Borghild Holmsen
Borghild Holmsen (22 October 1865 – 4 December 1938) was a Norwegian pianist, music critic and composer.
Borghild Holmsen was born in Kråkstad (now Ski), Akershus, Norway. When she was 7 years old, her family settled in Christiania (now Oslo). She studied piano with Agathe Backer-Grøndahl and Otto Winter Hjelm, and continued her studies with Carl Reinecke and Salomon Jadassohn in Leipzig and Albert Becker in Berlin.
She made her debut in 1898 in Christiania, afterward touring as a concert pianist in Europe and the United States. After ending her concert career, she became a teacher at the Bergen Music Conservatory, where Harald Sæverud was one of her pupils. She wrote as a music critic for the newspapers, Bergens Aftenblad and Bergens Arbeiderblad.[1][2]
Works
Selected works include:
- Violin Sonata Opus 10
- Barcarolle, Op.1, No. 1
- Scherzo, Op. 1, No. 2
References
- ↑ "Borghild Holmsen". Retrieved 23 May 2013. (Archive from 29 January 2008).
- ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The New Grove dictionary of women composers.
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