Music in a free state. Norwegian orchestral music 1905-2005

Erling Sandmo

About important works by twenty Norwegian composers from 1905 to 2005 and the development of Norwegian orchestras during that period. The composers are: Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935), Gerhard Schjelderup (1859-1933), Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1864-1925), Leif Halvorsen (1887-1959) , Arvid Kleven (1899-1929), Pauline Hall (1890-1969), Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (1894-1969), Fartein Valen (1887-1952), Harald Sæverud (1897-1992), Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981), Finn Mortensen (1922-1983), Alfred Janson (1937), Antonio Bibalo (1922), Arne Nordheim (1931), Olav Anton Thommessen (1946), Ketil Hvoslef (1939), Asbjørn Schaathun (1961), Ragnar Seöderlind (1945), Rolf Wallin (1957), Lasse Thoresen (1949).