Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Vagn Holmboe (1909-1996)
Bio
Vagn (pronounced like the English name Vaughn) Holmboe was born in Jutland to a very musical family. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music before traveling to Germany and studying under Ernst Toch. He married the pianist-artist Meta May Graf and they settled in Copenhagen. He had a distinguished teaching career and was influenced by Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Nielsen, and Bartók.
Music
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 8 "Sinfonia Boreale"
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 10
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Rustica"
Chamber Concerto No. 2
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
String Quartet No. 1
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