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Christian Sinding
Born: January 11, 1856; Kongsberg, Norway
Died: December 3, 1941; Oslo, Norway
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Christian August Sinding studied music in addition to his academic studies throughout his school years, taking violin with Gudbrand Bøhn and music theory with L.M. Lindeman, one of the most important musicians in Christiana (later renamed Oslo). In 1874 he followed the path of his famous countryman Edvard Grieg by going to Leipzig to study. There, his violin teacher was Schradieck and his theory and composition teacher was Jadassohn. It became
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Works
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(5) Songs, Op. 22 (1)
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(5) Songs, Op. 22: No. 3 - Nay Night, 'Majnat' (1)
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(6) Songs, Op. 130: No. 2 - Farewell, 'Farvel' (1)
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(7) Gedichte, Op. 85: An die Nacht, 'To the Night'; Das grüne Wunder, 'The Green Miracle'; Flieder, (1)
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(7) Gedichte, Op. 85: Das Lied vom bisschen Sonnenschein, 'Song of a little sunshine' (1)
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(A) Cradle Song, Op. 126 (1)
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Abendstimmung, Op. 120a (2)
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Air, Op. 81, No. 1 (1)
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Albumblatt, Op. 81, No. 2 (1)
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Alla marcia (1)
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Alte Weise, Op. 89, No. 2 (1)
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Alte Weisen (6), Op. 1: no 1, Mir glänzen die Augen (1)
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Alte Weisen (6), Op. 1: no 3, Ich fürcht' nit Gespenster (1)
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Alte Weisen (6), Op. 1: no 4, Alle meine Weisheit (1)
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Alte Weisen (6), Op. 1: no 4, Rös'chen biss den Apfel an (1)
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Alte Weisen (6), Op. 1: no 5, Wie glänzt der helle Mond (1)
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Andante religioso, Op. 106, No. 3 (1)
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Berceuse, Op. 106, No. 2 (1)
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Cantus doloris, Op. 78 (1)
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Capriccio (1)
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Caprice (1)
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Con fuoco (1)
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Concerto for Piano in D major, Op. 6 (5)
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Concerto for Violin in A major, Op. 45 (1)
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Concerto for Violin no 1 in A major, Op. 45 (1)
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Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, Op. 60 (1)
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Concerto for Violin no 3 in A minor, Op. 119 (1)
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Danish Songs and Ballads (14), Op. 50: no 1, There once was a little hen (2)
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Danish Songs and Ballads (14), Op. 50: no 11, Mother of God, exalted, mild (1)
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Danish Songs and Ballads (14), Op. 50: no 2, A frightened bird flies from the grove (1)
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Danish Songs and Ballads (14), Op. 50: no 5, The maiden in the poppy field (1)
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Danish Songs and Ballads (14), Op. 50: no 6, Poppy in the field (1)
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Elegy in B flat major, Op. 106, No. 1 (1)
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From Spring to Autumn, Op. 36: no 7, It is summer evening (2)
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Galmandssange, Op. 22: no 3, Majna (2)
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Gedichte (7), Op. 77: no 4, Im Walde liegt ein stiller See (1)
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Gedichte (7), Op. 85: no 6, Das Lied vom bisschen Sonnenschein (1)
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Heimsyn, Op. 80: No. 4 - Inga (1)
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Heimsyn, Op. 80: No. 5 - Now the Sun is Sinking, 'No dalar Soli' (1)
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Heimsyn, Op. 80: No. 7 - Evening, 'Kvaelden' (1)
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Irrlicht (1)
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Legende, Op. 46 (2)
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Lieder aus 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn', Op. 15 (1)
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Lieder aus 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn,' Op. 15: no 1, Maria Gnadenmutter (1)
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Lieder aus 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn,' Op. 15: no 3, Es starben zwei Schwestern (1)
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Lieder aus 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn,' Op. 15: no 5, Wiegenlied (1)
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Lieder und Gesänge (6), Op. 11: no 1, Schifferlied (1)
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Lieder und Gesänge (6), Op. 11: no 4, Viel Träume (2)
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Lieder und Gesänge (6), Op. 11: no 5, Ein Weib (1)
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Marche Grotesque (1)
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Melodie (1)
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Morceaux (4), Op. 43: no 3: Prelude (1)
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Nyinger, Op. 90: no 3, Narcissus (1)
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Pieces (3), Op. 89: no 3, Abendlied (1)
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Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 61: no 2, Elegy (1)
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Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 61: no 3, Ballade (1)
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Pieces (6) for Cello and Piano, Op. 66: no 5, Romance (1)
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Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 32 (1)
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Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 32: no 3, Rustles of spring (34)
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Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 32: no 5, Danse Orientale (1)
