Ludvig Irgens-Jensen

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Paul Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (13 April 1894 – 11 April 1969) was a Norwegian twentieth-century composer.

Irgens-Jensen studied piano with Nils Larsen while a philology student at the University of Oslo. He began composing in 1920, and the radical nature of his work attracted some interest. Irgens-Jensen's oratorio Heimferd (for solo choir and orchestra) won first prize in a national competition, and is considered a national monument of sorts for Norway. The song Altar is one of his most familiar works.

During the Second World War, Irgens-Jensen composed several songs and orchestral works to patriotic texts; due to the restrictions imposed by the Nazis, these works had to be distributed anonymously and illegally. Irgens-Jensen is often characterized as a neo-Classical composer.

Works

Tema con variazioni (1925)
Passacaglia (1927)
Heimferd (1930)
Der Gott und die Bajadere (1932)
Pastorale religioso (1939)
Symphony in D minor (1942)
Canto d'omaggio (1950)
Japanischer Frühling (1957)
Air (1959)

References

Music Information Centre Norway

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 46944840 LCCN: n83194249 ISNI: 0000 0000 8125 5689 GND: 123406749

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Name	Irgens-Jensen, Ludwig
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Short description	Norwegian composer
Date of birth	13 April 1894
Place of birth
Date of death	11 April 1969
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