Finn Høffding

Niels Finn Høffding (b. Copenhagen, March 10, 1899 - d. 1997) was a Danish composer. Høffding studied composition under Knud Jeppesen and Thomas Laub, and then under Joseph Marx in Vienna from 1921-22. His works first became well-known in Denmark in the 1920s, particularly the piece "Karlsvognen" (chorus and orchestra, 1924). He began to study folk music about 1930, and founded the Copenhagen School of Folk Music in 1931. From 1931 he also taught at the Copenhagen Conservatory, where he served as director after 1954. In 1956 and 1958 he was awarded the Nielsen Prize.

In addition to composing, Høffding also wrote several theoretical treatises.

Works

"Note:This list is incomplete";Opera
*"Kejserens nye klæder" (1928)
*"Kilderejsen" (1942)

;Choral
*"Karlsvognen" (chorus and orchestra, 1924)
*"Christofer Columbus" (1937)
*"Kantate til Det kongelinge danske Musikkonservatoriums drsfest" (1948)
*"Giordano Bruno" (1968)

;Orchestral
*"Symphony No. 1" "Sinfonia impetuosa" (1923)
*"Symphony No. 2" "Il canto deliberato" (1924)
*"Symphony No. 3" (1928)
*"Symphony No. 4" "Sinfonia concertante" (1934)
*"Fantasia concertante" (1965)

;Chamber music
*"String Quartet No. 1" (1920)
*"String Quartet No. 2" (1925)
*"Wind Quintet" (1940)

References

*Don Randel, "The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music", Harvard, 1996, pp. 385-386.