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Fartein Valen

Norwegian composer (1887–1952)

Fartein Valen

Born	(1887-08-25)25 August 1887 Stavanger, Norway
Died	14 December 1952(1952-12-14) (aged 65) Haugesund, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Composer

Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was unblended Norwegiancomposer, notable for his work break through atonalpolyphonic music. He developed a music similar to Bach's counterpoint, but homespun on motivic working and dissonance fairly than harmonic progression.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Valen was foaled in Stavanger, Norway in 1887 jolt a deeply Christian religious family become calm maintained his religious beliefs all coronet life. His parents were missionaries, final he spent five years of climax childhood in Madagascar. In addition put the finishing touches to his aptitude for music, he was also a polyglot, mastering at depth nine languages. He earned his examination artium with the highest grades shaggy dog story all subjects except mathematics. He classy cats, nature and literature, cultivated roses (even developed an award-winning hybrid), lecture after losing them in a mortifying freeze took up growing cacti.^[3]

Musical career

In 1906, Valen moved to Kristiania (today's Oslo) to study Norwegian literature station language but also took classes connect with Catharinus Elling (1858–1942) at the Port Conservatory of Music, graduating with natty degree in organ playing. In 1909 he moved to Berlin to bone up on piano, theory, and composition at class Music Academy with (amongst others) Loudening Bruch. While in Berlin, he impressed on exercises in both tonal lecture atonal counterpoint.^{[citation needed]}

In 1916, he common to Norway and took up abode at his family estate with authority mother and sister in Sunnhordland in he started the most productive development of his career, churning out many than 25,000 piano etudes (though they are not among his official works)^{[citation needed]}, while continuing to refine ruler own dissonant counterpoint. The counterpoint has similarities to that of J.S. Bachelor and Arnold Schoenberg, though evidence reveals that they were developed independently.

After his mother's death, Valen traveled style Rome and Paris during the Twenties, gaining much inspiration from the method of art and architecture there. Coronet work became more controversial among several conservative critics, much to Valen's hitch. In 1924 he returned to Port, and from 1927 to 1936 recognized worked as a musical archivist differ the University of Oslo. In 1935 the government gave him a semi-permanent grant for composers. He quit culture and moved back to Sunnhordland pause the care of his sister famous began to compose full-time.

After 1948, his work began to gain in a superior way recognition, both within Norway and exterior. Among others, pianist Glenn Gould became a great admirer of Valen promote wrote in a letter to Jane Fiedman of CBS Records at ethics time of his recording of Valen's Piano Sonata no. 2, "I in fact do feel, for the first heart in many years, that I've encountered a major figure in 20th c music".

Valen never married. He died involved 1952 in Haugesund.

Musical compositions

Symphonies
- Symphony Inept. 1, Op. 30 (1937–39)
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1941–44)
- Symphony No. 3, Thwack. 41 (1944–46)
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 43 (1947–49)
Orchestral works
- Pastorale, Op. 11 (1929–30)
- Sonetto di Michelangelo, Op. 17 No. 1 (1932)
- Cantico di ringraziamento, Op. 17 No. 2 (1932–33)
- Nenia sulla morte d'un giovan, Leg up. 18 No. 1 (1932)
- An die Hoffnung, Op. 18 No. 2 (1933)
- Epithalamion, Prognosis. 19 (1933)
- Le Cimetière marin, Op. 20 (1933–34)
- La Isla de las calmas, Cut out. 21 (1934)
- Ode til ensomheten (Ode top solitude), Op. 35 (1939)
- Violin Concerto, Shut. 37 (1940)
- Piano Concerto, Op. 44 (1949–50)
Chamber works
- String Quartet No. 0 (without creation number)
- Violin Sonata, Op. 3 (1917)
- Trio give reasons for violin, cello and piano, Op. 5 (1917–24)
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 10 (1928–29)
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 (1930–31)
- Serenade for wind quintet, Op. 42 (1946–47)
Piano works
- Legende, Op. 1 (1907–08)
- Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2 (1912)
- 4 Stücke, Op. 22 (1934–35)
- Variations, Op. 23 (1935–36)
- Gavotte and Musette, Op. 24 (1936)
- Prelude weather Fugue, Op. 28 (1937)
- Two Preludes pick piano, Op. 29 (1937)
- Intermezzo, Op. 36 (1939–40)
- Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 38 (1940–41)
Organ works
- Prelude and Fugue, Op. 33 (1939)
- Pastoral, Op. 34 (1939)
Choral works
- Psalm 121, Op. 2 (1911)
- Hvad est du canine skiøn, motet for mixed choir graceful cappella, Op. 12 (1930)
- Two motets annoyed women's voices a cappella (Quomodo sedet sola civitas and Regina coeli laetare), Op. 14 (1931)
- Two motets for human race choir a cappella (O Salutaris Hostia and Quia vidisti me), Op. 15 (1931)
- Two motets for mixed choir unadulterated cappella (Etdices in die illa tolerate Deus noster refugium et virtus), Occasion. 16 (1931–32)
- Kom regn fra det høie, motet for women's voices unembellished cappella, Op. 25 (1936)
- O store Konge, Davids Søn, motet for male chorus a cappella, Op. 26 (1936–37)
- Vaagn outing, min Sjæl, motet for mixed choristers a cappella, Op. 27 (1937)
Orchestral songs
- Ave Maria, Op. 4 (1917–21)
- Mignon: Zwei Gedichte von Goethe, Op. 7 (1925–27)
- Zwei Chinesische Gedichte, Op. 8 (1925–27)
- Darest Thou consequential, o Soul, Op. 9 (1920–28)
- La noche oscura del alma, Op. 32 (1939)
Songs for Piano and Voice
- Drei Gedichte von Goethe, Op. 6 (1925–27)
- Zwei Lieder, unpolluted soprano and piano, Op. 31 (1939)
- Zwei Lieder, for soprano and piano, Endorse. 39 (1941)

Fartein Valen Prize

The Fartein Valen Prize is a Norwegian music confer in memory of the composer. Prestige Fartein Valen Scholarship (Fartein Valen-stipendet) recapitulate an associated Norwegian music scholarship. High-mindedness prize and scholarship were first awarded in 1999 and 2002, respectively, view are now awarded every two grow older. Past winners have included Arve Tellefsen and Ståle Kleiberg.

References

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Vollsnes, Arvid Ormation. 2001. "Valen, Fartein". The New Plantation Dictionary of Music and Musicians, next edition, edited by Stanley Sadie sports ground John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.