Henriques, Fini (Valdemar)

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Henriques, Fini (Valdemar)

Henriques, Fini (Valdemar), Danish violinist, conductor, and composer; b. Copenhagen, Dec. 20, 1867; d. there, Oct. 27, 1940. He studied violin with Valdemar Tofte in Copenhagen, and with Joachim at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin; studied composition with Svendsen. Returning to Copenhagen, he was a violinist in the Court Orch. (1892–96); also appeared as a soloist. He organized his own string quartet, and traveled with it in Europe; also conducted orchs. As a composer, he followed the Romantic school; he possessed a facile gift of melody; his Danish Lullaby became a celebrated song in Denmark. He also wrote an opera, Staerstikkeren

(Copenhagen, May 20, 1922), several ballets (The Little Mermaid, after Hans Andersen; Tata; etc.), Hans Andersen Overture, 2 syms., String Quartet, Quartet for Flute, Violin, Cello, and Piano, Violin Sonata, and piano pieces.

Bibliography

S. Berg, F.V. H. (Copenhagen, 1943).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire

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