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Eyvin Andersen

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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

Eyvind Alnæs

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Eyvind Alnæs (29 April 1872 – 24 December 1932) was a Norwegian composer, pianist, organist and choir director. Personal life Alnæs was born in Fredrikstad, as the son of headmaster Johannes Jørgen Lauritz Alnæs (1835–1916) and Elise Martine Hansen (1851–1931). He married Emilie Thorne (1882–1976) in 1903. He was the father of author Lise Børsum, and grandfather of novelist Finn Alnæs and artist Bente Børsum. Career In 1888 he was enrolled at the Music and Organist School in Oslo (Musikkonservatoriet i Oslo). Alnæs studied piano with Westye Waaler, organ with Peter Brynie Lindeman as well as harmony, counterpoint and composition with Iver Holter. In April 1892, after Alnæs had finished his studies in Oslo, he studied in Leipzig with Carl Reinecke and, after the première of his first symphony in 1896, in Berlin with Julius Ruthardt. For many years he played the organ in several churches and conducted choirs. During the years 1895-1907 he was organist at Bragernes Church in Drammen. From 1907 to 1916 he was at Uranienborg Church in Oslo and between 1916 and 1932 at Oslo Cathedral. He helped found the Norwegian Society of Composers in 1917 and served as chairman from 1921 to 1923. Aln

Eyvind Kang

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Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboards and others. In addition to his solo work, Kang has worked extensively with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. His wife and musical partner is vocalist Jessika Kenney. Biography Eyvindur Y. Kang was born 23 June 1971 in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. His mother is the Icelandic-Canadian scholar and writer Kristjana Gunnars. He was raised in Canada, Iceland, and the United States, and has since lived and worked in countries ranging from Italy to Iceland. He studied piano and violin as a child, and as a teen played bass guitar in a reggae band. In 2014 Kang visited Vossajazz in western Norway, for a gig with Bill Frisell’s trio Beautiful Dreamers, including drummer Rudy Royston, for the opening concert. During the concert Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen joined in for a tune. Discography Solo albums *1996: Sweetness of Sickness (RGI Industries) *1996: 7 NADEs (Tzadik) *1998: Theater of Mineral NADEs (Tzadik) *2000: The Story of Iceland (Tzadik) *2002: Live Low To The Earth, In The Iron Age (Abduction) *2003: Virginal C

Eyþór Þorláksson

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Eyþór Þorláksson (22 March 1930 – 14 December 2018) was an Icelandic guitarist and composer. Life and work Eyþór was born at Krosseyrarvegur in Hafnarfjörður. His parents where María Jakobsdóttir, from Aðalvík and Þorlákur Guðlaugsson from Biskupstungur. In the years 1950–1952 he studied guitar in England, Denmark and Sweden and in 1953 in Madrid with Daniel Fortea and Quintin Esquembre. In the years 1954–1957 he studied harmony and counterpoint with Victor Urbancic and in 1958–1961 he completed his guitar studies with Graciano Tarragó in Barcelona. Since then he has been the principal guitar teacher at the music school in Hafnarfjordur and has arranged and written a lot of tutorial material for the classical guitar. In his retirement he continued to arrange and compose for the guitar. Eyþór was singer Elly Vilhjálms’ first husband. Musical works Guitar Methods 1037 The first guitar lessons. Method for beginners with accompaniment. (Icelandic text). 1038 Guitar Method I. 1. grade. 1032 Guitar Method II. 2. grade. Collections 1004 Guitar Tunes. Folk songs from all over, easy arrangements for the beginner. 76 tunes. (Icelandic text). 1005 Guitar Moment I. Collection and arrangements