Geirr Tveitt (born Nils Tveit; 19 October 1908 – 1 February 1981) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Tveitt was a central figure of the national movement...
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(born 1949), Norwegian singer, poet, playwright, and children's writer Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981), Norwegian composer and pianist Geir This page or section...
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This is a list of compositions by the 20th-century Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt. Since a sizable corpus of his works are lost, and since there are pieces...
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Estonian rower Geir Sveinsson (born 1964), Icelandic handball player Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981), Norwegian composer Geir Zahl (born 1975), Norwegian musician...
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Baldurs draumar (category Ballets by Geirr Tveitt)
Dreams (Norwegian: Baldurs draumar) is a ballet by the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt. It is loosely based on the poem Baldrs draumar from the Poetic Edda...
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(klaver) & Det Norske Kammerorkester 1998: Geirr Tveitt: Piano Music vol. 2 (Marco Polo 8225056) 1998: Geirr Tveitt: Piano Music vol. 1 (Marco Polo 8225055)...
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metal band from Maryland, U.S. Aurora Borealis, a piano concerto by Geirr Tveitt Aurora Borealis, a 1996 EP by Einherjer Aurora Borealis (album), a 2004...
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their catalogue, including Kalevi Aho, Christian Lindberg, Jón Leifs, Geirr Tveitt, Eduard Tubin, Allan Pettersson and James MacMillan. Other notable BIS...
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A Hundred Hardanger Tunes (category Compositions by Geirr Tveitt)
composer Geirr Tveitt between 1954 and 1963. Of the originally planned 100 tunes, 4 suites with a total of 60 songs are extant. Geirr Tveitt (1908 – 1981)...
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efforts from the Latvian Dievturība movement and the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt. The counterculture of the 1960s established British folk revival and...
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involved in this milieu were the writer Per Imerslund and the composer Geirr Tveitt, although it left no successors in post-war Norway. A variant of "Odinism"...
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and "Dulgt kjærlighet". In 2013 she participated on the album Songs by Geirr Tveitt, along with other artists. Granlien won first prize in the vocal folk...
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Nykken (category Compositions by Geirr Tveitt)
Nykken is a symphonic poem composed by the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt in 1957. It is written for orchestra and several solo instruments, although...
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Epitaffio / Canzona / Fonos / Adieu) (PSC1318) 1994: Geirr Tveitt, Geirr Tveitt Plays Geirr Tveitt (PSC 1805) 1994: Ørnulf Gulbransen, Carl Gustav Sparre...
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List of symphonic poems (section Geirr Tveitt)
This is a list of some notable composers who wrote symphonic poems. En skärgardssägen, Op. 20 (1903) Isabella or the Pot of Basil (1909, after the poem...
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The Piano Sonata No. 29 ''Sonata Etere'' Op. 129 by Geirr Tveitt is Tveitt's only surviving piano sonata. The piece, though met with disdain by critics...
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Skálmöld Baldurs draumar (Baldur's Dreams), ballet by Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt Baldur Blauzahn, German comedy television series on WDR Baldur's Gate...
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and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892) 1981 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908) 1986 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish...
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Lansky, 2004 Le Baiser de la fée, Igor Stravinsky, 1928 Baldurs draumar, Geirr Tveitt, 1938 Ballet Comique de la Reine, 1581 Ballet de la Merlaison, 1635 Ballet...
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1959 in Kvam) is a Norwegian pianist. He focuses mainly on the works of Geirr Tveitt, but his repertoire also includes works by other composers. During his...
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pieces of music for the halling dance in his Lyric Pieces. The finale of Geirr Tveitt's Piano Concerto No. 5, published in 1954, is described as 'Tempo di Halling'...
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in popularity and innovation, led especially David Monrad Johansen, Geirr Tveitt and Eivind Groven. These composers looked towards using folk music in...
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Boris Tishchenko Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 69 (1977) Geirr Tveitt Harp Concerto No. 1 (Lost) Harp Concerto No. 2 "Concerto Eroico" op.170...
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Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (d. 1962) 1908 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981) 1909 – Marguerite Perey, French...
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Skinnvengbrev ("A Bat's Letter") is by Aslaug Vaa and was also later set by Geirr Tveitt; it begins "Eg trudde eingong du hadde gøymt deg, at både du og Gud ha...
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(born 1954) Kalervo Tuukkanen (1909–1979) Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959) Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981) Merlijn Twaalfhoven (born 1976) Tyagaraja (1767–1847) Christopher...
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Dragaredokko (category Compositions by Geirr Tveitt)
Dragaredokko is the name of an opera by the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt, performed in 1940. The entire score was destroyed in a fire in 1970, but an...
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Kvam – 1985), an astrophysicist who pioneered theoretical astrophysics Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981), a Norwegian composer and pianist who has family in Kvam...
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American actress (b. 1928) Ernst Pepping, German composer (b. 1901) Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908) February 2 – Hugh J. Addonizio, Italian-American...
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1972) October 14 – Allan Jones, actor, singer (d. 1992) October 19 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (d. 1981) October 20 – Stuart Hamblen, US singer...
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