Alf Fasmer Dahl

Alf Fasmer Dahl (20 May 1874 – 21 June 1933) was a Norwegian priest and composer.

He was born in Trondhjem as a son of vicar and composer Jonas Dahl (1849–1919) and Julie Marie Fasmer (1847–1925). In 1900 he married banker's daughter Aagot Ellingsen (1873–1958).[1] Their daughter Pauline Mathilde "Titt" Fasmer Dahl became a children's writer.[2] Another daughter Esther married professor of medicine Erik Waaler.[3]

He finished his secondary education in 1892, studied at the Royal Frederick University and graduated in 1898 with the cand.theol. degree. He served as a curate in the Church of our Lady, Trondhjem from 1899, then in the Norwegian Church Abroad in Antwerp from 1904. He was again curate in Fana from 1913 and Ullern from 1926. He was best known as a composer of choral music and church music, and wrote songbooks and musicological articles on the genre.[1][4][5] He was also a known singer, among others performing at the YMCA World Congress of 1900. He was a fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters,[1] and a board member of the Norwegian Seamen's Mission. He died in June 1933.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1930). "Dahl, Alf Fasmer". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 91. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Vold, Karin Beate. "Titt Fasmer Dahl". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Larsen, Øivind. "Erik Waaler". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ullerns nye kaldskapellan". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 30 April 1926. p. 2.
  5. ↑ List of publications in BIBSYS
  6. ↑ "Pastor Alf Fasmer Dahl". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 22 June 1933. p. 3.


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