Ludvig Mathias Lindeman
Ludvig Mathias Lindeman | |
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 Ludvig Mathias Lindeman | |
| Born | 28 November 1812 |
| Died | 23 May 1887 (aged 74) |
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Aminda Magnhilde Brynie
(m. 1848) |
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Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (28 November 1812 – 23 May 1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist. He is noted for collecting and publishing Norwegian folk melodies, including in Ældre og nyere norske Fjeldmelodier.[1]
Biography
Ludvig Mathias Lindeman was born on 28 November 1812 in Trondheim, the seventh of ten children born to Ole Andreas Lindeman and Anna Severine Hickmann. After his older brother Jacob became a priest, Lindeman succeeded him as the cantor and organist of the Oslo Cathedral, a position he held until his death. He married Aminda Magnhilde Brynie in 1848.[1]
In 1841, Lindeman published a selection of Norwegian folk melodies, Norske Fjeldmelodier harmonisk bearbeidede for Pianoforte (1841).[2] He received university funding to travel and collect folk melodies, some of which were published in Ældre og nyere norske Fjeldmelodier.[2] He also published Melodier til Landstads Salmebog.[1]
Lindeman was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1870. When a new organ in the Royal Albert Hall in London was inaugurated in 1871, Lindeman was among those invited to perform.[1] In 1883, together with his son Peter, he started an organist school in Oslo.[3][4] He died in Oslo on 23 May 1887 and was buried at Oslo Cathedral. A bust of Lindeman was later erected outside the church.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Andersen, Rune J. (25 March 2025), "Ludvig Mathias Lindeman", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 27 August 2026
- 1 2 Grimley, Daniel M. (2006). Grieg: Music Landscape and Norwegian Identity. Boydell Press. p. 36. ISBN 1843832100.
- ↑ "Our Concert Halls". NMH. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- ↑ Karevold, Idar (12 August 2025), "Ludvig Mathias Lindeman", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 27 August 2026
- ↑ Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, 1812-1887 (pdmusic.org/biographies) Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
Other sources
- Gaukstad, Øystein L. M. Lindemans komposisjoner (1962)
- Gaukstad, Øystein Ludvig Mathias Lindemans samling av norske folkeviser og religiøse folketoner (Novus forlag. Oslo: 1997) ISBN 82-7099-273-9
External links
- Paul Maurice Glasoe. "A Singing Church". Norwegian - American Studies.
- Free scores by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- 1812 births
- 1887 deaths
- 19th-century Norwegian classical composers
- 19th-century Norwegian male composers
- Norwegian male classical organists
- Musicians from Trondheim
- Norwegian classical organists
- Norwegian folk-song collectors
- Norwegian male classical composers
- Norwegian Romantic composers
- Academic staff of the Oslo Conservatory of Music
- 19th-century Norwegian organists
- 19th-century musicologists