Thomas Tellefsen

Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (November 26, 1823 - October 6, 1874) was a Norwegian pianist and composer.

Thomas Tellefsen was born in Trondheim, Norway, where he studied with his father, the organist Johan Christian Tellefsen, and with Ole Andreas Lindeman. Thomas gave his first public concert in his home town at age 18. In the following year he went to Paris, where he became the pupil of his compatriot Charlotte Thygeson, and later attended some of Friedrich Kalkbrenner´s classes. During the years 1844 to 1847 he was taught periodically by Frédéric Chopin, who also became his personal friend and had considerable influence on his musical taste, style of playing and compositions.

After an extremely successful Paris début in 1851, Tellefsen soon became regarded as one of the outstanding pianists of his time, and was especially admired as an interpreter of Chopin's music. When Chopin died in 1849, Tellefsen also took over some of his teacher's pupils, including Jane Stirling. In the 1850s and 1860s, Tellefsen was regarded as a very successful pianist, and he toured several times to England, Sweden and Norway. He died in Paris, and is buried at the Cimetière d´Auteuil.

Works with opus number

• Op. 1, Quatre Mazurkas
  • No. 1 in A major
  • No. 2 in A minor
  • No. 3 in E minor
  • No. 4 in A major
• Op. 2, Nocturne
• Op. 3, Quatre Mazurkas
• Op. 4, Ave Maria
• Op. 5, Valses brillantes
  • I Première
  • II Deuxième
  • III Troisième
• Op. 6, Tarantella
• Op. 7, Elegie
• Op. 8, Concerto pour Piano avec Orchestre
• Op. 9, Huldredandsen
• Op. 10, Adagio et Rondo
• Op. 11, 2e Nocturne
• Op. 12, Theme original et Fantaisie
• Op. 13, Sonate
  • I Allegro
  • II Adagio
  • III Vivace
• Op. 14, 6 Mazurkas
  • No. 1 in D minor
  • No. 2 in G major
  • No. 3 in F minor
  • No. 4 in F major
  • No. 5 in D major
  • No. 6 in C minor
• Op. 15, 2e Concerto pour Piano avec Orchestre
• Op. 16, Feuillets d´Album
  • I Allegro moderato
  • II Lento
  • III Marche funèbre
• Op. 17, 3e Nocturne
• Op. 18, Grande Polonaise
• Op. 19, Sonate for piano og fiolin
  • I Allegro moderato
  • II Adagio con molto espressione
  • III Scherzo. Presto
  • IV Finale. Allegro vivace
• Op. 20, Allegretto
• Op. 21, Sonate for Piano et Violoncelle
  • I Allegro
  • II Allegretto
  • III Finale. Allegro
• Op. 22, Toccata
• Op. 23, La petite mendiante
• Op. 24, Grande Mazurka
• Op. 25, Grande Etude
• Op. 26, Bruraslaatten
• Op. 27, Valse
• Op. 28, Ballade
• Op. 29, Marche triomphale
• Op. 30, 5e Grande Valse. 6e Grande Valse
  • No. 1 in F major
  • No. 2 in F minor
• Op. 31, Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle
  • I Allegro maestoso
  • II Scherzo. Moderato
  • III Adagio
  • IV Finale. Allegro
• Op. 32
  • No. 1 Berceuse pour Piano et Violon (ou Violoncelle)
  • No. 2 Joyeux Refrain
  • No. 3 Dans la Vallée, Idylle
• Op. 33, Mazurka (Polsk dans)
• Op. 34, Au travers d´un Songe
• Op. 35, Air de Ballet pour Violoncelle
• Op. 36, Capriccio appasionato
• Op. 37, Sonate pour piano et violin
• Op. 38, Impromptu pour Piano
• Op. 39, 4eme Nocturne
• Op. 40, Walhallafesten
• Op. 41, Sonate pur deux Pianos
• Op. 42, Melodies écossaises arr. pour Piano
• Op. 43, Exercise en sixtes
• Op. 44, Pavane de la Reine Elisabeth

External links

• Free scores by Thomas Tellefsen at the International Music Score Library Project

Discography

• Tellefsen's complete piano works available at Acte Préalable

References

• Dalaker, Ingrid Loe (2005): Thomas Tellefsen i norsk og fransk musikkultur (eng. Thomas Tellefsen in Norwegian and French music culture). Doctor of Musical Arts at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
• Huldt-Nystrøm, Hampus (1959): Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen.
• (pl) Olszewski, Edward (2013): Fryderyk Chopin i Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen. Polsko - norweskie więzi muzyczne odkrywa pianistka Małgorzata Jaworska z Krakowa i norweskiego Arendal, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2013, ISBN 978-83-7780-631-9.