Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
by Paul Griffiths
Period: Late 20th Century
Born: 1964 in Kristiansund, Norway
As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: Norway
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Dagfinn Koch was born in Kristiansund in Norway in 1964. He has studied musical composition at the Norwegian State Academy ogf Music in Oslo under Prof. Lasse Thoresen, Orchestration under Prof. Olav Anton Thommessen and Viola under Ass. Prof. Otto Berg; and musical composition at Hochschule der Künste Berlin under Prof.dr.h.c. Witold Szalonek.
He has written chamber music, electro acoustic music, symphonic music, music for wind band and music for stage, commissioned by various orchestras and foundations. He has recieved several scholarships, and has been a member of the Norwegian Society of Composers (Norsk komponistforening) since 1990. He is now living in Lübeck, Germany.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter, The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W. Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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