Haarklou, Johannes
Haarklou, Johannes
Haarklou, Johannes, Norwegian organist and composer; b. Forde, Sunnfjord, near Bergen, May 13, 1847; d. Oslo, Nov. 26, 1925. He was a pupil of L. Lindeman in Christiania, or Reinecke, Jadassohn, Kretzschmar, and Richter at the Leipzig Cons. (1873–75), and of Haupt, Kiel, and Bungert at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik (1877). He served as organist at the Akers Church in Christiania (1880–1920). He wrote 5 operas, including Marisagnet (1909), 4 syms. (1883–88), Skapelsen, oratorio (1891; Christiania, 1924), chamber music, piano pieces, organ works, including 2 syms. (1916, 1924), and choruses.
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