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Royal Danish Orchestra: The World's Oldest Orchestral Institution
Troels Svendsen
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Description for Royal Danish Orchestra: The World's Oldest Orchestral Institution
Hardcover. Num Pages: 276 pages, 300 illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; AVGF; AVRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 252 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1716.
Founded over 550 years ago, The Royal Danish Orchestra is the worlds oldest orchestral institution. Starting out as a trumpeter corps, the institution is today an opera and symphony orchestra based at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen. Its long history is told in short, independent sections centred on the musicians: to date, over a thousand musicians have been employed in the orchestra. Among them, we discover colourful individuals sometimes also working as officers, entertainers and envoys for their employers who until 1849 were the Danish kings. Its members included world famous composers such as John Dowland, Heinrich Schutz, Niels W ... Read more
Founded over 550 years ago, The Royal Danish Orchestra is the worlds oldest orchestral institution. Starting out as a trumpeter corps, the institution is today an opera and symphony orchestra based at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen. Its long history is told in short, independent sections centred on the musicians: to date, over a thousand musicians have been employed in the orchestra. Among them, we discover colourful individuals sometimes also working as officers, entertainers and envoys for their employers who until 1849 were the Danish kings. Its members included world famous composers such as John Dowland, Heinrich Schutz, Niels W ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763544313
SKU
V9788763544313
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About Troels Svendsen
Troels Svendsen is a violinist in The Royal Danish Orchestra 196687; member of Collegium Musicum, Copenhagen, and the Orchestra of the 18th Century playing the baroque violin. Founder of the baroque ensemble, Violon-Banden, which is Rosenborg Castle's ensemble in residence. During 19812003 he was employed at the Danish Radio, and from 2003 to 2009 worked as programme editor for The ... Read more
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