Adolf Dahm-Petersen

Adolf Dahm-Petersen (January 2, 1856 - ???) was a Norwegian voice specialist and teacher of artistic singing.

Adolf Dahm-Petersen, son of Johan Frode Petersen (1819–1913) and Helena Thalia P. born Dahm (1828–1862), was born in Kristiania. After attending the gymnasium and the Royal Military Academy in Norway, he visited the Universities in Aachen and Karlsruhe. Furthermore, he studied piano with Hanna Bergwitz-Goffeng, music theory with Johan Svendsen, and voice with Emilio Belari. September 11, 1892 he married Susie Kreuder. His debut in concert was in Carnegie Hall in 1894. Since then, he has given concerts in the US, Norway and Denmark. And he has appeared as a soloist with organizations like the Oratorio Society of New York, Sousa's band and the Damrosch Opera Company. Dahm-Petersen was director of several choral organizations, and a vocal instructor in the Ithaca Conservatory of Music and Cornell University.

References

• "Grip's" historical souvenir of Cortland, 1899.
• International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918.
• New-York Tribune. August 24, 1896.

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