Werner Knudsen (born 23 October 1953) in

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) is a Danish

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composer 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 def ...

and

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of both

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and IT books. He is an IT architect at

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and used to work at

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. He lives in

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close to

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. Parallel to his IT career he has always worked with music, in particular

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

singing. For a number of years he was chairman of the Children's choir of the

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for which he has arranged some music. He is also a member of Akademisk Kor, a Copenhagen-based oratorio choir. He has primarily composed songs as well as choral and organ music, notably in collaboration with author Niels Johansen. ''Hvem kaldte på erantis?'', a collection of their songs and hymns, was published at Unitas Forlag in 2010. His ''Sommersange'', a choral cycle with lyrics by Thøger Larsen, has been published at

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in 2008.

Works

IT Books * 1995: Internet for alle * 1997: Mere Internet for alle * 1999: Internet tips for alle * 2001: Den lille bog om søgning på nettet Music Works: * 2006: Sommersange (lyrics by Thøger Larsen) * 2007: Du danske sommer, jeg elsker dig (lyrics by Thøger Larsen) * 2010: Hvem kaldte på erantis? (lyrics by Niels Johansen)bibliotek.dk
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