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Launy Grøndahl

Danish musician (–)

Launy Grøndahl (30 June – 21 January ) was a Danish conductor and composer. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight.[1] His first work as a professional musician was as a violinist with the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in Copenhagen, aged thirteen.[1]

He was also for a long period (–) the resident conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.[2] Launy Valdemar Grondahl is known to posterity for two things: his distinguished 31–year conducting career with the Danish National Radio Symphony Orquestra, and his Trombone Concerto dating from [3]

Launy Grøndahl was born in Denmark on June 30, , dying in , he began his studies with Anton Bloch, Ludolf Nielsen and Axel Gade, and what marks his life as a violinist and composer was a scholarship from the Kobenhavns Orkestreforenings Jubioeumslegat (granting of the Jubilee of the Copenhagen Orchestral Association) in the summer of [4] This thanks to the manager of the Vacuum Oil Company, Carls A. Muchaelsen, had donated kr. to honor a talented member in connection with the association's 25th anniversary jubilee on 25 April With this Grøndahl scholarship you can tour Europe in search of musical knowledge and maturation in Paris, Vienna and Milan, among other cities.[5]

Notable works

Some of his first works included a symphony, works for small string ensembles and a violin concerto.

He is best known[citation needed] for his Trombone Concerto, written in while traveling in Italy. It was reportedly written for the trombone section of the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in Copenhagen, of which Grøndahl was a member, due to their high standard of playing.

He is also remembered for his pioneering recordings of the symphonies of his compatriot Carl Nielsen and his original score for Benjamin Christensen's silent film Häxan.

References

  1. ^ abLauny Grondahl | Classical Composers Database
  2. ^Danish National Symphony Orchestra
  3. ^Granau, Martin (). "Launy Grøndahl's Trombone Concerto Written for Vilhelm Aarkrogh and the Orchestra at the Copenhagen Zoo". ITA Journal. 26: 48 &#; via number 2, spring p.
  4. ^Granau, Martin (). "Launy Grøndahl's Trombone Concerto Written for Vilhelm Aarkrogh and the Orchestra at the Copenhagen Zoo". ITA Journal. 26: 48 &#; via number 2, spring p.
  5. ^Bauer, Obediah (). Graduate recital in trombone. p.&#;1.

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