Pauline Hall (composer)

Pauline Margrete Hall (b. 2 Aug 1890, d. 24 Jan 1969) was a Norwegian writer, music critic, organizer and composer. She was born in Hamar and began her study of music in Oslo, continuing in Paris from 1912-13, After completing her studies, she worked as a composer and music critic for the Oslo daily newspaper Dagbladet.[1]

Hall was known for criticism of dilettantism and superficial national composers and her promotion of modern music.[2] In 1938 she founded Ny Musikk, the Norwegian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music and served as chairwoman.[3] She served as president of ISCM International from 1952-53, and also took over management of the ISCM International Music Festival in Oslo in 1953. Hall died in Oslo.[4][5]

Works

Hall composed orchestral works, theater and film music, chamber music and vocal works. Selected compositions include:

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

References

  1. ^ "Pauline Hall, Biography". http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002101119440610692149. Retrieved 20 January 2011. 
  2. ^ Yoell, John H. (1974). The Nordic sound: explorations into the music of Denmark, Norway. 
  3. ^ "Contemporary". http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/culture/music/contemporary. Retrieved 20 January 2011. 
  4. ^ Grinde, Nils (1981). Contemporary Norwegian music, 1920-1980. 
  5. ^ 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=PA208&dq=Pauline+Hall+(1890%E2%80%931969)&hl=en&ei=8P02Te_aBI-p8AaPq6jEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Pauline%20Hall%20(1890%E2%80%931969)&f=false. Retrieved 4 October 2010.