Gudrun Lund

Gudrun Lund (b. 22 April 1930) is a Danish composer. She was born in Copenhagen and studied music, German and English at the Copenhagen Conservatory. After graduating, she took a position teaching at the The Copenhagen Day and Evening College of Education (KDAS).^[1]

Lund began composing in 1975 at the age of 45. At that time she continued her studies in composition with Svend S. Schultz and Morgens Winkel Holm. In 1983-4 she studied at Hartt College of Music, University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.^[2]

Works

Lund has composed over a hundred works in several genres. Selected compositions include:

Three Pieces for Horn
Piano Trio op. 67
Five Dialogues
Six Duos Op.40 for trumpet
Clarinet Trio for clarinet, viola and piano
Talks, op. 136 for flute, clarinet and bassoon (I. Learning something II. Politicians III. Sad news IV. Solving problems)

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

New Danish Woodwind Music Audio CD (July 1, 1997) Paula Records, ASIN: B00000I5BH
10 Tankevaekkende udsagn [10 suggestive ulterances], for female voice, flute, cello and accordion (1994) FA2351-WARM Quartet CD Danacord DACOCD423 (1995)

References

^ The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 15. 2001.
^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA292&dq=Gudrun+Lund+composer&hl=en&ei=j-8lTdq1N8Sp8Aa3xeiNAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Gudrun%20Lund%20composer&f=false. Retrieved 6 January 2011.

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