Edvard Hagerup Bull (composer)
Edvard Hagerup Bull (10 June 1922 – 15 March 2012[1]) was a Norwegian composer.[2]
He was born in Bergen. He grew up in Jar outside Oslo in a musical and politically active family, the son of Sverre Hagerup Bull and his wife Aldis Jebsen.[3] His paternal grandfather was politician and judge Edvard Hagerup Bull. During September 1955 he married Anna Kvarme.[4][5]
Bull studied at the
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He had additional training with the Austrian-born musicologist, Josef Rufer. Other teachers include Jean Rivier and Olivier Messiaen. His teacher Darius Milhaud described him as "a musician with a solid technique and a truly very enthralling, vigorous and highly imaginative personality".[6]
Edvard Hagerup Bull became a notable composer. He wrote two operas and thirty orchestral works and chamber music.[6]
Selected works
- Den standhaftige tindsoldat, 1948–49
- Sinfonia di Teatro 1950
- Escapades, orkestersuite, 1952
- Marionettes sérieuses, 1960
- Epilogue for strykere, 1961
- Münchhausen, 1961
- Accents for klaver, 1968
- Fløytekonsert, 1969
- Fyrtøiet, 1973–74
- Den grimme ælling, 1972–77
- Variantes multi-métriques for klaver, 1975
- Chant d'Hommage à Jean Rivier for orkester, 1976
- Prélude con Fuoco for klaver, 1978
- Den Grimme Ælling (Opera) 1972–77
- Fyrtøyet (Opera) 1973–74
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References
- ^ "Edvard Hagerup Bull er død - Ballade.no". www.ballade.no. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01.
- Store norske leksikon)
- ^ "Edvard Hagerup Bull - 2". 25 February 2020.
- ^ Edvard Hagerup Bull genealogy
- Store norske leksikon)
- ^ a b Biography Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine at the Music Information Centre, Norway (in English and French)
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