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Vagn Holmboe

Vagn Gylding Holmboe (December 20 1909, Horsens, Jutland - September 1 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher who wrote in a generally-speaking neo-classic style, influenced by Stravinsky and Bartók. His works from about 1950 to 1970 especially, are characterized by the thorough use of musical metamorphosis of thematic or motivic fragments.

He composed, not counting early works preceding his first works with opus numbers, in all thirteen symphonies (also three chamber symphonies and four symphonies for strings, the latter playable together or separately,) twenty string quartets* (the quartets, symphonies all now recorded, excepting the three for chamber orchestra,) a number of concertos, one opera, the late series of preludes for chamber orchestra, much choral music and other music.

* Also not counting a twenty-first, the Quartetto sereno, one of his last works and completed by his pupil Per Nørgård.

Table of contents
1 Major works
2 External link
3 Books

Major works

(M. - Meta number - for Metamorphosis. Might also be said to be named after his wife, Meta May Holmboe... numbering system assembled by Prof. Rapoport. This information from The Compositions of Vagn Holmboe.)

External link

Books