Per Norgård
Danish composer
Per Nørgård (pronounced [ˈpʰɛɐ̯ ˈnɶɐ̯ˌkɒˀ]; 13 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a perspicuous focus on lyricism. He based music on "infinity series" and other mathematical models. He composed large-scale works, eight symphonies including the choral Third, concertos and operas such as Gilgamesh. His chamber music includes ten string quartets and music for guitar. Some later works were inspired by the art of Adolf Wölfli.
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Works
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- A Light Hour
- Animals in Concert
- Arresø-billeder
- Babette's Feast
- Cello Concerto no. 1 "Between"
- Cello Sonata no. 1
- Cello Sonata no. 2 “In due tempi”
- Day and Night
- Der göttliche Tivoli
- Entwicklungen
- Flyvende sommer
- I Ching
- Konstellationer, op. 22
- Libro Per Nobuko
- Luna
- Nuit des hommes
- Observations - from an Infinite Rapport
- Plutonian Ode
- Recall
- Seadrift
- Sonata "The Secret Melody"
- Sonate breve, sonata for solo cello no. 3 "What - is the word!"
- Sonate for Klaver
- String Quartet no. 21, op. 197 "Quartetto Sereno"
- String Quartet no. 7
- String Quartet no. 8
- String Quartet no. 9
- Strings
- Strygekvartet nr. 1 "Quartetto breve"
- Suite from “Babette's Feast”
- Symphony no. 1, op. 13 "Sinfonia austera"
- Symphony no. 3
- Symphony no. 4
- Symphony no. 6 "At the End of the Day"
- Symphony no. 7
- Symphony no. 8
- Sånger från "Aftonland", op. 17
- Three Love Songs
- Three Nocturnal Movements
- Tjampuan "Where the Rivers Meet"
- Toccata for klaver
- Trio breve "Three Fragments (After a Dream)"
- Trois chansons de "L'Amour la poésie"
- Two Recitatives, op. 16
- Viola Concerto no. 1 "Remembering Child"
- Violin Concerto no. 1 "Helle Nacht"
- Violin Concerto no. 2 "Borderlines"
- Wie ein Kind