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32:(15 August 1904 – 5 December 1972) was a Danish pianist, conductor, composer and musicologist. In addition to his work as a high school teacher in German and Music, he composed several instrumental and choral works, as well as songs. He became increasingly involved in work with amateur choirs and school singing, and he became a very popular choir conductor, who led several choirs to many musical successes, often with his own choir arrangements, based on folk melodies.
118:, where he led the archive Sanghistorisk Arkiv. During his first years in Aarhus, he carried out song collections in South and West Jylland, but his last years were more and more focused on Faroese folk singing. He went on several collection trips to the islands, where he primarily focused on the hitherto rather obscure religious kingo-singing and spiritual singing, of which he collected several hundred recordings.
100:, with German as major and Music and later Danish as minors. He worked as a high school teacher, first at Rungsted Statsskole 1928-35 and then at Ăstre Borgerdyd Gymnasium 1935â63, but also for some years at Metropolitanskolen, from 1946 as senior master. Along with teaching, he studied music theory with Hakon Andersen, and was music teacher and choir conductor at Danmarks LĂŚrerhøjskole 1941â63.
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in 1864. Although forming a majority of the population, the Danes here faced critical times, being under strong influence of German administration, culture and language. Danish culture and language were, however, kept alive, not least through the growth of a quite strong folk singing culture. Clausen
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Jacobsen (1975): Preface, pp. 7â18 in: Karl Clausen og Marianne Clausen (1975): Ă
ndelig Visesang pĂĽ FĂŚrøerne, in: Fra FĂŚrøerne : Ăr Føroyum, vol. VII-VIII, 203 pp., Dansk-FĂŚrøsk Samfund
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Clausen (1942): Omkring Henrik Rungs fĂŚrøske folkevisemelodier (1846), pp. 155â172 in: Gunnar Heerup (ed.): levende musik, 1:8, October 1942, Aschehoug dansk Forlag
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rhus University, 22. Feb. 1967, printed as Danmarks SanglĂŚrerforenings publikation nr. 17, 12 pages
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