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Vagn Gylding Holmboe (December 20 1909, Horsens, Jutland – September 1 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher who wrote within the usually-speaking neo-classic style, influenced by Stravinsky and Bartók. His works from either astir 1950 to 1970 especially, come characterized per thorough have of musical metamorphosis of thematic or even motivic fragments.
He composed, non counting early works preceding his number 1 works using composition totals, all told baker's dozen symphonies (also trey chamber symphonies & quartet symphonies for even strings, a latter playable together or on an individual basis,) twenty string quartets* (the quartets, symphonies everthing nowadays recorded, excepting the ternion for chamber orchestra,) a total of concertos, one opera, a late series of preludes for chamber orchestra, very much choral music and more music.
* Likewise non counting a twenty-number 1, the Quartetto sereno, one of his endure works & completed by his pupil Per Nørgård.
Major works
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Symphonies
sym. Unity, for chamber orchestra, M. 85
sym. Ii, 1938–9, M. 107
sym. Trey, Sinfonia rustica, M. 126
sym. Quaternary, Sinfonia sacra for chorus & orchestra, M. 132
sym. Pentad, 1944, M. 145
sym. Sixer, 1947, M. 155
sym. Vii, 1950, M. 167
Chamber symphony there is no. Unity, 1951, M. 171
sym. Eighter from decatur, Sinfonia boreale, M. 175
Sinfonia inside memoriam, 1954-Five, M. 185
Sinfonia We for strings, M. 194
Sinfonia 2 for strings, M. 196
Sinfonia Trio for strings, M. 200
Sinfonia IV for strings, M. 215 (Kairos)
sym. Ix, 1967–9, M. 235
Chamber symphony there is no. Ii, 1968, M. 240
Chamber symphony there are no. Trine, 1969–70, M. 246
sym. Decade, 1970–Two, M. 250 (premiered per Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Sixten Ehrling)
sym. Eleven, 1980–1, M. 304
sym. Dozen, 1988, M. 338
sym. Thirteen, 1993–Four, M. 362
Concertos
Several (astir twenty,) including especially
Concerto for cornet & chamber orchestra (ii horns & strings,) 1948, M. 157 (eleventh of the series of Thirteen concertos sustaining chamber orchestra originally known as chamber concerti)
Cello concerto, 1974–9, M. 273
Recorder concerto, 1974, M. 275
Flute concerto there are no. Unity, 1975–6, M. 279
Tuba concerto, 1976, M. 280
Flute concerto there is no. Ii, 1981–Two, M. 307
String quartets
From there is no. Ace, 1948–9, M. 159 to there is no. Xx, 1985, M. 322 (this a endure of quadruplet works representing a days of a day) (too the completion of quartetto sereno)
Some more works
Notturno for wind quintet, 1940, M. 118
Brass quintets - there is no. Unity, 1961–Two, M. 212; there is no. Deuce, 1978, M.293
Requiem for Nietzsche for tenor, baritone, chorus, & orchestra, 1963–Four, M. 219
Symphonic metamorphoses for orchestra —
Epitaph, 1956, M. 189 (premiered per BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Monolith, 1960, M. 207
Epilog, 1961–Two, M. 213
Tempo variabile (Changeable weather condition,) 1971-Two, M.254
Two sonatas for guitar, op. 141-2
Five intermezzi for guitar, op. 149
Symphony There is no. Seven was premiered per Russian (naturalized American) conductor Nikolai Malko, who premiered too Shostakovich's number 1 2 symphonies. There are personal tapes of performances conducted by him & by Fritz Mahler. There are as well commercial recordings by Owain Arwel Hughes (still available) & John Frandsen (on the 1985 Deutsche Grammophon LP). These are non a virtually all performed or even even even recorded of his works, this honor probably attend a bit of of his chorale or brass music, or his wind Notturno from either 1940.
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