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Halvorsen, Johan, 1864-1935

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Personal name headingHalvorsen, Johan, 1864-1935
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Variant(s)Halvorsen, J. (Johan), 1864-1935
See alsoAlternate identity: Tschernowsky
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Associated countryNorway
Birth date1864-03-15
Death date1935-12-04
Place of birthDrammen (Norway)
Place of deathOslo (Norway)
Field of activityComposition (Music) Violin music
Art music
AffiliationNationaltheatret (Oslo, Norway)
Profession or occupationViolinists Composers
Found inHis Bergensiana, c1930.
New Grove (Halvorsen, Johan; b. Mar. 15, 1864, Drammen, d. Dec. 4, 1935, Oslo; Norwegian violinist and composer)
Halvorsen, J. Norwegian rhapsody [SR] 1960?: label (J. Halvorsen) container (Johan Halvorsen)
Halvorsen, J. Orchestral works. 3 [SR] p2011: insert (Due to financial difficulties, the National Theatre had to disband its big orchestra in 1919. The following year saw the engagement of a smaller ensemble consisting of fifteen musicians, with whom Halvorsen performed a large amount of incidental music, credited to composers by the name of Dubois, Parker, Erik Berg, Franck Smith, J.N. Ruffo, Ambrosio, Tschernikov, and others, all invented identities and in fact pseudonyms for Halvorsen himself; the pseudonym, Tschernowsky)
Register over musikk oppført av Halvorsen WWW site, viewed May 19, 2015: (D'Ambrosio, Emile Bonard, Ph. Dubois [also signed the name of the real composer, TheĢodore Dubois], Parker, Franck Smith, Tschernikow, Tschernowsky)
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