Johannes Haarklou

Johannes in 1905

Johannes Haarklou (May 13, 1847 in Haukedalen November 26, 1925 in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, organist, conductor, and music critic.

He studied organ and harmony in Drammen, then in 1872 studied with Ludvig Mathias Lindeman in Christiania (Oslo). From 1873 to 1875 he studied with Carl Reinecke at the Leipzig Conservatory and then at the Music Academy in Berlin . In 1880 he became an organist and conductor in Oslo. He had a reputation as a virtuoso on the organ, especially for his improvisations.

Johannes is the rightmost of the gentlemen. The three others are (from left) Edvard Grieg, Lauritz Grimstad and H. Ingelius. They are in Leipzig in 1876.

He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1911.[1][2]

Works

Orchestral

Organ

Concertos

Chamber Music

Choral

Songs

Operas

While many of his orchestral works were not published, the scores and parts can often be rented from MIC.

References

  1. "Johannes Haarklou". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. Benestad, Finn. "Johannes Haarklou". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. "MIC Entry for Symphony 1".
  4. Manuscripts and published scores and parts where available (the violin concerto in ms. score and parts only) of a number of Haarklou works including these concertos are at the Fleischer Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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