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Bjarne Brustad
Bjarne Brustad
Born	4 March 1895; Kristiania, Norway
Died	20 May 1978 (aged 83)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Composer, violinist and violist

Trollkvenna (Troll's Mill)

This sample of Brustad's music is the fourth movement of the Eventyrsuite (Fairy Tale Suite) for violin (1932)

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Bjarne Brustad (4 March 1895, in Kristiania, now Oslo – 20 May 1978, in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as Paris, Munich and Berlin, where he received musical inspiration and contacts. From 1928 to 1943, Brustad was viola soloist with Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Oslo.^[1] He wrote symphonies, compositions for violin and orchestra, chamber music and opera.^[2] His opera Atlantis was finished in 1945.^[3] After World War II he was also active in organizing work.^[2]

As a teacher at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, his students included Bjørn Fongaard^[4] and Trond Øyen.

Selected works

Stage

Atlantis, Opera (1945)

Orchestral

Suite No. 1 (1920)
Berceuse and Waltz for chamber orchestra
Perpetum Mobile for chamber orchestra (1924, revised 1958)
Norsk Suite (Norwegian Suite) (1926, 1961); original version for viola and piano
Concerto Grosso: En studie (1938)
Symphony No. 1 (1948)
Ouvertyre (Overture) (1950)
Symphony No. 2 (1951)
Suite No. 2 (1952)
Symphony No. 3 (1953)
Kinderspiele, Suite for chamber orchestra (1955)
Cabaret for chamber orchestra (1958)
Day-Dreams for chamber orchestra (1958)
French Suite for chamber orchestra
Suite (1959)
Symphony No. 4 (1967)
Symphony No. 5 (1967)
Symphony No. 6 (1970)
Symphony No. 7 (1972)
Symphony No. 8 (1972)
Symphony No. 9 (1973)

Concertante

Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1922)
Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra (1927)
Concertino for viola and chamber orchestra (1932)
Rapsodi (Rhapsody) for violin and orchestra, Op. 19 (1933)
Concerto No. 3 for violin and orchestra; unfinished
Vore jag et litet barn for violin and orchestra (1958)
Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra (1961)
Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1969)

Chamber music

Berceuse for violin and piano
Poeme for violin and piano
Nature Morte, Parodie for string quartet (1926)
Norsk Suite (Norwegian Suite) for viola and piano (1926); also for orchestra
Capricci for violin and viola (1931)
Partita for viola (1931, revised 1957)
Eventyrsuite (Fairy Tale Suite) for violin (1932)

Natur og hulder (Nature and Hulder)
Veslefrikk
Sull (Song)
Trollkvenna (Troll's Mill)

Sonata No. 1 for violin (1935, revised 1958)
Trio [No. 1] for clarinet, violin and viola (1938)
Fanitullsuite (Devil Suite) for violin (1946)

Hildring
Huldrespill
Likferd
Fanitul

Serenade, Trio No. 2 for violin, clarinet and bassoon (1947)
Sonata for violin and piano (1950)
Sonata No. 2 for violin (1956)
Sonata No. 3 for violin (1957)
Divertimento for flute (1958)
String Quartet No. 3 (1959)
Serenade for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1969)

Piano

Fra barnets verden (From a Child's World; Kinderspiele) (1934)
Pièce héroique

Vocal

Hugen for voice and piano (1912); words by Ivar Aasen
Bånsull fra Sunndalen (Lullaby from Sunndalen) for voice and piano (1921)
Et barn (A Child) for voice and piano (1948); words by Arnulf Øverland
Berceuse for soprano and orchestra
Did You Cry...? for voice and string orchestra; words by Ingeborg Boyine Flood (1901–1963)
Stærvise for soprano or tenor and piano

References

^ Music Information Centre Norway Archived 13 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Nesheim, Elef. "Bjarne Brustad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ Græsvold, Hans Magne; Edvardsen, Sverre. "Bjarne Brustad". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Bjørn Fongaard - Biography". mic.no. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2019.