Aquarelles Op. 5 No. 2. Miniature - Music

The Earliest Serious Representative Of Impressionism In Norway Was Alf Hurum 1882-1972 . By 1916 When He Gave The First Concert Of His Own Work He Had Studied In Berlin Paris And St. Petersburg. His Compositions From This Period Already Display Some Features Of Impressionism And In His His Exoctic Suite Og 1918 The Impressionist Influence Is Conspicuous. Other Works Of Mention Include The Orchestral Suite Fairy Tale Land 1920 A Symphonic Poem Benedict And Aarolilja 1923 Nordic Suite Two Sonatas For Violin And Piano And A String Quartet. He Left Norway In 1924 And Spent Most Of The Rest Of His Life In Hawaii Where He Founded The Honolulu Symphony Orchestra And Served As Its Conductor From 1924 To 1926. Thus His Influence On Norwegian Music Was Smaller Than It Otherwise Might Have Been. In 1927 He Completed A Sympohny That Was Performed In Both Bergen And Oslo Tha Following Year. This Versatile And Gifted Artist Later Worked Chiefly As A Painter. read less