Eyvin Andersen

Eyvin (Ejvin) Andersen (24 February 1914 – 18 October 1968) was a Danish organist, violist, and composer. In the course of his career, Andersen was an organist at Vartov Church, a violist in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, a teacher at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Esbjerg, and the founder of the School for Old Music. Biography Eyvin (or Ejvin) was born 24 February 1914 in Colorado, USA. He later studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Andersen performed as a violist in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Andersen specialized in baroque music and worked to make 18th-century music accessible in his time. He established the School for Old Music () which focused on music from before 1750. He taught vocal music, music theory, and the baroque violin at the school. Among the school’s other teachers was composer Tage Nielsen, who taught lute and guitar. He died in Copenhagen on 18 October 1969. At the time he had been the organist at , a position which his brother, Aksel, took over after Eyvin’s death. References