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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Regine Olsen, Asger Hamerik, Per Stig Møller, Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén, Søren Colding, Ivan Nielsen, Einar Utzon-Frank, Per Røntved, Johannes Pløger, Pauli Jørgensen, Erik Christian Haugaard, Carsten Norgaard, Jørgen de Mylius, Emil Hass Christensen, Bertel Lauring, Louise Frevert, Malene Schwartz, Jørn Jeppesen, Axel Strøbye, Michael Eggert, Johannes Marott, Henrik Wiehe, Charles Winckler, Lise Ringheim, Aage Rasmussen, Zakaria Asidah, Vagn Hovard, Camilla Ottesen. Excerpt:Aage Rasmussen (later Remfeldt ; September 4, 1889 November 29, 1983) was a Danish photographer and track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Frederiksberg and died in Havdrup, Solrød municipality . In 1912 he finished fourth in the 10 kilometre walk event. Remfeldt in 1979 Remfeldt in 1979 See also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Asger Hamerik. Asger Hamerik ( Hammerich ) (April 8, 1843 July 13, 1923), was a Danish composer of classical music . Born in Frederiksberg (near Copenhagen ), he studied music with J.P.E. Hartmann and Niels Gade . He wrote his first pieces in his teens, including an unperformed symphony. His family were friends with Hans Christian Andersen , with whom Hamerik would correspond regularly. Later, he left Denmark in 1862 to study music in Munich , with Hans von Bülow , and Paris where he was a protégé of Hector Berlioz . It was in 1864 where he began using the more unmistakably Danish version of his last name, rather than Hammerich, in the swell of Danish national feeling after the Danish-Prussian war . He left Paris in 1869 for Italy, and then Vienna. In 1871 he was offered the post of director of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland , where his influence won praise from influential... ... Read more

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Asger Hamerik served for 27 years as director of the Peabody Conservatory. This book is a manual of actual musicianship, a work of ready reference that one might well carryalong to consult as the occasion arises, as well as something that was originally intendedfor students in the classroom undertaking to prepare themselves to function fully in the world of music. ... Read more