Sigurd Lie Explained
Sigurd Lie |
Birth Date: | May 23, 1871 |
Birth Place: | Drammen, Norway |
Death Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Era: | Romantic |
Parents: | Fredrik Gill Lie, Amalie Konstanse Nielsen |
Relatives: | Johan Herman Lie |
Sigurd Lie (May 23, 1871 – September 30, 1904) was a Norwegian composer and conductor.
Lie was born in Drammen. He grew up in Kristiansand, studied in Leipzig in the early 1890s, and then moved to Oslo to work as a conductor.[1] He died of tuberculosis in Oslo in 1904.[2]
Lie is known for romances,[3] and his best-known work is the romance Sne (Snow) with lyrics by Helge Rode. He also wrote other well-regarded Norwegian romances, including Hav (The Sea) and Det er vaar (It Is Spring), with lyrics by Idar Handagard. He also set poems by Vilhelm Krag to music.[4]
Works
- Konsertstykke (Concert Pieces), for violin and orchestra
- Norsk dans nr. 2 (Norwegian Dance no. 2)
- Wartburg, for bass-baritone and orchestra
- Symfoni i a-moll (Symphony in A minor), 1903
- Sne (Snow)
Selected recordings
Further reading
- Grinde, Nils. 1981. Norsk musikkhistorie : hovedlinjer i norsk musikkliv gjennom 1000 år. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, pp. 254ff. .
Notes and References
- Stubhaug, Arild. 2006. Sophus Lie. Une pensée audacieuse. Translation of Det var mine tanker djerhvet. Matematikeren Sophus Lie (2000). Berlin: Springer, p. 493.
- Qvamme, Börre. 1949. Norwegian Music and Composers. London: Bond, p. 46.
- Lange, Kristian. 1971. Researching the Song: A Lexicon. Oslo: Tanum, p. 48.
- Emmons, Shirlee, & Wilbur Watkins Lewis. 2006. Researching the Song: A Lexicon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 264.