royal Danish Academy of Music) in Copenhagen. She studied compositio ...

Steen Pade Steen Pade (born 1956) is a Danish composer. He studied composition with Ib Nørholm, Per Nørgård, and Karl Aage Rasmussen. From 1992 to 2007 he was director (principal) of the Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Mus ...

Holger Simon Paulli Holger Simon Paulli (22 February 181023 December 1891) was a Danish conductor and composer. Paulli composed an opera, thirteen ballets, an overture, and pieces for violin and lieder. Biography Paulli was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a st ...

Gunner Møller Pedersen Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 1943) is a Danish composer. Pedersen is best noted for composing the scores to nine of the films of Danish director Nils Malmros including ''Beauty and the Beast'' ('' Skønheden og udyret'') in 1983 and ''Pain of Lo ...

Ivan Pedersen Ivan Pedersen is a Danish composer, singer, drummer, and producer who has released over 20 albums since starting his music career in 1966. He was the drummer and singer of the Danish band McKinleys from 1966 to 1980 and later formed the duo La ...

Mogens Pedersøn Mogens Pedersøn (also ''Mogens Pedersen'', ''Magno Petreo''; c. 1583 – January or February 1623) was a Danish instrumentalist and composer. He is considered the most important Danish-born composer before Buxtehude. Life Early in his career he ...

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Karl Aage Rasmussen Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 13 December 1947) is a Danish composer and writer. He was born in Kolding. Composition Quotation and particularly collage played an important role in his music from the early 1970s, but increasingly he used pre-existing ...

* Emil Reesen *

Jascha Richter Jascha Richter (born 24 June 1963) is a Danish-American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, where he composes and sings most of their songs. Some of his ...

Knudåge Riisager Knudåge Riisager (6 March 1897 – 26 December 1974) was a Danish composer. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Early life and education Knudåge Riisager was born in Kunda, in the Russi ...

Oluf Ring Oluf Ring (24 December 1884-26 April 1946) was a Danish composer, known for his folk music work. He composed around 300 melodies, as well as one opera, and was affiliated with prominent Danish composer Carl Nielsen. Biography Ring was born 24 ...

Kjell Roikjer Kjell Maale Roikjer (14 June 1901 – 19 September 1999) was a Danish composer and bassoonist. Early life and education Roikjer was born and grew up in Malmö, Sweden, where his parents were photographers. At 17, he moved to Copenhagen and began ...

Leopold Rosenfeld Leopold Rosenfeld (21 July 1849 – 19 July 1909) was a Danish composer and singing teacher. He was also a music critic at the newspapers ''Danneborg'', ''Musikbladet'' and ''Tidsskrift for Musik og Teater''. In 1889, he was titled professor. O ...

Poul Ruders Poul Ruders (born 27 March 1949) is a Danish composer. Life Born in Ringsted, Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s. Ruders regards his own composi ...

Frederik Rung Frederik Rung (June 14, 1854 - January 22, 1914) was a Danish conductor and composer. Biography He was the son of composer Henrik Rung (1807-1871). His sister Sophie Keller (1850–1929) was an opera singer at the Royal Danish Theatre. His so ...

Henrik Rung Henrik Rung (March 30, 1807 – December 12, 1871) was a Denmark, Danish composer. Early life and education Henrik Rung was born in Copenhagen. Rung received training with the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen. He received a travel grant ...

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Sanne Salomonsen Susanne Salomonsen (born on 30 December 1955) is a Danish singer and songwriter, better known under the nickname Sanne Salomonsen. Salomonsen joined a local rock band in 1967, and her first solo album was released in 1973. She became one of the m ...

Claus Schall Claus Nielsen Schall (28 April 1757 – 10 August 1835) was a Danish violinist and composer living much of his life as a subject of Denmark–Norway. Life and Career Niels Pedersen Schall's father, initially a cobbler's apprentice, later ...

* Peder Schall *

Johann Adolph Scheibe Johann Adolph Scheibe (5 May 1708 – 22 April 1776) was a German-Danish composer and significant critic and theorist of music. Though much of his theoretical work survives, most of his compositions are lost, though the extant ones demonstrate a ...

Poul Schierbeck Poul Schierbeck (8 June 1888 – 9 February 1949) was a Danish composer and organist. He was a pupil of Carl Nielsen and Thomas Laub. From 1931 he taught composition and instrumentation at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His pupils include ...

* Poul Christian Schindler * Svend S. Schultz *

Sebastian Sebastian may refer to: People and fictional characters * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Saint Sebastian, a Christian saint martyred in the 3rd century * Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578 ...

* Rudolph Simonsen * Svenn Skipper *

Niels Skousen Niels Skousen (born 28 January 1944 in Cologne, Germany) is a Danish composer, guitarist, actor, and poet. Niels Skousen is married to (since 2003). He started his musical career in 1964. After having heard the Bob Dylan album Another Side Of ...

* Kira Skov * Bent Sørensen * Aage Stentoft *

Bo Stief Bo Stief (born 15 October 1946) is a Danish jazz and rock bassist, composer, and arranger born in Copenhagen. He has worked or recorded with Don Cherry, Miles Davis, Warne Marsh, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Jackie ...

Henrik Strube Henrik Strube (born 21 February 1949) is a Danish guitarist and musician. Discography * ''Fødelandssange'' (1972) * ''Ven og Fjende'' (1976) * ''Jackpot'' (1977) * ''Hunden er løs'' (1979) * ''Den Flyvende Duo'' (1981) * ''Unruhrig'' (1983) ...

John Sund John Sund (born 1957 in Copenhagen) is a Danish guitarist and composer. He has played and recorded with many leading musicians, including Thomas Clausen, The Danish Radio Big Band, Palle Mikkelborg, Bo Stief Bo Stief (born 15 October 1946) is ...

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John Tchicai John Martin Tchicai ( ; 28 April 1936 – 8 October 2012) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer. Biography Tchicai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a Danish mother and a Congolese father. The family moved to Aarhus, where he s ...

Michael Teschl Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "This Time I Mean It", written by Ebbe Ravn, and performed by Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl. The Danish participating broadcaster, DR, organised 1999 in order to se ...

* Carl August Thielo *

Knud Vad Thomsen Knud Vad Thomsen (24 March 1905 – 2 February 1971) was a Danish composer. Notable works * (1959, Hans Hartvig Seedorff) * (1947, Nis Petersen) * (1951, Jens Louis Petersen) * (Poul Sørensen) * (1948,''Den Store Danske Encyklopædi'' ...

Kenneth Thordal Kenneth Thordal (born 16 October 1965 in Copenhagen) is a Danish musician, songwriter, music producer, composer, writer and translator. Among other things, Thordal is known for writing the Danish translation of the lyrics and dialogue of the B ...

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Flemming Weis (Carl) Flemming Weis (15 April 1898 – 30 September 1981) was a Danish composer. He was born in 1898 in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Hellerup, Denmark in 1981. When studying, he specialized in the organ. Music Weis was heavily influence ...

* Tue West * Svend Westergaard * C. E. F. Weyse *

Henriette Wienecke Sigrid Ingeborg Henriette Wienecke née ''Stadfeldt'' ( March 13, 1819 – April 18, 1907) was a Norwegian-Danish composer. She produced over 140 psalms and musical pieces. Biography Wienecke was born in Frederikshald, Norway to Asgeir Johns ...

* K.A. Wieth-Knudsen *

August Winding August Winding (24 March 183516 June 1899) was a Danish pianist, teacher and composer. Life Early life and education August Henrik Winding was born in Tårs, near Sandby on the island of Lolland.Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck Danish

Composers A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and defi ...

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