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Poems (4), Op. 128: no 1, The stars shine so red (1)
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Poems (4), Op. 128: no 3, The dark wine (1)
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Poems (4), Op. 128: no 4, Barcarole (1)
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Pomposo (1)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings in E minor, Op. 5 (1)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings in E minor, Op. 5: Andante (1)
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Romance for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 100 (3)
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Romance for Violin and Piano in E minor, Op. 9 (1)
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Romance in D major, Op. 79, No. 2 (1)
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Romance, Op. 30 (1)
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Serenade (1)
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Serenade for 2 Violins and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 56 (1)
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Serenade for 2 Violins and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 92 (1)
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Serenade for 2 Violins and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 92: 4th movement, Adagio (1)
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Sonata for Piano in B minor, Op. 91 (2)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (1)
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Sonate im alten Stil Op. 99 (1)
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Songs (12), Op. 55: no 1, Sylvelin (2)
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Songs (5), Op. 19: no 2, Amber (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 18: no 4, Little Kirsten (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 18: no 5, A bird cried (2)
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Songs from the Arabian Tale of Antar and Alba (1)
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Ständchen, Op. 89, No. 1 (1)
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Suite for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 10 "In alten Stil" (10)
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Suite for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 10 "In alten Stil": 3rd movement, Tempo giusto (1)
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Suite for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 10 "In alten Stil": Presto (1)
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Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: 1. Presto (1)
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Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: 2. Adagio (1)
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Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: 3. Tempo giusto (1)
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Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 21 (3)
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Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 83 (2)
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Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 121 (2)
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Symphony no 4, Op. 129 "Winter and Spring" (2)
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Symra, Op. 28 (1)
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Symra, Op. 75: Autumn Song, 'Haustvisa' (1)
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Symra, Op. 75: no 3, Spring day (1)
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Symra, Op. 75: Spring Day, 'Vaardag' (1)
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Symra, Op. 75: The Old Hamlet, 'Gamle Grendi' (1)
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 2 in A minor, Op. 64 (1)
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 2 in A minor, Op. 64: Andante (1)
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 3 in C major, Op. 87 (1)
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Waltz in E minor, Op. 59, No. 4 (1)
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Waltz in G major, Op. 59, No. 3 (1st Version) (1)
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Waltz in G major, Op. 59, No. 3 (2nd Version) (1)
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Biography |
by Joseph Stevenson
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Christian August Sinding studied music in addition to his academic studies throughout his school years, taking violin with Gudbrand Bøhn and music theory with L.M. Lindeman, one of the most important musicians in Christiana (later renamed Oslo). In 1874 he followed the path of his famous countryman Edvard Grieg by going to Leipzig to study. There, his violin teacher was Schradieck and his theory and composition teacher was Jadassohn. It became obvious that his major talent was for composition, so he gave up his violin studies in favor of it.
He remained primarily in Germany for a total of 40 years, but retained Norwegian elements in his music. The Norwegian government gave him regular grants from 1880, which were made into an annual pension in 1910. In 1916 the Norwegian government recognized him with a grant of 30,000 crowns, in recognition of his being the "greatest national composer since Grieg." He taught at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, in the 1920 - 1921 academic year. After that he settled in Oslo and remained centered in Norway for the rest of his long life.
His music is tuneful, attractive, well-orchestrated, and distinctive, but as far as technique is concerned he was not an innovator. He formed his basic style during his studies in Germany, adopting the vocabulary of Schumann, Liszt, Strauss, and, to a lesser degree, Wagner. He tended to use cyclic forms and other trappings of the Romantic era to the end of his life, by which time the general opinion of his music declined (to an unfair degree) due to the anti-Romantic reaction of the time. On the other hand, through the last two decades of his life, he had a tendency to write in larger forms. He wrote four symphonies of which the First (1880 - 1890), a work with remarkably violent crescendos, is the most striking. His music has abrupt dislocations of tonality without tending towards atonality. He also wrote about 250 songs, and is considered one of the greatest Scandinavian creators of art songs. Much of his music is descriptive, though he was also praised for some of his chamber music, particularly the early Piano Quintet, Op. 5 (the first work to give him widespread fame), and his String Quartet, Op. 70. Among his smaller pieces, the Romances for Violin, Op. 79, and his Rustles of Spring have permanent places in the international repertoire. |
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