Ludvig Irgens-Jensen

Paul Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (13 April 1894 – 11 April 1969) was a Norwegian twentieth-century composer.

Irgens-Jensen studied piano with Nils Larsen while a philology student at the University of Oslo. He began composing in 1920, and the radical nature of his work attracted some interest. Irgens-Jensen's oratorio Heimferd (for solo choir and orchestra) won first prize in a national competition, and is considered a national monument of sorts for Norway. The song Altar is one of his most familiar works.

During the Second World War, Irgens-Jensen composed several songs and orchestral works to patriotic texts; due to the restrictions imposed by the Nazis, these works had to be distributed anonymously and illegally. Irgens-Jensen is often characterized as a neo-Classical composer.

Works

• Violin Sonata in B-flat (1923)
• Tema con variazioni (1925)
• Piano Quintet (1927)
• Passacaglia (1927)
• Heimferd (1930)
• Der Gott und die Bajadere (1932)
• Partita Sinfonica (1938)
• Pastorale religioso (1939)
• Symphony in D minor (1942)
• Canto d'omaggio (1950)
• Japanischer Frühling (1957)
• Air (1959)

Discography (selected releases)

• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Symphony in d minor ; Air ; Passacaglia (2011)
• Solveig Kringlebotn, To a Friend (2003)
• Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ragnhild Heiland Sørensen, Eivind Aadland, Japanischer Frühling (2002)
• Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Heimferd (1994)
• Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Tema con Variazioni - Sinfonia in Re - Japanischer Frühling (1993)
• Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Passacaglia & Partita Sinfonica · Sonata for Violin and piano (1988)

References

• Music Information Centre Norway

External links

• List of works supplied by the National Library of Norway