Johan Halvorsen
Johan Halvorsen (
1864-
1935) was a
Norwegian composer, conductor and musician. Born in
Drammen, he played the
violin at an age of nine, amd in
1883 he went to
Stockholm for his music studies. He continued his studies in
Leipzig, then went on to
Aberdeen in 1887, to
Helsinki in 1890, before he went on to
Bergen in 1893, and finally to
Oslo in 1899.
His best known compositions are the "March of the Boyars" (Bojarenes inntogsmarsj) and Bergensiana.
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